The company was founded by Steffen Pauls and Jack Leeney in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. 7GC & Co. Holdings is a partnership between 7GC, a technology growth fund based in San Francisco, California and Berlin, Germany, and Hennessy Capital, an alternative investment firm that has raised over $1 billion of equity through six SPACs since 2013. The company's mission is to invest in emerging global internet category winners by leveraging its value-adding expertise and proprietary network between the U.S. and Europe. The team is complemented by a Board of Directors from leading venture capital firms and executive leadership from Uber Technologies.