# Global Founders Capital

> Global Founders Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Software. See 995 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 995
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $2B
- Last fund: Jan 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-founders-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/gfc_sea
- Website: https://www.globalfounderscapital.com

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$9.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$5M |
| Series A | $5M–$32M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 157 | 16% |
| Software | 148 | 15% |
| FinTech | 143 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 94 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 82 | 8% |

370 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 438 | 44% |
| Series A | 201 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 103 | 10% |
| Series B | 68 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 28 | 3% |

16 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 231 | 23% |
| Germany | 55 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 46 | 5% |
| Brazil | 41 | 4% |
| France | 33 | 3% |

45 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benedikt Körling | Investor | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-k%C3%B6rling |
| David Sainteff | Partner | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-sainteff |
| Roel Janssen | Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roel-janssen |
| Arnt Jeschke | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arnt-jeschke |
| David Citron | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-citron |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | The fastest backend development experience ever. | $6M | Seed | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Defacto | 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 | Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants. | $5.8M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Octane | Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses. | $5.2M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Orasio | 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 |  |

10 of 995 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 129 deals together
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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 995 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 $1.5M–$9.2M at Seed, $500k–$5M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$32M 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?

Public channels for Global Founders Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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