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 FinTech

Hyperface

Seed Round in 2022
Hyperface is a banking-as-a-service startup that helps companies create and launch their own credit cards.

Norma

Seed Round in 2021
“One-stop shop” banking and financial management platform for freelancers & micro-SMEs providing integrated products to save time and money. We are working hard to build a financial platform that will help small-business owners easily manage daily financial operations.

Pintek

Series A in 2021
Pintek is a financial technology company aiming to democratise access to education in Indonesia through affordable and flexible credit.

Billie

Series C in 2021
Billie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-financing invoices and online factoring services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company aims to improve working capital management through a fully automated invoice financing solution, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by SMEs. Billie's platform facilitates expedited B2B invoicing and payments by utilizing big data analytics and digital processes, allowing for instant financing of purchases directly at the online point-of-sale. In addition to its invoice factoring services, Billie offers a pay-after-delivery product to help SMEs secure improved payment terms, enabling them to manage outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork.

Fraction

Series A in 2021
Fraction is a technology-based lending platform focused on making residential real estate more affordable, flexible and liquid.

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.

Hyperface

Seed Round in 2021
Hyperface is a banking-as-a-service startup that helps companies create and launch their own credit cards.

Jupiter

Series B in 2021
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Finantier

Seed Round in 2021
Finantier operates an open finance platform that delivers essential infrastructure and data products for businesses in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2020 and based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, the company enables institutions to access and enrich datasets from various financial sources, including banks and financial companies. Its platform facilitates services such as account integration, income and identity verification, and recurring payment management. By utilizing application programming interfaces (APIs), Finantier allows businesses to build advanced financial services that integrate consumer data from personal bank accounts, card details, loans, and mortgages. The company aims to position itself as a central player in the region's digital economy.

Kafene

Series A in 2021
Kafene is a mission driven startup with the goal of empowering flexible ownership for the customers that need it most. Backed by some of the top VCs in fintech, Kafene brings flexible payment options to products like furniture, appliances, electronics, musical instruments, and jewelry while protecting consumers from the traps of traditional debt products. If a consumer can no longer make payments on their merchandise, Kafene understands. The consumer can simply return the item with no obligation and no residual debt. This freedom is powered by a best in class consumer facing technology platform that includes app-based point of sale virtual wallets and AI based underwriting.

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.

Fraction

Venture Round in 2021
Fraction is a technology-based lending platform focused on making residential real estate more affordable, flexible and liquid.

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.

Lean

Seed Round in 2020
Lean Technologies Limited is a Saudi B2B company that specializes in providing a developer-friendly application programming interface (API) platform aimed at facilitating access to financial data and payment initiation for fintech companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Riyadh, the company partners with financial institutions to create an integration layer that enhances existing systems while ensuring transparency and control over shared customer data. Lean offers a Universal API that allows fintechs to connect with multiple financial institutions through a single platform, thereby simplifying the integration process and enabling seamless access to users' bank accounts. This approach helps both developers and financial institutions navigate the complexities of financial infrastructure while maintaining oversight and security.

Lingxi

Series A in 2020
Lingxi is a company that applies machine intelligence to financial services such as debt collection and insurance sales, to its ever-expanding portfolio of investments.

Pintek

Seed Round in 2019
Pintek is a financial technology company aiming to democratise access to education in Indonesia through affordable and flexible credit.

Jupiter

Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Jupiter

Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Digifin

Seed Round in 2019
Digifin is a digital banking startup that has a comprehensive digital account opening platform along with the back office solution. It aims at simplifying and speeding up the account opening process. It also streamlines business processes and provides customer insight with the intent to support customer loyalty and retention. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Chennai, India with offices in the USA and UAE.

Billie

Series B in 2019
Billie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-financing invoices and online factoring services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company aims to improve working capital management through a fully automated invoice financing solution, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by SMEs. Billie's platform facilitates expedited B2B invoicing and payments by utilizing big data analytics and digital processes, allowing for instant financing of purchases directly at the online point-of-sale. In addition to its invoice factoring services, Billie offers a pay-after-delivery product to help SMEs secure improved payment terms, enabling them to manage outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork.

Zen Finance

Seed Round in 2019
Zen Finance is a Fintech that improve the relationship of people and companies. Zen is the 1st fintech as a service platform of Brazil. They provide design, customize and operate financial products to generate more value to their partners and their clients. Their partners are Uber, iFood, Dafiti and many others. Their purpose is to to create financial bridges between people and their finances through technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Zen Finance

Funding Round in 2018
Zen Finance is a Fintech that improve the relationship of people and companies. Zen is the 1st fintech as a service platform of Brazil. They provide design, customize and operate financial products to generate more value to their partners and their clients. Their partners are Uber, iFood, Dafiti and many others. Their purpose is to to create financial bridges between people and their finances through technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

BeeTech

Series A in 2018
BeeTech Global, founded in 2016 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, specializes in payment processing solutions and cross-border infrastructure for currency exchange. The company offers a range of services, including Remessa Online for individual users and Remessa Online for Business tailored to corporate clients. Additionally, BeeTech provides BeeConnect, a platform that allows businesses to offer currency exchange services to their customers, and BeeCâmbio, a currency exchange store. By leveraging financial technology and innovation, BeeTech aims to enhance transparency in currency exchange and international payments, eliminating high fees, unexpected rates, and bureaucratic hurdles that have traditionally plagued the industry.

Billie

Series A in 2017
Billie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-financing invoices and online factoring services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company aims to improve working capital management through a fully automated invoice financing solution, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by SMEs. Billie's platform facilitates expedited B2B invoicing and payments by utilizing big data analytics and digital processes, allowing for instant financing of purchases directly at the online point-of-sale. In addition to its invoice factoring services, Billie offers a pay-after-delivery product to help SMEs secure improved payment terms, enabling them to manage outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork.

Billie

Seed Round in 2016
Billie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-financing invoices and online factoring services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company aims to improve working capital management through a fully automated invoice financing solution, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by SMEs. Billie's platform facilitates expedited B2B invoicing and payments by utilizing big data analytics and digital processes, allowing for instant financing of purchases directly at the online point-of-sale. In addition to its invoice factoring services, Billie offers a pay-after-delivery product to help SMEs secure improved payment terms, enabling them to manage outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork.