Roel Janssen

Roel Janssen is a Partner at Global Founders Capital based in Italy, where he focuses on early-stage venture capital investments across the retail, insurance, and fintech sectors. In this role, he targets pre-seed and seed funding rounds with typical check sizes ranging from $50,000 to $10 million. His recent investment activity includes backing startups such as Elevate Pay in a $5 million round, Smartpay in a $7 million round, and StepChange. Before joining Global Founders Capital, Janssen served as a Senior Vice President at Rocket Internet and worked as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Master of Science from Rotterdam School of Management. Janssen leverages his consulting and corporate strategy background to back high-growth founders globally, with particular expertise in the Indian startup ecosystem.