Our commercial root — marketplace lending and regulated FinTech.
Founders Capital has its operating roots in European FinTech. We co-founded Bondora, EstateGuru and Investly — three of the leading VC-backed European lending marketplaces. Financial services remains a disciplined adjacency on the fund.
Three focal points in this sector.
Marketplace lending
Consumer credit, property bridge and SME invoice finance — the product lineage that built the firm.
AI in regulated finance
Underwriting, monitoring, compliance and document intelligence for regulated European institutions.
Alternative assets
AI-native infrastructure for private credit, venture and alternative-asset allocators.
Financial-services signal.
European FinTech funding, regulated-AI deployment and open-banking-era infrastructure.
Bulgarian Fintech Paypercut Raises €5M to Expand Its Payments Platform Across CEE - The Recursive
Paypercut secures €5M to scale cross-border payments in CEE - Tech.eu
The AI Adoption Journey—Risks, Use Cases and Implementation - Kroll
UK, EU and US sanctions on Russia - Fieldfisher
Italy: Europe’s Overlooked Fintech Opportunity? - CFI.co — Capital Finance International
European FinTech investments fell in Q1 2026 as deals over $100m halved YoY - FinTech Global
Building something European worth backing?
Founders Capital backs founders operating in the European public interest — sovereign AI, defense, health, energy. Pre-seed to Series A. Tell us what you're building.