The Balderton Podcast: Tech Investment | Venture Capital | Startup Funding

Balderton Capital has been one of the most active early-stage tech investors in Europe for over two decades, and their in-house podcast offers an unusually grounded look at how a top-tier European fund thinks about building companies on this side of the Atlantic. The show rotates between Balderton partners interviewing portfolio founders, sit-down conversations with operators from companies like Revolut, GoCardless, and Depop, and occasional talks with later-stage CEOs about scaling teams across multiple countries. Episodes often focus on the practical mechanics that get glossed over in American VC media: navigating fragmented European markets, hiring across language barriers, raising follow-on rounds when most growth capital sits in New York and the Bay Area, and the cultural quirks of selling enterprise software to French versus German buyers. The hosts ask sharp, specific questions and let founders give long answers without interrupting for soundbites. You also get the occasional macro episode where partners discuss what they are seeing in deal flow, valuations, and exits across the continent. For founders building in Europe, LPs trying to understand the regional ecosystem, or American investors curious about how the playbook shifts overseas, the Balderton podcast is a steady source of insight that is hard to find elsewhere. Episodes drop on a roughly monthly cadence, and the back catalog is worth digging into for the historical perspective alone.