Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford is a Seed, early-growth venture capital firm based in Edinburgh, UK investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$10.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$10.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- AUM
- $258B
- Stage
- Seed, early-growth
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other
- HQ
- Edinburgh, UK
Last verified: 2026-05-24
Seed, early-growth
$1.0M – $10.0M
$258.0B
2+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in transformative technology businesses that address foundational problems globally.
How Baillie Gifford invests
Baillie Gifford is a vc firm based in Edinburgh, UK. The firm invests at the Seed, early-growth stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other.
Baillie Gifford typically writes checks of $1.0M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $258B in assets under management.
Baillie Gifford has backed 2 companies in our records, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Graphcore.
Partners & Team
Kathy Challenger
Investment Manager
Stuart Dunbar
Partner
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Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Ginkgo Bioworks
Graphcore
- •Raising at Seed, early-growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $10.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Suendoss Sinclair, HR Business Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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