Guinness Ventures
Venture Capital
Active
London, United Kingdom
50
16M
33
2.38
16
0.34
1
- Stages of investment
- Areas of investment
Summary
The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the London. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.
Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wolf & Badger, MORI, Thriva. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Fashion, Semiconductor. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Guinness Asset Management, startups are often financed by 500 Startups, Cambridge Innovation Capital, The Garage Soho. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Pembroke VCT, Octopus Investments, 500 Startups. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Pembroke VCT, Octopus Investments, 24 Haymarket.
The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 44 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.
Investor highlights
- Industry generalist
- Yes
- Industry focus
- Stage focus
- Check size
- 1M — 6M
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Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 50
- Lead investments
- 16
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 2.38
- Follow on index
- 0.34
- Investments by industry
- Artificial Intelligence (14)
- Health Care (13)
- Wellness (10)
- Personal Health (9)
- Machine Learning (9) Show 68 more
- Investments by region
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- United Kingdom (49)
- Australia (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2022
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 9
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 5M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.74
- Avg. company exit year
- 5
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonfly AI | 11 Apr 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | Early Stage Venture | 4M | England, London, United Kingdom |
| Holibob | 11 Jun 2024 | Marketplace | Early Stage Venture | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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