Baillie Gifford

What they do

Founded in 1908 in Edinburgh, Baillie Gifford is structured as an independent private partnership wholly owned by its 57 working partners. This unique structure removes the pressure of short-term commercial imperatives or outside shareholders, allowing the firm to focus entirely on long-term value creation. Positioned as "Actual Investors," they are renowned in the ecosystem for their patient capital, often holding investments for decades. Over the last ten years, their Private Companies team has become a dominant force in late-stage venture capital, bridging the gap between private and public markets by backing generational winners pre-IPO and continuing to support them long after they list.

What they look for

Baillie Gifford's thesis is centered on identifying and backing exceptional, innovation-driven companies that have the potential to become generational leaders and radically reinvent their industries. They believe that a small number of outlier companies drive the majority of market returns, and they seek to capture this asymmetric upside by deploying patient capital over a 5-to-10+ year horizon.

Stage

Series B+

Sectors

AI, Deeptech, Healthcare, Consumer, Fintech, Mobility and logistics

Based

Edinburgh, GB