Guinness Ventures

Venture Capital Private Equity Est. 2011
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USD 200M
Estimated FUM
Type
Venture Capital
HQ
London, England, United Kingdom
Founded
2011
Focus
Healthtech / Life Sciences

About

Guinness Ventures is a venture capital business investing in UK companies through EIS, VCT, SEIS and co-investment services, from early-stage opportunities to Series A and scale-up.

Strategies

Venture Capital
Breadth not publicly established
Buyout
Breadth not publicly established
Growth Equity
Breadth not publicly established

Stated investment focus

Firm-wide focus

Consumer Brands

“across consumer brands, business services and healthcare.”

Stated focus Source
Consumer

“across consumer brands, business services and healthcare.”

Stated focus Source
Business Services

“We specialise in Series A funding, empowering UK-based scale-up companies in the business services, healthcare, and consumer sectors.”

Stated focus Source
Healthcare & Life Sciences

“We specialise in Series A funding, empowering UK-based scale-up companies in the business services, healthcare, and consumer sectors.”

Stated focus Source

Sources & freshness

Public evidence and reporting dates used for the structured profile. Internal confidence scores are not displayed.

Consumer Brands · Firm-wide focus
Official strategy or vehicle mandate · Observed Oct 12, 2026
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Consumer · Firm-wide focus
Official strategy or vehicle mandate · Observed Oct 12, 2026
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Consumer · Firm-wide focus
Official firm description · Observed Sep 28, 2026
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Business Services · Firm-wide focus
Official firm description · Observed Sep 28, 2026
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Firm-wide focus
Official firm description · Observed Sep 28, 2026
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Venture country & capital evidence

Offices, investment mandates and recorded deals are separate connections. Reported manager capital and individual fund sizes retain their original basis and date.

Venture evidence & capital sources · checked 2026-10-12

Country evidence

  • Venture office · London, United Kingdom

  • Stated investment focus · United Kingdom

    A dated 2026 strategy article states that Guinness Ventures invests in high-growth UK companies through EIS and VCT strategies.

Investment Focus

Investment size
GBP 500K - GBP 5M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Focus Areas
Stages
Growth Seed Series A Series B
Domains
Consumer
Focus
Healthtech / Life Sciences Enterprise Software
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United Kingdom
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
Europe

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
London, England, United Kingdom
More investors with offices in London
Office Presence
1 country
United Kingdom
1 known office
London, England, United Kingdom (HQ)

Deals & Activity

Tracked Deals
4
Most common deal types
Unknown (4)
Deals by domain
Consumer 1
Recent tracked deals
YASO
2025
Sportable
2024
Babymori
2019 - Consumer
Aptem
2018

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