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.
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (July 13-July 17 ) - EU-Startups
HMT publishes Financial Services AI Adoption Plan - Global Regulation Tomorrow
‘High’ priority to establish agentic payment protocols, says UK Treasury - Pinsent Masons
The Mills Review: reshaping the FCA’s approach to AI in retail financial services - Freshfields
Float lands €4.5m Series A to close Europe’s tech funding gap - FinTech Global
UK government backs financial services AI adoption plan - Finextra Research
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.