BIOGRAPHY

Rob is a Principal at Balderton Capital, responsible for sourcing & evaluating new investments.

Since joining the firm in 2009, Rob has been involved in Balderton’s investments in scvngr, Wooga & TouchLocal amongst others.

Prior to Balderton Rob was at Google, managing the EMEA sales strategy team.  This role involved developing growth strategies for a number of Google’s new businesses – reviewing potential acquisition targets as well as organic growth options. Rob started his career with five years at Bain, the strategy consultancy. Rob holds an MBA from INSEAD, and an MMath from Cambridge.

About Balderton Capital
Balderton Capital is one of the leading venture funds in Europe, managing $1.9B of assets, investing early stage in companies with $B potential.

We were founded in 2000 as the European arm of Benchmark Capital.  Since then we have made over 100 investments into tech/media startups, across Europe, North America & China.  Successful exits to date include MySQL (to Sun), Betfair (IPO), Lovefilm (to Amazon), Yoox (IPO) & Bebo (to AOL).

Some of the aspects which differentiate us from other VC firms are:

• Operational experience - our partners have founded companies, grown them to thousands of employees & taken them through IPO and M&A
• International scope – we are based in London, but our six investment partners come from five different countries, with extensive experience across the US, Europe & Asia
• Equal partnership – we all share equally in our companies’ success – so entrepreneurs get the benefit of our entire team
• Significant resources – we manage ~$1.9bn, and so can support a company over the long term from its early stages to maturity
• Long-term focus – our aim is to help build long-lasting great companies.