Guinness Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage and scale-up UK companies, particularly within the Business Services (including B2B software), Consumer, and Healthcare (including digital health technologies) sectors. Their strategy involves backing ambitious founding teams with initial traction, providing capital and strategic support to help them achieve growth and build diversified portfolios through tax-efficient schemes like SEIS, EIS, and VCT.
33% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. They made 5 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $65.9M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDragonfly AI | Seed | $5.7M | Jan 2026 |
 GlycanAge | Unknown | $8.7M | Dec 2025 |
 YASO | Series A | $9.4M | Sep 2025 |
 Goodrays | Series A | $5.7M | Jul 2025 |
 Perci Health | Seed | $4M | Jun 2025 |
 Qureight | Series A | $8M | Apr 2024 |
| OOBRIZUM | Series A | $11.5M | Nov 2022 |
 Cera Care | Growth | $310M | Aug 2022 |
 Cera | Growth | $320M | Aug 2022 |
| Cera | Series A | $17M | May 2018 |
| PPopsa | Unknown | $25M | — |
 Forestreet | Series A | — | — |
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Last updated: 24 April 2026