James Wise

Partner

James joined Balderton in 2013. Since then, he has led Balderton's investments in a number of sectors and geographies, with a specific focus on sustainability, productivity and healthtech. He sits as a board member and observer for multiple portfolio companies including Sophia Genetics (Nasdaq-listed $SOPH), Depop (acquired by Etsy), Tibber and GoCardless, and has been involved in the sale of companies to Amazon, Epic Games and Elastic.

Prior to joining Balderton, James helped to launch and run one of the UK's first social venture funds, providing support and capital to social enterprises. He has worked with entrepreneurs and businesses in Europe and Africa and as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

As well as the professional experiences above, James is a charity trustee at the Manchester Graphene Institute, Demos and Dot.Everyone and served in 2011 as a Specialist Adviser to Parliament

Contact

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T. +44 (0)20 7016 6800

Executive assistant

Isabelle Lewis
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Board positions

Avi Medical

Munich, Germany

Elevating the patient experience by combining technology with a human touch.

Series B in 2022

Demodesk

Munich, Germany

Intelligent meeting platform for online sales.

Series A in 2020

Detectify

Stockholm, Sweden

Automated vulnerability platform service to help developers and security teams keep up with threats.

Series A in 2019

Forecast

Copenhagen, Denmark

AI-native Project & Resource Management platform

Series A in 2021

Kaia Health

Munich, Germany

Clinically validated digital therapeutics

Series A in 2018

Levity

Berlin, Germany

Levity is a no-code AI automation platform.

Seed in 2022

Tibber

Førde, Norway

Using digital technology to make electricity consumption smarter

Series B in 2020

Exits and other related investments

Hubs

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The world's largest network of 3D manufacturing services.

Series A in 2014
Acquired by Protolabs in 2021

Depop

London, United Kingdom

Peer-to-peer social shopping platform and app that allows creative entrepreneurs to build a social shopping network.

Seed in 2012
Acquired by Etsy in 2021

GoCardless

London, United Kingdom

The easiest way for businesses to collect recurring payments.

Series B in 2014

Pusher

London, United Kingdom

Real-time APIs that power communication and collaboration apps all over the world.

Series A in 2018
Acquired by MessageBird 2020

Sketchfab

Paris, France

Platform to publish, share, and discover 3D content online and in VR.

Series A in 2013
Acquired by Epic Games in 2021

Sophia Genetics

Lausanne, Switzerland

Democratizing data-driven medicine.

Series B in 2017
IPO on NASDAQ in 2021

James on Twitter

Feb 06, 2023

Read this over Christmas break - it’s both delightfully written and endlessly fascinating. Highly recommend. https://t.co/FksRHHFHJ3

@jpwiseuk

Feb 04, 2023

This piece from @CamCavendish on the need to get over subtle age discrimination in the workplace is great. We once… https://t.co/pZoIh8wPrX

@jpwiseuk

Feb 03, 2023

An astounding graph. The most productive companies are getting smaller, but there’s two big follow-on effects from… https://t.co/030mA13LBy

@jpwiseuk

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JAMES WISE

Partner

Contact

Executive assistant

Social

Board positions

Avi Medical

Demodesk

Detectify

Forecast

Kaia Health

Levity

Tibber

Exits and other related investments

Hubs

Depop

GoCardless

Pusher

Sketchfab

Sophia Genetics

James on Twitter

Feb 06, 2023

Feb 04, 2023

Feb 03, 2023

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