We are venture builders, not venture capitalists. We invest more than just funds; we invest our knowledge and experience, our ideas and our infrastructure.
Working alongside entrepreneurs and co-founders, we support our ventures from startup to scale to exit, giving them access to the global networks and business development services they need to grow.
This support is bolstered by the innovation partnerships we forge with big businesses. Our digital expertise helps them be more agile, while their global scope helps our ventures scale faster.
Founded in 1998 Blenheim Chalcot traces its roots back to netdecisions, the internet services group. Already back then we set out to build companies to transform industry sectors. And since then we’ve become the UK’s leading venture builder, with portfolio sales of over £350m, more than 3,000 employees, and a successful track record of over 40 companies.
Our approach to transforming industries has always been the same. We identify high growth sectors, typically undergoing some market, technology or regulatory discontinuity, and look to build scalable platforms that satisfy a real customer need. We aim to build profitable companies, with sustainable business models.
Working alongside entrepreneurs and co-founders, we support our ventures from startup to scale to exit, giving them access to the global networks and business development services they need to grow.
This support is bolstered by the innovation partnerships we forge with big businesses. Our digital expertise helps them be more agile, while their global scope helps our ventures scale faster.
Founded in 1998 Blenheim Chalcot traces its roots back to netdecisions, the internet services group. Already back then we set out to build companies to transform industry sectors. And since then we’ve become the UK’s leading venture builder, with portfolio sales of over £350m, more than 3,000 employees, and a successful track record of over 40 companies.
Our approach to transforming industries has always been the same. We identify high growth sectors, typically undergoing some market, technology or regulatory discontinuity, and look to build scalable platforms that satisfy a real customer need. We aim to build profitable companies, with sustainable business models.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 1001-5000
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 23
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 31.08.2022 | IntentPro | intentpro.io | - | - |
| 04.01.2022 | Oakbrook | oakbrook.com | - | United Kin... |
| 13.03.2021 | Liberis | liberis.com | $390.11M | United Kin... |
| 21.10.2020 | Accelerate... | accelerate-people.co.uk | - | United Kin... |
| - | Hive Learn... | hivelearning.com | $4.98M | United Sta... |
| - | Tully | tully.co.uk | - | United Sta... |
| - | ClearScore | clearscore.com | $200M | United Kin... |
| - | Oakbrook F... | oakbrookfinance.com | $186.52M | United Kin... |
| - | Chats | salaryfinance.com | $261.83M | United Kin... |
| - | @AvadoLear... | avadolearning.com | - | United Kin... |
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Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.07.2024 | Restrictions on onboarding new customers lifted at UK fintech Modulr | UK embedded payments provider Modulr has had a temporary ban on onboarding new customers lifted but must give the financial regulator a warning when doing so. The collapse of US Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Synapse has increased the... |
| 30.03.2021 | London-based Buy Now Pay Later fintech Butter raises £15.8 million | London-based Buy Now Pay Later platform Butter has raised £15.8 million in a new round. Led by BCI Finance, the credit arm of London-based venture builder Blenheim Chalcot, the round also saw participation from a number of undisclosed priva... |
| 02.10.2018 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers September 2018 | Recruitment LendingCrowd Sir Sandy Crombie, former CEO of Standard Life and senior independent director at Royal Bank of Scotland, has joined the LendingCrowd as chairman. Commenting on the announcement, he said: “LendingCrowd has made impr... |
| 02.11.2017 | Coworking spaces can be the key to tech collaboration across the UK | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website. Accelerate Places has partnered with Tech North for Northern Stars 2017. Here, Accelerate Places’ Community Manager, Lisa Murgatroyd discusses tech coworking in the UK. Coworki... |
| 04.10.2017 | UK fintech company SalaryFinance raises £40 million in funding | Fintech startup SalaryFinance has raised £40 million. The round, which is awaiting approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, was led by insurance firm Legal & General with participation from Blenheim Chalcot. The UK-based Sala... |
| 23.03.2016 | Bijou Commerce Raises £2M in Seed Funding | Bijou Commerce, a London, UK-based B2B SaaS platform for fashion retailers to monetize from their mobile channels, raised £2m in seed funding. The round was led by Blenheim Chalcot and Tom Singh. In conjunction with the funding, Dan Cobley,... |
| 23.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 23, 2016 | DoorDash bagged $127M funding; ezbuy received $20M investment; Betterworks raised $20M The History Project, a company that seeks, to be a modern reinvention of the time capsule, raised an undisclosed amount of funding from The Associated Pr... |
| 19.11.2015 | Former managing director of Google UK raises $6.1 million for new fintech startup SalaryFinance | An emerging London-based fintech startup called SalaryFinance has raised $6.1 million in financing from Brightbridge Ventures. The company allows employees to consolidate debts and reduce interest costs by making repayments via salary deduc... |