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News • Mar 30, 2016

PODCAST: What does Brexit and The Budget mean for UK entrepreneurs? | Guy Levin of Coadec

News • Mar 23, 2016

Investment Update: GoCardless raise $13m

News • Mar 23, 2016

How we built the world's largest equity crowdfunding platform | Luke Lang, CoFounder of Crowdcube

Investments

We invest in European founders with global ambition

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Kobalt - backed by Balderton, Google Ventures and Dell

Kobalt is revolutionising the music industry with data

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Yoox - went public on Milan Stock Exchange in 2010 reaching $2 Billion cap

Yoox is a global internet retailing partner for fashion - IPO in 2009

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Acquired by AOL for $850M

Bebo was Europe's leading social media network

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Betfair - IPO on London Stock Exchange in 2010, reaching a market cap of $2 Billion

Betfair Group plc is the world's largest Internet betting exchange

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BigFish - Acquired by Churchill for $875M in 2014

BigFish is a leading studio for web and mobile games across the globe

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Sunrise was acquired by Microsoft in 2015 for $100M

Sunrise is the world's favourite mobile calendar

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Bookatable - acquired by Michelin in 2016

Bookable is the leading reservation software and online booking platform in Europe.

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MySQL - Acquired by Sun Microsystems for $1BN

The world's most popular database software

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The Hut - leading UK e-commerce platform backed by Balderton & KKR

The Hut runs e-commerce operations for major retailers, as well as operating its own sites such as thehut.com and zavvi.com. This multi-s

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LoveFilm - Invested in 2003, and acquired by Amazon in 2012 for $250M

LoveFilm was the leading online rental and streaming outlet in the UK and Europe.

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Natural Motion - Acquired by Zynga for $650M in 2014

Natural Motion builds ground breaking games and physics engines. based in Cambridge UK and San Francisco

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Backing Europe's breakthrough technology businesses

Our partnership consists of some of Europe's most successful entrepreneurs and venture investors. By bringing their combined experience to bear, we enable our portfolio companies to access an unrivalled array of knowledge, skills and capital. Our focus is on ambitious entrepreneurs, disruptive technology and sustainable businesses.