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 Toronto

Parallelz

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Parallelz is a technology company that specializes in creating a platform that allows users to instantly create and share innovative versions of popular mobile games. The company focuses on enhancing human creativity and improving the internet experience for all. By developing a unique computing architecture, Parallelz offers a solution that enables developers to easily transform their existing native mobile applications into fully native web applications without requiring modifications or additional software development kits. This approach facilitates new methods for delivering, distributing, and discovering mobile applications, thereby broadening accessibility and engagement in the digital space.

Pine

Series A in 2022
Pine operates as a digital mortgage company. Pine is a technology-centric company, that believes in supporting tech with people and processes, not the other way around.

SPATULA Foods

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Operator of a subscription-based platform intended to provide restaurant-quality frozen dishes. The company's products are made with quality ingredients, flash-frozen to preserve texture, can be prepared within a few minutes, and have chef partnerships, enabling chefs with an avenue to monetize outside of restaurants.

Disco

Series A in 2022
Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their learning empire easily in one place. Our vision for learning leaves the industrial age behind and looks to a world of lifelong learning, that's live, with peers, led by creators we trust and accessible from anywhere.

Aviron

Series A in 2022
Provider of workout equipment intended to promote fitness from home. The company's product ranges from tough series rowers with smart resistance, games and several competitions to different workout programs curated by their experienced trainers, enabling customers and clients to avail themselves of a variety of options rather than the traditional boring workout regime.

Ledn

Series B in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on helping individuals save in digital assets. It offers a range of products, including a bitcoin-backed loan service that allows clients to access cash without selling their bitcoin. Additionally, Ledn provides a B2X product that enables users to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a loan. The company also features interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without requiring minimum deposits. By providing these services, Ledn aims to empower clients to grow their digital wealth while maintaining their cryptocurrency holdings.

Secoda

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a collaborative knowledge management tool designed to make data teams share metadata, queries, charts, and documentation. The company's platform helps employees find and understand the right information in a few time, and track the relationships between people and data to help users visualize all the interactions between the different collaborators of the enterprise, enabling users to implement data discovery efficiently.

Clutch

Series B in 2021
Clutch Canada Inc. is an online platform that specializes in the sale of used cars, allowing customers to search, experience, finance, and purchase vehicles from the comfort of their homes. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bedford, Canada, the company serves regions including Nova Scotia, Halifax, Toronto, and Dartmouth. Clutch distinguishes itself by providing detailed listings that feature images of vehicle condition, comprehensive CarFax reports, and 360-degree views of both the interior and exterior. The company emphasizes transparency by having no hidden fees and offers a seven-day money-back guarantee on all purchases. Additionally, Clutch provides services such as test drives, mechanical inspections, and direct delivery to enhance the customer experience.

Aviron

Seed Round in 2021
Provider of workout equipment intended to promote fitness from home. The company's product ranges from tough series rowers with smart resistance, games and several competitions to different workout programs curated by their experienced trainers, enabling customers and clients to avail themselves of a variety of options rather than the traditional boring workout regime.

Shakudo

Seed Round in 2021
DevSentient streamlines workflow for AI and Data-intensive products. DevSentient Hyperplane is an end-to-end platform designed to take AI teams from ideation to production at breakthrough speeds. The company built Hyperplane because it needed a powerful platform for our scientists to design, develop, deploy and maintain their own work in production. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

WOMBO

Seed Round in 2021
WOMBO is a developer of a mobile application that enables users to create artistic interpretations of themselves using selfies. The application leverages artificial intelligence to generate lip-synced videos from photos, allowing for unique and creative self-expression. By combining advanced technology with user-friendly design, WOMBO offers an innovative platform for content creation, catering to individuals seeking to explore their artistic side.

Ledn

Series A in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on helping individuals save in digital assets. It offers a range of products, including a bitcoin-backed loan service that allows clients to access cash without selling their bitcoin. Additionally, Ledn provides a B2X product that enables users to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a loan. The company also features interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without requiring minimum deposits. By providing these services, Ledn aims to empower clients to grow their digital wealth while maintaining their cryptocurrency holdings.

Railz

Series A in 2021
Railz Financial Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing a unified API for accessing data from major accounting software providers such as QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage. Founded in 2020, Railz enables lenders, financial institutions, accounting firms, and tech developers to obtain real-time financial data, analytics, insights, and reports on small business customers. This streamlined access facilitates the assessment of credit applications and the evaluation of a business's financial health. Railz's Data as a Service solution allows clients to integrate quickly and efficiently without the need to alter existing operations, technology infrastructure, or workflows. The platform is designed for rapid deployment, ensuring that users can access their customers' accounting information with minimal disruption and cost.

Draft

Series A in 2021
ContentFly makes generating quality content ridiculously easy & affordable for any business, for a flat monthly fee. Get content on-demand, high quality, and written by professional writers.

Draft

Seed Round in 2021
ContentFly makes generating quality content ridiculously easy & affordable for any business, for a flat monthly fee. Get content on-demand, high quality, and written by professional writers.

Ledn

Seed Round in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on helping individuals save in digital assets. It offers a range of products, including a bitcoin-backed loan service that allows clients to access cash without selling their bitcoin. Additionally, Ledn provides a B2X product that enables users to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a loan. The company also features interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without requiring minimum deposits. By providing these services, Ledn aims to empower clients to grow their digital wealth while maintaining their cryptocurrency holdings.

AutoLeap

Seed Round in 2020
AutoLeap Incorporated provides a software platform designed for automotive repair shops to enhance their operational efficiency. Founded in 2019 and based in Toronto, Canada, the platform facilitates the organization of daily tasks, job scheduling, digital inspections, technician management, and customer invoicing. By streamlining these processes, AutoLeap enables repair shop owners to engage with customers more effectively, optimize technician performance, and ultimately increase revenue. The software's user-friendly interface supports automotive businesses in overseeing their operations and accessing performance data in real time.

Railz

Seed Round in 2020
Railz Financial Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing a unified API for accessing data from major accounting software providers such as QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage. Founded in 2020, Railz enables lenders, financial institutions, accounting firms, and tech developers to obtain real-time financial data, analytics, insights, and reports on small business customers. This streamlined access facilitates the assessment of credit applications and the evaluation of a business's financial health. Railz's Data as a Service solution allows clients to integrate quickly and efficiently without the need to alter existing operations, technology infrastructure, or workflows. The platform is designed for rapid deployment, ensuring that users can access their customers' accounting information with minimal disruption and cost.

Clutch

Seed Round in 2020
Clutch Canada Inc. is an online platform that specializes in the sale of used cars, allowing customers to search, experience, finance, and purchase vehicles from the comfort of their homes. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bedford, Canada, the company serves regions including Nova Scotia, Halifax, Toronto, and Dartmouth. Clutch distinguishes itself by providing detailed listings that feature images of vehicle condition, comprehensive CarFax reports, and 360-degree views of both the interior and exterior. The company emphasizes transparency by having no hidden fees and offers a seven-day money-back guarantee on all purchases. Additionally, Clutch provides services such as test drives, mechanical inspections, and direct delivery to enhance the customer experience.

Clutch

Seed Round in 2020
Clutch Canada Inc. is an online platform that specializes in the sale of used cars, allowing customers to search, experience, finance, and purchase vehicles from the comfort of their homes. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bedford, Canada, the company serves regions including Nova Scotia, Halifax, Toronto, and Dartmouth. Clutch distinguishes itself by providing detailed listings that feature images of vehicle condition, comprehensive CarFax reports, and 360-degree views of both the interior and exterior. The company emphasizes transparency by having no hidden fees and offers a seven-day money-back guarantee on all purchases. Additionally, Clutch provides services such as test drives, mechanical inspections, and direct delivery to enhance the customer experience.

SpotHero

Series D in 2019
SpotHero Inc. provides a digital platform for reserving off-street parking in North America, aiming to alleviate urban congestion by streamlining the parking process. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Detroit and operations in Toronto, the company offers a mobile application and website that enable drivers to locate, compare, and book discounted parking spots. Users can easily access information about nearby parking facilities, facilitating a more efficient parking experience and reducing the time spent searching for parking. SpotHero also collaborates with mobility companies to integrate parking solutions into their services, enhancing overall convenience for users.

ProteinQure

Seed Round in 2019
ProteinQure Inc. is a biotech company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2017. The company focuses on developing and manufacturing protein-based therapeutic drugs through innovative technologies such as quantum computing, molecular simulations, and reinforcement learning. ProteinQure employs a computational platform to design novel therapeutics, aiming to transform the drug discovery process by engineering drugs rather than relying solely on traditional methods. The company specializes in the design of exotic peptides with potential applications in treating various diseases, including cancer, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular conditions. By partnering with industry leaders in drug discovery, ProteinQure seeks to generate innovative therapeutics that extend beyond conventional chemical approaches.

SpotHero

Series C in 2018
SpotHero Inc. provides a digital platform for reserving off-street parking in North America, aiming to alleviate urban congestion by streamlining the parking process. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Detroit and operations in Toronto, the company offers a mobile application and website that enable drivers to locate, compare, and book discounted parking spots. Users can easily access information about nearby parking facilities, facilitating a more efficient parking experience and reducing the time spent searching for parking. SpotHero also collaborates with mobility companies to integrate parking solutions into their services, enhancing overall convenience for users.

SpotHero

Series C in 2017
SpotHero Inc. provides a digital platform for reserving off-street parking in North America, aiming to alleviate urban congestion by streamlining the parking process. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Detroit and operations in Toronto, the company offers a mobile application and website that enable drivers to locate, compare, and book discounted parking spots. Users can easily access information about nearby parking facilities, facilitating a more efficient parking experience and reducing the time spent searching for parking. SpotHero also collaborates with mobility companies to integrate parking solutions into their services, enhancing overall convenience for users.
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