Global Founders Capital

Founded in Berlin in 2013, Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs across various stages and global markets. It focuses on software and TMT sectors, investing based on potential impact and feasibility.

Cedric Asselman

Partner

Philippe Collet

Partner

Tito Costa

Partner

Onur Erbay

Partner

Melvin Hade

Partner

Past deals in Rental

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.

Keyzy

Seed Round in 2023
Keyzy is a FinTech and PropTech company focused on facilitating home ownership for young professionals and first-time buyers. Recognizing the challenges posed by high property prices and stringent mortgage criteria, Keyzy offers an innovative rent-to-own model. The company purchases a home on behalf of the client and rents it for a predetermined period of three to seven years. During this time, a portion of the monthly rent—up to 25%—is credited towards a future deposit. At the end of the rental term, clients have the option to buy the home at the original purchase price, minus the accumulated deposit. By addressing the barriers that prevent many, including essential workers, from owning homes, Keyzy aims to disrupt the cycle of renting and support clients in achieving their home ownership goals.

Cityfurnish

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2015, Cityfurnish is a Gurgaon-based e-commerce company specializing in online furniture rental. It offers contemporary and modern wooden furniture and furnishings on a monthly rental basis.

Zenbase

Seed Round in 2022
Zenbase specializes in flexible rent payment solutions, aiming to enhance financial well-being for tenants while improving operational efficiency for property managers. Its platform enables bi-weekly payments aligned with pay cycles, reducing late fees and potentially boosting credit scores.

Pinhome

Series B in 2022
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform that facilitates property transactions, enabling users to buy, sell, and rent real estate more efficiently. By organizing property data and digitizing the transaction process, Pinhome simplifies the complexities associated with real estate dealings. The platform caters to a wide range of customer needs, including property maintenance and personal care services, thereby providing comprehensive support throughout the real estate process. Pinhome aims to enhance accessibility to home financing and streamline the overall experience for clients seeking to navigate the real estate market.

Boom & Bucket

Seed Round in 2022
Boom & Bucket operates a modern online marketplace for heavy equipment. It connects contractors to buy and sell used heavy equipment, facilitating transactions through its business-to-business platform that enables construction companies and contractors to efficiently buy, sell, or rent equipment with financing options.

Seyna

Series A in 2022
Seyna is a digital insurance company based in Paris, France, established in 2018. It specializes in offering white label damage insurance products tailored for various needs, including rental insurance, coverage for tuition fees in private institutions, protection for self-employed workers' equipment, and cancellation cover for ticketing. The company provides an insurance creation, management, and distribution platform designed to simplify the process for brokers, enabling them to offer customizable insurance solutions. By leveraging technology, Seyna aims to enhance the accessibility and usability of insurance products across multiple sectors, including non-life insurance.

Odetta

Seed Round in 2021
Odetta helps individuals sell and buy used cars. They provide services ranging from certification and promotion to delivery of the car, including its mechanical and legal condition. They sell and buy cars directly from other individuals.

Morada Uno

Seed Round in 2021
Morada Uno is a technology company that equips real estate brokers and professionals with digital tools and financial products. Its services enable seamless and secure rental processes, enhancing interactions between property owners and tenants.

Pinhome

Series A in 2021
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform that facilitates property transactions, enabling users to buy, sell, and rent real estate more efficiently. By organizing property data and digitizing the transaction process, Pinhome simplifies the complexities associated with real estate dealings. The platform caters to a wide range of customer needs, including property maintenance and personal care services, thereby providing comprehensive support throughout the real estate process. Pinhome aims to enhance accessibility to home financing and streamline the overall experience for clients seeking to navigate the real estate market.

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 is a company that operates an online platform specializing in room rental postings tailored for professionals and students. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico, Viya offers fully-furnished room rentals and aims to foster a unique community among its users through events and exclusive deals. The company also provides additional services such as professional repair, roommate matching, and cleaning, addressing the complexities of communal living for its clientele. Co-founded by Eugenio Villarreal and Francisco Puente, Viya focuses on enhancing the living experience of young professionals.

Viya

Seed Round in 2020
Viya is a company that operates an online platform specializing in room rental postings tailored for professionals and students. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico, Viya offers fully-furnished room rentals and aims to foster a unique community among its users through events and exclusive deals. The company also provides additional services such as professional repair, roommate matching, and cleaning, addressing the complexities of communal living for its clientele. Co-founded by Eugenio Villarreal and Francisco Puente, Viya focuses on enhancing the living experience of young professionals.

Odetta

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Odetta helps individuals sell and buy used cars. They provide services ranging from certification and promotion to delivery of the car, including its mechanical and legal condition. They sell and buy cars directly from other individuals.

Colonies

Series B in 2020
Founded in 2017, Colonies is a Paris-based company offering co-living rental services. It provides furnished private studios and shared spaces in major cities, targeting young professionals seeking convenient, hassle-free housing solutions.

Ender

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Ender is a real estate technology company based in Austin, Texas. It specializes in streamlining rental property management through its platform, which automates tenant inquiries, facilitates secure self-showings, and enables online application processes and rent payments.

Pinhome

Seed Round in 2019
Pinhome is a technology-driven platform that facilitates property transactions, enabling users to buy, sell, and rent real estate more efficiently. By organizing property data and digitizing the transaction process, Pinhome simplifies the complexities associated with real estate dealings. The platform caters to a wide range of customer needs, including property maintenance and personal care services, thereby providing comprehensive support throughout the real estate process. Pinhome aims to enhance accessibility to home financing and streamline the overall experience for clients seeking to navigate the real estate market.

Seyna

Seed Round in 2019
Seyna is a digital insurance company based in Paris, France, established in 2018. It specializes in offering white label damage insurance products tailored for various needs, including rental insurance, coverage for tuition fees in private institutions, protection for self-employed workers' equipment, and cancellation cover for ticketing. The company provides an insurance creation, management, and distribution platform designed to simplify the process for brokers, enabling them to offer customizable insurance solutions. By leveraging technology, Seyna aims to enhance the accessibility and usability of insurance products across multiple sectors, including non-life insurance.

WanderJaunt

Series B in 2019
WanderJaunt, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in managing vacation rentals for homeowners and guests. Founded in 2016, WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled solutions that facilitate seamless experiences for travelers. The company negotiates lease agreements with property owners or employs a commission model, retaining a portion of rental income. Its platform provides guests with convenient accommodations that include various amenities such as cookware, dinnerware, cable TV, and essential toiletries, ensuring a comfortable stay while allowing them to explore new communities.

Lyght Living

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lyght Living brings flexibility to all spaces and places. Customers can rent furniture for as long as they like, without dealing with the cost, hassle, or commitment of owning. At the same time, Lyght Living takes care of carbon footprint by ensuring a circular approach.

Tenderd

Seed Round in 2019
Tenderd operates an on-demand marketplace for renting heavy equipment and provides an AI-powered platform to optimize fleet operations. The marketplace connects owners of equipment such as bulldozers, loaders and cranes with construction and engineering firms in the Middle East and North Africa and also manages a network of contractors. Its analytics platform converts equipment data into actionable insights to monitor operations, improve asset utilization, manage fuel consumption, plan routes, schedule maintenance and visualize trip logs, with features to measure carbon emissions and support safer, more efficient and sustainable operations.

Cityfurnish

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2015, Cityfurnish is a Gurgaon-based e-commerce company specializing in online furniture rental. It offers contemporary and modern wooden furniture and furnishings on a monthly rental basis.

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.

TheGuarantors

Series B in 2019
TheGuarantors is a FinTech company that delivers risk and financial solutions for the real estate ecosystem. It operates a rental coverage platform that acts as a financing tool for tenants to replace traditional security deposits with a small annual fee, while providing landlords with the protection they require. By removing the upfront deposit barrier, the platform helps tenants unfreeze capital and access rental opportunities more affordably and with less friction. The company leverages data and industry expertise in real estate, risk, and finance to streamline leasing, reduce risk for landlords, and expand access to rental housing. The platform serves landlords, leasing staff, brokers, renters, and tenants by improving efficiency in the leasing process and facilitating smoother tenant-screening and cash flow management.

Colonies

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2017, Colonies is a Paris-based company offering co-living rental services. It provides furnished private studios and shared spaces in major cities, targeting young professionals seeking convenient, hassle-free housing solutions.

Insurami

Seed Round in 2018
Insurami is a London-based company established in 2018 by Arnor K. Davidsson and Majed Chaaraoui. It specializes in providing smart deposit replacement insurance, aimed at transforming the landscape of financial due diligence and deposits in the commercial real estate sector. Insurami’s platform offers landlords a solution that delivers the same level of protection as traditional security deposits for office space rentals, without the necessity of holding tenant funds. This innovative approach enables landlords to attract a broader range of clients by facilitating deposit-free renting, thereby enhancing accessibility and efficiency in the leasing process.

Goodlord

Series B in 2018
Goodlord develops a cloud-based software platform streamlining rental processes for estate agents, landlords, and tenants. Its platform enables online payments of holding deposits, completion of references, signing tenancy agreements, and management of associated paperwork, enhancing efficiency and transparency.

REZI

Series A in 2018
REZI is a property rental company that focuses on enhancing the rental experience for both landlords and tenants through its advanced technology and analytics. The company has developed a platform that employs proprietary analytics and advanced screening methods to efficiently identify long-term tenants. This system not only facilitates the tenant search process but also allows tenants to manage their rent payments conveniently, including the option for automatic recurring payments. By leveraging technology and financial products, REZI aims to streamline the rental process, making it more efficient and user-friendly for all parties involved.

WanderJaunt

Series A in 2018
WanderJaunt, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in managing vacation rentals for homeowners and guests. Founded in 2016, WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled solutions that facilitate seamless experiences for travelers. The company negotiates lease agreements with property owners or employs a commission model, retaining a portion of rental income. Its platform provides guests with convenient accommodations that include various amenities such as cookware, dinnerware, cable TV, and essential toiletries, ensuring a comfortable stay while allowing them to explore new communities.

Boatsetter

Series A in 2018
Boatsetter is a peer-to-peer boat rental platform that connects boat owners and captains with individuals seeking water experiences, regardless of their boating expertise. The company addresses the underutilization of privately owned vessels by facilitating boat rentals, thus allowing owners to monetize their investments. Boatsetter combines elements from successful collaborative market models like those of home and car rental services to innovate within the marine industry. The platform offers both short and long-term charter services, along with real-time customer support and insurance coverage. By establishing partnerships with a national network of marine-industry businesses, Boatsetter aims to enhance its service offerings and expand its reach across the U.S.

Zeus Living

Series A in 2017
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and businesses across several key markets, including the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Zeus Living partners with homeowners to furnish and manage their properties, thereby providing attractive rental options for corporate clients and facilitating a higher rental income for property owners. Additionally, the company offers a web-based application that delivers property information, enhancing the user experience for both tenants and homeowners.

TheGuarantors

Series A in 2017
TheGuarantors is a FinTech company that delivers risk and financial solutions for the real estate ecosystem. It operates a rental coverage platform that acts as a financing tool for tenants to replace traditional security deposits with a small annual fee, while providing landlords with the protection they require. By removing the upfront deposit barrier, the platform helps tenants unfreeze capital and access rental opportunities more affordably and with less friction. The company leverages data and industry expertise in real estate, risk, and finance to streamline leasing, reduce risk for landlords, and expand access to rental housing. The platform serves landlords, leasing staff, brokers, renters, and tenants by improving efficiency in the leasing process and facilitating smoother tenant-screening and cash flow management.

WanderJaunt

Seed Round in 2017
WanderJaunt, Inc. is a property management company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in managing vacation rentals for homeowners and guests. Founded in 2016, WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled solutions that facilitate seamless experiences for travelers. The company negotiates lease agreements with property owners or employs a commission model, retaining a portion of rental income. Its platform provides guests with convenient accommodations that include various amenities such as cookware, dinnerware, cable TV, and essential toiletries, ensuring a comfortable stay while allowing them to explore new communities.

Grover

Seed Round in 2017
Grover is an online platform that allows consumers to rent a wide variety of tech products through monthly subscriptions. With a catalog of over 3,000 items, Grover offers access to smartphones, laptops, VR gear, wearables, and smart home appliances. The company's business model emphasizes sustainability by refurbishing and re-circulating returned products, thereby extending their lifespan and minimizing electronic waste. By enabling users to rent instead of purchase, Grover provides an affordable alternative for accessing consumer electronics. The company operates in multiple markets, including the United States, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Colonies

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2017, Colonies is a Paris-based company offering co-living rental services. It provides furnished private studios and shared spaces in major cities, targeting young professionals seeking convenient, hassle-free housing solutions.

HipCar

Venture Round in 2017
HipCar is a car-sharing application operating in Indonesia that allows users to rent vehicles on an hourly or daily basis. The platform simplifies the rental process by enabling users to upload their driver's license and ID card, facilitating quick registration without the need for surveys. HipCar offers 24-hour access to its fleet, with a minimum rental period of just 15 minutes. Through its application, users can easily register, book, pay for, and manage their rentals, including locking and unlocking the vehicles. This convenience makes it straightforward for individuals to pick up and drive cars from various locations according to their needs.

Goodlord

Series A in 2017
Goodlord develops a cloud-based software platform streamlining rental processes for estate agents, landlords, and tenants. Its platform enables online payments of holding deposits, completion of references, signing tenancy agreements, and management of associated paperwork, enhancing efficiency and transparency.

OpenRent

Series A in 2017
OpenRent is a London-based online rental platform that connects landlords with tenants for property letting, primarily in London. Founded in 2011, the company offers a self-service marketplace where landlords can list properties and tenants can search for available rentals. The platform handles the letting process online, including inquiries, viewings, contract signing, deposits, and referencing, providing an alternative to traditional renting agents and streamlining administrative tasks. By hosting the entire process online, OpenRent aims to reduce costs and speed up placements for both landlords and tenants.

Goodlord

Seed Round in 2016
Goodlord develops a cloud-based software platform streamlining rental processes for estate agents, landlords, and tenants. Its platform enables online payments of holding deposits, completion of references, signing tenancy agreements, and management of associated paperwork, enhancing efficiency and transparency.

Grover

Seed Round in 2015
Grover is an online platform that allows consumers to rent a wide variety of tech products through monthly subscriptions. With a catalog of over 3,000 items, Grover offers access to smartphones, laptops, VR gear, wearables, and smart home appliances. The company's business model emphasizes sustainability by refurbishing and re-circulating returned products, thereby extending their lifespan and minimizing electronic waste. By enabling users to rent instead of purchase, Grover provides an affordable alternative for accessing consumer electronics. The company operates in multiple markets, including the United States, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Bridestory

Series A in 2015
Bridestory is a digital platform that serves as a marketplace connecting engaged couples with a variety of wedding professionals. The company facilitates the organization of weddings by providing technology-driven solutions that streamline the planning process. Bridestory offers curated lists of vendors and suppliers, including venues, dresses, photographers, and rental services, aiming to ensure a seamless and stress-free experience for clients.

Girl Meets Dress

Series A in 2013
Girl Meets Dress Ltd. is an online luxury fashion rental platform based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in providing a wide range of designer dresses and apparel for women. Founded in 2009, the company caters to various occasions by offering wedding guest dresses, gowns, cocktail dresses, and black tie attire, among others, allowing customers to rent over 4,000 pieces from more than 150 designer brands at significantly reduced prices. In addition to dresses, Girl Meets Dress offers a selection of accessories, including handbags, hats, and jewelry, as well as beauty and hosiery products. The platform facilitates convenient rentals by delivering items directly to the customer's location and providing a prepaid return option. Recognized for its innovation in the fashion rental industry, Girl Meets Dress has garnered multiple awards and accolades, solidifying its position as a leading destination for designer dress rentals.

Traveloka

Series A in 2013
Traveloka is an online travel aggregator based in Indonesia, primarily focused on helping customers search for and book various travel options. It operates a comprehensive platform that enables users to compare and book flights, hotels, villas, apartments, transportation, tours, holiday packages, and activities. By providing a user-friendly search engine, Traveloka aims to simplify the travel planning process, allowing individuals to find accommodations and tickets that meet their specific needs. The company has expanded its operations to six countries and continues to explore new initiatives to enhance its impact in the travel industry.
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