Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
Berlin, Germany
Global Founders Capital is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Financial Services and Software. 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.
- Total investments:
- 1109
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $2B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Global Founders Capital invests in
Stages Global Founders Capital invests in
Countries Global Founders Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 15 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$8.8M
- Pre-Seed
- $575k–$5M
- Series A
- $5M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 162 (15%)
- Software 152 (14%)
- FinTech 148 (13%)
- E-Commerce 104 (9%)
- Information Technology 85 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 475 (43%)
- Series A 212 (19%)
- Pre-Seed 106 (10%)
- Series B 76 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 32 (3%)
Country
- United States 243 (22%)
- Germany 65 (6%)
- United Kingdom 48 (4%)
- Brazil 44 (4%)
- France 34 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benedikt Körling
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 21 | Find email | |
David Sainteff
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Roel Janssen
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
Arnt Jeschke
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Citron
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 15 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Cambridge Aerospace
|
Cambridge Aerospace is a defence tech startup that provides defense engineering and manufacturing services. | $300M / Series C / Aug 10, 2026 | |
Arrakis Technologies
|
Arrakis Technologies develops an AI operating system and agent platform for real-world industrial and supply chain operations. The company combines a model-agnostic AI platform with embedded teams to map enterprise workflows, connect ERPs and other operational systems, and ingest unstructured data such as emails, PDFs, and spreadsheets. Its agentsexecute multi-step business processes across areas like procurement, chartering, manufacturing, energy, and shipping, while maintaining human oversight through approvals and governance logic. Arrakis focuses on building governed AI workflows that include role-based access controls, audit trails, and policy alignment. Its software integrates with common enterprise systems, AI model providers, data warehouses, and document repositories to create a unified operational context for automation. The platform is designed for regulated, high-stakes environments where data protection and traceability are required. | $30.4M / Series A / Jul 22, 2026 | |
Fakto
|
AI platform for cost intelligence. | $4.2M / Seed / May 13, 2026 | |
Entire
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Entire is developing the world's next developer platform, allowing agents and humans to interact, learn, and ship together. | $60M / Seed / Feb 10, 2026 | |
Riff
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Databutton is an online app builder that empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. It enables anyone to create dynamic online apps in minutes by connecting to a growing array of sources, models, and integrations, or by utilizing their own datasets. 먹튀검증 https://muktts.net/ | $16.3M / Series A / Oct 23, 2025 | |
Shuttle
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The fastest backend development experience ever. | $6M / Seed / Oct 22, 2025 | |
Defacto
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Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. Defacto is an embedded finance product, | $18.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 17, 2025 | |
Genie
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Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants. | $5.8M / Seed / Jul 22, 2025 | |
Octane
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Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses. | $5.2M / Seed / Jun 17, 2025 | |
Orasio
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Orasio is an AI tool that designs solutions capable of detecting, situations in video streams, for internal security forces. | $17.9M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | |
| See all 1109 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Global Founders Capital invest in?
Global Founders Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 1,109 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Global Founders Capital's check size?
Global Founders Capital typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8.8M at Seed, $575k–$5M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Global Founders Capital participates in.
How do I contact Global Founders Capital?
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Who are the partners at Global Founders Capital?
The team at Global Founders Capital includes Benedikt Körling (Investor), David Sainteff (Partner) and Roel Janssen (Partner), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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