“Can a single venture builder systematically originate, build, and exit category-defining fintech and SaaS businesses by combining shared infrastructure, capital (via BCI Capital), and embedded finance platforms across the portfolio?”
Founded in 1998 as a UK IT services consultancy, Blenheim Chalcot evolved into one of the UK's leading venture builders, systematically building and scaling fintech and SaaS businesses from inception through to exit. The firm's embedded finance angle deepened significantly through Liberis (revenue-based SMB lending) and Modulr (embedded payments infrastructure), with BCI Capital providing the private credit rails to fund alternative finance portfolio companies. After 15+ years building Liberis into a global embedded finance platform operating in 17 markets, Blenheim Chalcot exited to Nordic Capital in 2026, signalling a mature venture-builder model focused on originate-build-exit cycles in fintech.
Blenheim Chalcot's lending and capital products are provided by Liberis.
Blenheim Chalcot was founded by Manoj Badale and Charles Mindenhall and is founded in 1998, headquartered in Scale Space, 58 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RZ, UK.
Blenheim Chalcot's acquisitions include Merchant Cash Advances (rebranded Liberis) (2011).
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