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.
Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $72.1M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Ash Shah
Finance Director of the Virgin Group
Holly Branson
Chief Vision Officer on the Virgin leadership team
Ian Woods
General Counsel and COO of the Virgin Group
Sam Kelly
Chief Experience Officer
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lightyear | Series A | $25M | Jan 2025 |
 Virgin Voyages | Growth | $550M | Sep 2023 |
 Marker | Unknown | $15M | Feb 2023 |
| Marker | Series A | $15M | Jan 2023 |
 Lightyear | Unknown | $81M | Sep 2022 |
| Lightyear | Series A | $25M | Jul 2022 |
 Sesame | Series B | $250M | Jun 2022 |
 Zero Acre Farms | Series A | $37M | Feb 2022 |
 Zero Acre Farms | Series A | $37M | Feb 2022 |
 Wayve | Series B | $200M | Jan 2022 |
 Printify, Inc. | Series A | $45M | Sep 2021 |
 LoanSnap | Series B | $30M | May 2021 |
 Blockchain.com | Series B | $40M | Feb 2021 |
 Sofar Sounds | Series C | $25M | May 2019 |
 Capsule | Series A | $20M | May 2017 |
| Capsule | Series A | — | Jan 2017 |
| Lightyear | Unknown | $35M | — |
 Virgin Pulse | Unknown | — | — |
 LifeQ | Unknown | $47M | — |
 FreshCheck | Seed | — | — |
 Auticon | Unknown | $4M | — |
| ZZozi | Series C | $30M | — |
| Printify, Inc. | Series A | $50M | — |
 Oova | Series A | $10.3M | — |
| LoanSnap | Series A | $15M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026