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What does Baillie Gifford invest in?
Baillie Gifford invests most often at Series D and Series E (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Big Data & Analytics.
Baillie Gifford highlights
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11 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series D and Series E: 53% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $108M
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
We are a long-term investment manager, dedicated to discovering the innovations and changemakers that deliver exceptional growth opportunities for you.From their own website
- Type
- Asset manager
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)Big Data & Analytics
- Based in
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first60 appearances
- 2026
11 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jun
- May
- May
- May
- May
- Feb
- Jan
- 2025
8 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Jan
- 2024
2 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- 2022
1 round
- Mar
- 2019
9 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- May
- Apr
- 2018
8 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Aug
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2017
6 rounds
- Dec
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
AHAdam Howard Joseph ConnDirectoriForm ADV
AWAlan William PatersonVICE PRESIDENTiFiling they signedsince 2010
ADAlastair David MacleanChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
AJAndrew James TelferVICE PRESIDENTiFiling they signedsince 2012
ANAngus N.G. MacdonaldSECRETARYiFiling they signed
AMAngus McleodDirectoriFiling they signed
AMAnn-Marie MitchellFinance OfficeriForm ADV
BSBarry Sinclair CoghillDirectoriForm ADV
BCBrian CollinsDirectoriFiling they signed
BCBruce C. LongTRUSTEEiFiling they signed
CRChristian Richard Spencer TurpinIndependent Non Executive DirectoriForm ADVsince 2023
CMChristopher Mark MurphyDirectoriForm ADVsince 2023
CMColin Murray FrasersecretaryiCompany registersince 2009
DWDavid William SalterManager / Chief Executive OfficeriForm ADV
DRDean Robert BuckleyIndependent Non Executive DirectoriForm ADVsince 2019
DSDerek Samuel McgowanChief Executive/DirectoriForm ADVsince 2003
DHDickson H. JacksonVICE PRESIDENTiFiling they signed
DPDonald P. Sullivan, Jr.TRUSTEEiFiling they signed
EHEdward H. HocknellVICE PRESIDENTiFiling they signed
ELErica Lisa BleilManageriForm ADV
EDEvan DelaneyCHIEF RISK OFFICERiFiling they signedsince 2013
GEGareth E. GriffithsCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, SECRETARY, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND AML COMPLIANCE OFFICERiFiling they signed
GRGavin Richard Gordon ScottDirectoriForm ADV
GWGeorge W. BrowningTRUSTEEiFiling they signed
We also hold 93 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$148Bassets it manages, 3 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED
- SEC number
- CRD 304197
- Companies House
- SC069524, since 1979
Funds on its Form ADV
2 private funds, $678M in gross assets · filed Nov 2024
Private equity 1Group trust primarily invest 1
- Baillie Gifford Private Companies Fund II L.P.Private equity36 investors$480M
- THE Emerging Markets Fund, AN Investment Fund Established Under the Baillie Gifford Group TrustGroup trust primarily invest3 investors$198M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.