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Molten Ventures Growth Fund

Geography: United Kingdom
Stage: Series B
Fund size: £175M
Focus
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Molten Ventures Growth Fund

High-growth technology companies scaling from early growth into global competitors, concentrated in space, AI, fintech, quantum computing, deeptech and hardware Geography: United Kingdom and Europe.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StageSeries B

Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European innovative growth tech founders seeking long-term capital

space & aerospace

European tech

SaaS & AI

growth equity

pension-VC bridge

Bullish Signals

CEO chairs UK DC Pensions Expert Panelexternal

Pushing pension fund-VC collaboration nationallyexternal

Advocates fund-of-funds for smaller VC accessexternal

New growth fund launched; 100+ portfolio companiesexternal

Recent bets: ICEYE, Isar Aerospace space leadersexternal

Institutional & pension capital actively deployedexternal

Partner George Chalmers deep-dives space themesexternal

Contrarian Signals

Pension allocations still well below 5% targetexternal

Founder Do's

Build European tech businesses (not just UK)

Target long-term growth trajectories

Space, SaaS, AI focus areas

Founder Don'ts

Avoid non-European focus

Don't ignore LP diversification trends

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size£175M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Ben WilkinsonCEO

Dan RidsdaleGlobal Head of Technology & Communications

George ChalmersPartner

Backers

Known LPs

British Business BankPublic / State institution

Molten VenturesAsset manager / Investment firm

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