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Global Founders Capital
Venture Capital · Founded 2013 · Berlin, Germany
Global Founders Capital’s biggest current holdings.
Global Founders Capital is a named shareholder in 13 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $1.7B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 12 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.
Personio
$550M
11% of $5.0B
Pennylane
$321M
8% of $4.0B
tabby
$180M
4% of $4.5B
Forto
$178M
8.5% of $2.1B
Nium
$98M
7% of $1.4B
Pacaso
$98M
6.5% of $1.5B
Showing the 12 largest of 13 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Global Founders Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Global Founders Capital also appears inside investor groups in Traveloka, Zepto, iwoca, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →
Global Founders Capital’s biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Global Founders Capital’s transaction record.
Where Global Founders Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 605 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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USA286
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Germany80
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UK53
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Brazil45
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France37
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Singapore32
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India29
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Canada21
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Indonesia20
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Australia16
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Mexico15
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UAE15
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Fintech242
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Enterprise Software130
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Marketing78
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Food60
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Real Estate60
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Transportation54
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Health42
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Media32
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Education30
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Jobs Recruitment28
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Travel27
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Energy26
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Seed407
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Series A159
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Series B+39
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Early Growth340
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Breakout Stage314
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Late Growth121
Inside Global Founders Capital’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 605 tracked.
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SkWhere Global Founders Capital’s portfolio founders come from.
200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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United States53
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Germany32
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France23
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United Kingdom15
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Canada10
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Brazil9
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Indonesia7
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Australia6
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Singapore6
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Colombia5
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Stanford University13
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Harvard University6
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University of California, Berkeley6
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WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management6
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École Polytechnique - IP Paris5
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HEC Paris5
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
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The University of the Andes5
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Columbia Business School4
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Columbia University4
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Boston Consulting Group12
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McKinsey & Company9
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Alphabet | Google5
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Bain & Company5
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Uber5
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Goldman Sachs4
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PayU4
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Accenture3
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Amazon3
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Citibank3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Global Founders Capital.
