COLIN HANNA

Partner

Colin joined Balderton in 2016 and is based in Berlin.

At Balderton, Colin invests in purpose-driven, product-focused founders spanning verticals including Cloud, Consumer, Crypto, and Fintech. He is also part of the team at Balderton responsible for driving the firm's Sustainable Future Goals initiatives. 

Prior to joining Balderton, Colin worked at SoundCloud in Berlin where he led Emerging Market Growth. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York where he focused on raising capital for Asian internet companies, including Qunar (NASDAQ: QUNR), Tencent, Nexon, Vipshop (NASDAQ: VIPS), and Tarena (NASDAQ: TEDU).

Colin has a B.A. from Princeton University in Political Science where he was also a Captain of the Men’s Swimming Team.  A father of two, Colin spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hong Kong, speaks Mandarin, German, Spanish and is most comfortable in the ocean.

Contact

T. +44 (0) 20 7016 6800 
[email protected] 

Executive assistant

Lucie Anderson
[email protected]

Board positions

Anytype

Anytype
Berlin, Germany
A privacy-first, peer-to-peer web builder.
Seed in 2023

arive

arive
Munich, Germany
Delivers high-end consumer products on-demand
Seed in 2021

Clue

Clue
Berlin, Germany
Science-backed leader in femtech and most trusted brand in menstrual and reproductive health

Finoa

Finoa
Berlin, Germany
The leading European digital asset custody and financial services platform for institutional investors and corporations
Series A in 2021

Fuse

Fuse
London, United Kingdom
Delivering clean, cheap electricity to consumers to help solve climate change.
Seed in 2022

Odyssey Therapeutics

Odyssey Therapeutics
San Francisco, United States
Creating next generation precision medicines for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Acquired Rahko in 2022

ORY

ORY
Munich, Germany
Open source identity platform
Seed in 2020

Supernormal

Supernormal
Stockholm, Sweden
A generative AI-powered note-taking platform
Seed in 2023

Vivenu

Vivenu
Düsseldorf, Germany
API-first events platform for venues and event owners
Series A in 2020

Related investments

Latana

Latana
Berlin, Germany
AI-powered brand tracking
Series A in 2016

Frontier Car Group

Frontier Car Group
Berlin, Germany
Automotive marketplaces in emerging markets.
Series A in 2016
Investment by OLX Group in 2019 to become majority shareholder

Hiya

Hiya
London, United Kingdom
Provides caller profile products and services designed to make the phone experience better.
Series A in 2017

Luno

Luno
London, United Kingdom
Luno makes it safe and easy for people and businesses to store, buy, use, and learn about bitcoin.
Series B in 2017
Acquired by Digital Currency Group in 2020

Traefik Labs

Traefik Labs
Lyon, France
Cloud-native networking that just works.
Series A in 2020

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