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 Trading Platform

Aibidia

Series A in 2023
Aibidia Oy is a Finnish company based in Helsinki that operates a digital transfer pricing platform. Established in 2014, Aibidia focuses on enhancing transfer pricing processes through the use of analytics and automation. The company's platform aims to streamline and improve the efficiency of transfer pricing, making it easier for professionals in the field to manage their workflows. By leveraging data and technology, Aibidia seeks to modernize the way transfer pricing is conducted in businesses.

Pinhome

Series B in 2022
Property e-Commerce Platform, Property Transaction Platform

Truck It In

Seed Round in 2022
Truck It In is a logistics technology company aimed at streamlining road freight operations in Pakistan. Its platform serves over 3.3 million businesses, providing a connection between shippers and truckers. By offering access to a reliable fleet of trucks at competitive prices, Truck It In facilitates instant load bookings and ensures back-haul load availability. The platform automates the delivery tracking process, thereby enhancing efficiency within the logistics industry and unlocking significant resource potential.

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.

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.

ZAX

Series A in 2021
Creating a platform for product discovery, sales, marketing, trust, payment, credit & logistics services to suppliers & resellers across Latin America.

Truck It In

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Truck It In is a logistics technology company aimed at streamlining road freight operations in Pakistan. Its platform serves over 3.3 million businesses, providing a connection between shippers and truckers. By offering access to a reliable fleet of trucks at competitive prices, Truck It In facilitates instant load bookings and ensures back-haul load availability. The platform automates the delivery tracking process, thereby enhancing efficiency within the logistics industry and unlocking significant resource potential.

Exnaton

Seed Round in 2021
Exnaton operates a software platform focused on renewable energy trading and energy data management. The platform supports energy suppliers by providing tools that facilitate the trading of renewable energy resources, enabling them to capitalize on digital business opportunities within local energy markets. This capability not only enhances energy independence but also streamlines operations, helping suppliers save time and reduce costs. Additionally, Exnaton's platform offers grid operators a suitable model for integrating renewable energies, ultimately benefiting energy utilities and promoting a more sustainable energy landscape.

Pinhome

Series A in 2021
Property e-Commerce Platform, Property Transaction Platform

Una Brands

Seed Round in 2021
Una Brands provide a fast and fair way for e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

Una Brands

Debt Financing in 2021
Una Brands provide a fast and fair way for e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

Truck It In

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Truck It In is a logistics technology company aimed at streamlining road freight operations in Pakistan. Its platform serves over 3.3 million businesses, providing a connection between shippers and truckers. By offering access to a reliable fleet of trucks at competitive prices, Truck It In facilitates instant load bookings and ensures back-haul load availability. The platform automates the delivery tracking process, thereby enhancing efficiency within the logistics industry and unlocking significant resource potential.

Mayan

Seed Round in 2021
An analytics platform as a service to help facilitate the discovery, analysis, purchase/sale, and operations of Amazon-FBA brands. One-stop shop for Amazon brand owners to understand everything related to their amazon business.

seer

Seed Round in 2021
A SaaS-based sales and communication platform for Luxury retailers that enables sales associates to seamlessly and meaningfully connect their customers to relevant inventory, enabling them to more easily reach and exceed their sales goals.

Aibidia

Seed Round in 2020
Aibidia Oy is a Finnish company based in Helsinki that operates a digital transfer pricing platform. Established in 2014, Aibidia focuses on enhancing transfer pricing processes through the use of analytics and automation. The company's platform aims to streamline and improve the efficiency of transfer pricing, making it easier for professionals in the field to manage their workflows. By leveraging data and technology, Aibidia seeks to modernize the way transfer pricing is conducted in businesses.

Pinhome

Seed Round in 2019
Property e-Commerce Platform, Property Transaction Platform

ZAX

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Creating a platform for product discovery, sales, marketing, trust, payment, credit & logistics services to suppliers & resellers across Latin America.

Homeloop

Seed Round in 2017
Developer of an online property selling platform. The company's platform assesses the valuation of real estate assets through its internet portal and offers to estimate real estate assets once their different features have been input depending on the users and enabling them to sell their homes or apartments at a market price.

Bridestory

Series A in 2015
Bridestory is a Wedding Marketplace in South East Asia, connecting engaged couples with wedding professionals

AdScale

Series B in 2008
AdScale operates as a marketplace for online advertising, facilitating transactions between advertisers and website owners. The company provides a transparent trading platform for digital ad space, encompassing display, video, and mobile formats. Through its Supply Side Platform, AdScale allows publishers to enhance their yield management by leveraging private deals and auctions. Advertisers benefit from advanced optimization technologies, including programmatic buying, targeting, and data management, which help maximize the effectiveness of their campaigns. Overall, AdScale aims to deliver a fair price-performance ratio for its business partners while streamlining the online advertising process.

AdScale

Series A in 2007
AdScale operates as a marketplace for online advertising, facilitating transactions between advertisers and website owners. The company provides a transparent trading platform for digital ad space, encompassing display, video, and mobile formats. Through its Supply Side Platform, AdScale allows publishers to enhance their yield management by leveraging private deals and auctions. Advertisers benefit from advanced optimization technologies, including programmatic buying, targeting, and data management, which help maximize the effectiveness of their campaigns. Overall, AdScale aims to deliver a fair price-performance ratio for its business partners while streamlining the online advertising process.