Guinness Ventures has 7 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.

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It is a venture capital firm based in London, GB, founded in 2010. Its most recent investment on record is Qureight's $20M Series B+ round in July 2026, alongside Molten Ventures, Hargreave Hale Aim VCT, Ascension and 2 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Health and bio (3) and Education (3). It has co-invested with Meltwind Advisory, Hargreave Hale Aim VCT and XTX Ventures, most often Meltwind Advisory (2 rounds).

About Guinness Ventures

What Guinness Ventures invests in

• Health and bio · 3 · 43%
• Education · 3 · 43%
• Data and analytics · 2 · 29%
• Commerce and retail · 2 · 29%
• Media and content · 1 · 14%
• Consumer and social · 1 · 14%
• Fintech · 1 · 14%
• Insurance · 1 · 14%

Guinness Ventures recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
QQureight	Series B+ · $20M	Jul 29, 2026	Molten Ventures (lead), Hargreave Hale Aim VCT, Ascension +2
QQureight	Series A · $8.5M	Apr 15, 2024	Hargreave Hale Aim VCT (lead), Cambridge Angels group, Nexenai Capital +4
BBibli U	Series A · $10M	Apr 17, 2020	Nesta Impact Investments (lead), ClearlySo, Oxford Science Enterprises +1

How Guinness Ventures invests

Guinness Ventures portfolio companies

• QQureight$20MSeries B+ · Jul 2026
• BBibli U$10MSeries A · Apr 2020
• TThrivabacker
• PPopsabacker
• MMORIbacker
• PPerci Healthbacker
• WWriskbacker

Most frequent co-investors

• MMeltwind Advisory2 shared rounds · last Jul 29, 2026
• HHargreave Hale Aim VCT2 shared rounds · last Jul 29, 2026
• XXTX Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 29, 2026
• MMolten Ventures1 shared round · last Jul 29, 2026
• AAscension1 shared round · last Jul 29, 2026
• CCambridge Angels group1 shared round · last Apr 15, 2024
• PPlayfair Capital1 shared round · last Apr 15, 2024
• NNexenai Capital1 shared round · last Apr 15, 2024
• AAscension Life Fund1 shared round · last Apr 15, 2024
• OOxford Science Enterprises1 shared round · last Apr 17, 2020
• NNesta Impact Investments1 shared round · last Apr 17, 2020
• CClearlySo1 shared round · last Apr 17, 2020

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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Health and bio).

How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 3 rounds on Recent Funding that name Guinness Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Guinness Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/guinness-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.