Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit) is a British venture capital firm listed on the London Stock Exchange, investing in high-growth technology companies across Europe from Series A and beyond. The firm focuses on Consumer technology, Digital Health & Wellness, AI, Deeptech & Hardware, and Cloud/Enterprise/SaaS sectors.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $41.1M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
45
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
56 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 IMU Biosciences | Series A | $53M | Jun 2026 |
 SatVu | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| MManna Drone Delivery | Unknown | $30M | Mar 2025 |
 Deciphex | Series C | — | Jan 2025 |
 Renew Risk | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Form3 | Series C | $160M | Sep 2024 |
 IMU Biosciences | Series A | $53M | Jan 2024 |
 Anima | Series A | $12M | Jan 2024 |
 Concretene | Unknown | — | Jan 2024 |
 Ctrl Alt | Seed | $2.7M | Oct 2023 |
 Sweepr | Series A | $4M | Jan 2023 |
 Riverlane | Series B | — | Jan 2023 |
 Focal Point Positioning | Series C | $17M | Sep 2022 |
 Hadean | Series A | $30M | Sep 2022 |
 HiveMQ | Series A | — | Jan 2022 |
 AllPlants | Series B | $52M | Oct 2021 |
 CoachHub | Series B | $80M | Sep 2021 |
 Aircall | Series D | $120M | Jun 2021 |
 Ledger | Series C | — | Jun 2021 |
 Lyst (fashion company) | Growth | $85M | May 2021 |
 Freetrade | Series B | $69M | Mar 2021 |
 Clustermarket | Series A | $3.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Graphcore | Series E | — | Dec 2020 |
 Pollen | Series C | $60M | Oct 2020 |
 ICEYE | Series C | $87M | Sep 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
Amadeus Capital Partners5 shared
Forward Partners5 shared
Accel3 shared
Balderton Capital3 shared
C4 Ventures3 shared
Backed VC3 shared
Northzone3 shared
Draper Associates3 shared
Partech Africa3 shared
British Business Bank3 shared
Enterprise Ireland3 shared
Venrex Investment Management LLP2 shared
Passion Capital2 shared
Foundation Capital2 shared
Atomico2 shared
Robert Bosch Venture Capital2 shared
Dell Technologies Capital2 shared
Pitango VC2 shared
Cambridge Enterprise2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026