Venture Capital

Balderton Capital

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).

193 portfolio companies 33 publish APIs here 14 properties
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Balderton Capital has 193 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 33 (17%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are tibber, housecallpro, sketchfab, Cloud9, ramp.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 4 Solid coverage with minor gaps
tibber 2 APIs 65.4 housecallpro 1 API 65.1 sketchfab 5 APIs 64.7 Cloud9 6 APIs 61.1
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ramp 1 API 58.9 primer 1 API 58.5 tinybird 1 API 52.1 contentful 8 APIs 51.7 kili-technology 5 APIs 48.1 betfair 6 APIs 47.2
Thin 15 Limited public surface area
pusher 2 APIs 44.1 talend 6 APIs 44.1 complyadvantage 5 APIs 40.5 escape 1 API 40.1 workable 17 APIs 38.5 gocardless 1 API 36.7 ory 4 APIs 36.5 matillion 9 APIs 36.2 writer 12 APIs 34.6 numeral 6 APIs 34.4 deepset 6 APIs 34.1 photoroom 1 API 32.0 checklyhq 1 API 31.5 mysql 3 APIs 31.0 aircall 8 APIs 30.4
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
recordedfuture 1 API 26.8 konghq 15 APIs 26.7 darktrace 1 API 25.8 attio 1 API 22.1 revolut 4 APIs 22.0 voiscooters 2 APIs 16.8
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
gitguardian 1 API 6.7 stream 1 API 6.3

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160 further portfolio companies that don’t yet have a provider page on the network.

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
image: https://www.balderton.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
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'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
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  - FN: APIs.json
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  - FN: Balderton Capital
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