Guinness Ventures
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Guinness Ventures is a venture capital business, dedicated to making growth aspirations a reality. We have our eyes on the goal and our feet on the ground, building trusted partnerships with founders and investors that help both to find the right path to high growth.Based in Westminster, the Guinness Ventures team builds trusted relationshipswith founders, investors, and advisors. Together, we strive to transform ambitious plans into tangible success, always driven by our dedication to robust, long-term value creation.
- Total investments:
- 59
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 59%
Last updated:
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Industries Guinness Ventures invests in
Stages Guinness Ventures invests in
Countries Guinness Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 more contact available
Round size
- Series A
- $3.3M–$12M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.4M–$66M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (15%)
- Health Care 7 (12%)
- E-Commerce 6 (10%)
- Food and Beverage 6 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 31 (53%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (14%)
- Funding Round 7 (12%)
- Series B 6 (10%)
- Seed 2 (3%)
Country
- United Kingdom 42 (71%)
- Japan 1 (2%)
- Australia 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Barker
Investment Manager
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Investment Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Ashley Abrahams
Head of Origination
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Head of Origination | Total investments: 17 | Find email | |
Hugo Vaux
Chief Operating Officer
|
Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Malcolm King
Chief Investment Officer
|
Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 12 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Qureight
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Qureight is an imaging analytics company. It also aims to develop a new improved and streamlined version of its analytical platform – harnessing the ability of AI and advanced processing tools to gain new insights into respiratory diseases such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and lung cancer. | $20M / Series B / Jul 29, 2026 | |
MOTH:
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MOTH: is a beverages company that provides ready-to-drink cocktail for family and friends. | $14.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 21, 2026 | |
Checkboard
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Identity and Finance checking platform for property transactions. | $8.5M / Series A / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Lune & Wild
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Lune & Wild is a baby and children's food company that makes handmade, organic baby meals, toddler meals, snacks, and sauces for babies and young children. | $2.7M / Series A / Jun 01, 2026 | |
Cerca Magnetics
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Cerca Magnetics provides the world's most advanced functional brain scanner, an integrated lightweight, ergonomic, and wearable technology that will provide an unrivaled view of human brain function in both health and sickness. | $5.1M / Series A / Apr 21, 2026 | |
JAAQ
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JAAQ. is a mental health-focused online platform that allows users access to specialists and advocates. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England. | $17.3M / Series A / Mar 23, 2026 | |
Dragonfly AI
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Dragonfly AI is a predictive heatmap that shows exactly what catches the audience's attention first across any content, allow us to make data-informed decisions without holding business down. Get real-time insight into what genuinely catches their customers' attention. Predictive analytics can help us increase efficiency throughout thedesign cycle. Improve the success rate across all channels. Increase their ROI by increasing their share of attention across channels. | $6.9M / Jan 28, 2026 | |
GlycanAge
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Can you slow down your inner body clock? At GlycanAge we’ve proven you can! How? By analysing over 150,000 individuals across 20 years of research from our world leading scientists.Our studies show that well managed dietary improvements, healthy weight loss, and exercise can tangibly improve your biological age. GlycanAge is the only biologicalage test proven to respond to lifestyle changes. We’ve made your choices measurable so you can stay healthier and younger for longer. | $8.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 18, 2025 | |
Yaso
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Kuai Commerce is a social commerce solutions for brand acceleration. | $11.1M / Series A / Sep 21, 2025 | |
Goodrays
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Our team at Goodrays got together around a shared respect for a super natural plant. No other plant in history has turned the energy of the sun into quite as many useful and important things that support and sustain human life and wellbeing on our planet... We went to great lengths to find the highest quality and most sustainable ingredients thatmake drinking a cold Goodrays such a unique and delicious experience. You’ll find our social feeds and journal full of information and daily inspiration for living a more creative, sustainable, active and curious life. | $6.8M / Series A / Jul 10, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does Guinness Ventures invest in?
Guinness Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Guinness Ventures's check size?
Guinness Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$12M at Series A and $1.4M–$66M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Guinness Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Guinness Ventures?
The team at Guinness Ventures includes Adam Barker (Investment Manager), Ashley Abrahams (Head of Origination) and Hugo Vaux (Chief Operating Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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