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    Guinness Ventures

    London, United KingdomFounded 2010
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    Guinness Ventures is a UK-based venture capital firm specialising in Series A funding for scale-up companies across enterprise technology, consumer brands, and healthcare. The team has been investing in early-stage businesses since 2010 and operates as an appointed representative of Guinness Asset Management Limited.

    Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $32.4M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Mike Kennedy

    Mike Kennedy

    Venture Partner

    Bernice Brooks

    Bernice Brooks

    Associate

    George Whear

    George Whear

    Associate

    Josh Barker

    Josh Barker

    Investor Relations Associate

    Tom Ward

    Tom Ward

    Investor Relations Associate

    Adam Barker

    Adam Barker

    Investment Manager

    Dr Malcolm King

    Dr Malcolm King

    Chief Investment Officer

    Lisa Fox

    Lisa Fox

    Head of Co-Investment

    Akib Chowdhury

    Akib Chowdhury

    Marketing Executive

    Andrew Martin Smith

    Andrew Martin Smith

    Senior Adviser

    Ashley Abrahams

    Ashley Abrahams

    Head of Origination

    Hugo Vaux

    Hugo Vaux

    Chief Operating Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    JAAQ logoJAAQSeries A$17MJan 2026
    Kord logoKordSeries A$8.6MJan 2026
    GlycanAge logoGlycanAgeUnknown$8.7MDec 2025
    Yaso logoYasoSeries A—Sep 2025
    GGoodraysSeries A—Jul 2025
    RRise & FallUnknown—Jun 2025
    Perci Health logoPerci HealthSeed—Jun 2025
    RRise & FallSeries A—Jan 2025
    Shot Scope Technologies logoShot Scope TechnologiesSeries B$8.5MJul 2024
    Qureight logoQureightSeries A—Apr 2024
    Mintago logoMintagoSeries A—Sep 2023
    JJones Food CompanyUnknown—Jan 2023
    Obrizum logoObrizumSeries A$11.5MNov 2022
    Cera Care logoCera CareGrowth—Aug 2022
    Cera logoCeraGrowth$320MAug 2022
    NNeighbourlyUnknown—May 2022
    NNeighbourlyUnknown—Jan 2022
    Shot Scope Technologies logoShot Scope TechnologiesUnknown$8.5MJan 2022
    Mintago logoMintagoPre-Seed$4.8MSep 2021
    JJones Food CompanyUnknown—Jan 2021
    NNeighbourlySeries A—Jan 2021
    Cera logoCeraSeries A$17MMay 2018
    Forestreet logoForestreetSeries A——
    PPopsaUnknown——
    Doctify logoDoctifyGrowth$10M—
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    Top Co-Investors

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    Cur8 Capital3 shared
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    8090 Partners2 shared
    Puma Growth Partners2 shared
    Playfair Capital2 shared
    Fuel Ventures2 shared
    24Haymarket2 shared
    Macmillan Cancer Support1 shared
    Octopus Ventures1 shared
    Sequel1 shared
    Hanaco Ventures1 shared
    Portfolio Ventures1 shared
    Koro Capital1 shared
    Founders Fund1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026