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 Travel

Faye

Seed Round in 2022
Zenner Israel help business travelers get to their destination when things go wrong.

Away

Series D in 2019
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

HomeToGo

Venture Round in 2018
With more than $150 million raised in funding, HomeToGo (hometogo.com) is the world's largest vacation rental search engine. It allows you to easily search and compare over 17 million accommodation offers in over 200 countries from more than 800 partners, including: Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway, and TripAdvisor. With intuitive features such as flexible dates, users can find their ideal vacation rental according to their preferred destination, travel dates, budget, and amenities. HomeToGo was founded 2014 by Dr. Patrick Andrae, Wolfgang Heigl, and Nils Regge. It includes the brands Tripping.com and CASAMUNDO. The Berlin-based company currently employs more than 170 people and operates 23 local websites in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo's investors include Insight Venture Partners, Lakestar, Princeville Global, DN Capital, Acton Capital Partners, Global Founders Capital, Perpetual Investors, and mojo.capital.

voya

Series A in 2018
Voya is the first business travel service that both travelers and their companies love. We are building a chat-based business travel service, enabling busy travelers to book and manage their travel within seconds by sending a simple text message. Combining latest A.I. technologies with human intelligence allows us to provide our customers with the best and most responsive service. Companies love Voya for the incredibly easy on-boarding process, quick integration of accounting systems, and easy implementation of guidelines and approval processes.

Away

Series C in 2018
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

HomeToGo

Series C in 2017
With more than $150 million raised in funding, HomeToGo (hometogo.com) is the world's largest vacation rental search engine. It allows you to easily search and compare over 17 million accommodation offers in over 200 countries from more than 800 partners, including: Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway, and TripAdvisor. With intuitive features such as flexible dates, users can find their ideal vacation rental according to their preferred destination, travel dates, budget, and amenities. HomeToGo was founded 2014 by Dr. Patrick Andrae, Wolfgang Heigl, and Nils Regge. It includes the brands Tripping.com and CASAMUNDO. The Berlin-based company currently employs more than 170 people and operates 23 local websites in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo's investors include Insight Venture Partners, Lakestar, Princeville Global, DN Capital, Acton Capital Partners, Global Founders Capital, Perpetual Investors, and mojo.capital.

Away

Series B in 2017
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

voya

Seed Round in 2017
Voya is the first business travel service that both travelers and their companies love. We are building a chat-based business travel service, enabling busy travelers to book and manage their travel within seconds by sending a simple text message. Combining latest A.I. technologies with human intelligence allows us to provide our customers with the best and most responsive service. Companies love Voya for the incredibly easy on-boarding process, quick integration of accounting systems, and easy implementation of guidelines and approval processes.

Away

Series A in 2016
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.

Ulmon

Venture Round in 2015
Ulmon GmbH designs and delivers a mobile travel platform that can be accessed through its iOS and Android travel applications. Its applications for smart travelers include provide city guides, detailed maps, and subway maps, as well as local tips to receive insider tips from local experts and other users; follow experts and users on Twitter; view ratings in a list and on the map; and write and share their discoveries and local tips. The company is based in Vienna, Austria.

TravelBird

Series B in 2015
At TravelBird we surprise our customers every day with the best deals. We make booking and travelling simple and easy so travellers can enjoy their holiday! TravelBird changes the way people experience travel. We were founded in 2010, now have over 450 dedicated employees and operate in 12 countries. Every day 15.000 travellers enjoy a surprising and unforgettable journey with TravelBird. We are the leading online travel platform offering uniquely inspiring, great value deals together with a hassle free experience.

onlinetours

Venture Round in 2014
OnlineTours is a Russian online tourist agency selling packaged tourist tours via its website.

TravelBird

Series A in 2014
At TravelBird we surprise our customers every day with the best deals. We make booking and travelling simple and easy so travellers can enjoy their holiday! TravelBird changes the way people experience travel. We were founded in 2010, now have over 450 dedicated employees and operate in 12 countries. Every day 15.000 travellers enjoy a surprising and unforgettable journey with TravelBird. We are the leading online travel platform offering uniquely inspiring, great value deals together with a hassle free experience.

Ulmon

Seed Round in 2014
Ulmon GmbH designs and delivers a mobile travel platform that can be accessed through its iOS and Android travel applications. Its applications for smart travelers include provide city guides, detailed maps, and subway maps, as well as local tips to receive insider tips from local experts and other users; follow experts and users on Twitter; view ratings in a list and on the map; and write and share their discoveries and local tips. The company is based in Vienna, Austria.

Traveloka

Series A in 2013
PT. Traveloka Indonesia provides online airline and hotel ticketing services in Indonesia. It develops a platform and mobile application which enables users to make bookings of services provided by hotels, airlines, train and other transportation operators, events promoters, tourist attraction operators, travel agencies, telecommunication operators, and/or other service providers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

TripIt

Series B in 2008
TripIt is an intelligent travel organizer that helps travelers manage their plans so that their trips go more smoothly. Travelers simply forward their purchase confirmation emails to TripIt and TripIt automatically creates master itineraries with travel plans and other critical information. With TripIt, it's easy for travelers to print or access their trip plans from anywhere--and to share itineraries and travel calendars with friends in their TripIt network.

trivago

Seed Round in 2007
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, trivago is a global hotel search platform, focused on reshaping the way travelers search for and compare hotels. trivago’s mission is to “be the traveler’s first and independent source of information for finding the ideal hotel at the lowest rate.” As of September 30, 2016, trivago’s global hotel search platform offered access to approximately 1.3 million hotels in over 190 countries. trivago’s platform can be accessed globally via 55 localized websites and apps in 33 languages.