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Balderton Capital Viii Z, 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: 26 Jul 2024, Latest Form D filed on 26 Jul 2024: $602M sold, 104 investors. 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
- 2023basis: form d first sale
- 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 021-499268, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $602Mas of the filing of Jul 26, 2024, 104 investors
- First sale
- Dec 13, 2023
- Reported GAV
- $687Mon the Form ADV filed Sep 14, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 114
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 25, 2024 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 2024-07-26, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Jul 26, 2024.
Lifecycle
Active deployment
Lifecycle
vintage 2 to 4 years
age years: 3first sale: Dec 13, 2023vintage year: 2023adv gav as of: Sep 14, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $602Mform d offering: n/aform d latest filed at: Jul 26, 2024
The fund's own reporting through time
3 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $446M | 92 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $687M | 114 | 2% | |||
| Sep 14, 2026 | $687M | 114 | 2% |
Principals and agents
4 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Adrian George Rainey Executive Officer
- Petr George Kilmo Executive Officer
- Emanuele George Grippo 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
3 events
- Jul 26, 2024Balderton Capital IX, S.L.P. filed Form D/A: $602,045,000 sold (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Mar 25, 2024Balderton Capital Viii Z, S.L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Balderton Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $445,501,000Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Dec 11, 2023Balderton Capital VIII Z, S.L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
32 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Adv pdf fund: BALDERTON CAPITAL IX, S.L.P. Sep 14, 2026 Fact Form ADV
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $602M Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2023-12-13 Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 104 Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Office address: Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2023 Jul 26, 2024 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2023 Dec 11, 2023 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Balderton Capital Viii Z, S.L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2024-07-26source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2024-03-25source on record
- Form D filed2023-12-11source 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.