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moltenventures.com

Investments

300

Portfolio Exits

53

Funds

13

Partners & Customers

4

Service Providers

1

About Molten Ventures

Molten Ventures (LON: GROW) is a venture capital firm. The firm invests in commercial services, digital health, and wellness, deep technology, hardware, electronics, consumer services, artificial intelligence, cloud, enterprise, software as a service (SaaS), and media sectors. Molten Ventures was formerly known as Draper Esprit. Molten Ventures was founded in 2006 and is based in London, U.k.

Headquarters Location

20 Garrick Street

London, England, WC2E 9BT,

United Kingdom

+44 (0)20 7931 8800

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Latest Molten Ventures News

Cobalt and Ellex Raidla Advise on USD 19 Million Binalyze Series A

Sep 20, 2023

Details Share This Cobalt has advised Binalyze on its USD 19 million series A financing round with Molten Ventures, Cisco Investments, Citibank Ventures, and Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital as well as existing investors Earlybird Digital East and OpenOcean. Ellex Raidla advised Molten Ventures on leading the round. According to Cobalt , Binalyze is the world's fastest and most comprehensive digital forensics and incident response solution: their software remotely, securely, and automatically collects more than 280 digital forensics artifacts in under ten minutes. "The raised investment will help Binalyze advance its mission to deliver the most comprehensive, end-to-end digital forensics and incident response investigation platform on the market for cloud and on-premises assets," the same firm announced. Cobalt 's team was led by Partner Kristel Raidla-Talur and included Specialist Counsels Greete-Kristiine Kuru and Madis Reppo. The Ellex team included Partner Antti Perli, Counsel Rutt Vark, Senior Associates Merlin Liis-Toomela and Hanna Pahk, and Lawyers Liis Tava and Hegle Parna. Czech Republic Knowledge Partner PRK Partners, one of the leading Central European law firms, has been helping clients achieve their business objectives almost 30 years. Our team of lawyers, based in our Prague, Ostrava, and Bratislava offices, has a unique knowledge of Czech and Slovak law and of the business environment. Our lawyers studied at top law schools in the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland and elsewhere. They also have experience working for leading international and domestic law firms in a number of jurisdictions. We speak your language, too. Our legal team is fluent in more than 15 languages, including all the key languages of the region. PRK Partners has one of the most experienced legal teams on the market. We are consistently rated as one of the leading law firms in the region. We have received many significant honours and awards for our work. We represent the interests of international clients operating in the Czech Republic in an efficient way, combining local knowledge with an understanding of their global requirements in a business-friendly approach. We are one of the largest law firms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our specialised teams of lawyers and tax advisors advise major global corporations as well as local companies. We provide comprehensive legal advice drawing on our profound knowledge of local law and markets. Our legal advice delivers tangible results – as proven by our strong track record. We are the only Czech member firm of Lex Mundi, the world's leading network of independent law firms. As one of the leading law firms in the region, we have received many national and international awards, in some cases several years in a row. Honours include the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence, The Lawyer and Czech and Slovak Law Firm of the Year. Thanks to our close cooperation with leading international law firms and strong local players, we can serve clients in multiple jurisdictions around the globe. Our strong network means that we can meet your needs, wherever you do business. PRK Partners has been repeatedly voted among the most socially responsible firms in the category of small and mid-sized firms and was awarded the bronze certificate at the annual TOP Responsible Firm of the Year Awards. Our work is not only “business”: we have participated on a longstanding basis in a wide variety of pro bono projects and supported our partners from the non-profit sector (Kaplicky Centre Endowment Fund, Tereza Maxová Foundation, Czech Donors Forum, etc. ).

Sep 20, 2023
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Molten Ventures Investments

300 Investments

Molten Ventures has made 300 investments. Their latest investment was in Binalyze as part of their Series A on September 9, 2023.

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Molten Ventures Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

9/12/2023

Series A

Binalyze

$19M

Yes

2

6/22/2023

Seed VC - III

Oliva

$5.5M

Yes

3

5/24/2023

Series A - III

Satellite Vu

$15.8M

No

3

4/25/2023

Series A

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$99M

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10

4/24/2023

Series B

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$99M

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10

Date

9/12/2023

6/22/2023

5/24/2023

4/25/2023

4/24/2023

Round

Series A

Seed VC - III

Series A - III

Series A

Series B

Company

Binalyze

Oliva

Satellite Vu

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Amount

$19M

$5.5M

$15.8M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

No

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Co-Investors

Sources

2

3

3

10

10

Molten Ventures Portfolio Exits

53 Portfolio Exits

Molten Ventures has 53 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Friday Finance on September 04, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

9/4/2023

Acquired

$99M

2

12/24/2022

Asset Sale

$99M

Undisclosed Investors

2

6/28/2022

Merger

$99M

3

4/1/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

1/11/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

9/4/2023

12/24/2022

6/28/2022

4/1/2022

1/11/2022

Exit

Acquired

Asset Sale

Merger

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

Undisclosed Investors

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Sources

2

2

3

10

10

Molten Ventures Acquisitions

1 Acquisition

Molten Ventures acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Irish Broadband on May 01, 2008.

Date

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation
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Total Funding

Note

Sources

5/1/2008

$99M

Acq - Fin

1

Date

5/1/2008

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation

$99M

Total Funding

Note

Acq - Fin

Sources

1

Molten Ventures Fund History

13 Fund Histories

Molten Ventures has 13 funds, including Irish Focused Fund.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

7/28/2023

Irish Focused Fund

$54.98M

3

6/2/2017

EIS Fund II

$180M

1

4/1/2014

EIS Fund

1

12/31/2010

Seedcamp Fund II

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$99M

10

4/30/2009

DFJ Esprit III

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$99M

10

Closing Date

7/28/2023

6/2/2017

4/1/2014

12/31/2010

4/30/2009

Fund

Irish Focused Fund

EIS Fund II

EIS Fund

Seedcamp Fund II

DFJ Esprit III

Fund Type

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Status

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Amount

$54.98M

$180M

$99M

$99M

Sources

3

1

1

10

10

Molten Ventures Partners & Customers

4 Partners and customers

Molten Ventures has 4 strategic partners and customers. Molten Ventures recently partnered with SportPursuit on June 6, 2021.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

6/17/2021

Partner

United Kingdom

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It has been a pleasure to work with Adam , Victoria , Luke , Rhys , Jonny and all the team and we wish them continued success in the next phase with new partners BD Capital , as well as their many millions of SportPursuit members who will join them be on that next stage of their journey .

1

7/15/2020

Partner

United Kingdom

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10

6/19/2019

Partner

United States

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10

7/1/2018

Partner

United Kingdom

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10

Date

6/17/2021

7/15/2020

6/19/2019

7/1/2018

Type

Partner

Partner

Partner

Partner

Business Partner

Country

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United States

United Kingdom

News Snippet

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It has been a pleasure to work with Adam , Victoria , Luke , Rhys , Jonny and all the team and we wish them continued success in the next phase with new partners BD Capital , as well as their many millions of SportPursuit members who will join them be on that next stage of their journey .

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Molten Ventures Service Providers

1 Service Provider

Molten Ventures has 1 service provider relationship

Service Provider

Associated Rounds

Provider Type

Service Type

Counsel

Service Provider

Associated Rounds

Provider Type

Counsel

Service Type

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Molten Ventures Team

13 Team Members

Molten Ventures has 13 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Simon Cook.

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Simon Cook

Chief Executive Officer

Current

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Simon Cook

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Work History

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Chief Executive Officer

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