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Baillie Gifford

Baillie Gifford & Co

$260B AUM independent investment management partnership founded in Edinburgh in 1908; primarily a public equities manager but participates in select late-stage private rounds and PIPEs for high-growth technology companies.

HeadquartersEdinburgh, GB
Portfolio7 companies
Cited round volume$4.5B
Cited rounds14
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Physical AI portfolio

Round-by-round participation

NuroRobot maker · registered · corporate
2025-08-21Series E$203MSource
2021-11-02Series D$600MSource
2020-11-09Series C$500MSource
TEKEVERRobot maker · registered · defense
2025-05-06Growth · Lead$75MSource
MerlinSoftware · registered · defense
2022-07-14Series B · Lead$105MSource
EchodyneComponent supplier · registered · defense
2022-06-13Series C · Lead$135MSource
WayveSoftware · registered · corporate
2022-01-18Series B$200MSource
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Source ledger

13 unique public sources

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Zipline charts drone delivery expansion with $600M in new fundingTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Can You Invest in Zipline in 2026?: references $350M Series G (June 2024) at $5.2B valuationThe Motley Fool · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Boosts Valuation To $4.2 Billion ($330M Series F)Forbes · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Zipline raises $250M at $2.75B valuation to build out its instant logistics serviceTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Zipline, medical delivery drone start-up, now valued at $1.2 billion ($120M Series D at $1.2B unicorn valuation)CNBC · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Nuro Closes $203 Million Series E Financing to Advance Its AI-First Self-Driving Technology and Commercial PartnershipsNuro · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Nuro Announces $600 Million in Series D FundingBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro hits $5 billion valuation on fresh funding of $500 millionTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Portugal's dual-use drone startup Tekever raises €70M and joins the unicorn club (unicorn round)Vestbee · retrieved 2026-07-05
10
Autonomous Flight Company Merlin Labs Raises $105m Series B, Announces Partnership with USAFPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Echodyne Closes $135 Million to Expand Distribution, Production, and Development Across Defense, Security, and Autonomous Machine MarketsBusiness Wire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehiclesTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Aurora to Become a Public Company by Merging with Reinvent Technology Partners Y: $1B PIPE concurrent with SPAC merger announcementAurora Innovation · retrieved 2026-07-05