Balderton Capital

aid: balderton-capital
name: Balderton Capital
description: >-
  Balderton Capital is a London-headquartered venture capital firm focused
  exclusively on backing European-founded technology companies. Founded in 2000
  as Benchmark Capital Europe and fully independent since 2007, Balderton is one
  of Europe's largest and most established venture firms, with over $7 billion in
  assets under management across dedicated early-stage and growth funds. The firm
  invests from Seed through Series B and follows on into growth stages, writing
  checks across sectors including fintech, artificial intelligence, B2B SaaS,
  developer tools and infrastructure, digital health, gaming, marketplaces and
  climate. Balderton is known for a founder-centric model, running a dedicated
  founder wellbeing and performance platform and an executive/talent network to
  support portfolio companies. Notable investments over the firm's history include
  Revolut, GoCardless, Depop, Darktrace, Contentful, Dream Games, Wayve, Aircall,
  Citymapper, Talend, MySQL, Recorded Future, Sophia Genetics and The Hut Group
  (THG).
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Series B
  - Growth
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Developer Tools
  - Infrastructure
  - Digital Health
  - Europe
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.balderton.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.balderton.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.balderton.com/companies/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/balderton-capital-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.balderton.com/team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/balderton-capital-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.balderton.com/beliefs-values/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.balderton.com/resources/
  - type: News
    url: https://www.balderton.com/news/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://careers.balderton.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.balderton.com/contact/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/balderton-capital_2/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/balderton
  - type: Blog
    url: https://medium.com/balderton
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balderton-capital
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth'
      - 'Sectors: fintech, AI, B2B SaaS, developer tools and infrastructure, digital health, gaming, marketplaces, climate'
      - 'Geography: Europe (European-founded companies)'
      - 'AUM: over $7 billion (self-reported / press)'
      - 'Founded: 2000 (as Benchmark Capital Europe; independent 2007)'
      - 'HQ: London, United Kingdom'
    sources:
      - https://www.balderton.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balderton_Capital
    updated: '2026-07-17'
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    url: https://www.balderton.com/