# Gerald Parloiu

> Gerald Parloiu is a seed investor at Global Founders Capital backing FinTech. See 26 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldparloiu/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GeraldParloiu

Gerald Parloiu is a seed investor at Global Founders Capital in London focused on FinTech and Artificial Intelligence. Angel, pre-seed and seed investor based in London. Areas of interest include AI, deep-tech, B2B saas, fintech

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 15% |
| Payments | 3 | 12% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 19% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 27% |
| India | 4 | 15% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Humanloop | Humanloop develops an AI platform designed to support enterprises in building and maintaining applications powered by large language models. The platform provides tools for prompt management, evaluation, and observability, enabling teams to test, monitor, and improve AI system performance. Humanloop supports collaboration between engineers, productteams, and domain experts to refine AI outputs and ensure reliability. Its tools are used to manage workflows around AI development, helping organizations deploy and optimize AI features with structured evaluation processes. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 28, 2022 | https://humanloop.com/ |
| Ivy Homes | Ivy Homes makes instant offers to buy homes in India. | $5.8M | Seed | Jun 06, 2022 | https://ivyhomes.co |
| zenda | zenda is a purpose-built fintech platform designed to simplify financial interactions between educational institutions and families. Created with a deep understanding of the everyday challenges faced by both schools and parents, zenda delivers a seamless and unified experience that improves convenience, flexibility, and operational efficiency.The platform addresses the limitations of fragmented, one-size-fits-all payment systems by offering an integrated solution tailored specifically for the education sector. For families, zenda provides a smooth and flexible way to manage school-related payments and financial commitments. For schools, the platform streamlines administrative processes through automation, smarter fee collection systems, and enhanced financial management capabilities.By combining technology, automation, and user-centric design, zenda helps educational institutions improve collections, reduce manual workload, and strengthen engagement with parents, while ensuring a more convenient and transparent payment experience for families. | $9.4M | Seed | Apr 24, 2022 | https://www.zenda.com/ |
| Pillar Financial Technologies | Pillar is an all-in-one neobank, complete with bank account, payment card, and the key financial tools to help small businesses run smoothly from day one. We champion entrepreneurial success by simplifying banking and financial management, empowering entrepreneurs to focus on achieving their goals. | $17M | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2022 | https://gopillar.ca |
| Pillar | Pillar is an all-in-one mobile platform helping global citizens break down credit borders. Credit histories are siloed from country to country making it hard for the nomads of this world to access new financial products when settling in a new country. Pillar's credit cards are designed for people with little to no credit score, such as expatssettling in a new country. | $16.9M | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2022 | https://www.hellopillar.com |
| PetsApp | A mobile-first veterinary telemedicine platform enabling veterinary clinics to offer text chat and video consultations to pet owners | $4.4M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 | https://petsapp.com |
| Zepto | Zepto is a quick-commerce platform that delivers groceries and daily essentials within minutes through a network of stores. It is an online store that offers a range of fruits, vegetables, snack food, and electronics. It provides a service that enables access to various grocery products. Zepto serves industries such as retail, food and beverage,and logistics. | $60M | Series A | Oct 31, 2021 | https://www.zeptonow.com/ |
| Genei | Genie is an AI-powered research platform that summarises background reading and produces blogs, articles, and reports automatically. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Aug 31, 2021 | https://www.genei.io |
| Bazaar Technologies | Bazaar is empowering small and medium sized retailers who form the backbone of Pakistan’s retail economy.Bazaar’s mobile app gives these small business owners access to a large assortment of goods from multiple local and international brands as well as unbranded products on a single platform - which can be ordered at any day of the week with freenext day delivery to storefronts.Our mission is to build a truly incredible and scalable tech company in and for Pakistan. | $30M | Series A | Aug 24, 2021 | https://www.bazaar-tech.com/ |
| Uncapped | Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.It charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and gets repaid through a revenue share. Uncapped provides business advances of between £10k and £2m with 0% interest and no hidden charges, allowing founders to access fairand flexible finance. The company also uses marketing, sales, and accounting data to be able to offer finance for young businesses based on their current and projected revenue. The company was founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Asher Ismail and venture capital investor Piotr Pisarz in London, England. |  | Debt Financing | May 20, 2021 | https://weareuncapped.com |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Contrary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contrary-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [VentureSouq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturesouq) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [White Star Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-star-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Global Founders Capital

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

GFC is a venture fund that supports entrepreneurs at various stages of business development. It focuses on global markets and seeks individuals with innovative ideas. The fund evaluates opportunities based on potential impact and feasibility. The firm supports ventures at all stages, including seed, early, and later stages, helping companies togrow and scale effectively.

5 contacts available at Global Founders Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benedikt Körling | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-k%C3%B6rling |
| David Sainteff | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-sainteff |
| Roel Janssen | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roel-janssen |
| Arnt Jeschke | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arnt-jeschke |
| David Citron | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-citron |

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## FAQ

### What does Gerald Parloiu invest in?

Gerald Parloiu invests primarily in FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Gerald Parloiu?

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### When did Gerald Parloiu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gerald Parloiu closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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