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Balderton Capital Returns 25x on Fund V with Revolut

Balderton Capital just cashed out a $2Billion position in Revolut. They got a 1,000x on their Seed investment. It returned their Fund V ($305M) 25x making it one of the most successful venture funds of all time. In 2015 Balderton Capital (@balderton) led Revolut's (@Revolut) seed round with a £1M investment at a total valuation of £6.7M. A breakdown of their further investments in Revolut: > Series A 2016: Led a £6.75M round alongside @IndexVentures > Series B 2017: Participated in a $66M round > Estimated full deployment between $15M-$30M We sat down with Balderton Capital Partner and new Chair of the UK's Sovereign AI Unit James Wise (@jamespaulwise) to talk about the news. Is this the most successful European Fund of all time?

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