Global Founders Capital

Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on empowering entrepreneurs globally. The firm is stage agnostic, investing in companies across various sectors, including internet, software, fintech, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Global Founders Capital typically invests in the equity of young technology companies, with a preference for startups located in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Vietnam, Colombia, Europe, the United States, and China. Investment amounts range from €0.01 million to €10 million, with specific allocations varying by stage: seed investments typically between €0.1 million and €1 million, early-stage investments between €1 million and €3 million, and growth-stage investments between €3 million and €8 million. The firm often seeks to be the lead investor and aims to secure board representation in its portfolio companies.

Eyad Alkassar

Investor

Marc Samwer

Partner

Past deals in Middle East

Faye

Seed Round in 2022
Zenner Israel help business travelers get to their destination when things go wrong.

Tabby

Series B in 2022
tabby provides consumers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases either in a deferred single payment or in multiple installments. tabby’s proprietary decision engine allows customers to check out instantly and pay later at no cost to the consumer.

Torii

Series B in 2022
Torii Labs Ltd. offers SaaS management tool for startups and growing companies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Raanana, Israel.

Rain

Series B in 2022
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange operating in the Middle East.

Tabby

Series B in 2021
tabby provides consumers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases either in a deferred single payment or in multiple installments. tabby’s proprietary decision engine allows customers to check out instantly and pay later at no cost to the consumer.

Torii

Series A in 2021
Torii Labs Ltd. offers SaaS management tool for startups and growing companies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Raanana, Israel.

Tabby

Series A in 2020
tabby provides consumers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases either in a deferred single payment or in multiple installments. tabby’s proprietary decision engine allows customers to check out instantly and pay later at no cost to the consumer.

Lean Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Lean is a Saudi B2B company that builds developer-friendly APIs, which provide Fintechs with access to customer Financial data and payment initiation capabilities. Lean achieves this by partnering with Financial Institutions to provide them with a state-of-the-art API integration layer to complement their existing infrastructure, thus ensuring full transparency, oversight, and control over the data being shared by their customers. Fintechs can therefore, integrate with a multitude of Financial Institutions through a single platform - the Lean Universal API. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Tabby

Seed Round in 2019
tabby provides consumers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases either in a deferred single payment or in multiple installments. tabby’s proprietary decision engine allows customers to check out instantly and pay later at no cost to the consumer.

Novelship

Seed Round in 2019
Novelship is APACs fastest-growing online marketplace for authentic, limited edition sneakers, streetwear, and collectibles from the world's most-exclusive brands including Air Jordan, Yeezy, Supreme, Kaws, Bearbrick, and more! Every item purchased or sold on Novelship is professionally guaranteed to be 100% authentic.

Tenderd

Seed Round in 2019
Tenderd LLC owns and operates an on-demand marketplace to rent heavy equipment, such as bulldozers and cranes. The company connects owners of asphalt gang, boom loaders, bulldozers, and wheel loader shovels to the construction and engineering companies in the Middle East and North African region. The platform also manages a network of contractors. Tenderd LLC is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Torii

Seed Round in 2019
Torii Labs Ltd. offers SaaS management tool for startups and growing companies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Raanana, Israel.