Guild Capital

About The Fund

Guild Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that actively seeks compelling opportunities across disparate geography and diverse industries. Since its inception in 2009, Guild Capital has established itself, with offices in Chicago, New York, Pune, and Mumbai, as a significant player in the investment space, focusing on early-stage consumer businesses in the US, UK, and India. With an investment range typically between $500,000 and $2,000,000, and a sweet spot of around $1,000,000, they cater to various stages of business development, including incubation, seed, early, later stages, pre-seed, and Series A investments. Guild Capital prides itself on employing a disciplined investment approach, targeting management teams possessing a strong thesis and a receptiveness to Guild's talent-focused playbook, business models that scale rapidly and efficiently, and industries with significant market opportunities that are not monopolistic. Not showing preference for a particular industry, they invest across IT, FinTech, Retail, E-commerce, Cosmetics, Fashion, HealthTech, Fitness, Web Security, Privacy, Gaming, eSports, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Wellness, Consumer sectors, and Woman Focused businesses. They emphasize the need for clear vision, adaptability, thirst for knowledge, and the ability to attract and retain high-performance talent in their portfolio companies. Guild actively looks for businesses demonstrating revenue growth or other positive momentum indicators for pre-revenue companies. Their specified categories for recent investments include interior design, men's grooming, women's health, everyday apparel, and functional beverages. They have developed a value-adding playbook, which involves onboarding elite talent, building a data-driven culture, leveraging intuitive design, and financial reporting capabilities to support founders and strengthen the business operations of their investments. Guild's team, both US-based and India-based, is composed of individuals with diverse and strong backgrounds in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, and other sectors, ensuring that they provide strategic assistance and operational support effectively to their portfolio companies.