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    Virgin Group

    London, United KingdomFounded 1970
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    Virgin Group is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate and holding company founded by Richard Branson and Nik Powell in 1970, based in London. The group invests across multiple sectors including travel and leisure, health and wellness, space, financial services, telecoms, and media, backing ambitious entrepreneurs building transformational companies.

    Average disclosed round size is $82.6M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Luigi Brambilla

    Luigi Brambilla

    Managing Director, Portfolio Investments & Capital Markets

    Ash Shah

    Ash Shah

    Finance Director of the Virgin Group

    Andrea Burchett

    Andrea Burchett

    Chief Loyalty Officer Virgin Group

    Holly Branson

    Holly Branson

    Chief Vision Officer on the Virgin leadership team

    Ian Woods

    Ian Woods

    General Counsel and COO of the Virgin Group

    Josh Bayliss

    Josh Bayliss

    CEO of Virgin Group

    Nikki Humphrey

    Nikki Humphrey

    Chief People Officer for the Virgin Group

    Peter Norris

    Peter Norris

    Chairman of the Virgin Group

    Sam Kelly

    Sam Kelly

    Chief Experience Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Virgin Voyages logoVirgin VoyagesGrowth$550MSep 2023
    Marker Learning logoMarker LearningUnknown$15MFeb 2023
    Marker Learning logoMarker LearningSeries A$15MJan 2023
    Lightyear logoLightyearUnknown$81MSep 2022
    Lightyear logoLightyearSeries A$25MJul 2022
    Sesame logoSesameSeries B$250MJun 2022
    Zero Acre Farms logoZero Acre FarmsSeries A$37MFeb 2022
    Wayve logoWayveSeries B$200MJan 2022
    Printify logoPrintifySeries A$45MSep 2021
    Loansnap logoLoansnapSeries B$30MMay 2021
    Sofar Sounds logoSofar SoundsSeries C$25MMay 2019
    Capsule logoCapsuleSeries A$20MMay 2017
    Blockchain.com logoBlockchain.comSeries B$40M—
    Lightyear logoLightyearUnknown$35M—
    VVirgin PulseUnknown——
    LifeQ logoLifeQUnknown$47M—
    Zero Acre Farms logoZero Acre FarmsSeries A$37M—
    FreshCheck logoFreshCheckSeed——
    Auticon logoAuticonUnknown$4M—
    ZZoziSeries C$30M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
    GV2 shared
    S2G Ventures2 shared
    Collaborative Fund2 shared
    Fifty Years2 shared
    Lowercarbon Capital2 shared
    FootPrint Coalition2 shared
    Wise Capital Partners LLP2 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz2 shared
    H&M Group Ventures1 shared
    Index Ventures1 shared
    Dreamers VC1 shared
    Union Square Ventures1 shared
    Octopus Ventures1 shared
    Battery Ventures1 shared
    Industry Ventures1 shared
    Telescope Partners1 shared
    Alumni Ventures1 shared
    FMZ Ventures1 shared
    General Catalyst1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026