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    Balderton Capital

    London, United KingdomFounded 2000

    Balderton Capital is one of Europe's leading technology venture capital firms, founded in 2000 as Benchmark Europe. The multistage firm invests across the technology sector in European-founded companies, from seed stage through to IPO, with both early-stage and growth funds.

    Average disclosed round size is $49.3M (across 309 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    214

    Fund Size

    $615M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    20

    Team

    Bernard Liautaud

    Bernard Liautaud

    Managing Partner

    Claudia Rowe

    Claudia Rowe

    Managing Director

    Elena Moneta

    Elena Moneta

    Managing Director

    Greta Anderson

    Greta Anderson

    Managing Director

    Adrian Rainey

    Adrian Rainey

    Operating Partner

    Daniel Waterhouse

    Daniel Waterhouse

    Partner

    James Wise

    James Wise

    Partner

    Phil Chambers

    Phil Chambers

    Partner

    Rana Yared

    Rana Yared

    Partner

    Rob Moffat

    Rob Moffat

    Partner

    Suranga Chandratillake

    Suranga Chandratillake

    Partner

    Shikha Ahluwalia

    Shikha Ahluwalia

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    426 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TThe Exploration Company (TEC)Series C$450MSep 2026
    Dash0 logoDash0Growth—Mar 2026
    Reson8 logoReson8Pre-Seed—Mar 2026
    Escape logoEscapeSeries A$18MMar 2026
    DeepIP logoDeepIPSeries B$25MMar 2026
    Lassie logoLassieSeries C—Feb 2026
    GitGuardian logoGitGuardianSeries C$50MFeb 2026
    Mozart logoMozartSeed$6MFeb 2026
    Lawhive logoLawhiveSeries B$60MFeb 2026
    Stream logoStreamSeries D$90MJan 2026
    Clue logoClueSeed—Jan 2026
    Wayve logoWayveSeries D$1.2BJan 2026
    Proxima logoProximaUnknown—Jan 2026
    Proxima Fusion logoProxima FusionSeed—Jan 2026
    Primer logoPrimerSeries C$100MJan 2026
    Quantum-Systems logoQuantum-SystemsSeries D—Jan 2026
    Primer logoPrimerSeries C$100MJan 2026
    Fuse logoFuseSeries C$70MDec 2025
    Exein logoExeinGrowth—Dec 2025
    PremiaLab logoPremiaLabGrowth—Dec 2025
    Qargo logoQargoSeries B$33MDec 2025
    voize logovoizeSeries A$50MNov 2025
    myTomorrows logomyTomorrowsGrowth$29MNov 2025
    Dash0 logoDash0Series A—Oct 2025
    Light logoLightSeries A$30MSep 2025
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    Top Co-Investors

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    Last updated: 27 September 2026