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Bedy Yang

Managing Partner, 500 Global

About

Bedy Yang is a Chinese-Brazilian venture capital investor at 500 Global who founded Brazil Innovators, a 10,000-member tech community linking Brazil and Silicon Valley, and speaks six languages which she uses to build bridges between global startup ecosystems. Beyond traditional investing, she architects 500 Global's ecosystem development programs that train new VCs through partnerships with Stanford and other institutions, and leads large public-private collaborations with governments across regions like Egypt and Africa to expand access to Silicon Valley-level resources. Bedy Yang is a Chinese-Brazilian venture capital investor at 500 Global who founded Brazil Innovators, a 10,000-member tech community linking Brazil and Silicon Valley, and speaks six languages which she uses to build bridges between global startup ecosystems. Beyond traditional investing, she architects 500 Global's ecosystem development programs that train new VCs through partnerships with Stanford and other institutions, and leads large public-private collaborations with governments across regions like Egypt and Africa to expand access to Silicon Valley-level resources.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
FinTech
SaaS
Consumer
Ecommerce
Media

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
India
Asia-Pacific
LatAm
MENA
Europe
Canada
Africa