Guinness Asset Management is a London-based specialist fund management company established in 2003 that manages over £3bn for institutional and retail investors.
Edward serves as chief executive at Guinness Global Investors and Guinness Atkinson Asset Management, following earlier analytical and corporate finance roles at Tiedemann Investment Group and HSBC.
Malcolm brings venture capital and investment management experience from roles at Guinness Ventures and The Carbon Trust. He previously founded Britenight Solar Lighting and now serves as Director and Chief Investment Officer at Guinness Ventures.
Shane Gallwey
Fund Manager
Shane leads ventures and serves as chief executive at Guinness Ventures, having previously held roles at Northland Capital Partners and HSBC.
Ashley manages funds and heads origination at Guinness Ventures and Guinness Asset Management. Alongside this, they hold several non-executive director roles.
The financing round was led by Kairos HQ alongside Schroders Capital and other backers to expand at-home patient care capacity.
"Since Cera’s launch in November 2016 the company has scaled at an unprecedented rate for the sector, benefiting countless lives, and proving the need for technology-powered improvement in healthcare. Receiving such significant financial backing during this period of global economic volatility, is testament to the strength of Cera’s business model, our innovation, and our commitment to revolutionising healthcare. We’re now in pole position to be able to use our unique technology to expand what we do for patients across the world who are in need of care, while relieving pressures on public services."
Guinness Asset Management led the Series A round to support team expansion and kitchen network growth.
"We are proud to take investment from such a forward-thinking, collaborative fund as Guinness. Our purpose is to be a voice for the independents, championing change and empowerment, and it’s great to see our new partners entirely bought into that mission."
The Series A round was led by Maven VC and Guinness Asset Management to support post-pandemic healthcare recovery.
"As we continue to accelerate and invest in the ethical use of clinical research data to advance new medicines for patient care, this funding gives us the capital needed to carry out our immediate plans while delivering AI solutions which will help futureproof our NHS."
The Series A round was led by Guinness Asset Management and will support the company's enterprise growth and product development.
"The workforce of the future is on-demand, adaptive, and independent. Distributed is here to enable those independent careers with more benefits than permanent employment, and to ensure that our customers can access high quality, motivated talent effortlessly with our enabling technology. This will see businesses building with smaller, more specialised core teams, supported by an Elastic™️ Workforce of experts that can be deployed to tackle any software goal in support of our customer’s missions."
The investment round was backed by Fuel Ventures and Guinness Asset Management to fund team expansion and product development.
"We have seen unprecedented demand for our content marketing collaboration platform over the last 12 months. This investment puts the business in an incredible place to expand our team, invest further in product innovation and deliver on our mission to become the leading content marketing suite for SMEs globally."
KEEN Venture Partners led the Series A follow-on round, with backing from existing investors and Tom Teichman.
"Doctify co-founders Stephanie and Suman, both surgeons by background, bring deep expertise in healthcare and are in prime position to transform and win the market. Their solution is driving real-time improvements to patient care across multiple international providers."
Guinness Asset Management led the Series A round to support product development, team expansion, and international growth.
"Influence has always been what drives the world’s decisions. With social platforms, the importance of influence has become significantly greater. Whoever can map and wield influence in the modern world will be able to unlock incredible value. That is exactly what Tailify is doing, and this investment will allow us to pioneer this industry even further."
Guinness Asset Management led the Series A round to support product development and team expansion.
"We are delighted to welcome Guinness to the Neighbourly team and for Ashley to join us on the board. He immediately understood the Neighbourly proposition and the value it delivers for businesses and local good causes alike, against the backdrop of the rapidly evolving ESG landscape. Our strong belief is that businesses must prioritise the proven power of local good causes, who are the backbone of our communities. A thriving community and resilient population of hyper-local causes is vital to the success of both society and the economy."
The Series A round was led by Nesta Impact Investments and Guinness Asset Management to support remote learning initiatives.
"As a student at Oxford and the University of Western Australia, I would’ve loved to have had access to this content online for free. That’s why I founded BibliU and I’m proud to say we’ve addressed that for hundreds of thousands of students at our partner universities. We’re investing in our team and continuing to develop our institutional delivery tools. I’m also thrilled to have Sean Devine joining our board as Chairman, his experience as CEO and President of CourseSmart and Safari Books Online brings invaluable industry experience to our team."
The oversubscribed round was led by Guinness Asset Management and Maven Capital Partners to fund global expansion and product development.
"We are delighted to be partnering with Guinness and Maven. This investment will be used to transform the future of the offline retail industry, which has struggled over the years to counter competition from online players, by building on our success with our award-winning technology. We are already recognised as the market leader in the mall loyalty CRM sector and this investment will help extend our reach and meet the growing needs and expectations of shopping malls, outlets and brands seeking advanced customer loyalty capabilities."
The investment round was led by Arm, Calculus Capital, Kendall, MGL, and Guinness Asset Management.
"The strong financial foundation that our investors are giving us will be crucial to our ability to work with our partners to deliver large scale mmWave 5G deployments across a number of key markets. Working closely with our partners and their customers, we are seeing a diverse and growing range of emerging applications for our technology – whether it be for drone-to-drone communications or private enterprise networks. We’d like to thank all our shareholders for their continued support at this pivotal commercialisation phase."
The video management platform raised the Series B capital from Downing Ventures, Guinness Asset Management, and Cambridge Innovation Capital.
"This funding is clear recognition of the value our partners and prospects see in the platform. We have a world class roster of clients across the sports, media and enterprise sectors and have a healthy pipeline going into 2019. We look forward to accelerating our global operations and are thrilled to be working with new investors to continue shaping the future of video management."
Downing Ventures led the Series B round with participation from Guinness Asset Management and Cambridge Innovation Capital.
"This funding is clear recognition of the value our partners and prospects see in the platform. We have a world class roster of clients across the sports, media and enterprise sectors and have a healthy pipeline going into 2019. We look forward to accelerating our global operations and are thrilled to be working with new investors to continue shaping the future of video management."
The healthcare analytics firm raised the venture funding from Guinness EIS Funds to scale operations and enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities.
"our software platform business has been accelerating significant recently and so we are raising capital to scale the business through increased penetration of our existing customers and territories, as well as converting our expanding pipeline of new prospects. We have tripled our AI and ML investment over the last year through a number of long-term projects with existing customers. Our strategy continues to focus on real value creation with better outcomes for healthcare providers and their patients. As outcomes, efficiency and patient flow becomes more of a challenge globally, I’m fortunate to lead a team of people who are all dedicated to advancing the capabilities of data analytics in healthcare and improving care delivery."
