- CEO
- Benjamin David Wilkinson
- Full Time Employees
- 60
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 20 Garrick Street London United Kingdom WC2E 9BT
- IPO Date
- Jun 14, 2018
- Business
- Molten Ventures Plc Molten Ventures Plc is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm that invests in and develops disruptive, high-growth technology companies across Europe with global ambitions. Founded in 2006 as Esprit Capital and formerly known as Draper Esprit, the company, headquartered at 20 Garrick Street in London, England, with additional offices in Cambridge and Dublin, focuses on four primary sectors: Enterprise & SaaS; Artificial Intelligence, Deeptech & Hardware; Consumer Technology; and Digital Health; its core portfolio includes companies such as Revolut, Coachhub, Ledger, Aiven, Aircall, ThoughtMachine, Form3, ICEYE, RavenPack, FintechOS, HiveMQ, Schuttflix, ISAR Aerospace, Freetrade, Riverlane, N26, Simscale, Deciphex, OneData, SalesAPE, Sightline, RenewRisk, Modo, and others like Graphcore, Trustpilot, Crowdcube, and Endomag. Molten Ventures invests across all stages of the business lifecycle from seed and Series A through growth and late-stage, providing primary investments, co-investments, commitments to third-party seed funds, and secondary transactions; it combines multiple pools of capital to back bold ideas in disruptive areas like Spacetech, Fintech, and AI, aiming to scale portfolio companies toward high-value exits via strategic acquisitions, trade buy-outs, or IPOs. Recent developments include the acquisition of Forward Partners for £41.4 million in November 2023, bringing Nic Brisbourne back as managing partner and adding 43 high-quality early-stage companies in AI and digital marketplaces; in 2025, the firm acquired a 58% stake in the Speedinvest Continuation Fund I for €18 million to access high-growth secondary assets and sold approximately 15% of its Revolut stake for £25 million, contributing to over £57 million in fiscal year realisations alongside prior exits from Lyst and Freetrade; additionally, Molten Ventures raised £55 million from investors to support the Forward Partners deal and continues a share buyback programme exceeding £40 million since July 2024, while investing in new ventures like PolyModels Hub's £7 million Series A for biopharma digital transformation. The firm, a FTSE 250 constituent listed on the London Stock Exchange, manages gross portfolio value of £1,436 million and net assets of £1,289 million as of 30 September 2025, with subsidiaries including Esprit Capital Partners LLP, Molten Ventures (Ireland) Limited, Forward Partners Group Limited, and others.