Global Founders Capital

Global Founders Capital (GFC) is a venture capital firm established in 2013 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The firm is stage agnostic, meaning it invests in companies at various stages of development, from early-stage ventures to those preparing for an initial public offering. GFC focuses on empowering talented entrepreneurs and seeks investment opportunities in sectors such as internet, retail, financial software, media, communication, and information technology. With a global perspective, GFC aims to support innovative companies across all continents.

Eyad Alkassar

Investor

Cedric Asselman

Partner

Onur Erbay

Partner

Roel Janssen

Partner

Mariam Kremer

Partner

Jing Xi Lim

Venture Partner

Soheil Mirpour

Partner, Head of Growth and PE and COO

Fabricio Pettena

Director

David Sainteff

Partner

Oliver Samwer

Investor

Donald Stalter

Partner

Guilherme Steinbruch

Partner

Dominik Unuetzer

Partner

Sarra Zayani

Partner

Arnd Lodowicks Ph.D

Managing Director

Past deals in Co-investment

Shares

Series A in 2022
Shares is a social investment platform that gives everyone access to the stock market and improves the investment experience. Founded in 2021, the company is based in Paris, France.

PropHero

Seed Round in 2022
PropHero is a property investment application that simplifies and streamlines the process of finding, purchasing, and managing investment properties. Utilizing proprietary AI algorithms, the platform assists clients in navigating due diligence and acquisition processes, making property investment more transparent and profitable. By focusing on individual needs, PropHero enables users to define their investment strategies and identify suitable opportunities, ultimately making property investment a stress-free and data-driven experience.

Anfin

Seed Round in 2022
AnFin is a fintech company focused on democratizing financial investment in Vietnam, particularly for novice retail investors. By developing a digital trading platform, AnFin aims to enhance liquidity and transparency in the investment landscape. The company seeks to empower individuals by providing them with financial education, enabling them to form investment strategies and access a variety of asset classes. Through strategic partnerships and innovative technology, AnFin aspires to create an interconnected ecosystem that fosters collaboration among investors and facilitates their journey into wealth management and investment opportunities.

Fractional

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a fractional real estate investment platform designed to make real estate investing accessible and reduce the cost of entry and time commitment for property investing. The company's platform offers a variety of investment properties, including single-family homes and multi-family homes, enabling investors to make rental income and appreciation gains with no annual fees or holding period.

Anfin

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AnFin is a fintech company focused on democratizing financial investment in Vietnam, particularly for novice retail investors. By developing a digital trading platform, AnFin aims to enhance liquidity and transparency in the investment landscape. The company seeks to empower individuals by providing them with financial education, enabling them to form investment strategies and access a variety of asset classes. Through strategic partnerships and innovative technology, AnFin aspires to create an interconnected ecosystem that fosters collaboration among investors and facilitates their journey into wealth management and investment opportunities.

Trii

Seed Round in 2021
Trii is a fintech company focused on democratizing access to the stock market in Colombia through its innovative trading application. By partnering with leading financial institutions, Trii has created a platform that allows individual investors to easily buy and sell shares directly from their mobile devices. The application significantly lowers the costs associated with retail transactions, making investing more accessible and efficient. It also enables users to automate their investment processes, which traditionally required considerable time and expense. Through these efforts, Trii aims to empower a broader range of individuals to participate in the financial markets.

Awning

Seed Round in 2021
Awning is a technology platform and brokerage designed to simplify and enhance the process of investing in single-family rental properties. It aims to make real estate investment accessible to individuals by utilizing a proprietary database of transaction data and artificial intelligence to connect clients with suitable properties. The platform assists investors throughout the entire process, including property underwriting, negotiation, financing, and insurance. By providing these comprehensive services remotely, Awning enables clients to invest passively in real estate, facilitating the growth of their net worth through rental homes.

Pacaso

Series C in 2021
Pacaso is a platform that modernizes co-ownership of second homes, making the process of buying and selling more accessible and efficient. It allows prospective buyers to specify their desired location, budget, and anticipated time spent in the property. Pacaso collaborates with real estate agents to help find suitable homes and establishes a professionally managed LLC tailored for co-ownership. Buyers can purchase a share of a home, ensuring access for a designated period each year, while Pacaso temporarily acquires the remaining share before reselling it to qualified buyers. The company manages the property and offers a mobile app to facilitate easy scheduling and coordination among co-owners, effectively reducing the complexities and costs associated with traditional homeownership.

Shares

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an investment application designed to make investing in shares a social activity. The company's platform is a consumer mobile application and social-first platform for retail investors, designed with user experience and community in mind, giving no-minimum, no-fee access to various stocks where new investors, can network and learn from friends and experts as a community, enabling investors to discuss investments and make investment hassle-free.

Razor Group

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a consumer goods holding company intended to invest and buy profitable brands. The company's marketplace combines advanced data analytics and custom-built technology, an optimized M&A process and in-house e-commerce and finance expertise to find suitable acquisition targets, enabling brands to scale profitable and demonstrate category leadership, better-quality products and customer reviews.

Parker

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Parker is an innovative investment and data platform focused on transforming the mobile home park sector. Its mission centers on preserving, enhancing, and expanding the availability of attainable housing in the United States. By leveraging a sophisticated real estate investment management platform, Parker aims to attract more capital into the housing market, thereby enabling real estate owners to generate passive income while also creating new investment opportunities. The company is supported by prominent investors, including Hustle Fund, Techstars, and Global Founders Capital, among others.

Razor Group

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a consumer goods holding company intended to invest and buy profitable brands. The company's marketplace combines advanced data analytics and custom-built technology, an optimized M&A process and in-house e-commerce and finance expertise to find suitable acquisition targets, enabling brands to scale profitable and demonstrate category leadership, better-quality products and customer reviews.

Pacaso

Series B in 2021
Pacaso is a platform that modernizes co-ownership of second homes, making the process of buying and selling more accessible and efficient. It allows prospective buyers to specify their desired location, budget, and anticipated time spent in the property. Pacaso collaborates with real estate agents to help find suitable homes and establishes a professionally managed LLC tailored for co-ownership. Buyers can purchase a share of a home, ensuring access for a designated period each year, while Pacaso temporarily acquires the remaining share before reselling it to qualified buyers. The company manages the property and offers a mobile app to facilitate easy scheduling and coordination among co-owners, effectively reducing the complexities and costs associated with traditional homeownership.

Pacaso

Series B in 2021
Pacaso is a platform that modernizes co-ownership of second homes, making the process of buying and selling more accessible and efficient. It allows prospective buyers to specify their desired location, budget, and anticipated time spent in the property. Pacaso collaborates with real estate agents to help find suitable homes and establishes a professionally managed LLC tailored for co-ownership. Buyers can purchase a share of a home, ensuring access for a designated period each year, while Pacaso temporarily acquires the remaining share before reselling it to qualified buyers. The company manages the property and offers a mobile app to facilitate easy scheduling and coordination among co-owners, effectively reducing the complexities and costs associated with traditional homeownership.

Razor Group

Venture Round in 2020
Operator of a consumer goods holding company intended to invest and buy profitable brands. The company's marketplace combines advanced data analytics and custom-built technology, an optimized M&A process and in-house e-commerce and finance expertise to find suitable acquisition targets, enabling brands to scale profitable and demonstrate category leadership, better-quality products and customer reviews.

Razor Group

Venture Round in 2020
Operator of a consumer goods holding company intended to invest and buy profitable brands. The company's marketplace combines advanced data analytics and custom-built technology, an optimized M&A process and in-house e-commerce and finance expertise to find suitable acquisition targets, enabling brands to scale profitable and demonstrate category leadership, better-quality products and customer reviews.

Pacaso

Series A in 2020
Pacaso is a platform that modernizes co-ownership of second homes, making the process of buying and selling more accessible and efficient. It allows prospective buyers to specify their desired location, budget, and anticipated time spent in the property. Pacaso collaborates with real estate agents to help find suitable homes and establishes a professionally managed LLC tailored for co-ownership. Buyers can purchase a share of a home, ensuring access for a designated period each year, while Pacaso temporarily acquires the remaining share before reselling it to qualified buyers. The company manages the property and offers a mobile app to facilitate easy scheduling and coordination among co-owners, effectively reducing the complexities and costs associated with traditional homeownership.

Razor Group

Venture Round in 2020
Operator of a consumer goods holding company intended to invest and buy profitable brands. The company's marketplace combines advanced data analytics and custom-built technology, an optimized M&A process and in-house e-commerce and finance expertise to find suitable acquisition targets, enabling brands to scale profitable and demonstrate category leadership, better-quality products and customer reviews.

Colonies

Series B in 2020
Colonies is a French startup established in 2017, headquartered in Paris. The company specializes in providing co-living housing solutions aimed at urban dwellers, particularly young individuals seeking convenient living arrangements. Colonies designs and manages fully furnished private studios and shared spaces, creating community-oriented homes in major cities. The company currently operates four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin, offering its residents a hassle-free alternative to traditional apartment hunting.

Mythic Markets

Seed Round in 2019
Mythic Markets, Inc. is an investment platform based in San Rafael, California, that enables individuals to buy, sell, and trade fractional shares of alternative assets, primarily focusing on rare pop culture collectibles. Founded in 2017, the company allows fans to invest in vintage trading cards, comic books, and memorabilia by securitizing these items, making it possible for them to participate in the appreciation of unique assets without the need for outright ownership. By democratizing access to these collectibles, Mythic Markets caters to a growing market of enthusiasts who wish to invest in the items they are passionate about.

Colonies

Series A in 2019
Colonies is a French startup established in 2017, headquartered in Paris. The company specializes in providing co-living housing solutions aimed at urban dwellers, particularly young individuals seeking convenient living arrangements. Colonies designs and manages fully furnished private studios and shared spaces, creating community-oriented homes in major cities. The company currently operates four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin, offering its residents a hassle-free alternative to traditional apartment hunting.

Proportunity

Seed Round in 2017
Proportunity Limited is a technology-driven mortgage lender based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in providing innovative financing solutions for first-time home buyers. Founded in 2016 by Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea, the company leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze real estate data, accurately forecasting house prices and identifying high-growth areas. By offering equity and mortgage loans, Proportunity aims to assist buyers in overcoming the challenges of deposit requirements, allowing them to purchase homes in promising locations while potentially paying less than their current rent. Through its data-driven insights, Proportunity empowers customers to make informed decisions in the real estate market.

Colonies

Seed Round in 2017
Colonies is a French startup established in 2017, headquartered in Paris. The company specializes in providing co-living housing solutions aimed at urban dwellers, particularly young individuals seeking convenient living arrangements. Colonies designs and manages fully furnished private studios and shared spaces, creating community-oriented homes in major cities. The company currently operates four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin, offering its residents a hassle-free alternative to traditional apartment hunting.

BrickVest

Venture Round in 2015
BrickVest Ltd. operates an online real estate investment platform that connects investors with a diverse range of pre-vetted real estate opportunities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in Berlin, the platform allows investors to access deals, receive instant investment updates, and engage with other investors in a transparent environment. It caters to a wide array of clients, including individuals, regulated fund managers, banks, insurance firms, pension funds, and institutional investors, facilitating capital raising for real estate companies through its network of qualified investors. By redefining the investor-deal sponsor relationship, BrickVest provides a safe and efficient means for users to invest directly in real assets while actively managing their investments. As of early 2020, BrickVest operates as a subsidiary of Patrizia AG.

Stockspot

Series A in 2015
Stockspot Pty Ltd, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is an online and automated investment adviser and fund manager. As Australia's first robo-advisor, Stockspot aims to make professional wealth management more accessible by eliminating high fees, confusing jargon, and excessive paperwork traditionally associated with the industry. The company specializes in investing in exchange-traded funds listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. By offering a straightforward and transparent online investment service, Stockspot helps Australians manage their money more effectively, providing financial advice, fintech solutions, investing options, market news, and research reports. The firm addresses the challenges faced by many Australians, including high minimum account requirements and the difficulties of self-directed investing, by facilitating access to diversified portfolios with lower costs.
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