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.

Oliver Samwer

Co-Founder & Investor

Marc Samwer

Co-Founder & Advisor

Past deals in Residential

Morada Uno

Seed Round in 2021
Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.

Welcome Homes

Seed Round in 2020
Welcome Homes is an online residential real estate platform founded in 2020 and based in New York, New York. The company specializes in the design, customization, and sale of contemporary residential properties, allowing home buyers to engage in the building process. By offering a more seamless and transparent approach to home buying, Welcome Homes aims to transform the traditional real estate experience, making it easier for individuals to realize their home ownership dreams.

Casai

Series A in 2020
Casai is a startup in Latin America, merging smart home technology, and premium accommodation to innovate the hospitality industry. It is a real estate platform for fully-furnished premium apartments in Mexico City and is a hospitality concept designed for the nomadic generation. Casai curates beautiful apartments that merge the design and comforts of a boutique hotel with the technology of a San Francisco home and the local ambiance of a vacation rental.

Viya

Seed Round in 2020
Viya provides fully-furnished room rentals for young professionals. It strives to build a unique community through events, exclusive deals or spaces and value add services that solve for the complicated lives of co-livers. The company was co-founded in 2019 by Eugenio Villarreal and Francisco Puente.

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.

Life House

Series B in 2020
Life House is creating a network of lifestyle hotels that are more experiential and more affordable through a powerful software-enabled brand & management platform. Our proprietary software materially reduces the costs of operating a hotel and increases revenues, delivering superior returns to our hotel owners (we do not own or invest in real estate).

LAR.app

Seed Round in 2019
LAR.app is a Condominium and Property Management Company that uses technology to improve cost efficiency and CX residential properties.

Casai

Seed Round in 2019
Casai is a startup in Latin America, merging smart home technology, and premium accommodation to innovate the hospitality industry. It is a real estate platform for fully-furnished premium apartments in Mexico City and is a hospitality concept designed for the nomadic generation. Casai curates beautiful apartments that merge the design and comforts of a boutique hotel with the technology of a San Francisco home and the local ambiance of a vacation rental.

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.

REZI

Series A in 2018
REZI a rental company that uses our proprietary analytics, technology and financial products to improve the rental experience for landlords and tenants alike.

Life House

Series A in 2018
Life House is creating a network of lifestyle hotels that are more experiential and more affordable through a powerful software-enabled brand & management platform. Our proprietary software materially reduces the costs of operating a hotel and increases revenues, delivering superior returns to our hotel owners (we do not own or invest in real estate).

Zeus Living

Series A in 2017
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company that specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company not only offers rental services but also manages furnished properties on behalf of property owners. Additionally, Zeus Living has developed a web-based application that provides detailed property information to enhance the rental experience for both tenants and landlords.

Life House

Seed Round in 2017
Life House is creating a network of lifestyle hotels that are more experiential and more affordable through a powerful software-enabled brand & management platform. Our proprietary software materially reduces the costs of operating a hotel and increases revenues, delivering superior returns to our hotel owners (we do not own or invest in real estate).

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.