Balderton Capital

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

427

Average round size

23M

Portfolio companies

223

Rounds per year

17.79

Lead investments

126

Follow on index

0.47

Exits

65

Stages of investment
SeedPrivate EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechMobileFinanceArtificial IntelligenceSaaSMarketplace

Summary

Balderton Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2000. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom. The main department of described VC is located in the London.

The fund is constantly included in 13-24 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 21 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2016. Comparing to the other companies, this Balderton Capital performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Balderton Capital is 100-500 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are SaaS, Financial Services. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight The Hut Group, Revolut, Vestiaire Collective.

The overall number of key employees were 6.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Balderton Capital, startups are often financed by Creandum, Future Fifty, Wellington Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Wellington Partners, Idinvest Partners, DAG Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Idinvest Partners, DAG Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
FintechHealthcareMobilityCybersecurityConsumer/Retail Show 2 more
Stage focus
SeedSeries CSeries ASeries BPre-IPO
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Show 36 more

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
USD 600000000
Fund raised date
2021-11-16

Analytics

Total investments
427
Lead investments
126
Exits
65
Rounds per year
17.79
Follow on index
0.47
Investments by industry
  • Software (110)
  • E-Commerce (57)
  • Financial Services (57)
  • FinTech (55)
  • Internet (52)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (167)
  • United States (84)
  • Germany (43)
  • France (35)
  • Sweden (19)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
14
Number of Decacorns
15
Number of Minotaurs
9

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
377M
Group Appearance index
0.85
Avg. company exit year
9
Avg. multiplicator
2.67
Strategy success index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Delli 05 Sep 2022 Food and Beverage Seed 7M England, London, United Kingdom
Hiya! 19 Oct 2017 Retail, Rental, Delivery Service, Electronics Early Stage Venture 18M Greater Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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