David Thevenon

General Partner at Balderton Capital

Greater London, England

Overview

David Thevenon is the General Partner at Balderton Capital in Greater London, England, with a focus on strategic partnerships, business development, and investments in various sectors including TransportationTech, Insurance, and FinTech. He has served on the boards of companies like Kabbage, Inc, DiDi, Grab, and Lemonade, and has made significant investments in companies such as Brigad and Lemonade at various stages of funding.

Work Experience

Balderton Capital

General Partner
2020 - 2025
Joined to create, raise and launch Balderton's Growth Fund targeting the best Series B+ in Europe. The team raised 2x $700M and invested in ~20 companies during my tenure.

SoftBank Investment Advisers

Partner
2014 - 2019
Managing Director and founding member of global investment team for SoftBank Group (2014-2017). Founding partner at the $100B Vision Fund (from 2016). Board member / investor in Series C+ in SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), Grab (NASDAQ: GRAB), DiDi (NASDAQ:DIDIY), Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Kabbage (acquired by AMEX), Legendary Entertainment (acquired for $3.5 Billion in Jan'16), Cloudminds (China, robotics) and Ola.

Google

Senior Director, International Product Partnerships
2012 - 2014
Leads the business development teams that negotiate and manage product enabling partnerships and every new business development for all Google's products (except Youtube) across LATAM, APAC and EMEA. Including relationships with content owners (eg. newspapers, books, maps, etc), distribution partners (on and offline) and some technology providers.
Senior Director, Head of EMEA Content Partnerships
2008 - 2012
Lead the teams responsible for content strategy and partnerships, across Europe, Middle-East and Africa, in support of Google services including Search, Local/Maps, Commerce, Books/News, Social ...
Director, Strategic Partnerships
2005 - 2008
Lead team in charge of strategy, direction and execution of the partnerships with fixed and mobile ISP/telecommunication players in Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

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