
Passion Capital
Overview
Since 2011 we've funded 50 early-stage tech startups, backing over 100 founders who have grown their teams to include over 700 team members.
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
Headquarters: London
Investment Strategy
Geography
- Europe
Sector Focus
- Marketplace Lending
- WealthTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Cryptocurrencies
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Series B
- Series C
Summary
Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge and Robert Dighero. We have been personally involved in the largest European technology exits of the past decade, including the biggest exits of the year for 4 of the past 10 years by market value (Ricardo.de acquired by QXL, Skype purchased by Ebay, Last.fm acquired by CBS, and QXL/Tradus acquired by Naspers) — and want to be involved in many more. We believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe. As an example of this, White Bear Yard is our own hub for activities, ambitions and energy… and where have fun in the process.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country

Ginmon GmbH
Undisclosed
None
WealthTech
Germany

Tide
Seed
Alex Chesterman, Errol Damelin, Greg Marsh, Ian Hogarth, Jason Goodman, LocalGlobe, William Reeves
Payments & Remittances

GoCardless
Series C
Notion Capital, Axcel Partners, Balderton Capital
Payments & Remittances
United Kingdom

Monzo
Undisclosed
None
WealthTech
United Kingdom

Monzo
Seed
Jeremy Yap
Wealth Tech
United Kingdom

Lendable
Seed
Eileen Burbidge, Robert Dighero, Stefan Glaenzer
Marketplace Lending
United Kingdom

Coinfloor
Undisclosed Amount
Adam Knight, Taavet Hinrikus
Cryptocurrency
United Kingdom

TruckTrack
Seed
None
Infrastructure and Enterprise Technology
United Kingdom

GoCardless
Series B
Balderton Capital, Accel Partners
Payments & Remittances
United Kingdom
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
Passion Capital Fund II
$69m
Investment Fund I
$60m
Key Employees

Eileen Burbidge
Partner

Robert Dighero
Partner

Stefan Glaenzer
Partner