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Guinness Ventures
Venture capital
Guinness Ventures is an investment firm whose website describes backing high-growth scale-ups and making growth aspirations a reality. The pages provide only cookie consent and risk-warning text, with no further detail on its activities.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
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Or find every investor that fitsGuinness Ventures lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 86% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (30%), AI & Machine Learning (12%) and Education (12%). 80% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Octopus Ventures, 24Haymarket and Beringea.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Guinness Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Guinness Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 30. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 86% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 53th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 30% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Octopus Ventures | 3 |
| 24Haymarket | 2 |
| Beringea | 2 |
| Exceptional Ventures | 2 |
| Impetus Capital | 2 |
| Impulse Growth | 2 |
| Playfair Capital | 2 |
| The FSE Group | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2997%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Octopus Ventures
Compare Guinness Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Guinness Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2026 | Series B | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Series A | |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Guinness Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Guinness Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aptem provides apprenticeship delivery software to various providers in the UK | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| BBC Maestro offers online courses taught by various experts and celebrities in different fields such as writing, wellness, and music production. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BibliU partners with colleges and universities to deliver a fully integrated campus store experience—combining affordable, Day 1 access to course materials with hybrid physical and online retail. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Blu Wireless Technology develops and provides mmWave wireless communications systems for various applications, including high-speed rail and defense | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cera Care provides home healthcare services, using technology and AI to deliver care to people in their own homes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cerca Magnetics develops a wearable magnetoencephalography scanner for functional brain imaging | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| CFS Care provides foster care services and supported accommodation for vulnerable young people. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Coniq helps retail destinations understand shoppers, build loyalty, personalise engagement and unlock commercial intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | |||
| Dragonfly AI provides a creative testing solution to maximize creative performance across various channels, including in-store shelf, digital, social media, packaging, and ecommerce. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jan 2026Round | Page + round | |
| The company sells folding mobility scooters | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Evaro integrates healthcare platforms and provides online consultations and medication delivery services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fable Data provides real-time European and US transaction data for investment decisions, business optimization, and marketing purposes. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Global Pricing Innovations provides pharmaceutical pricing intelligence and strategic advisory services to pharmaceutical companies | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| GlycanAge measures biological age through IgG glycans, providing a view of how lifestyle affects chronic inflammation and healthy aging. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| YASO provides an AI-powered operating system for global brands to operate ecommerce in China | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Imagen provides a radiology and diagnostic imaging platform using AI technology to help healthcare organizations deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| JAAQ provides an engagement platform powered by Data & AI that enables insurers, employers and healthcare organizations to embed structured journeys, governed content and intelligent discovery tools directly into their existing digital ecosystems. | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Kibo Hospital Services develops and provides specialist rehabilitation services for adults with complex mental health issues | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kord provides client onboarding, anti-money laundering, and client funds services for law firms and other sectors | FintechLegal & Compliance | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- guinnessventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 30
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