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Europe’s leading venture firm focused exclusively on backing European-founded tech companies About Us Wellbeing Performance Platform Our Values Sustainable Future Goals Balderton Launched Our team Companies All companies Founder spotlights Careers Resources News Celebrating European founders builtineurope.com Two decades. Hundreds of Europe’s best founders Meet the portfolio London, UK Revolut The digital banking alternative. Seed in 2015 Istanbul, Turkey Dream Games Market-leading, high-quality games for the casual puzzle game industry Seed in 2019 Exited to CVC in 2025 London, UK Wayve Full driving software system for autonomous vehicles. Series A in 2019 Berlin, Germany Contentful API-first content management infrastructure to create, manage and distribute content to any platform or device. Seed in 2012 Cambridge, UK Darktrace World-leading cyber AI responds to threats in seconds. Secondary in 2018 IPO on London Stock Exchange in 2021 Paris, France PhotoRoom The go-to editing app for elevating online imagery Series A in 2022 Munich, Germany The Exploration Company Space logistics company. Series B in 2024 London, UK GoCardless The easiest way for businesses to collect recurring payments. Series B in 2014 Acquired by Mollie in 2025 Uppsala, Sweden MySQL Open-source relational database management system. Series A in 2001 Acquired by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2008 Investing in companies and the people building them We care about and support founders as people — not jus

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