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About Guinness Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$1M to $5M

Lead

Sometimes

Themes

female founders
historically ignored founder
diversity
disabled
smbs
female founded
SaaS
enterprise
B2B
people of color
woman-led
B2B2C
women-led
immigrant
female-founded
female founder
recurring
small and medium businesses
female-led
woman led
femtech
business-to-business
immigrants
SMB
second-generation
woman lead
lesbian
first generation
prosumer
underestimated founders
second generation
latino
first-generation
black
underrepresented founders
BIPOC
inclusive
immigrant founders
African American
women's
Immigrant (1st or 2nd generation)
b to b
female led
small and medium business
subscription
female entrepreneur
woman
female
gay
African-American
women
business to business
under-represented
overlooked teams
LGBT
b-to-b
latinx
latina
US Military Veteran
diverse
woman-lead
D&I
inclusion
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Funding Stages

3. Early Revenue4. Scaling

Countries of investment

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Who we are

Guinness Ventures is an EIS fund investing in Series A+ growth businesses, with >£1m of annual revenue. We raise between £20m-£40m per year and look to deploy all of this into innovative and exciting companies over the next quarter. Our average ticket size is between £1m-£5m and we can lead and follow depending on how lead and time sensitivity.

Funding Requirements

We invest in
💰 Revenues: £1m+
📈 Strong month-on-month growth
🤩 Exceptional, diverse and inspirational management teams
🤓 Current focus on B2B SaaS with industry leading metrics
🏰 Highly defensible business models
🕵🏼‍♂️ EIS/VCT qualifying

Value add

Being truly invested in the success of the businesses we back, our impact goes beyond the financial investment as we use our resources and network to provide the companies that we invest in with the help that they need to grow.

Locations

18 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ United Kingdom HQ

Guinness Ventures Team

Bernice Brooks

Bernice Brooks

Associate

"I invest in Series A EIS scaleups generating >£1m of annual revenue."

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