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Balderton Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 2000 · London, United Kingdom

Venture firm with a multi-stage approach and over twenty years of expertise in aiding European founders from the initial seed stage through to IPO

281 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $17B invested · 578 investments · Investor rank #150 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 281 ↑ 27% 5y
Decacorns 2
Thoroughbreds 33 ↑ 18% 5y
Estimated holdings

Balderton Capital’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Balderton Capital’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 18 companies where Balderton Capital is a named shareholder, worth about $7.4B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RevolutFintech · Decacorn 7.2% $75.0B $5.4B
  2. 2 LendableFintech · Unicorn 12% $4.8B $570M
  3. 3 Quantum SystemsSecurity · Unicorn 9% $3.3B $297M
  4. 4 WayveTransportation · Unicorn 3.17% $8.6B $273M
  5. 5 CleoFintech · Unicorn 13.94% $1.0B $139M
  6. 6 PrimerFintech · Colt 20.1% $600M $121M
  7. 7 6% $1.7B $103M
  8. 8 5% $1.7B $85M
  9. 9 4% $1.9B $76M
  10. 10 5.5% $1.2B $66M
  11. 11 3% $2.0B $60M
  12. 12 8.02% $726M $58M

Showing the 12 largest of 18 disclosed direct holdings.

6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Balderton Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Balderton Capital also appears inside investor groups in Zopa, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Exits

Balderton Capital’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Balderton Capital’s transaction record.

IPO · 2010
Entered Series B+Now $30BGaming
$5.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $1.2BFashion
$286M IPO · 2009
Entered Series ANow $5.5BFashion
$226M IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $4.2BTelecom
IPO · 2007
Entered SeedNow $3.5BEnergy
$2.6B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $592MTelecom
$760M IPO · 2016
Entered Series B+Now $2.4BEnterprise Software
$1.8B IPO · 2010
Entered Series ANow $455MSports
$1.6B acquisition · 2021
Entered SeedFashion
$1.3B acquisition · 2026
Entered SeedMedia
$1.2B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+Fintech
$1.1B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $479MHealth
Portfolio analysis

Where Balderton Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 281 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UK94
  2. USA62
  3. Germany32
  4. France20
  5. Sweden12
  6. Ireland9
  7. Switzerland6
  8. Denmark5
  9. Finland5
  10. Netherlands5
  11. Hong Kong3
  12. Spain3
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software69
  2. Fintech46
  3. Media26
  4. Marketing23
  5. Health21
  6. Security18
  7. Food17
  8. Telecom17
  9. Fashion14
  10. Transportation12
  11. Energy11
  12. Gaming10
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A146
  2. Series B+75
  3. Seed60
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage123
  2. Late Growth89
  3. Early Growth68
  4. Mature1
Portfolio market map

Inside Balderton Capital’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 281 tracked.

Revolut
Fintech · Centicorn
$115B
Wayve
Robotics · Unicorn
$8.6B
Quantum Systems
Security · Unicorn
$7.7B
Zopa
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Proxima Fusion
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
Vestiaire Collective
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.7B
GoCardless
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.2B
Frontier Car Group
Transportation
$700M
Scalable Capital
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.7B
eir Sports
Sports
JOKR
Food
$800M
The Hut Group
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.2B
Voi
Transportation
$375M
Infarm
Food
Kobalt Music
Music
$484M
Dream Games
Gaming · Unicorn
$5.0B
Merama
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
Kong
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
Contentful
Media · Unicorn
$1.3B
Writer
Media · Unicorn
$1.9B
Tibber
Energy
$484M
Coro
Security
$400M
Wonga
Fintech
$480M
Sophia Genetics
Health
$479M
Carwow
Transportation
$208M
Icera
Telecom
$45M
Aircall
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.0B
Premialab HK
Fintech
$880M
Stream
Fintech
$360M
Vivino
Food
$700M
The Exploration Company
Space
$495M
Exein
Security
$770M
Zego
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Tabula
Semiconductors
$432M
Beauty Pie
Wellness Beauty
$400M
Lyst
Fashion
$154M
VanMoof
Transportation
Taktile
Fintech
$440M
CTERA Networks
Enterprise Software
$120M
NoTraffic
Transportation
$360M
Dash0
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Hubilo Softech
Event Tech
$500M
Nutmeg
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Fuse Energy
Energy
$120M
Labster
Health
$300M
Scytl
Security
Attio
Marketing
$208M
Cleo
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Healx
Health
$188M
Ramp
Fintech
$280M
Funnel
Marketing
$251M
Tessian
Security
$500M
Virtuo
Travel
$240M
Motif Investing
Fintech
$160M
Kaia Health
Health
$285M
Clarity AI
Fintech
$440M
Talend
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.4B
Octant Bio
Health
$320M
KupiVIP
Fashion
$62M
Lawhive
Legal
$240M
Portfolio founders

Where Balderton Capital’s portfolio founders come from.

192 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United Kingdom51
  2. Germany37
  3. United States18
  4. France15
  5. Sweden15
  6. Türkiye8
  7. Denmark7
  8. Spain7
  9. Israel6
  10. Netherlands5
UniversityCount
  1. University of Cambridge12
  2. Technical University Munich10
  3. Harvard Business School8
  4. Harvard University8
  5. University of Oxford7
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
  7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology5
  8. Tel Aviv University5
  9. Copenhagen Business School4
  10. Bocconi University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Boston Consulting Group11
  2. McKinsey & Company11
  3. Microsoft6
  4. Goldman Sachs5
  5. Bain & Company4
  6. Carto4
  7. Instana4
  8. Airbus3
  9. Balderton Capital3
  10. Delivery Hero3
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.