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Molten Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2006 · London, United Kingdom

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Molten Ventures is one of the most active venture capital firms in Europe, developing and investing in disruptive, high growth technology companies

138 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $7.7B invested · 241 investments · Investor rank #356 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 138 ↑ 31% 5y
Decacorns 3
Thoroughbreds 14 ↑ 8% 5y
Featured in
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Fund commitments

The funds Molten Ventures backs.

Molten Ventures is a limited partner in 62 funds. 5 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.

Partech
France
#72 Power Law
Seedcamp
United Kingdom
#94 Power Law
Speedinvest
Austria
#116 Power Law
Episode 1 Ventures
United Kingdom
#353 Power Law
Headline
United States
#387 Power Law
Estimated holdings

Molten Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Molten Ventures’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 7 companies where Molten Ventures is a named shareholder, worth about $909M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Thought MachineFintech · Unicorn 15.85% $3.6B $565M
  2. 2 LedgerSecurity · Unicorn 10.5% $1.4B $148M
  3. 3 ICEYESpace · Unicorn 5% $2.6B $132M
  4. 4 BeZero CarbonEnergy · Unicorn 6.38% $1.0B $64M
  5. 5 SportPursuitSports · Colt 16.78% — —
  6. 6 Miura SystemsFintech · Colt 1.86% — —
  7. 7 4.42% — —

1 company hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Molten Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Exits

Molten Ventures’ 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 Molten Ventures’ transaction record.

X.
$25B IPO · 2013
Entered Series B+Now $33BMedia
Cazoo
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $101KTransportation
Box
$1.7B IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $4.9BSecurity
Trustpilot
$1.4B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.4BMedia
Tumblr
$1.1B acquisition · 2013
Entered Series B+Media
Portfolio analysis

Where Molten Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 138 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UK75
  2. USA24
  3. Germany12
  4. Ireland7
  5. France4
  6. Finland3
  7. Sweden3
  8. Netherlands2
  9. Austria1
  10. Belgium1
  11. Brazil1
  12. Cuba1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software39
  2. Fintech20
  3. Health19
  4. Marketing16
  5. Semiconductors13
  6. Media12
  7. Security11
  8. Telecom9
  9. Energy7
  10. Fashion4
  11. Food4
  12. Legal4
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A60
  2. Series B+59
  3. Seed19
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage70
  2. Late Growth36
  3. Early Growth30
  4. Mature2
Portfolio market map

Inside Molten Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 138 tracked.

Revolut
Fintech · Centicorn
$115B
X.
Media · Decacorn
$33B
Cazoo
Transportation
$101K
ICEYE
Space · Decacorn
$11B
Isar Aerospace
Space · Unicorn
$1.2B
Graphcore
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$2.4B
Thought Machine
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.6B
Ledger
Security · Unicorn
$1.4B
Box
Security · Unicorn
$4.9B
CoachHub
Education
$800M
Form3
Fintech
$570M
Pollen
Travel
PrimaryBid
Fintech
$74M
Icera
Telecom
$45M
Aircall
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.0B
Lyst
Fashion
$154M
Trustpilot
Media · Unicorn
$1.4B
FintechOS
Fintech
$244M
Paragraf
Semiconductors
$220M
Freetrade
Fintech
$211M
Riverlane
Enterprise Software
$310M
Tumblr
Media
$3.0M
M-Files
Security
$295M
Hilo by Aktiia
Health
$76M
Pliant
Fintech
$155M
XMOS
Semiconductors
$76M
Tremor Video
Media
$494M
Manna Drone Delivery
Robotics
$200M
SatVu
Space
$159M
Oxford Immunotec
Health
$112M
BeZero Carbon
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Metalysis
Space
$63M
RadiumOne
Marketing
$216M
Movidius
Semiconductors
$630M
SimScale
Enterprise Software
$226M
Schüttflix
Real Estate
$236M
Allplants
Food
DisplayLink
Semiconductors
$305M
Ieso Digital Health
Health
$212M
Deciphex
Health
$66M
Netronome Systems
Semiconductors
$76M
Finalcad
Real Estate
$200M
Kaptivo
Media
$24M
Valarian
Legal
$200M
Evonetix
Health
$149M
IMU Biosciences
Health
$212M
Decibel
Enterprise Software
$160M
Clue App
Health
$66M
Crowdcube
Fintech
$185M
Decibel Audio
Enterprise Software
$160M
TrialPay
Telecom
$160M
HiveMQ
Fintech
$176M
Modo Energy
Energy
$132M
Push Doctor
Health
$79M
CausaLens
Enterprise Software
$180M
Horizon Discovery
Health
$383M
Hadean
Gaming
$150M
One Data
Enterprise Software
$141M
Qosmos
Telecom
$57M
&Open
Marketing
$20M
Portfolio founders

Where Molten Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

135 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 Kingdom62
  2. Germany19
  3. United States12
  4. France7
  5. Ireland7
  6. Sweden6
  7. Finland4
  8. Austria3
  9. Belgium2
  10. Estonia2
UniversityCount
  1. Technical University Munich8
  2. University of Cambridge6
  3. University of Oxford6
  4. London School of Economics and Political Science4
  5. University College London4
  6. Aalto University2
  7. Birkbeck, University of London2
  8. Bucharest University of Economic Studies2
  9. Durham University2
  10. ESCP Business School2
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google3
  2. Free Now3
  3. Hailo3
  4. McKinsey & Company3
  5. Microsoft3
  6. Nokia Corporation3
  7. University of Cambridge3
  8. BAE Systems2
  9. Bank of America Merrill Lynch2
  10. Comodo2
How Molten Ventures stacks up

Similar LPs.

Other LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Molten Ventures by combined power-law score, with the assets each one manages and how many VC funds it backs.

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LP rank #207 · China
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Texas Permanent School Fund
LP rank #216 · United States
$50B AUM 27 VC funds backed
id4 Ventures
LP rank #219 · France
$67M AUM 21 VC funds backed
Texas Tech University System Endowment
LP rank #223 · United States
$1.7B AUM 12 VC funds backed
National Security Strategic Investment Fund
LP rank #231 · United Kingdom
$100M AUM 39 VC funds backed
Quartilium
LP rank #234 · France
9 VC funds backed
British Patient Capital
LP rank #237 · United Kingdom
$3.9B AUM 26 VC funds backed
British International Investment
LP rank #241 · United Kingdom
$8.2B AUM 47 VC funds backed
Key people

Key people at Molten Ventures.

Stuart Chapman
Stuart Chapman
Director
 Jonathan Sibilia
Jonathan Sibilia
Head of Secondaries and Fund of Funds
 Brian Caulfield
Brian Caulfield
Managing Partner
 Richard Marsh
Richard Marsh
Partner
 Nicola McClafferty
Nicola McClafferty
Partner
 Franco Danesi
Franco Danesi
Senior Partner
 Nic Brisbourne
Nic Brisbourne
Partner
 Vinoth Jayakumar
Vinoth Jayakumar
Partner
 Will Turner
Will Turner
Managing Partner
 William Horlick
William Horlick
Partner
 Ben Wilkinson
Ben Wilkinson
CEO
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
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.