This month at Balderton - welcome Writer to the portfolio

We are thrilled to share our investment in Writer 's $100M Series B round.

Writer is the leading full-stack generative AI platform for enterprises, helping organisations like Accenture, Intuit, L’Oreal, and Vanguard build generative AI applications in record time.

You can read more on our website and in Rana's blog.

News highlights from our portfolio

JOKR announced a $50M Series D fundraise, led by Convivialité Ventures. Read.?

GoCardless announced it is renewing its strategic partnership with Xero, the global small business platform, for another five years. Read.?

Wayve introduced a first-of-its-kind AI model for self-driving - LINGO-1 - pioneering the use of natural language to help people more easily understand the reasoning and decision-making capabilities of its AI Driver technology. Read.?

Aircall Sales Director James Mensforth wrote an article for Tech EU on the case for "quiet thriving" and coaching technology. Read.?

Darktrace 's Marcus Fowler contributed an article to Forbes looking at augmenting the U.S. national cyber workforce. Read.?

Sylvera 's VP of Policy, Ben Rattenbury, spoke to the Financial Times about companies' shifting strategies around carbon credits. Read.?

Tibber is celebrating 1 million homes now being connected to its renewable energy solutions. Read.?

Primer introduced UpliftAI, the world's first AI payment product. Read.?

Sylvera and Wagestream were included in the UK's LinkedIn top start-ups list. Read.?

?? Webinar: Sleeping for peak performance

What difference does an hour less sleep really make to your performance? Can you adapt to short sleep? How does poor sleep impact teamwork and decision-making?

Join us on Wednesday 18th October at 12pm BST to hear from Sophie Bostock, PhD , The Sleep Scientist, on 'Sleeping for peak performance: How sleep works, and how to make the most of yours.'?

Insights from our team

Dave Kellogg , Andrew Wigfall and Laura McGinnis dove deep into the importance of good board meeting minutes, including differences between US and European approaches, and best practices to follow. Read.?

Greta Anderson sat down with AltFi to discuss the opportunities she has her eye on in the fintech space. Read.?

Elodie Broad published an article in Tech EU, sharing best practices for start-ups looking to implement an ESG policy. Read.

Meet our team at these events ??

WVC:E - 2nd October

Rana Yared will be speaking on a panel on 'the great re-pricing'.

Sifted Summit - 4th October ?

Suranga Chandratillake will be speaking on a panel looking at how to avoid founder burnout.

BVCA Summit - 5th October

Rachel Bremer will be speaking about our founder wellbeing and performance platform.

SaaStock Dublin – 16th October?

Dave Kellogg will be giving a talk on what founders need to know about product marketing.

Financial Times Due Diligence Live – 17th October

Rana Yared will be speaking on a panel on venture and growth investing.