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Guinness Ventures

Westminster-based venture arm of Guinness Global Investors that has run EIS services since 2010 and also manages a VCT, a co-investment service and an SEIS fund. It invests mainly at Series A in UK scale-ups in business services, healthcare and consumer, with SEIS cheques of £100k to £250k for early-revenue companies.

Type
SEIS/EIS fund
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stages
Seed, Series A, Growth
Backs
B2B software
Sectors
AI, Insurtech, Logistics, Ecommerce, Devtools, B2B
SEIS / EIS
SEIS and EIS
Fund size / AUM
£360m+ invested to date across 215+ investments; £145m+ exits (own site, data as at 30 Sep 2026)
Portfolio mix
B2B software 100% (n=8, 2017 to 2025)

Contacts on file

For Guinness Ventures, the paid file holds: 8 named decision-makers with roles; firm contact email (domain checked); how to pitch (the route the firm publishes).

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Appears in 47 lists

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