Global Founders Capital

Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2013 and based in Berlin, Germany. The firm focuses on investing in innovative companies at various stages of development, from early-stage ventures to those preparing for an initial public offering. With a global outlook, Global Founders Capital seeks to empower entrepreneurs across all continents, particularly in the software and technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. The firm evaluates investment opportunities based on their potential impact and feasibility, aiming to support individuals with transformative ideas.

Cedric Asselman

Partner

Leonardo Banchik

Partner

David Citron

Partner

Tito Costa

Partner

Onur Erbay

Partner

Melvin Hade

Partner

Roel Janssen

Partner

Kendrick Geluz Kho

Investor

Benedikt Körling

Partner

Soheil Mirpour

Partner, Head of Growth and PE and COO

Matthias Müller

Partner

Fabricio Pettena

Partner

David Sainteff

Partner

Donald Stalter

Partner

Sebastian Waldmann

Principal

Past deals in Credits and Lending

Jupiter

Venture Round in 2024
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.

Defacto

Series A in 2023
Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. The platform of the company solves the working capital requirement, provides loans, and lets businesses to return when consumers pay, allowing businesses to finance any invoices and offer early payment to suppliers, as well as automate payments and reconciliation.

Tranch

Seed Round in 2023
Tranch is a fintech company based in New York City, founded in 2021 by Beau Allison and Philip Kelvin. The company specializes in providing flexible payment solutions for businesses, enabling them to manage large invoices more effectively. By offering innovative expense financing services, Tranch allows fast-growing businesses, particularly in the SaaS and service sectors, to enhance their cash flow management. This approach prioritizes spending on growth by enabling companies to pay upfront for significant expenses while offering their customers flexible payment options. Tranch aims to simplify and accelerate accounts receivable processes through its advanced payment infrastructure.

Keyzy UK

Seed Round in 2023
Keyzy is revolutionizing the path to homeownership with its innovative rent-to-own FinTech solution. Catering to young professionals and first-time buyers, Keyzy eliminates the daunting hurdle of hefty upfront deposits, offering a flexible and accessible alternative to traditional mortgages. With Keyzy, individuals can rent their dream homes while simultaneously building equity through monthly payments, paving the way for future ownership. Our platform empowers users to take control of their housing journey, providing a seamless and transparent experience from start to finish. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and strategic partnerships, Keyzy ensures affordability, reliability, and convenience for its customers. Our commitment to customer-centricity drives us to continually enhance our platform, incorporating user feedback and industry best practices to deliver exceptional value and satisfaction. With Keyzy, homeownership is no longer a distant dream but an achievable reality for individuals from diverse financial backgrounds. Join us in breaking down barriers to homeownership and unlocking the door to your future with Keyzy. Welcome home.

Defacto

Series A in 2022
Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. The platform of the company solves the working capital requirement, provides loans, and lets businesses to return when consumers pay, allowing businesses to finance any invoices and offer early payment to suppliers, as well as automate payments and reconciliation.

Zenbase

Seed Round in 2022
Zenbase is a financial technology platform that specializes in flexible rent payment solutions, aimed at enhancing financial inclusion and empowering renters. By addressing the common misalignment between rent due dates and bi-monthly pay cycles, Zenbase offers innovative features such as automated rent payment splitting and credit reporting. These services help renters avoid late fees, improve their cash flow, and potentially build their credit history. Additionally, Zenbase's solutions enhance operational efficiency for property managers, contributing to a more streamlined rental process that benefits both renters and landlords.

Tranch

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Tranch is a fintech company based in New York City, founded in 2021 by Beau Allison and Philip Kelvin. The company specializes in providing flexible payment solutions for businesses, enabling them to manage large invoices more effectively. By offering innovative expense financing services, Tranch allows fast-growing businesses, particularly in the SaaS and service sectors, to enhance their cash flow management. This approach prioritizes spending on growth by enabling companies to pay upfront for significant expenses while offering their customers flexible payment options. Tranch aims to simplify and accelerate accounts receivable processes through its advanced payment infrastructure.

Pine

Series A in 2022
Pine is a digital mortgage company focused on transforming the traditional home financing process into a more accessible and efficient experience. By leveraging advanced technology, Pine aims to simplify and expedite mortgage services for its clients. The company provides a range of mortgage products, emphasizing a user-friendly approach that alleviates the complexities often associated with obtaining a mortgage. Pine combines technological innovation with personalized support, ensuring that clients receive a streamlined and stress-free mortgage experience.

Pinhome

Series B in 2022
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform focused on enhancing property transactions and home financing accessibility. It aims to simplify the buying, selling, and renting processes by providing a comprehensive solution that organizes property data and information. The platform facilitates efficient property transactions and offers a range of services, including home and personal maintenance, ensuring that clients can seamlessly navigate their real estate needs. By digitizing property transactions and streamlining home financing, Pinhome addresses the challenges often associated with real estate, making it easier for customers to find and manage their homes.

Floatpays

Seed Round in 2022
FloatPays is a financial technology company based in Cape Town, Western Cape, founded in 2019. The company specializes in providing a platform that facilitates payroll integration and offers employees early access to their wages. FloatPays enhances employee financial well-being through various services, including payment solutions, financial education, effective reporting, and training. By promoting budgeting and financial literacy, the company aims to empower individuals to transition from debt to savings, ultimately fostering a more secure financial future for its users.

Quo

Seed Round in 2021
Quo Finance Inc. is a financial technology company that designs and develops a financial planning platform aimed at helping consumers achieve their lifestyle goals more efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Quo employs advanced artificial intelligence to analyze users' financial histories and create personalized backup plans. This innovative platform enables users to modify loans and mitigate default risks automatically. In addition to its core offerings, Quo provides various financial insights and banking services, with a presence in multiple states across the United States.

Defacto

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. The platform of the company solves the working capital requirement, provides loans, and lets businesses to return when consumers pay, allowing businesses to finance any invoices and offer early payment to suppliers, as well as automate payments and reconciliation.

Flowbo

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flowbo is a funding platform based in Los Angeles, California, that supports online content creators by offering financial services tailored to their needs. Founded in 2021, the company connects creators, freelancers, and solopreneurs with loans that are determined by analyzing data related to their channel and audience reach. This innovative approach allows users to access financing for various projects, such as launching e-commerce stores, developing games, and enhancing creative studios. By facilitating collaborations and enabling creators to explore new platforms, Flowbo aims to empower individuals in the digital content landscape to grow their ventures and expand their reach.

Honest

Series A in 2021
Honest is a company focused on developing financial products that enhance users' experience with economical transactions. It offers a credit card application characterized by no annual fees, low interest rates on purchases and balance transfers, as well as rewards points for every transaction. These features are designed to help customers build their credit history and improve their overall financial well-being. By prioritizing user-friendly financial solutions, Honest aims to make financial management accessible and beneficial for its customers.

Jupiter

Series B in 2021
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.

Bankuish

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bankuish is a technology platform that enables gig workers and freelancers to utilize their work history data to establish their creditworthiness. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York City and Mexico City, the platform provides users with access to a marketplace of preapproved financial offers from national banks, tailored to their individual profiles. It also features AI-driven tools that assign alternative credit scores based on marketplace work history data, facilitating access to loans, insurance, and online payment solutions. By helping banks acquire new customers and effectively manage risk, Bankuish has successfully de-risked thousands of individuals while maintaining a default rate significantly lower than the industry average.

Uncapped

Venture Round in 2021
Uncapped Ltd. is a revenue-based finance provider that enables founders to access growth capital without sacrificing control of their businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in London, the company offers business advances ranging from £10,000 to £2 million. Uncapped charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and repays through a revenue share, eliminating the need for interest, personal guarantees, or equity stakes. This model allows for a straightforward and flexible financing solution, as the company assesses funding eligibility using marketing, sales, and accounting data based on current and projected revenues. By providing fair and accessible finance, Uncapped supports entrepreneurs in their growth journey without imposing hidden charges or lengthy processes.

Uncapped

Debt Financing in 2021
Uncapped Ltd. is a revenue-based finance provider that enables founders to access growth capital without sacrificing control of their businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in London, the company offers business advances ranging from £10,000 to £2 million. Uncapped charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and repays through a revenue share, eliminating the need for interest, personal guarantees, or equity stakes. This model allows for a straightforward and flexible financing solution, as the company assesses funding eligibility using marketing, sales, and accounting data based on current and projected revenues. By providing fair and accessible finance, Uncapped supports entrepreneurs in their growth journey without imposing hidden charges or lengthy processes.

Pinhome

Series A in 2021
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform focused on enhancing property transactions and home financing accessibility. It aims to simplify the buying, selling, and renting processes by providing a comprehensive solution that organizes property data and information. The platform facilitates efficient property transactions and offers a range of services, including home and personal maintenance, ensuring that clients can seamlessly navigate their real estate needs. By digitizing property transactions and streamlining home financing, Pinhome addresses the challenges often associated with real estate, making it easier for customers to find and manage their homes.

Uncapped

Venture Round in 2020
Uncapped Ltd. is a revenue-based finance provider that enables founders to access growth capital without sacrificing control of their businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in London, the company offers business advances ranging from £10,000 to £2 million. Uncapped charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and repays through a revenue share, eliminating the need for interest, personal guarantees, or equity stakes. This model allows for a straightforward and flexible financing solution, as the company assesses funding eligibility using marketing, sales, and accounting data based on current and projected revenues. By providing fair and accessible finance, Uncapped supports entrepreneurs in their growth journey without imposing hidden charges or lengthy processes.

Pinhome

Seed Round in 2019
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform focused on enhancing property transactions and home financing accessibility. It aims to simplify the buying, selling, and renting processes by providing a comprehensive solution that organizes property data and information. The platform facilitates efficient property transactions and offers a range of services, including home and personal maintenance, ensuring that clients can seamlessly navigate their real estate needs. By digitizing property transactions and streamlining home financing, Pinhome addresses the challenges often associated with real estate, making it easier for customers to find and manage their homes.

Uncapped

Seed Round in 2019
Uncapped Ltd. is a revenue-based finance provider that enables founders to access growth capital without sacrificing control of their businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in London, the company offers business advances ranging from £10,000 to £2 million. Uncapped charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and repays through a revenue share, eliminating the need for interest, personal guarantees, or equity stakes. This model allows for a straightforward and flexible financing solution, as the company assesses funding eligibility using marketing, sales, and accounting data based on current and projected revenues. By providing fair and accessible finance, Uncapped supports entrepreneurs in their growth journey without imposing hidden charges or lengthy processes.

Jupiter

Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.

Handle

Seed Round in 2019
Handle, Inc. is a software company that specializes in managing personal workflows through an integrated application. The software facilitates collaboration across to-do lists, emails, and calendars to streamline task management. Handle's technology is particularly focused on the construction industry, providing solutions for credit and finance teams within Fortune 500 material suppliers and contractors. The platform addresses challenges such as late payments and access to capital by automating tasks related to lien management, deadline tracking, and document management. This enables clients to expedite payments to contractors and suppliers. Founded in 2011 and based in La Jolla, California, Handle was previously known as handl, inc. before rebranding in 2012.

Seawise Capital

Seed Round in 2019
Seawise Capital Inc is a trade finance company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in providing working capital solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India. The company focuses on supporting exporters by offering collateral-free capital through the discounting of invoices from international customers. This approach enables businesses to access necessary funds without the need to pledge personal or business assets. Seawise Capital also features an online portal that allows users to upload invoices and receive payments in real time, streamlining the process of managing exports and enhancing trading volumes for SMEs.

Creditoo

Seed Round in 2018
Creditoo is an online platform based in Brazil that specializes in providing low-interest payroll loans. The platform aims to simplify access to credit for employees who face challenges in obtaining payroll loans, particularly those hampered by bureaucratic processes and high-interest rates. By facilitating a quick and straightforward loan application process, Creditoo enables companies to offer their employees an efficient means of obtaining necessary credit, thereby enhancing financial accessibility for a broader workforce.

iwoca

Series C in 2016
Iwoca Ltd. is a credit finance provider based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in offering financial services to small businesses. Founded in 2011, the company assists various sectors, including retailers, restaurants, and service providers, by providing unsecured business loans and short-term cash loans. Iwoca's financing solutions help businesses address short-term cash flow gaps and invest in growth opportunities such as inventory, technology, and employee expenses. The platform features a streamlined online application process, allowing clients to secure funding with flexible repayment options ranging from one day to 24 months, and there are no penalties for early repayment. Through its services, Iwoca enhances the financial capabilities of small businesses, enabling them to thrive in a competitive market.

iwoca

Series A in 2014
Iwoca Ltd. is a credit finance provider based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in offering financial services to small businesses. Founded in 2011, the company assists various sectors, including retailers, restaurants, and service providers, by providing unsecured business loans and short-term cash loans. Iwoca's financing solutions help businesses address short-term cash flow gaps and invest in growth opportunities such as inventory, technology, and employee expenses. The platform features a streamlined online application process, allowing clients to secure funding with flexible repayment options ranging from one day to 24 months, and there are no penalties for early repayment. Through its services, Iwoca enhances the financial capabilities of small businesses, enabling them to thrive in a competitive market.
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