Balderton Capital


Balderton Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, UK, that invests in early-stage, technology and internet startup companies in Europe. It is considered to be among the four-biggest venture capital firms in the English capital.
Founded in 2000 as Benchmark Capital Europe, Balderton Capital became fully independent in 2007. The company made over 100 early-stage investments between 2000 and 2020, including Revolut, Betfair, The Hut Group, MySQL, Yoox, Bebo, Talend, Recorded Future, NaturalMotion, Kobalt Music Group, GoCardless, CityMapper, and Sophia Genetics
In November 2019, Balderton announced Balderton VII, a new $400m fund to invest in European companies at Series A.The new fund will reportedly make approximately 12 investments annually. In 2018, Balderton announced the first fund dedicated to buying equity from existing shareholders of European technology startups.

Partners

The partners of the firm are Tim Bunting, Suranga Chandratillake, Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, Bernard Liautaud, Rob Moffat, Daniel Waterhouse, James Wise, David Thevenon, and Rana Yared.

Investments

Balderton has invested in more than 200 startups since its inception in 2000. Notable investments have included:
Since 2008, Balderton has had many prominent exits, including Betfair, Bebo, NaturalMotion, Scansafe, Lovefilm, Yoox, Icera, MySQL, Big Fish Games, Recorded Future, Talend, Frontier Car Group, and Magic Pony Technologies.