Investor profile

GP Bullhound

Venture Capital, Advisor, Private Equity · Founded 1999 · London, United Kingdom

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Technology advisory and investment firm supported by 120 employees across 13 offices globally

63 portfolio companies Venture Capital, Advisor, Private Equity · $4.3B invested · 82 investments · Investor rank #683 · Last investment 9/2025

Portfolio companies ↑ 50% 5y

Decacorns ↑ 200% 5y

Thoroughbreds ↑ 60% 5y

Exits

GP Bullhound’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 GP Bullhound’s transaction record.

Spotify

$30B IPO · 2018

Entered Series B+Now $88BMusic

Klarna

$15B IPO · 2025

Entered Series B+Now $4.5BFintech

AVITO

$2.7B acquisition · 2015

Entered Series AMarketing

Glovo

$2.5B acquisition · 2022

Entered Series B+Food

Believe

$2.1B IPO · 2021

Entered Series B+Now $1.8BMusic

Interactive Investor

$2.0B acquisition · 2021

Entered SeedFintech

LendInvest

$53M IPO · 2021

Entered Series B+Now $1.3BFintech

Portfolio analysis

Where GP Bullhound's portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 63 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

Sweden21
UK15
Spain12
USA8
France2
Germany2
Australia1
Ireland1
Russia1

By sectorCount

Enterprise Software17
Fintech10
Gaming8
Marketing7
Media7
Music6
Energy5
Food5
Transportation5
Education3
Home Living3
Security3

By stage enteredCount

Series B+33
Series A22
Seed8

By growth stageCount

Late Growth28
Breakout Stage19
Early Growth16

Portfolio market map

Inside GP Bullhound's portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 63 tracked.

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

Poppermost Productions

Gaming

$2.9M

Portfolio founders

Where GP Bullhound's portfolio founders come from.

98 founders across the 63 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

Sweden27
Spain24
United Kingdom17
United States10
France4
Russia3
Australia2
Germany2
Argentina1
Denmark1

UniversityCount

KTH Royal Institute of Technology6
Stockholm University5
Berghs School of Communication3
Harvard University3
IE Business School3
Technical University of Madrid3
University of Cordoba3
Autonomous University of Madrid2
Ramon Llull University2
Stockholm School of Economics2

Previous companyCount

KTH Royal Institute of Technology3
Swedish Armed Forces3
Avanade2
Azaleos2
Deutsche Bank2
Indraventures2
Paradigma Digital2
The Financialist2
3Com1
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How GP Bullhound stacks up

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Y Combinator

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Key people

Key people at GP Bullhound.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.

Every figure on this page is sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API. Sections v1 shows that the API does not yet expose — shareholding-based holdings, Power-Law rankings & vintage time-series, entity-filtered news, and market sentiment — are omitted here rather than sourced elsewhere.