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    Draper Esprit

    London, United KingdomFounded 2006
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    Draper Esprit, now known as Molten Ventures, focuses on investing in high-growth technology companies across Europe, primarily from Series A onwards, with a strong emphasis on Series B and later-stage growth rounds. Their strategy also includes a "fund-of-funds" approach, investing in seed funds to identify early-stage opportunities in sectors like consumer, enterprise, deeptech, and digital health.

    Average disclosed round size is $76.0M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    23

    Fund Size

    $1.5B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    23 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    allplants logoallplantsSeries B$52MOct 2021
    CoachHub logoCoachHubSeries B$80MSep 2021
    Aircall logoAircallSeries D$120MJun 2021
    Ledger logoLedgerSeries C$380MJun 2021
    Lyst logoLystGrowth$85MMay 2021
    Freetrade logoFreetradeSeries B$69MMar 2021
    Graphcore logoGraphcoreSeries E$222MDec 2020
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C$60MOct 2020
    ICEYE logoICEYESeries C$87MSep 2020
    Curio logoCurioSeries A$9MSep 2020
    Ravelin logoRavelinSeries C$20MJul 2020
    Cazoo logoCazooGrowth$31MJun 2020
    Freetrade logoFreetradeSeries A$15MOct 2019
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C$77.5MOct 2019
    PPerkboxUnknown$17.6MApr 2019
    Trustpilot logoTrustpilotSeries E$48.5MMar 2019
    Graphcore logoGraphcoreSeries D$200MDec 2018
    RRealeyesSeries A$16.2MMay 2018
    Ledger logoLedgerSeries B$75MJan 2018
    Graphcore logoGraphcoreSeries B$30MJul 2017
    PPush DoctorSeries B$26.1MJul 2017
    PPush DoctorSeries A$8.2MJan 2016
    Riverlane logoRiverlaneSeries A$20M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Amadeus Capital Partners4 shared
    Partech3 shared
    C4 Ventures3 shared
    Northzone3 shared
    Draper Associates3 shared
    Fidelity Investments2 shared
    Oxford Capital2 shared
    Atomico2 shared
    Foundation Capital2 shared
    Robert Bosch Venture Capital2 shared
    Dell Technologies Capital2 shared
    Kindred Ventures2 shared
    Sienna Capital2 shared
    Backed2 shared
    Draper Dragon2 shared
    Cathay Innovation2 shared
    Korelya Capital2 shared
    Digital Currency Group2 shared
    Felix Capital2 shared
    Goldman Sachs1 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026