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Balderton Capital
Venture capital firm · Founded 2000 · Active in 2026
Balderton Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, UK, founded in 2000. The page below shows 44 Power Law outcomes from Balderton Capital's portfolio — 32 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Other B2B Software · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are UK · USA · Germany. Balderton ranks #59 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Balderton’s biggest exits.
Balderton portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Balderton’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of Balderton’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 18 companies where Balderton is a named shareholder, worth about $7.4B in estimated equity value.
Showing the 12 largest of 18 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Balderton’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Balderton also appears inside investor groups in Zopa, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The 44 Balderton Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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UK16
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USA10
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Germany5
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Sweden4
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France2
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Mexico1
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Türkiye1
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Hong Kong1
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Norway1
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Switzerland1
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Italy1
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Ireland1
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Fintech10
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Other B2B Software9
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eCommerce & Marketplaces7
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AI4
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Cybersecurity3
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Energy3
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Other3
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Marketing2
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Transportation2
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Series B+14
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Series A16
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Seed9
Balderton's 44 Power Law outcomes.
How does Balderton stack up?
Balderton in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 34 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere Balderton's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
109 founders across the 44 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Oxford and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Balderton.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Balderton Capital
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Balderton on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Balderton Capital
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Balderton — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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