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What does Balderton Capital invest in?
Balderton Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Gaming and Autonomous Vehicles.
Balderton Capital highlights
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43 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 55% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 61 rounds, median $5.9M
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25 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Europe’s leading venture firm focused exclusively on backing European-founded tech companiesFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $20M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- FintechGamingAutonomous Vehicles
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first368 appearances
- 2026
36 rounds
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- 2025
25 rounds
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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 registration23 named
AGAdrian George RaineyManageriFiling they signed
AMAndrew Mark CarreExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BMBarry MaloneyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BMBarry McClayExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BDBernard Dominique LiautaudMemberiForm ADV
CPChristophe PonticelloManager (gerant) of the General PartneriFiling they signed
CDColin Daymond HannaMemberiForm ADV
DWDaniel WaterhouseMemberiForm ADV
DRDanny Robert BloomHead of LegaliForm ADV
DTDavid ThevenonMemberiForm ADV
DMDonatien-Xavier MartinManager (gerant) of the General PartneriFiling they signed
EGEmanuele George GrippoManageriFiling they signed
FJFiona Jane BlakemoreChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
JWJames WiseMemberiForm ADV
JMJerome MissoManageriFiling they signed
PGPetr George KilmoManageriFiling they signed
RYRana YaredMemberiForm ADV
RWRobert Warriner MoffatMemberiForm ADV
SHSimon HeninManageriFiling they signed
SCSuranga ChandratillakeMemberiForm ADV
TKTim KieferManager (gerant) of the General PartneriFiling they signed
VGVaida GonciauskaiteManager (gerant) of the General PartneriFiling they signed
WMWilliam Mark EvansExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
We also hold 43 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
$8.5Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
9+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Balderton Capital (uk) LLP
- SEC number
- CRD 160323
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in Balderton Capital's funds
- Committed
- $119M
- Funds
- 2
- Vintages
- 2024
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)2 funds$119M
Fund Vintage Committed Balderton Capital Growth II, S. 2024 $63M Balderton Capital IX, S. 2024 $56M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
19 of 28 we have independently watched raise
01healthAdludioAgavegamesAircallAppearhereAttioAvimedicalBeautypieBetfairBetteroriginBrigadCarwowCitymapperExplorationMeetcleoProximafusionQuantum-systemsRevolutWayveAndjaroAxitechBalderton eFrontCloudBigfishgamesBookatableChecklyhqCirclehealthGetariveGetcino
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed25 in all
Cloud9 IDEBought by AmazonUndisclosedJul 2016
NutmegBought by GiphyUndisclosedMar 2015
Big FishBought by Churchill Downs Incorporated$885MNov 2014
Saatchi ArtBought by Demand Media$17MAug 2014
7digitalBought by UBC Media GroupUndisclosedMar 2014
NaturalMotionBought by Zynga$527MJan 2014
Realtime TechnologyBought by Dassault SystemesUndisclosedDec 2013
DaylifeBought by NewsCredUndisclosedOct 2012
MOGBought by Beats ElectronicsUndisclosedJul 2012
NewBayBought by BlackBerry$100MOct 2011
AzuroBought by Cadence Design SystemsUndisclosedJul 2011
BridgeCoBought by SMSCUndisclosedMay 2011
AdjugBought by IgnitionOneUndisclosedJan 2011
MANGLAM EDUCATIONBought by Reachd$10MJun 2010
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.