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Global Founders Capital
Venture capital · Berlin, Germany · Europe
Global Founders Capital is the global venture capital platform of Rocket Internet. It invests early and across sectors, supporting founders from day one.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsGlobal Founders Capital lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 19 funding rounds, 5 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Fintech (27%) and Legal & Compliance (6%). 39% of its companies are based in France. It invests most often alongside Frst, Y Combinator and Accel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Global Founders Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundGlobal Founders Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 11% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 28% |
| Series B | 6% |
| Growth | 6% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 1 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 2 | 1 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 2 | 1 |
| '23 | 2 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 0 |
| '26 | 8 | 3 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 46th | 18 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 61% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Fintech | 27% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 6% | 2% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 4% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Frst | 4 |
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Accel | 3 |
| Activant Capital | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Blossom Capital | 2 |
| Soma Capital | 2 |
| 2 Punks Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers18100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Global Founders Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Global Founders Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 13 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Global Founders Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Global Founders Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
18 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aibidia provides an AI system for transfer pricing intelligence | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2020Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| AICE builds modular autonomous underwater vehicles for fleet defense | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Airmeet provides a platform for hosting and managing events, podcasts, and content creation, utilizing AI-powered tools for video editing, streaming, and analytics. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Sept 2020Series A | Funding round | |
| Anyfin refinances existing loans, such as private loans, car loans, credit card debt, and partial payments, by offering new terms | FintechLegal & Compliance | Feb 2018Series A | Funding round | |
| The company develops an AI platform for industrial operations | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Aspora provides money transfer services from the USA to India | FintechFintech | May 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Aviron automates end-to-end workflows for finance teams across various systems, including ERP, inbox, and documents | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Benford connects to clients' systems, performs volume work, and sends only necessary information to the client's team, with audits performed and signed by qualified auditors. | Fintech | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Convelio provides fine art shipping and storage solutions | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Apr 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Fakto provides an AI platform for cost intelligence and supplier contract management | AI & Machine LearningFintech | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Primo provides a unified IT platform for managing devices, access, SaaS, and ticketing for modern companies | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Maki provides an AI-powered hiring system that manages the hiring process from intake to hire decision | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Navier is shaping the future of maritime transport with active hydrofoils, electric and hybrid propulsion, and autonomous systems, delivering vessels that are faster, more efficient, and fundamentally different while scaling across passenger, cargo, and defense operations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2022Seed | Funding round | |
| Opio provides an AI platform for transaction services | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Orasio transforms video streams into easily exploitable information for cities, security forces, and companies. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Pahdo Labs is a gaming startup creating anime-inspired games and a social world for players | Gaming | Sept 2023Series A | Funding round | |
| Roebling provides AI engineering services for industrial infrastructure | Industrial & Manufacturing | Oct 2022Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Shuttle builds and deploys backends for applications without requiring infrastructure configuration | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Oct 2025Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- globalfounderscapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Feb 2018
- Companies checked
- 18
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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