Balderton Closes $400M Early Stage Venture Capital Fund
Summary
With the vehicle, the firm will continue supporting outstanding European founders at Series A. The new fund will be managed by an investment team of 15 working as a single team across Europe, with permanent staff members based in both Paris and Berlin, who will help build close relationships with entrepreneurs, seed funds and accelerators and support portfolio companies on the ground. In addition, Balderton’s Build platform will provide talent, marketing, finance and legal services to support companies as they scale. It supports founding teams by providing them with access to the global industry leaders of the Balderton Executive Council; the CEO Collective network and offsite; and functional team events, meet-ups and workshops hosted at its Kings Cross headquarters and across Europe. Balderton now have active investments in more than 90 companies, founded across 15 European countries.