Balderton Capital
Thread, The U.K. Online Personal Styling Service For Men, Scores $8M Series A
Using a mixture of algorithms and human stylists, London-based Thread works on the premise that a lot of men hate clothes shopping, however much they like stylish attire. The online…
More VC Musical Chairs In London’s Investor Community
In the latest game of VC musical chairs, more personnel changes have taken place in London’s Venture Capital community, including departures at MMC Ventures, Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit, and Index…
LVMH’s Groupe Arnault, Accel, More Pour $40M Into Fashion Shopping Aggregator Lyst
On the heels of Farfetch raising $86 million last month, another fashion commerce startup out of London has picked up a significant round of funding. Lyst, a site that lets…
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…
Goldman Sachs Leads New £25M Round In UK Online Furniture Retailer WorldStores
More evidence that VCs are bullish about the online furniture retail space in the UK, as web upstarts continue to apply pressure on the likes of IKEA and other traditional…
A Cold, Dark, East London Cinema Witnesses Techstars London Demo Day
Techstars has had a fast 3 years in Europe. After Techstars London, led by the departing Jon Bradford, had been set up, it opened a further three programmes: in Berlin,…
Car Buying Platform Carwow Secures £4.6M Series A To Step On The Gas
Just ten months after disclosing a £1.3 million seed round, UK car buying platform Carwow has made another fundraising pitstop. The London-based company has raised a £4.6 million Series A…
Amid ‘Right To Try’ Debate, myTomorrows Raises €4.5M To Give Patients Access To Development-Stage Drugs
myTomorrows, the Dutch startup that wants to disrupt the way patients with unmet medical needs access development-stage treatments — drugs that are still undergoing clinical trials and working their way…
Sunrise Raises $6 Million From Balderton And Others To Build The Perfect Calendar
A year and a half after launching its first calendar app, Sunrise is raising a $6 million Series A round from Balderton Capital and existing investors — Bernard Liautaud is…
Balderton Capital is leading an investment into investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. Yes, things really have got that meta in the startup investment world.
Balderton Capital Is Taking Tiny Steps To Ramp Up Investments In French Startups
VC firm Balderton Capital is getting serious about France, or at least is thinking about it. The European VC firm is looking for someone to source deals in France, TechCrunch…
WholeWorldBand Bags €5M From Balderton And Others To Grow Its Music Collaboration Platform
WholeWorldBand, an iOS app that aims to generate new revenue streams for professional musicians by giving fans an opportunity to collaborate with them on unfinished tracks, has closed a €5…
Balderton Leads $3.5M Investment In Trademark Checking Tool TrademarkNow
Making good on its promise of a renewed focus on Series A investments in Europe, Balderton Capital has led a $3.5 million Series A round in trademark checking tool, TrademarkNow.…
Urban Transport App, Citymapper, Pulls In $10M, Led By Balderton, To Roll Into More Cities
Urban transport app Citymapper has just announced a new Series A funding round of $10 million, led by Balderton Capital. Connect Ventures (Bill Earner), Index Ventures (Robin Klein) and Greylock Partners (Laurel…
Hotel Metasearch Top10.com Closes $8M Series B, Led By Balderton, To Expand In Europe
Hotel metasearch startup, Top10.com, has closed an $8 million Series B funding round, led by Balderton Capital, following what it describes as rapid growth over the past 12 months. Its…
Balderton Capital Leads £1.3M Seed In UK Car Buying Platform Carwow
Despite saying it was ‘doubling down’ to become a ‘mainly Series A’ VC in Europe, Balderton Capital’s latest investment is at the seed stage. The London-based VC has led a…
Waterhouse Jumps Wellington’s Ship To Boost Balderton’s Early Stage Activity
Following recent changes at DFJ Esprit, Forward Ventures, and Index Ventures, today sees another change in European VC personnel. Long-time partner Daniel Waterhouse has left Wellington Partners to join Balderton…
London VC Love-In: Index, Balderton, Eden, Passion Capital & Others Holding Joint Office Hours This Week
A bit like waiting for a London bus, you wait forever to pitch a London VC, and then eleven turn up at once. In what appears to be somewhat unprecedented,…
Socowave secures €3m Series A round led by Balderton Capital
Socowave, which developes advanced wireless access systems for mobile communications, has secured a €3 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital. The funding will enable the Dublin-based company to…
Internet voting outfit Scytl secures $9.2m
Scytl, the Internet voting company, has closed a $9.2 million round of funding led by European VC firm Balderton Capital, and supported by Nauta Capital, a previous investor. The new…
Investors Inject Another $8 Million Into Open Source Software Company Talend
Talend, a global provider of open source data solutions, this morning announced it has raised another $8 million in Series D financing. Their previous funding round was closed in January…
Social Gaming Still In Play – Wooga Raises An Additional €5 Million
It seems that social gaming is where the action is right now, and we’re not just hearing that from the kids. Following Electronic Arts’ $300 million acquisition of Playfish, and…
More Validation For Open Source Software: Talend Raises $12 Million
Open source data integration software maker Talend has raised $12 million in Series C financing from Balderton Capital and previous investor AGF Private Equity. Balderton’s Bernard Liautaud is joining their…