Balderton Capital
also referred to as: balderton · bc · bcs
21 statements across 12 episodes · 9 bullish · 1 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Mar 12, 2015 by James Wise · said 74 times in 24 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (47), James Wise (8), Chris Morton (4), Luke Lang (3), Alan Chang (3), Jason Lemkin (2), Christoph Janz (2), Nico Wittenborn (1)
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2026 11 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- Fuse CEO Alan Chang: The Revolut Playbook of Speed & Ownership, Why Founders Aren’t Ambitious Enough · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Why You Need a $1B Fund To Do Series A | SpaceX at $2TRN & Data Centers in Space | Groq's $20BN Deal · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Inside Sequoia's Investment Committee | How the SpaceX & Citadel Deals Went Down | Julien Bek
- Canva Slashes Growth | Talent Exodus at Google | Revolut's $50B CEO Package | Musk's $55B Terrafab
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- OpenAI's Multi-Billion Deal with AMD & Polymarket, Vercel and Supabase Raise Mega Rounds · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 20Product: Should We Kill the PM Role Entirely | How Does Product Design Change Most in a World of AI | How Do Monzo Build Product Today: What Works, What Does Not | Why Most Product Sucks and What Makes Truly Great Product
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2021 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: The Contentful Memo: Point Nine's Christoph Janz on The Cold Email That Led to a Unicorn Investment, How To Approach Market Sizing and Timing & The Pros and Cons of Pre-Emptive Rounds, When To Do Them vs When Not To?
- 20VC: The Rise of Quick Commerce and Why CPGs ARe Misaligned Being Powered By Ad Spend, The 5 Core Components Consumers Care About When Ordering Today & Why Amazon and Alibaba Will Not Be The Big Players in 10 Years with Ralf Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ JOKR
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 3 mentions in 1 episode
2016 25 mentions in 6 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: Europe's Youngest Series A Venture Partner, James Wise @ Balderton Capital on How To Get Into Venture & What The Future Of The VC Industry Looks Like
- 20VC: Why VC Is The Perfect Preparation For Founding A Startup & Changing The World Of Online Fashion with Chris Morton, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lyst
- 20VC: Felicis' Aydin Senkut on Scaling Felicis From $4m to $120m, Doing Venture Differently and Why Being A VC Is Like A Jamaican Bobsled Team!
- 20VC: Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory on What Is Missing In EdTech? What Does The Integration Of AI & Education Look Like & The Core Pillars Of Optimising Memory
- 20VC: Index's Ilya Fushman on The Key Lessons From Scaling Dropbox To 400m Users, Is Excessive Amounts Of Capital Driving Valuations Too High In The Valley & Why Venture Is Like Being On A Swim Team Not A Soccer Team
- 20VC FF 028: Where To Start Your Startup and Single Founder vs Co-Founder Model with Richard Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO @ HiringScreen
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
2015 25 mentions in 6 episodes 4 per episode
- 20 VC 020: Revolutionising Investing with Luke Lang, Co-Founder of Crowdcube
- 20 VC 090: Balderton Capital's General Partner, Suranga Chandratillake on What It Takes To Be A Great CEO
- FF 010: Becoming Europe's Hottest Startup with Carl Waldekranz, Co-Founder and CEO @ Tictail
- 20 VC 086: Starting A New Venture Fund and How London Compares To The US with Hussein Kanji @ Hoxton Ventures
- 20 VC 068: Why Now Is The Best Time To Be An Entrepreneur with Sean Seton-Rogers @ PROfounders Capital
- 20 VC 062: Shaking Up London's VC Scene with Fede Pirzio-Biroli, Founder @ Playfair Capital
- every mention in 2015, scene by scene →
Everything said about Balderton Capital, oldest first
Mar 12, 2015 positive
Wise: Balderton Capital's most recent investment is in MyTomorrows
“Most recent investment was in a company called MyTomorrows. They are targeting the delivery of drugs on, for early access programs. So completely changing the way that drug distribution is done for people who are very, very ill. And we said yes, because we tho…”
Mar 12, 2015
Mar 12, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 bullish
Crowdcube Raised £1.2M on Its Own Platform Alongside Balderton's £3.8M Round
“On three, three occasions. Yeah, the first time was, you know, 300,000 pounds, then it was 1.5 million, and then most recently where we did it, did a raise with Boulderton Capital, we raised 1.2 million, which topped up the 3.8 from Boulderton and we did that …”
Jun 22, 2015 neutral
Jun 22, 2015 neutral
Jun 22, 2015
Moffat: Great VCs challenge assumptions rather than relying on pattern recognition
“In terms of finding interesting deals, I think the ability to keep challenging your assumptions. I think it's easy to get a VC to talk about pattern recognition and you have a bunch of sort of simple shortcuts in your brain on what a good entrepreneur should l…”
Jun 22, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 positive
Balderton partners receive equal compensation, voting rights, and deal allocations
“Boston is an equal partnership. There are very few venture capital firms that are equal partnerships certainly over time. And what equal partnership means is that you know, there are six partners at Boston today, and all of those six partners are entirely equa…”
Nov 23, 2015 neutral
Nov 25, 2015 bullish
Waterhouse: Why Balderton decided to invest in Curious AI in 40 minutes
“The last one was actually Curious AI, which we talked about which is as you mentioned, is a new AI company in Finland. And I made the decision in 40 minutes because the entrepreneur is extraordinary, and the ambition of what he wants to do is, is very compelli…”
Apr 25, 2016 positive
Apr 25, 2016 bullish
Wise: Balderton will invest in narrow AI applications, not general AI platforms
“So once again, I don't think we're going to make investments in AI companies as a whole, right? I don't think that's the thing, but I think companies which have already thoughtfully found ways to apply what have been recently Some significant breakthroughs in …”
Sep 27, 2021 positive
May 22, 2023 positive
Point Nine broke its rules to invest in Revolut's seed round
“When I was with .9 and reinvested in Revolut, it was both outside of the focus, right? It's a mobile consumer app. It was actually had just closed the seat round with Balderton. So there was no actionable opportunity and the only way to get in was actually for…”
Jul 31, 2023 negative
Nyatta: Early-Stage VCs Prioritize Quick Markups Over Durable Businesses
“BCs want to mark up the company. Often that's the goal, especially if you're at the early stage, right? You want the A to be lower than the B by some margin, and then you want to raise a new fund on the back of the B or C. That's a very different goal from the…”
Jul 27, 2025
Oct 9, 2025 neutral
Jan 5, 2026
Chang honored a $140M oral agreement over a higher term sheet
“It was roughly where we were at a 145. About one 40 actually. And we had an oral agreement with Bolton, we'll take the term sheet. And then, but we haven't signed the term sheet yet. And then later, there was another investor that came, they came and said, I w…”
Jan 5, 2026 positive
Chang: Balderton repeatedly backs ex-Revolut teams due to past investment success
“Yeah, I think they really, really like the concept, and I think what they realize is, is a pretty good strategy, and I realize after the, you know, a lot of their investments, I think they, they've just, because they made so much money from the Revlon investme…”