# Suranga Chandratillake at Balderton Capital

> Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton Capital. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each...

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London, GB · Partner

# Suranga Chandratillake

General Partner at [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital)

Latest rounds

- **Upside** Venture · $1.1M Jul 2014
- **Upside** Seed · $100k Oct 2013

Backs *Healthcare* *Consumer Apps* *Proptech* *Internet*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Jul 2014
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Balderton Capital
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Balderton Capital** VC firm · GB **43** cheques in 12 months **368** all time **22** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $1.2M
- **Active:** 2013–14

2014

- [Upside](https://millionrounds.com/company/upside) *Venture* **$1.1M** *US* Jul 2014 Joined · +8 investors · historical

2013

- [Upside](https://millionrounds.com/company/upside) *Seed* **$100k** *US* Oct 2013 Joined · +4 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**
- Venture **1**

What they backed

Healthcare **2** Consumer Apps **2** Proptech **2** Internet **2** AI **2**

Alongside

- [Bruno Bowden *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bruno-bowden)
- [Cultivation Capital *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital)
- [Elaine Wherry *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elaine-wherry)
- [SixThirty - FinTech Accelerator *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixthirty)
- [Confluence Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/confluence-capital)
- Noah Tutak *1*
- Sean Kell *1*
- [SeedInvest *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Adludio](https://millionrounds.com/startup/adludio)
- [Autonomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/autonomy)
- [Banjo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/banjo-2)
- [Better Origin](https://millionrounds.com/startup/better-origin)
- [Cloud9 IDE](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cloud9-ide)
- [ComplyAdvantage](https://millionrounds.com/startup/complyadvantage)
- [Contentful](https://millionrounds.com/company/contentful)
- [Dalia](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dalia-2)
- [Dalia Research](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dalia-research)
- [Enki](https://millionrounds.com/startup/enki-3)
- [Forethought](https://millionrounds.com/startup/forethought-2)
- [Funnel](https://millionrounds.com/startup/funnel-4)
- [Magic Pony Technology](https://millionrounds.com/startup/magic-pony-technology)
- [Mojiworks](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mojiworks)
- [NStack](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nstack)
- [Promptly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/promptly)
- [Tab Media](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tab-media)
- [Upside](https://millionrounds.com/company/upside)
- [Vivino](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivino)
- Blinkx

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **VIVINO, INC.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Cloud9 IDE, Inc.** Director since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Balderton Capital

- [**Daniel Waterhouse** General Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/daniel-waterhouse)
- [**Mark Evans** Co-Founder *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-evans)
- [**Bernard Liautaud** Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bernard-liautaud)
- [**David Thevenon** Member *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-thevenon)
- [**James Wise** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-wise)
- [**Rob Moffat** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-moffat)
- [**Andrea Roda** Investment Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrea-roda)
- [**Axel Mitbauer** Country Lead Germany Base *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/axel-mitbauer)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Scaling Europe](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/scaling-europe) · 7 Oct 2025 · 48 min Balderton Capital's 25 Year Anniversary: An Interview with Bernard Liautaud and Suranga Chandratillake With [Bernard Liautaud](https://millionrounds.com/person/bernard-liautaud)[Suranga Chandratillake](https://millionrounds.com/person/suranga-chandratillake) Mentions [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) About this episode Balderton Capital is one of Europe's oldest and most successful VC firms. It's raised 12 funds and billions of dollars, and has invested in over 250 companies. 30 of which are unicorns. I spoke to Managing Partner Bernard Liautaud and General Partner Suranga Chandratillake about the firm turning… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [UKTN: The Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uktn) · 26 Nov 2024 · 32 min Why more unicorns shouldn't be Britain's end goal – Suranga Chandratillake, general partner, Balderton Capital With [Suranga Chandratillake](https://millionrounds.com/person/suranga-chandratillake) Mentions [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) About this episode Suranga Chandratillake, general partner at Balderton Capital, discusses why narratives about the UK underperforming in funding compared with the giants in the US might not be fair, why more unicorns shouldn't necessarily be considered the main goal for British businesses and why Labour's budget… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 23 Nov 2015 · 26 min 20 VC 090: Balderton Capital's General Partner, Suranga Chandratillake on What It Takes To Be A Great CEO With [Suranga Chandratillake](https://millionrounds.com/person/suranga-chandratillake) Mentions [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) About this episode Suranga Chandratillake is a General Partner @ Balderton Capital. He was previously an entrepreneur and engineer having founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He then lead the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) · 30 Jul 2015 · 36 min Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton With [Suranga Chandratillake](https://millionrounds.com/person/suranga-chandratillake) About this episode In this episode we were joined by Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton. He discussed his background, his experience raising investment for blinkx, growing the business, his latest experience as an investor at Balderton, and some of the lessons he’d tell his younger self. Suranga… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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