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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.

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Marc Samwer

Co-Founder & Advisor

Oliver Samwer

Co-Founder & Investor

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Truck It In

Seed Round in 2022
is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential

Ofload

Series A in 2021
Ofload is a digital road freight platform that fully tackles inefficiencies. Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manage it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Ofload manages end-to-end logistics fulfillment through technology, connects carriers with shippers helping shipments to be delivered quickly and affordably by taking up what would have been empty space in delivery vehicles, allowing businesses to have visibility of their shipments.

Truck It In

Pre Seed Round in 2021
is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential

TransAstra

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TransAstra is developing breakthrough technologies in the areas of space resources and in-space transportation to enable massive growth to existing space industries and whole new space industries. We lead the world in the technologies to find, prospect, harvest and use space resources. Space resources include water and other valuable materials to be found on asteroids and lunar poles. We know how to extract these resources and use them as rocket propellant to for use in today's commercial satellites and whole new industries including space tourism.

Universal Hydrogen

Series A in 2021
Universal Hydrogen is a fuel logistics company making hydrogen-powered commercial flight a near-term reality.

Truck It In

Pre Seed Round in 2021
is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential

Ofload

Venture Round in 2021
Ofload is a digital road freight platform that fully tackles inefficiencies. Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manage it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Ofload manages end-to-end logistics fulfillment through technology, connects carriers with shippers helping shipments to be delivered quickly and affordably by taking up what would have been empty space in delivery vehicles, allowing businesses to have visibility of their shipments.

Ofload

Seed Round in 2020
Ofload is a digital road freight platform that fully tackles inefficiencies. Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manage it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Ofload manages end-to-end logistics fulfillment through technology, connects carriers with shippers helping shipments to be delivered quickly and affordably by taking up what would have been empty space in delivery vehicles, allowing businesses to have visibility of their shipments.

Bego

Seed Round in 2020
Bego is a cargo company that specialize in container and transport boxes. They have integrated the best providers in their platform in order to offer you the best service to their clients. From the most important banks in Mexico, to the most advanced navigation technology (Google Maps, Waze, and Apple Maps). They offers real-time experience that receives notifications on cell phone and email in real time for each relevant event.

Convelio

Series A in 2020
Convelio is a global logistics startup specialized in fine art shipping.

Shipwell

Series B in 2019
Shipwell, Inc. develops software for securing and managing truckload and less-than-truckload jobs for carriers. It offers Shipwell, a cloud-based transportation management system that helps users to optimize and automate their supply chain. The company’s software is also used to manage LTL freight, FTL freight, ELD integrations, e-commerce, drayage freight, and parcel shipping. It serves shippers, 3PLs, and carrier networks. Shipwell, Inc. was formerly known as OtterLogic, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Forto

Series B in 2019
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.

Trusk

Series A in 2019
Trusk is a freight forwarder company that moves furniture on demand. Trusk is a freight forwarder: as such, it works only with transport professionals, qualified and insured. TRUSK ACADEMY is their training and selection tool. The TRUSKERS are thus trained in the values ​​of the company.

Convelio

Seed Round in 2019
Convelio is a global logistics startup specialized in fine art shipping.

Shipwell

Series A in 2018
Shipwell, Inc. develops software for securing and managing truckload and less-than-truckload jobs for carriers. It offers Shipwell, a cloud-based transportation management system that helps users to optimize and automate their supply chain. The company’s software is also used to manage LTL freight, FTL freight, ELD integrations, e-commerce, drayage freight, and parcel shipping. It serves shippers, 3PLs, and carrier networks. Shipwell, Inc. was formerly known as OtterLogic, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Convelio

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Convelio is a global logistics startup specialized in fine art shipping.

Forto

Series A in 2017
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.

Trusk

Series A in 2016
Trusk is a freight forwarder company that moves furniture on demand. Trusk is a freight forwarder: as such, it works only with transport professionals, qualified and insured. TRUSK ACADEMY is their training and selection tool. The TRUSKERS are thus trained in the values ​​of the company.

Forto

Seed Round in 2016
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.