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Balderton Capital Viii, S.L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
Active deploymentFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
1 additional principal, 2 additional placement agents
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 28 Oct 2021, Latest Form D filed on 28 Oct 2021: no amount sold reported. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2022basis: adv first reported
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- indefinitewhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-418990, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $0as of the filing of Oct 28, 2021
- First sale
- unknown
- Reported GAV
- $1.0Bon the Form ADV filed Sep 14, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 86
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 30, 2022 to Sep 14, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Unknown
latest Form D 2021-10-28, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Oct 28, 2021.
Lifecycle
Active deployment
Lifecycle
vintage 2 to 4 years
age years: 4first sale: n/avintage year: 2022adv gav as of: Sep 14, 2026vintage basis: ADV first reportedform d sold: $0form d offering: n/aform d latest filed at: Oct 28, 2021
The fund's own reporting through time
5 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $596M | 85 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 30, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $578M | 85 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 25, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $599M | 85 | 2% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.0B | 86 | 2% | |||
| Sep 14, 2026 | $1.0B | 86 | 2% |
Principals and agents
4 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- TIM Kiefer Executive Officer
- Adrian Rainey Executive Officer
- Donatien-Xavier Martin Executive Officer
Service providers
5 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorPwC · LUXEMBOURG, LuxembourgForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- AdministratorApex Group · LUXEMBOURG, LuxembourgForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianHSBC INNOVATION BANK LIMITED · LONDON, United KingdomForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
2 events
- Mar 30, 2022Balderton Capital Viii, S.L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Balderton Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $595,720,582Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Oct 28, 2021Balderton Capital VIID, S.L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Adv pdf fund: 1,006,656,092 Sep 14, 2026 Fact Form ADV
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Office address: Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2021 Oct 28, 2021 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Balderton Capital Viii, S.L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
2 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2022-03-30source on record
- Form D filed2021-10-28source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.