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General Partner

Balderton Capital is one of the largest venture capital firms in Europe, committed to finding and helping talented entrepreneurs build great companies. Based in London, the firm manages $2.2 billion. Since 2000, Balderton has invested in over 100 companies, principally across Europe. Notable realised investments include NaturalMotion (the mobile gaming developer, sold to Zynga in 2014), Betfair (the online betting exchange, 2010 IPO), LOVEFiLM (the home entertainment subscription service, sold to Amazon in 2011), MySQL (the open-source database software, sold to Sun Microsystems in 2008) and YOOX Group (the online retailer of leading fashion brands, IPO in 2009). The current portfolio includes innovative companies such as Nutmeg, CrowdCube, 3D Hubs, Globoforce, Kobalt, Openet, Scytl, Talend, The Hut Group, Tictail, Wooga and WorldStores.

An experienced investor and strategic operator in technology companies having spent 6 years in Yahoo!s strategy and M&A team and working in the venture capial industry since the beginning of 2006. I've been privileged to be involved in investments in Top10, ROLI, TrademarkNow, Tictail, Lovecrafts, Thread, Spotify, YPlan, Hailo, Qype (sold to Yelp), Livebookings, Artfinder, Eyeem, BonusBox, Readmill (sold to Dropbox), HowDo, SumAll, Zopa and many more!Specialties: venture capital (VC), private equity, corporate development (corp dev), mergers & acquisitions, private equity, strategy development, operational improvement, financial management, corporate finance, financial planning, financial modelling, financial control, due diligence, competitive analysis, market analysis