Suranga Chandratillake

General Partner, Balderton Capital

Suranga joined Balderton as a General Partner in 2014, he was previously an entrepreneur and engineer.

Suranga founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He then led the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving to San Francisco, building a profitable business and going public in London where it achieved a peak market capitalization in excess of $1Bn. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was an early employee at Autonomy Corporation, where he ultimately served as the company’s US CTO in San Francisco.

In 2017, Suranga joined the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology. Suranga was granted an OBE for services to technology and engineering in the 2018 UK New Year’s Honours.

Venture

European Tech Verticals To Track

Suranga Chandratillake

Ferenc Huszar

8:00 am PDT • March 28, 2015

While the high-level investment trend in innovative technology is similar between the U.S. and Europe, digging deeper exposes interesting differences. Europe seems to be punching above its weight in some…

The Hidden Co-Founder

Suranga Chandratillake

4:00 pm PST • March 5, 2015

It was Valentine’s Day recently and that reminded me of a story I often share with the founders we work with, here at Balderton. One Friday in Cambridge, a few…