With the year coming to a close, we’d like to take this opportunity to look back over what has been an incredible and busy year at Balderton.

And, more importantly, from all of us here at Balderton - we wish you all a wonderful holiday season! 

New Portfolio Companies in 2019

We were proud to announce eleven new companies joined the Balderton family in 2019.  

1. Darktrace 🇬🇧 - world leading Cyber-AI company, and creator of Autonomous Response.
   
   
2. Detectify 🇸🇪 - automated security research from ethical hackers. (Read more in TechCrunch.)
   
   
3. Dream Games 🇹🇷 - world-leading gaming team working to create high-quality puzzle games. (Read more in VentureBeat.)
   
   
4. GitGuardian 🇫🇷 - developer-centric cybersecurity startup specialising in finding company “secrets” in online code. (Read more in VentureBeat.)
   
   
5. Kaia Health 🇩🇪 - clinically proven digital therapeutics pioneer and creator of the world’s leading back pain app. (Read more in TechCrunch.)
   
   
6. Lifesum 🇸🇪 - health and fitness app providing personalised diet plans, nutrition advice & recipes. (Read more in VentureBeat.)
   
   
7. McMakler 🇩🇪 - Germany’s fast-growing hybrid real-estate agent. 
   
   
8. Toucan Toco 🇫🇷 - unique data storytelling solution providing accessible insights for non-technical users. (Read more in Tech.eu.)
   
   
9. Rahko 🇬🇧 - quantum machine learning for chemical simulation. (Read more in TechCrunch.)
   
   
10. Wagestream 🇬🇧 - income streaming platform that enables workers to access their earned income in real-time. (Read more in TechCrunch.)
    
    
11. Wayve 🇬🇧 - working at the intersection of AI and mobile robotics. (Read more in The Times.)

Special Events in 2019

Here are a few of our particular favourites.

The DreamTeams Summit

This summer, we brought together over 50 founders and CEOs from across Europe for our first summit on people leadership, DreamTeams, with the aim of creating a forum for open and frank discussion about the tough challenges and hard-earned lessons in leading teams. Read Kiana's wrap up here. 

The Quantum Summit

In October, we welcomed some of the world's most prominent quantum experts to Balderton HQ for a half-day of discussion and dinner. Read Colin's wrap up here. 

And Other Events Across Europe

We also hosted a series of founder-focused events both at HQ and across Europe, dealing with issues such as internationalisation, engaging with China, scaling your brand, the pressures of family and startup life and more.

New Team Members in 2019

We welcomed 11 new team members this year across all functions. On the investment team, we added Georgia Forbes and Francesco Corea. Jennifer Andre joined the marketing team, Toby Kelly joined the IR team, Jo Rooney joined finance and Luzana Costa joined as our Platform Manager. 

In addition, we welcomed Nathalie Cazals, Stephanie Tyrrell, Miki Simpson and Annatt Bass to the executive support team and Rachel Scurlock joined as our new Office Coordinator. 

And ... a New Fund in 2019

And, of course, we launched our new $400M early-stage fund — Balderton VII.  Read Suranga's post here on why we chose to continue focusing on Series A, and read more about the news on our site, in Bloomberg or in Forbes.  

Thank you! See you in 2020!

Thank you for staying in touch with us through this Newsletter, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season wherever you are. See you in 2020!

Back catalogue

We have new subscribers joining us all the time, so if this is your first newsletter, you can catch up on previous issues here: Nov 19 | Nov 19 (Balderton VII) | Oct 19 | Sep 19 | Jul 19 | Jun 19 | May 19 (Recorded Future acquisition) | May 19 | Apr 19 |

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