Molten Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
London, United Kingdom
Countries of investment
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- France
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Finland
- Norway
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Austria
Investment stages
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- Enterprise software
- SaaS
- Consumer technology
- Deeptech
- Hardware
- Digital health & wellness
- AI
- Fintech
About
Molten Ventures is a London-listed venture capital firm backing Europe's most ambitious technology founders. Operating from the LSE main market, they invest across the UK and continental Europe and can support companies over unusually long time horizons. They also run a fund-of-funds programme giving them visibility into the earlier-stage European ecosystem.
Molten Ventures is a London-listed venture capital firm backing Europe's most ambitious technology founders. Operating from the LSE main market, they invest across the UK and continental Europe and can support companies over unusually long time horizons. They also run a fund-of-funds programme giving them visibility into the earlier-stage European ecosystem.
Investment Thesis
Molten Ventures invests in European technology companies from Series A through growth, building concentrated positions and holding through to scale. Their thesis rests on structure: as a publicly listed, permanent-capital vehicle rather than a closed-end fund, they can hold winners well beyond a conventional ten-year lifecycle. They focus on enterprise software, consumer technology, hardware and deeptech, and digital health and wellness.
Manager's Experience
Listed on the London Stock Exchange main market and Euronext Dublin, formerly Draper Esprit, renamed Molten Ventures in 2021. The listed structure gives it permanent capital and no fund vintages, allowing it to hold positions well beyond a standard fund life. Invests across the UK and continental Europe from Series A through growth, and runs a fund-of-funds programme providing early visibility into the European seed ecosystem. Portfolio has included Revolut, UiPath, Trustpilot, Graphcore, Cazoo and Ledger. (Leadership and NAV unverified.)
Team
Ben Wilkinson-Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Zimmermann-Chief Financial Officer
Vinoth Jayakumar-Partner
Martin Davis-Former Chief Executive Officer
Portfolio
Revolut
Thought Machine
Ledger
Aiven
Aircall
CoachHub
Form3
ICEYE
Graphcore
Isar Aerospace
FintechOS
RavenPack
HiveMQ
Schuttflix
Freetrade
Riverlane
N26
PrimaryBid
M-Files
Endomag
Trustpilot
Lyst
Paragraf
Pliant
XMOS
Manna Drone Delivery
SatVu
Ravelin
Perkbox
SimScale
Deciphex
OneData
SalesAPE
Sightline
RenewRisk
Modo
Cazoo