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

Onur Erbay

Partner

Roel Janssen

Partner

Kendrick Geluz Kho

Investor

Benedikt Körling

Partner

Soheil Mirpour

Partner, Head of Growth and PE and COO

Fabricio Pettena

Partner

David Sainteff

Partner

Donald Stalter

Partner

Dominik Unuetzer

Partner

Sebastian Waldmann

Principal

Past deals in Residential Real Estate

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. It addresses the challenges of saving for a deposit and obtaining traditional mortgages by purchasing homes on behalf of its clients. Keyzy then rents these homes to clients for a period of three to seven years, during which up to 25% of their monthly rent payments can be applied toward a future deposit. Clients have the opportunity to buy the home at the original purchase price, minus the accumulated deposit. With rising house prices and a significant decline in youth home ownership, Keyzy aims to break the cycle of renting and provide a pathway to home ownership for individuals such as doctors, nurses, teachers, and civil servants, who often struggle with affordability due to increasing living costs and stringent lending criteria.

Virgil

Series A in 2022
Virgil SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, provides financial solutions to assist individuals in purchasing homes. The company enables home buyers to secure mortgages by offering equity investments alongside them. Specifically, Virgil invests 10% of the property's price in exchange for a 15% ownership stake, which is repaid upon resale, typically within a decade. This model helps young professionals become homeowners an average of seven years earlier than typical first-time buyers, allowing them to save on rent while building their net worth. Through its innovative approach, Virgil caters to the needs of customers looking to acquire real estate and supports their journey toward homeownership.

Welcome Homes

Series A in 2022
Welcome Homes is an online platform designed to simplify the home building process for buyers. By streamlining various stages, including land selection, customization, financing, and construction, it allows users to manage their home-building journey entirely online. This approach transforms home buyers into home builders, providing a seamless and price-transparent experience. Welcome Homes aims to help individuals save time and ensure they can create a beautifully designed home in their preferred location.

Ivy Homes

Seed Round in 2022
Ivy Homes operates a real estate platform that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes. The company provides instant offers to sellers, allowing them to receive a fair price upfront for their properties. Its platform captures detailed information on real estate transactions and incorporates a pricing model to accurately assess home values. By offering liquidity through immediate purchase options, Ivy Homes enhances the selling experience, making it both easy and secure for homeowners.

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.

AMORA

Seed Round in 2022
AMORA, through a technological approach to property evaluation, creates a new way for Brazilians to acquire their dream home with the lowest downpayment available, providing an opportunity for customers to build equity at the same time as they live in their desired property.

OwnHome

Series A in 2022
OwnHome is a company focused on transforming renters into homeowners by offering innovative homeownership alternatives. The business model involves purchasing properties on behalf of clients, who then gain the rights to these homes. Clients make secure monthly payments while accumulating purchase credits over time. At a pre-agreed settlement price, clients can finalize the purchase of the home, making homeownership more accessible for those who may not have the means for a traditional down payment. By providing this unique pathway, OwnHome aims to address the challenges of entering the housing market.

duppla

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Duppla is a rent-to-own startup based in Colombia that focuses on providing alternative financing solutions for home buyers. By utilizing a unique approach to homeownership, Duppla moves away from traditional debt mechanisms, offering innovative models that enhance access to housing. The company aims to make homeownership more attainable for individuals and families, particularly in the Latin American region. Its platform facilitates housing loan finance applications and promotes debt-free financing, allowing clients to save on initial fees and qualify for mortgage loans that fit their budgets. With a team of co-founders and experts in research and strategy, Duppla is well-equipped to address the challenges of affordable housing financing and improve the customer experience in navigating the path to homeownership.

Fractional

Seed Round in 2021
Fractional is a platform that facilitates fractional ownership in real estate, making property investing more accessible to a broader audience. By developing an investment application, the company aims to lower the cost of entry and reduce the time commitment traditionally associated with real estate investments. Users can directly own fractions of various investment properties, including single-family and multi-family homes, while also visualizing potential returns, cash flow, and associated costs. The platform allows investors to benefit from rental income and appreciation without incurring annual fees or being bound by a holding period.

Fraction

Series A in 2021
Fraction is a technology-driven lending platform designed to enhance the affordability and flexibility of residential real estate. It offers a digital solution that allows homeowners to manage and diversify their home equity. Through its platform, users can take on new mortgages, reduce home equity, and unlock the value tied up in their properties. This innovative approach enables homeowners to increase their monthly income, purchase additional homes, and convert existing mortgages into options that do not require monthly payments.

Morada Uno

Seed Round in 2021
Morada Uno is a technology company that focuses on enhancing the real estate industry by offering tools and financial products aimed at real estate brokers and professionals. The company provides services that facilitate the screening, collection, and insurance of residential leases. By equipping real estate professionals with resources to streamline interactions between property owners and tenants, Morada Uno enables efficient transaction closures and effective asset management for its clients. The company's solutions aim to create a digital, seamless, and secure rental experience in the real estate market.

Parker

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Parker is an innovative investment and data platform focused on transforming the mobile home park sector. Its mission centers on preserving, enhancing, and expanding the availability of attainable housing in the United States. By leveraging a sophisticated real estate investment management platform, Parker aims to attract more capital into the housing market, thereby enabling real estate owners to generate passive income while also creating new investment opportunities. The company is supported by prominent investors, including Hustle Fund, Techstars, and Global Founders Capital, among others.

Klarsolar

Seed Round in 2021
Klarsolar is a provider of photovoltaic systems that specializes in solar energy solutions aimed at promoting self-sufficiency for private households. The company offers a range of services, including consulting, planning, roof installation, and online configuration, allowing customers to easily design their solar systems from home. Additionally, Klarsolar provides after-installation support to ensure customer satisfaction and system efficiency. For further inquiries, contact information is available on their website.

OwnHome

Seed Round in 2021
OwnHome is a company focused on transforming renters into homeowners by offering innovative homeownership alternatives. The business model involves purchasing properties on behalf of clients, who then gain the rights to these homes. Clients make secure monthly payments while accumulating purchase credits over time. At a pre-agreed settlement price, clients can finalize the purchase of the home, making homeownership more accessible for those who may not have the means for a traditional down payment. By providing this unique pathway, OwnHome aims to address the challenges of entering the housing market.

Fraction

Venture Round in 2021
Fraction is a technology-driven lending platform designed to enhance the affordability and flexibility of residential real estate. It offers a digital solution that allows homeowners to manage and diversify their home equity. Through its platform, users can take on new mortgages, reduce home equity, and unlock the value tied up in their properties. This innovative approach enables homeowners to increase their monthly income, purchase additional homes, and convert existing mortgages into options that do not require monthly payments.

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.

Welcome Homes

Seed Round in 2020
Welcome Homes is an online platform designed to simplify the home building process for buyers. By streamlining various stages, including land selection, customization, financing, and construction, it allows users to manage their home-building journey entirely online. This approach transforms home buyers into home builders, providing a seamless and price-transparent experience. Welcome Homes aims to help individuals save time and ensure they can create a beautifully designed home in their preferred location.

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 for young professionals and students. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico, Viya offers fully-furnished room rentals and aims to create a unique community among its users through various events and exclusive deals. In addition to room rentals, the company provides services such as professional repairs, roommate matching, and cleaning to support the needs of co-livers.

Viya

Seed Round in 2020
Viya is a company that operates an online platform specializing in room rental postings for young professionals and students. Founded in 2019 and based in Mexico, Viya offers fully-furnished room rentals and aims to create a unique community among its users through various events and exclusive deals. In addition to room rentals, the company provides services such as professional repairs, roommate matching, and cleaning to support the needs of co-livers.

Colonies

Series B in 2020
Colonies is a French startup founded in 2017, based in Paris, that specializes in co-living housing solutions in urban environments. The company focuses on providing fully furnished private studios and shared living spaces, designed to cater to young people seeking hassle-free apartment options. Colonies manages and designs quality homes in major cities, currently operating four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin. Its online platform facilitates easy access to these properties, offering essential amenities and a supportive community, allowing users to efficiently search for and book suitable housing.

Ender

Seed Round in 2019
Ender is a real estate company that specializes in property management solutions for rental home owners. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Ender offers a platform designed to enhance efficiency in managing rental properties. The company employs advanced technology to automate various aspects of the leasing process, including tenant inquiries, maintenance requests, and rent collection. Additionally, the platform facilitates secure self-showings and streamlines online applications and payment processes. By integrating smart home technology and hospitality principles, Ender aims to improve tenant experiences and simplify day-to-day operations for property owners.

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.

Glide

Seed Round in 2019
Glide Labs, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for real estate disclosure forms, enabling users to efficiently prepare essential documents such as the TDS, SPQ, and AVID through a user-friendly online interface. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Glide employs advanced wizard technology to gather information from clients, facilitating the generation of documents, triggering of workflows, and updates to various systems. The company's software streamlines transaction coordination for real estate professionals by automating paperwork, monitoring status, and integrating with service providers. This approach offers a guided, TurboTax-style experience for both real estate agents and consumers, significantly reducing the risks associated with traditional PDF and paper-based methods while enhancing the overall convenience and efficiency of real estate transactions.

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.

Proprioo

Series B in 2019
Proprioo is a French start-up focused on transforming the real estate market by providing an entirely digital platform for selling properties. Operating across Île-de-France, as well as the Lyon and Bordeaux regions, Proprioo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional real estate agencies, significantly reducing agency commissions. For a flat fee of €1990, the company delivers a comprehensive sales service, which includes property valuation and facilitation of the sale process up to the notary stage. Utilizing machine learning technology, Proprioo enhances the selling experience by effectively matching listings with qualified buyers and providing accurate value estimates, thereby helping property owners avoid common pitfalls that could complicate or hinder a sale.

Colonies

Series A in 2019
Colonies is a French startup founded in 2017, based in Paris, that specializes in co-living housing solutions in urban environments. The company focuses on providing fully furnished private studios and shared living spaces, designed to cater to young people seeking hassle-free apartment options. Colonies manages and designs quality homes in major cities, currently operating four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin. Its online platform facilitates easy access to these properties, offering essential amenities and a supportive community, allowing users to efficiently search for and book suitable housing.

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.

Proprioo

Series A in 2018
Proprioo is a French start-up focused on transforming the real estate market by providing an entirely digital platform for selling properties. Operating across Île-de-France, as well as the Lyon and Bordeaux regions, Proprioo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional real estate agencies, significantly reducing agency commissions. For a flat fee of €1990, the company delivers a comprehensive sales service, which includes property valuation and facilitation of the sale process up to the notary stage. Utilizing machine learning technology, Proprioo enhances the selling experience by effectively matching listings with qualified buyers and providing accurate value estimates, thereby helping property owners avoid common pitfalls that could complicate or hinder a sale.

Glide

Seed Round in 2018
Glide Labs, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for real estate disclosure forms, enabling users to efficiently prepare essential documents such as the TDS, SPQ, and AVID through a user-friendly online interface. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Glide employs advanced wizard technology to gather information from clients, facilitating the generation of documents, triggering of workflows, and updates to various systems. The company's software streamlines transaction coordination for real estate professionals by automating paperwork, monitoring status, and integrating with service providers. This approach offers a guided, TurboTax-style experience for both real estate agents and consumers, significantly reducing the risks associated with traditional PDF and paper-based methods while enhancing the overall convenience and efficiency of real estate transactions.

Homebell

Venture Round in 2018
Homebell is a business enterprise that offers reliable craftsmen services at a fixed quote and fair prices for home & living space projects.The company is focused on its customers' home and create ideal living spaces. A professional approach and a high-quality result are the most important values for them and its craftsmen. The company organize and realize their customers' plans so that they can lean back and enjoy the results. Quality, transparency and fair pricing are part of their complete service. They are the reliable partner for home improvement.

Zeus Living

Series A in 2017
Zeus Living, Inc. is a property management company that specializes in renting furnished housing to startups, students, and companies in various locations, including the Bay Area, Seattle, Los Angeles, and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company partners with homeowners to manage and furnish their properties, allowing owners to maximize their rental income while providing clients with access to comfortable and ready-to-live-in homes for both business and personal travel. Zeus Living also offers a web-based application that provides detailed property information to enhance the user experience for both property owners and tenants.

ProntoPiso

Seed Round in 2017
ProntoPiso is a real estate technology company that specializes in facilitating property transactions. It offers an online platform that provides advice and support throughout the buying and selling process. Notably, ProntoPiso guarantees the sale of a client's home within 90 days, and it advances the funds from the sale without charging any fees. The company's technology also includes tools for real estate professionals, such as photographic reports and 3D videos, to enhance property marketing and generate qualified leads.

Nested

Series B in 2017
Nested operates a real estate platform that aims to simplify the home-selling process for homeowners. By offering cash advances to facilitate the purchase of a new home while simultaneously managing the sale of their current property, Nested provides sellers with certainty and control over their transactions. The platform guarantees that homes will be sold within 90 days, addressing common issues such as unclear valuations and unreliable estate agents. Nested's approach is designed to alleviate the stress associated with selling a home, ensuring that clients receive the best possible price for their property while helping them secure their desired new home within their preferred timeline.

Homeloop

Seed Round in 2017
Homeloop operates an online property buying and selling platform that caters to the real estate market. The platform allows users to assess the valuation of their real estate assets by inputting various features, enabling them to sell their homes or apartments at a market price. By leveraging technology, Homeloop simplifies the property transaction process, providing users with transparency and certainty throughout their selling experience.

Colonies

Seed Round in 2017
Colonies is a French startup founded in 2017, based in Paris, that specializes in co-living housing solutions in urban environments. The company focuses on providing fully furnished private studios and shared living spaces, designed to cater to young people seeking hassle-free apartment options. Colonies manages and designs quality homes in major cities, currently operating four buildings in the Paris area and two in Berlin. Its online platform facilitates easy access to these properties, offering essential amenities and a supportive community, allowing users to efficiently search for and book suitable housing.

Nested

Series A in 2017
Nested operates a real estate platform that aims to simplify the home-selling process for homeowners. By offering cash advances to facilitate the purchase of a new home while simultaneously managing the sale of their current property, Nested provides sellers with certainty and control over their transactions. The platform guarantees that homes will be sold within 90 days, addressing common issues such as unclear valuations and unreliable estate agents. Nested's approach is designed to alleviate the stress associated with selling a home, ensuring that clients receive the best possible price for their property while helping them secure their desired new home within their preferred timeline.

Proprioo

Seed Round in 2017
Proprioo is a French start-up focused on transforming the real estate market by providing an entirely digital platform for selling properties. Operating across Île-de-France, as well as the Lyon and Bordeaux regions, Proprioo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional real estate agencies, significantly reducing agency commissions. For a flat fee of €1990, the company delivers a comprehensive sales service, which includes property valuation and facilitation of the sale process up to the notary stage. Utilizing machine learning technology, Proprioo enhances the selling experience by effectively matching listings with qualified buyers and providing accurate value estimates, thereby helping property owners avoid common pitfalls that could complicate or hinder a sale.

Nested

Seed Round in 2016
Nested operates a real estate platform that aims to simplify the home-selling process for homeowners. By offering cash advances to facilitate the purchase of a new home while simultaneously managing the sale of their current property, Nested provides sellers with certainty and control over their transactions. The platform guarantees that homes will be sold within 90 days, addressing common issues such as unclear valuations and unreliable estate agents. Nested's approach is designed to alleviate the stress associated with selling a home, ensuring that clients receive the best possible price for their property while helping them secure their desired new home within their preferred timeline.

HAUSGOLD

Series B in 2016
HAUSGOLD is a fast-growing property technology company that provides assistance in all matters relating to the real estate sale. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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