| 词条 | Balderton Capital |
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| name = Balderton Capital | logo = | type = Limited liability partnership | key_people = Bernard Liautaud, Tim Bunting, Daniel Waterhouse, Suranga Chandratillake, James Wise, Rob Moffat | industry = Private equity | assets = $2.2 billion | num_employees = 25 | foundation = 2000 | location =London, {{postcode|WC|1}} United Kingdom | homepage = {{URL|https://www.balderton.com/}} }} Balderton Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, UK, that invests in early-stage, technology and internet startup companies, primarily in Europe. Founded in 2000 as Benchmark Capital Europe, Balderton Capital became fully independent in 2007. The company has made over 100 early-stage investments between 2000 and 2017, including Betfair, The Hut Group, MySQL (sold for $1B to Sun Microsystems), Yoox, Bebo (sold for $850m to AOL), NaturalMotion, Kobalt Music Group, Lovefilm, Globoforce, HouseTrip, Magic Pony and Carwow. General partnersThe partners of the firm are Bernard Liautaud, Daniel Waterhouse, Tim Bunting, Suranga Chandratillake, Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, Rob Moffat and James Wise.[1][2][3][4][5] InvestmentsBalderton has invested in more than 200 startups[6] since its inception in 2000. Notable investments have included: {{col-start}}{{col-break}}
ExitsSince 2008, Balderton has had many prominent exits, including Betfair ($2bn IPO),[13] Bebo ($850m sale to AOL),[14] NaturalMotion ($527m sale to Zynga), Scansafe (sale to Cisco), Lovefilm (sale to Amazon.com), Yoox ($700m IPO), Icera ($367m sale to Nvidia), MySQL ($1bn sale to Sun Microsystems), Big Fish Games (sold to Churchill Downs for $885m),[8] Sunrise (sold to Microsoft)[15] and Magic Pony Technologies (sold to Twitter).[16][17] References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/446212dc-3b0a-11dd-b1a1-0000779fd2ac.html#axzz2SFERTVhR |title=Liautaud joins Balderton Capital |first=Tim |last=Bradshaw |work=Financial Times |date=15 June 2008 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web |url= http://venturevillage.eu/balderton-daniel-waterhouse |title=Balderton Capital hires Wellington Partners' Daniel Waterhouse |first=Charmaine |last=Li |work=venturevillage.eu |date=17 October 2013 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.pehub.com/2014/01/suranga-chandratillake-joins-balderton-capital-as-gp/ |title=Suranga Chandratillake joins Balderton Capital as GP |work=Thomson Reuters |date=20 January 2014 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 4. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11853882/Uber-executive-joins-London-venture-capital-firm-Balderton.html Uber executive joins London venture capital firm Balderton - Telegraph] 5. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/05/youve-been-promoted/ Balderton Capital Promotes Rob Moffat And James Wise To Partner | TechCrunch] 6. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/balderton-capital |title=Balderton Capital |work=CrunchBase |year=2014 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web |url= http://venturevillage.eu/balderton-capital-backs-crowdsourced-3d-printing-network-3d-hubs |title=Balderton Capital backs crowdsourced 3D printing network 3D Hubs |first=Nina |last=Fowler |work=venturevillage.eu |date=27 August 2013 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 8. ^1 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/business/churchill-downs-to-buy-big-fish-games-for-up-to-dollar885-million.html 9. ^Portfolio - Balderton Capital 10. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/16/sun-picks-up-mysql-for-1-billion-open-source-is-a-legitimate-business-model/ Sun Picks Up MySQL For $1 Billion; Open Source Is A Legitimate Business Model | TechCrunch] 11. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/zynga-cuts-jobs-acquires-rival-for-boost-mobile-growth.html |title=Zynga Buys NaturalMotion to Bolster Mobile, Cut Staff |first=Cliff |last=Edwards |work=Bloomberg |date=31 January 2014 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 12. ^{{cite web |url= https://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/vivino-uncorks-10-3m-to-turn-anyone-into-a-wine-snob/ |title=Vivino uncorks $10.3M to turn anyone into a wine snob |first=Rebecca |last=Grant |work=VentureBeat |date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 13. ^{{cite web |url= https://venturebeat.com/2010/10/22/betfair-soars-in-first-day-of-trading-as-investors-scramble-to-get-a-piece-of-online-gaming/ |title=Betfair's IPO soars as investors embrace social gaming |first=Riley |last=McDermid |work=VentureBeat |date=22 October 2010 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 14. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/14/bebo.web20 |title=Bebo sale to AOL nets founders a fortune in 3 years |first=Bobbie |last=Johnson |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2008 |accessdate=1 July 2014}} 15. ^{{cite web |url= https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/04/microsoft-sunrise/#j5Hi06:CeZ |title=Microsoft acquires Sunrise calendar}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/20/twitter-is-buying-magic-pony-technology-which-uses-neural-networks-to-improve-images/|title=Twitter pays up to $150M for Magic Pony Technology, which uses neural networks to improve images|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-03-03}} 17. ^{{cite web |url= https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/20/twitter-is-buying-magic-pony-technology-which-uses-neural-networks-to-improve-images/ |title=Twitter is buying Magic Pony technology}} External links
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