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Global Founders Capital (GFC) is a Berlin-based venture capital firm and the global venture platform of Rocket Internet, founded in 2013. The firm invests globally across a wide range of sectors at early and growth stages, having backed over 46 unicorns, and previously raised two $1 billion funds before transitioning to deploy Rocket Internet's balance sheet capital.
Their most common stage is seed (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $23.7M (across 306 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
298
Fund Size
$1B
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
384 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Vly | Series A | — | Sep 2026 |
 Knode AI | Seed | — | Jun 2026 |
 INCARD | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 Trybe | Series A | $30M | Jan 2026 |
 Aseon Labs | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Yaso | Series A | — | Sep 2025 |
 Aspora | Series B | — | May 2025 |
 HeyMarvin | Unknown | $11M | Jan 2025 |
| Yaso | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Alaan | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Jupiter | Series B | $45M | Jan 2025 |
 Distributed Spectrum | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
| Aspora | Series A | $35M | Dec 2024 |
 Distru | Series A | $6M | Nov 2024 |
 MODIFI | Series B | $15M | Nov 2024 |
 Yoto | Series A | $17M | Jun 2024 |
 Simplify | Seed | $3M | Feb 2024 |
 HeyJobs | Series B | $64M | Jan 2024 |
 Pacaso | Seed | $125M | Jan 2024 |
 LemFi | Series A | $33M | Aug 2023 |
 Bunker | Seed | — | Jul 2023 |
 Aibidia | Series A | $14M | May 2023 |
 Razor Group | Series C | $88.4M | Apr 2023 |
 Transcend | Series A | $25M | Feb 2023 |
 Transcend | Series A | $40M | Feb 2023 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator65 shared
Founders Fund63 shared
Soma Capital22 shared
FJ Labs18 shared
Picus Capital18 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC17 shared
Index Ventures16 shared
Sequoia Capital16 shared
Endeavor14 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners14 shared
Accel13 shared
Gaingels13 shared
Alven12 shared
Kaszek11 shared
Fatima Gobi Ventures11 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center11 shared
8VC10 shared
Hack VC9 shared
Zayn VC9 shared
Felicis9 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026