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Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit)

draperesprit.com · London, England, UK (Soho) with Dublin office · founded 2006 (as Esprit Capital) · team Approximately 16 investment team members/partners including: Ben Wilkinson (CEO), Richard Marsh (Chief Portfolio Officer), Franco Danesi (Senior Partner), and partners Bakhrom Ibragimov, George Chalmers, Nelly Markova, Ozan Sonmez, Malcolm Ferguson, Nick Sando, Steven Mendel, Inga Deakin, Nicola McClafferty, Alan Duncan, Brian Caulfield, David Cummings, plus two founders: Stuart Chapman (Director) and Simon Cook. Support team includes Andrew Zimmermann (CFO), Luke Smith (Head of Early Investing), and associates. · Series A and beyond (European focus) · trust 0/4

Molten backs Europe's most ambitious founders from Series A and beyond

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Firm NameMolten Ventures (operating name); originally founded as Esprit Capital in 2006, renamed Draper Esprit in 2015, rebranded to Molten Ventures in November 2021
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_Ventures
Investment ThesisMolten backs Europe's most ambitious founders from Series A and beyond
source: https://www.moltenventures.com/
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK (Soho) with Dublin office
source: https://www.moltenventures.com/contact
Year Founded2006 (as Esprit Capital)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_Ventures
Team SizeApproximately 16 investment team members/partners including: Ben Wilkinson (CEO), Richard Marsh (Chief Portfolio Officer), Franco Danesi (Senior Partner), and partners Bakhrom Ibragimov, George Chalmers, Nelly Markova, Ozan Sonmez, Malcolm Ferguson, Nick Sando, Steven Mendel, Inga Deakin, Nicola McClafferty, Alan Duncan, Brian Caulfield, David Cummings, plus two founders: Stuart Chapman (Director) and Simon Cook. Support team includes Andrew Zimmermann (CFO), Luke Smith (Head of Early Investing), and associates.
source: https://www.moltenventures.com/people/partnership
Investment StageSeries A and beyond (European focus)
source: https://www.moltenventures.com/
FoundersSimon Cook and Stuart Chapman (founded as Esprit Capital in 2006)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_Ventures
Entity Type & TradingPublicly traded: LSE:GROW, Euronext:GRW.IE. Partnerships with Tim Draper (2015) and Brunei Investment Agency (2016)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_Ventures
Contact InformationLondon: +44 (0) 20 7931 8800 | Dublin office | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/molten-ventures/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoltenVentures | Website: https://www.moltenventures.com
source: https://www.moltenventures.com/contact
Original Domain Statusdraperesprit.com is defunct/unreachable; no longer functional
source: Multiple browser navigation attempts to draperesprit.com
Current CEOBen Wilkinson (joined as CFO in 2016, promoted to CEO)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_Ventures

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