Roel Janssen
Partner @ Global Founders Capital
Berlin, Germany
Roel Janssen is a seed investor at Global Founders Capital in Berlin focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Roel Janssen - Partner @ Global Founders Capital
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Roel Janssen invests in
Stages Roel Janssen invests in
Countries Roel Janssen invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 5 (31%)
- Financial Services 5 (31%)
- Payments 3 (19%)
- Banking 2 (13%)
- Finance 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (63%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (19%)
- Convertible Note 1 (6%)
Country
- India 4 (25%)
- United States 3 (19%)
- Egypt 1 (6%)
- United Kingdom 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan. | $5M / Seed / Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees. | $7M / Seed / Apr 08, 2024 | ||
| StepChange offers an integrated solution to large corporate enterprises and financial institutions to improve their ESG metrics, manage climate risk, and reduce emissions across their supply chains, in-house operations, and financial portfolios. StepChange has one of the largest India-specific carbon accounting databases, with over 75,000emission factors for various products and services, and has enabled leading enterprises to account for over 250 million tCO2e in aggregate, equivalent to over 7.5% of India's emissions. | $4M / Seed / May 16, 2023 | ||
| Flash is a payments management app. | $5.8M / Seed / Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| A financial brand in the MENA region built for Millennials and GenZ to take the pain out of payment experience and peer-to-peer transfers. Telda is bringing a better way to send, spend and save money to anyone who has ever sought an alternative to the traditional banking system. | $20M / Seed / Oct 12, 2022 | ||
| Vance provides borderless banking with one single account to manage money across the world. | $5.8M / Seed / Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Aspora help users bank seamlessly across countries, invest in diverse assets, access credit and insurance services. | $5.8M / Seed / Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan. | $6.5M / Seed / Jul 20, 2022 | ||
| Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan. | $800K / Pre-Seed / Feb 15, 2022 | ||
| Kula is the only AI-native ATS designed to replace fragmented recruiting stacks. By centralizing sourcing, screening, scheduling, and interview intelligence into a single workflow, it eliminates manual data entry and provides real-time hiring insights to help teams scale faster and more effectively. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Jan 20, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Global Founders Capital
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.
Global Founders Capital Contacts
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Benedikt Körling
Investor
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David Sainteff
Partner
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Roel Janssen
Partner
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Arnt Jeschke
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David Citron
Partner
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What does Roel Janssen invest in?
Roel Janssen invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Roel Janssen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Roel Janssen closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 16 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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