Investor profile for Balderton Capital: stage-based planning range, investment stages, sector focus, portfolio companies, sources, and verification status. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker directory.

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Balderton Capital stages, portfolio and investment profile

London-based venture firm investing in European technology companies from seed through growth, with $615M Early Stage Fund IX and $685M Growth Fund II raised in 2024.

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Stage-based planning range

$1M–$10M

This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.

Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.

No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.

Source link not recorded Confidence: 25% Verified: Not recorded View methodology

Investment stages

Leads: Series A, Series B+

Participates: Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sector focus

Generalist Technology

Geography

London, UK

Founded 2000

Fund size / AUM

Not recorded

A separate fund-size evidence record is not yet available.

Portfolio in our directory

4

Linked startup profiles

Latest fund vehicle

Not recorded

Vehicle name, size, and vintage are not yet structured.

Recent tracked investment

Escape

Series A · $18M · March 2026

Rounds they lead

Series A Series B+

Rounds they invest

Seed Series A Series B+

Last verified: Not recorded. Check-size evidence is labeled by basis so planning estimates are not presented as firm disclosures.

Portfolio companies we track

Startups in our directory that list Balderton Capital as an investor (4 total).

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FAQs about Balderton Capital

Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.

Balderton leads Series A and growth rounds and participates in Seed. The firm backs European founders from seed through IPO across dedicated early-stage and growth funds.
Balderton does not publish one global check size. Its 2024 early-stage fund is $615M and growth fund $685M — deployment scales from seed tickets to larger growth rounds. Confirm sizing for your stage with the firm.
Headquartered in London, UK. Balderton invests exclusively in European-founded technology companies — it is not a U.S.-centric fund.
Balderton is sector-agnostic within European tech, backing category leaders like Revolut and Wayve. Our directory tags generalist-tech because investments span fintech, AI, SaaS, and consumer.
Balderton commonly leads Series A and growth rounds in its core European mandate. It aims to be the partner of choice for ambitious European founders.
In our directory: Labster (/startup/labster), Foodology (/startup/foodology), Kong (/startup/kong).
European founders should engage via balderton.com and target partners covering their sector. Warm introductions from European founders, angels, or seed funds that Balderton co-invests with are most effective.
No dedicated Balderton article in our blog yet. See the fund profile at /fund/balderton-capital.

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