We have launched $1.3bn in new funds to back Europe’s best founders! 🎉 25 years since Balderton’s inception, we remain as excited as ever about the technological innovation and opportunity coming out of Europe. The $615 million early fund and $685 million growth fund marks our largest fundraise to date – making this the largest combined early and growth fund focussed on Europe since the start of 2022. Here’s to many more years of partnering with the European founders who are world-changing companies. Read more about here 👇 https://lnkd.in/er2tKaEb
Balderton Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
London, London 68,007 followers
Balderton is a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe’s best founders.
About us
Balderton Capital is a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO. We have both early and growth funds and invest across the technology sector.
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http://www.balderton.com
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London, London
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2000
- Specialties
- Venture Capital, Technology, AI, and Fintech
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28 Britannia Street
London, London WC1X 9JF, GB
Employees at Balderton Capital
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Rob Moffat
Partner at Balderton Capital. We are a multistage venture firm with 25 years of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO.
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Leah Sutton
Chief Portfolio Talent Officer, LP at Operator Collective
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David Thevenon
General Partner at Balderton Capital
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Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen
Investor, board member and malaria fighter
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CEO of Writer.com | Enterprise generative AI | Hiring in ML, eng, design, mktg, sales + CS
⚡ THIS is an enterprise AI story that needed to be told in full, and I’m SO glad it’s now out as a case study and video. We’ve been working closely with the brilliant Don McGuire and the team at Qualcomm and what they’ve already achieved with Writer is amazing! 🔥 SO MANY impactful business results: 💡 25 use cases ⚡ 70+ workflows across Sales, Marketing, Comms, Legal, Product, Analytics, L&D, HR, and translation 🙌 85% of users active weekly ⏰ 2,400 hours saved per month per team 📃 1,200 trademarks and terms managed I love this video — if you're still trying to figure out how to play AI **LIKE THE TEAM SPORT IT IS** this video is WELL worth your time! 📰 Case study: https://lnkd.in/gn5Frefb 🎥 Full video: https://lnkd.in/gSEFSW_A
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Join us for a discussion on all things AI regulations that startups should be mindful of with amazing panelists from Photoroom, Startup Coalition, France Digitale & Proskauer Rose LLP. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4EEYDHn
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While AI regulations play catch-up, responsible AI principles hold steady. Elodie Broad explains why building responsible AI isn't just compliance - it's common sense 👇 https://lnkd.in/e7ErJ3iJ
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Huge congrats to Nik Storonsky and the team at Revolut - who continue going from strength to strength 🔥 🔥
𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. Revolut exists for one reason: to simplify all things money for everyone, everywhere. This year, we’ve taken bold steps forward - breaking records and accelerating the speed at which we’re launching products and enhancing customer service and security. Some key highlights from 2024 so far: • Hit 50 million customers worldwide, making Revolut the most downloaded financial app in Europe. • Obtained a $45 billion valuation, becoming the most valuable private European Tech company. • Secured a UK banking licence, a major step in expanding our offering in our home market. • Expanded the Revolut Dream Team to 10,000+ employees across 38 countries. We’re moving faster than ever, and we’ll keep evolving to become a truly global bank. Of course, we have no plans to slow down – the opportunity to disrupt global financial services is massive, and we’re just getting started. I’ll be speaking about this with Vladyslav Y. on stage this Friday as we celebrate the 50M milestone at Outernet London. I want to thank all our loyal customers and dedicated Revoluters who have made all of this possible – 2025 is set to be even bigger. 🚀
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Once upon a time, Michael Sidgmore and I sat next to each other in a place called Peterborough Court. A few weeks ago, he invited me to join him on his award winning podcast Alt Goes Mainstream for this conversation on the future of fintech and why Europe is a great place to invest. Thank you Michael
Co-Founder & Partner, Broadhaven Ventures at Broadhaven Capital Partners and Founder, Alt Goes Mainstream
Can European companies become massive without having to go outside of Europe? Today, we have a special podcast with someone who has a unique view on what it takes to build companies of consequence in both the U.S. and Europe. We are joined by Balderton Capital General Partner Rana Yared. Rana was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where she worked for 14 years and invested in some of the industry's most consequential capital markets businesses, like Tradeweb, LCH, iCapital, Vestwell and more. She left Goldman to join Balderton Capital, which has invested in the likes of Revolut, Writer, GoCardless, Darktrace, and many more. I've known Rana for my entire career and was lucky enough to be able to work with her at Goldman, so it comes as no surprise that she shared such unique and thoughtful insights on venture, fintech, and private markets. She's an incredibly sharp thinker and insanely smart, so it's fitting that industry titan Tradeweb asked her to rejoin the Board as an Independent Director after she moved from Goldman to Balderton. We had a fascinating conversation. We discussed: * Revolutionary and evolutionary innovations in financial services and private markets, including the likes of iCapital, Tradeweb, Revolut. * Why global tech companies can be built in Europe, with Revolut, a Balderton Capital portfolio company, as an example. * Why London and Europe are compelling fintech and financial services ecosystems. * How LPs should look at the European investment opportunity. * Differences and benefits / drawbacks of being a strategic / permanent capital investor versus being an independent VC fund. * The importance of being a risk manager in venture. Thanks Rana for coming on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast to share your wisdom and expertise on fintech, venture, and private markets. Thanks Ultimus Fund Solutions for sponsoring this episode of the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. https://lnkd.in/e7EXWQa5
🎙Balderton's Rana Yared - a masterclass on building global companies out of Europe
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Partner at Balderton Capital. We are a multistage venture firm with 25 years of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO.
After much anticipation, today marks the global launch of Royal Kingdom – the second title from Dream Games following the company’s hugely successful hit, Royal Match. I have been playing Royal Kingdom since the soft launch, have beaten the Dark King over a hundred times and am looking forward to beating him many hundred more. A huge thank you to Dream’s incredibly talented and driven team of 230 across Istanbul and London. Building and launching a game of this standard takes a hell of a lot of work. Soner Aydemir and team are taking the quality and depth of mobile games to another level. https://lnkd.in/ea6gMsf8
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Dream Games' new game Royal Kingdom is out now! 🎉 From first meeting the founding team in 2019 to backing mobile games when interest in the sector had waned, Rob Moffat breaks down why we're excited about what's ahead for Dream Games 👇 https://lnkd.in/eSzY8tCE
Royal Kingdom | Official Trailer
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If you're at #Slush2024, don't miss David Thevenon interviewing Matt Rouif on the main stage tomorrow about Photoroom's exceptional growth journey 🚀
Just landed in Helsinki, excited for #slush2024 . I will be speaking tomorrow about Photoroom journey
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🦍 Welcome to the portfolio Kong Inc. We are thrilled to be partnering with Augusto Marietti Marco Palladino and team to fuel the next phase of growth🙌 🌐 Kong’s unified API platform enables organisations to build AI applications faster while ensuring centralised API security, governance and visibility across all services. As more companies pivot to becoming API-first, Kong provides the critical infrastructure needed to enable secure and scalable AI solutions. As Andrea Roda put it: "Kong has shown remarkable growth and vision, particularly with their focus on empowering developers and businesses to harness the power of AI through secure API adoption. Their commitment to innovation and customer success is unmatched, and we believe they are setting the standard for the future of critical digital infrastructure." Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gK-iXd7j
Kong secures $175M new financing at $2bn valuation to power the API world
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