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Global Founders Capital

Venture capital firm · Berlin, Germany · Founded 2013 · Active in 2026

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51 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #55 · 51 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↑ 71% 5y
$2.0T
Unicorns ↑ 25% 5y
45
Decacorns ↓ 33% 5y
6
Thoroughbreds ↑ 31% 5y
51
Featured in #55Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2013. The page below shows 51 Power Law outcomes from Global Founders Capital's portfolio — 45 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 6 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · Germany · UK. GFC ranks #55 globally in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Ranking by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies.

Portfolio analysis

The 51 GFC Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA20
  2. Germany13
  3. UK4
  4. Singapore2
  5. France2
  6. Australia2
  7. Portugal1
  8. India1
  9. Ireland1
  10. Saudi Arabia1
  11. Sweden1
  12. Mexico1
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces17
  2. Fintech15
  3. Other B2B Software5
  4. Other4
  5. Marketing4
  6. Transportation2
  7. Health Tech & Medtech2
  8. Space1
  9. Energy1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+27
  2. Series A12
  3. Seed11
01 · Portfolio market map

GFC's 51 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
51 of 51 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round GFC first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where GFC's founders come from — and where they study.

260 founders across the 51 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany77
United States41
France39
Russia7
Denmark7
India6
Sweden6
Indonesia6
Nigeria5
Poland4
+15 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University14
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management11
Harvard University9
Technical University Munich8
Harvard Business School8
HEC Paris6
École Polytechnique - IP Paris6
University of Münster6
Purdue University6
Copenhagen Business School5
+117 more →
Origin companyCount
Rocket Internet13
Alphabet | Google8
Microsoft4
Zalando4
eBay4
Booking.com4
Careem3
Uber3
Grab3
Yahoo!3
+78 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at GFC.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does GFC stack up?

GFC in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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