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Distill Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent DiageoHQ London, United KingdomFounded 2013

Distill Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Diageo, a consumer goods and retail company. It was founded in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Sectors it names: consumer and retail.

Cumulative investedS1
USD 300M+

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Snapshot

Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeUSD 300M+Cumulative investedStated by the firm or its parentS1
Companies backed39companiesReported in the pressS1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page7companiesCounted from the firm's own listS1

Sources: S1 BevNET: Diageo accelerator Distill Ventures to cease investments.

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Scale and capital allocated

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Sources: S1 BevNET: Diageo accelerator Distill Ventures to cease investments.

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

LeadersS1

Distill Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyDiageoSingle sourceS2
Parent industryConsumer goods and retailSingle sourceS2
Founded2013Single sourceS1
HeadquartersLondon, United KingdomSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS2
Headline sizeUSD 300M+ (Cumulative invested)Single sourceS1
Companies backed39Single sourceS1

History

  1. Distill Ventures founded by Frank Lampen, Shilen Patel and Dan GasperS1
  2. Pre-Accelerator programme launched for founders from underrepresented communitiesS1
  3. Diageo stopped bringing new brands into the programme and a smaller team manages existing investmentsS1

Portfolio

Public sources name 7 portfolio companies.S1

The firm also states 39 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Every company on the Distill Ventures list

7 companies, as named in the sources cited: 5 exited, 2 listed.S1 Read the firm's list.

Exited 5

  • Belsazar
  • Kikori
  • Mr Black
  • Ritual Zero Proof
  • Seedlip

Listed 2

  • Rheinland Distillery
  • Stauning Whisky

Sources

  1. S1BevNET: Diageo accelerator Distill Ventures to cease investmentsPress
  2. S2Diageo: Distill Ventures commits additional 5 million dollars to drinks founders from underrepresented communitiesParent company

Disclaimer and corrections

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