Molten Ventures PLC

F:GRW

Business Description

Sector

Financials

Industry

Financial Services

Headquarters

United Kingdom UK

Employees

62

IPO date

Jun 15, 2016

Molten Ventures is a venture capital investor that backs early-stage technology companies, mainly in Europe. It does not make products itself; instead, it supplies equity capital and support to startups in areas such as software, digital platforms, semiconductors, and other technology-driven businesses. Its job is to help young companies grow until they become more mature businesses.

The firm makes money mainly in two ways: it earns fees for managing investor capital, and it hopes to profit when portfolio companies increase in value and are eventually sold, listed, or otherwise realized. Its main customers are the investors who commit money to its funds, while its investee companies are the startups it finances and advises.

What makes Molten Ventures different is that it sits at the riskier, earlier part of the technology funding chain. Rather than lending money or selling products to end users, it takes ownership stakes in private companies and works with founders over a long period. That means its business depends on picking promising technologies early and helping them mature into valuable businesses.