At Balderton, we have a team with significant operational experience and international scope, which works on a principle of equal partnership, and we have significant resources to back our entrepreneurs over the long term.
Operational experience
Prior to joining the firm, our partners have accumulated significant operational experience. We have founded companies, grown companies from one to thousands of employees, taken companies public in the US and in Europe bought, sold and merged companies. We have gone through great times and through tough times and we hope we have learned much along the way.
Having that experience helps us understand better what the entrepreneurs are going through in different stages of growth, and helps us to be better partners.
International scope
Our six investment partners come from five different countries (UK, France, Ireland, Canada, and Italy). We all have worked in several regions of the world from Paris and London to Silicon Valley and Asia. Throughout our formative years, we have learned the differences of doing business around the world and built networks of people in different regions.
That experience enables us to be of stronger value when a company is looking to expand beyond its borders.
Equal partnership
We function as equal partners. This means that the success of the companies we invest in provide equal benefit to all the partners, regardless of who was the direct representative of our firm on the board.
This essential concept of equality means that entrepreneurs get the benefit of the entire team, and the entire firm. Instead of competing for resources, our people share their ideas, their contacts, and their insights. In fact Balderton’s team shares whatever is needed to get the job done and ensure that our portfolio companies excel.
Significant resources
We are managing approx US$1.9bn and our funds are each of significant size.
As such we can support a company over the long term from its early stages, to its growth phases, to maturity. If you need several rounds of capital, we can be on your side each time to finance your development.
Long-term focus
Balderton’s aim is to help build long-lasting great companies. We look for the longer-term gains, and the companies with the biggest potential for sustained growth. Lasting benefits that come from genuine innovation, nurtured by the right decisions and careful backing, not just quick profits.