Baillie Gifford
Organization
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Organization
Schema.org type: FinancialService
Country: United Kingdom
Headquarters: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Founded: 1908
Co-founders: Augustus Baillie, Carlyle Gifford
Sector: Asset management — long-term active equity investment (global)
Notable DACH portfolio: Flix (Series G participant, >$650M round at >$3B valuation, June 2021)
Official website: https://www.bailliegifford.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baillie-gifford-&-co
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillie_Gifford
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849327
Entity Profile
Overview
Baillie Gifford is an independent Scottish asset management partnership founded in 1908 by Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford, headquartered in Edinburgh, that manages long-term active equity strategies for institutional and private clients globally.
What it is
Baillie Gifford was founded in 1908 in Edinburgh by Augustus Baillie, Carlyle Gifford and continues to operate as an independent partnership headquartered in Scotland. The firm manages long-term active equity strategies for institutional and private clients globally, including a private-company investment programme that takes concentrated positions in growth-stage private technology companies alongside its public-equity mandates.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
Baillie Gifford is one of the longest-established independent asset managers in the United Kingdom and is known for concentrated long-term positions in growth-stage public and private companies. Through its private-company strategies, Baillie Gifford participated in the Flix Series G growth round of more than $650 million at a valuation above $3 billion in June 2021, alongside General Atlantic, Permira, TCV, HV Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock and Canyon Partners — the round that positioned Flix as a globally scaled European mobility company.
Public source context
Public information on Baillie Gifford used for this record is drawn from its official https://www.bailliegifford.com , its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillie_Gifford and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849327 , and public reporting on the Flix Series G growth round of June 2021.
Startuprad.io coverage of Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford appears in the following Startuprad.io interviews, news and analysis.
Niklas Zennström and Germany: The Swedish VC Patriarch Whose Most Painful Bet Was Bavarian
Published: 26 June 2026
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/niklas-zennström-and-germany-the-swedish-vc-patriarch-whose-most-painful-bet-was-bavarian
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