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Molten Ventures

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Molten Ventures is Europe’s largest listed tech VC firm. We inject the most visionary companies with energy to help them transform and grow. This energy comes in many forms - capital of course but also knowledge, experience, relationships, and commitment. For our portfolio, for our investors and for our society, we make more possible.

We invest in companies for the long term, but we start from early stage, so we have chosen a name that captures that very first change. When a solid becomes a liquid, it becomes Molten.

We transformed venture capital

In helping our portfolio transform, so too have we. Our public listing and multi-fund model allow us to provide entrepreneurs with a more flexible approach to funding, to back the best teams for as long as they need and give investors the ability to share in the growth of the companies that are inventing the future.

We are global

The best entrepreneurs will take their companies beyond Europe. We are part of a global community of independent funds that can help them scale across the world.

We invest in Europe’s best tech companies

Molten Ventures portfolio of investments boasts 67 companies includes exciting early-stage companies like Irish drone delivery company Manna Aero, Cambridge-based quantum computing software company, Riverlane, London-based climate intelligence company, Cervest and Finnish satellite company ICEYE. As a testament to its ability to support companies throughout their lifecycle, Molten’s portfolio also includes European unicorns like Trustpilot, UiPath, Graphcore, Revolut, Cazoo, Ledger and Aircall.

Markets

Automotive E-Commerce
Climate Tech
Consumer Technology
Drones And Aerial Delivery
Enterprise Software And AI
Fintech
Healthcare Technology
Quantum Computing And Advanced Computing
Satellite And Space Technology

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