Investment Update: Zopa raises £32m
It is with great pleasure that we share the news that Zopa have raised £32m. The investment comes from Wadhawan Global Capital and Northzone, and comes after last year's announcement that Zopa...
Investment update: Our Investment in Frontier Car Group
Frontier Car Group operates auto marketplaces in six emerging markets Frontier Car Group embodies everything that is exciting about European technology today, and we are delighted to lead a $22m...
Investment Update: AppearHere raises $12m
We are delighted to share the news that AppearHere have raised a $12m series B round, led by Octopus Ventures. We are pleased to participate in the round, alongside Simon Venture Group, MMC...
Investment Update: LevelUp raises $50m
We are delighted to share the news that LevelUp have raised a $50m funding round, led by JPMorgan Chase, US Boston and CentroCredit Bank. After the initial launch in 2011, the company has grown to...
Investment Update: Kobalt Music raises $75m
Willard Ahdritz, Founder and CEO of Kobalt Music We are excited to share the news that Kobalt Music today announced it has raised $75 million in growth capital. The Series D round was led by...
Investment Update: Lovecrafts raises £26m
We are very pleased to share the news that LoveCrafts have raised £26m in an investment round led by Scottish Equity Partners. We have invested in the round alongside Highland Europe. For...
CEO Masterclass | Mårten Mickos, CEO HackerOne, MySQL: Building a $1bn+ software company
Mårten Mickos is a rare European founder. He has led 3 global software companies, including the Balderton-backed MySQL, and is now opening the London office of HackerOne, a new company which is...
Investment Update: Soundtrack Your Brand raises $22m
Soundtrack Your Brand, the first truly modern streaming service for businesses, has raised a $22 million, and we are delighted to invest alongside Industrifonden. The financing round also saw...
CMO Summit 2017: Dublin
On 1st February, we took a group of CMOs and marketing leaders from the Balderton portfolio to Dublin, for a day of marketing workshops with Google and Facebook. The marketing challenges faced by...
Welcome to Balderton's Spring Associates
I am delighted to welcome this year's cohort of Spring Associates to Balderton Capital. The idea of our spring placement is to introduce individuals with varied skill-sets to the world of...
Investment Update: Balderton lead $7m round in Dalia Research
We are delighted to welcome Berlin-headquartered Dalia Research to the portfolio, having led a $7m round into the company. Wellington Partners and IBB Bet also participated. Dalia’s unique...
Investment Update: Vestiaire Collective raise €58m
Congratulations to Vestiaire Collective who have raised €58m in a funding round led by Vitruvian Partners, who are making their first investment in France. We first invested in Vestiaire...
Chatbots: can they talk the talk?
This post was written by Zaeem Bhanji, who was an Autumn Associate at Balderton Capital in 2016. You can read the original post on his Medium here. It is fast becoming a cliché to say that...
Investment update: MyTomorrows raise €10m
MyTomorrows CEO and CoFounder Ronald Brus It gives us great pleasure to share the news that MyTomorrows have raised €10m. We are delighted to have participated in the round, which was led...
Nutmeg's series D now above $50m
We are delighted to share the news that Nutmeg have added an additional £12m to its series D round, taking the total amount raised to £42m. This is equivocal to just over $51m based on today's...
Originally on TechCrunch: How technology is merging with the human body
You can read the original article by Daniel Waterhouse, pictured above, on TechCrunch The gulf between “human” and “machine” is closing. Machine learning has enabled virtual reality to feel...
The product is the company
This piece by Anna Boffetta (above) originally appeared in the Dec16/Jan17 issue of Courier Magazine. Venture capital is a shoe-leather industry. VCs rack up a lot of miles, and meet a lot of...
The European Talent Landscape: our new research into the tech workforce
Today we are proud to unveil 'The European Talent Landscape', and I am delighted to be on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to reveal the findings. You can view the full report and key findings...
Moving Around: Colin Hanna on Transportation and Mobility
(Left) A screenshot of the central map UX of Carjump, centered on Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin. Each bubble is a car, bike or scooter. (Right) A similar screen from COUP This post first appeared...
Investment Update: Nutmeg raises £30m
We are delighted to share the news that Nutmeg have raised £30m from Convoy, Hong Kong’s largest listed firm of independent financial advisers. This new round of funding confirms Nutmeg's...
