Guy Lawrence

Advisor, Chair, Non-Exec

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2021
Angel investor🌍 United Kingdom
5
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1
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1
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1
Late stage
17y
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Investor and Board Advisor
Jun 2021
Vidrate has been created to help you drink more water. Vidrate complements & enhances the taste of water, with added vitamins, nutrients & electrolytes, it is the perfect addition to kickstart your health routine. It is widely understood that the majority of people struggle to consume enough water each day - it is dull and we are all too busy to remind ourselves! Vidrate is available in 10+ flavours, is sugar free and made with natural ingredients.
Investor LP
Mar 2021
Seraphim Space Accelerator is the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for start-ups in the SpaceTech industry. Launched by Seraphim Space, the world’s leading venture capital firm specialising exclusively in SpaceTech investment, Space Space Accelerator is backed by both the UK and European Space Agencies as well as by corporate partners such as Dentons, ESA. Airbus and NSSIF. Taking a “VC-mindset” approach to the accelerator concept, the founders of Seraphim Space Accelerator believe that investability should be a prerequisite for companies’ participation in the programme, not the endgame. The Seraphim Space Accelerator value proposition is designed to attract the ‘best of breed‘ high growth technology companies that are best addressing the biggest challenges facing corporates and the wider SpaceTech industry, and to support them in achieving commercial scale by creating tangible outcomes beyond simply funding. Seraphim Space Accelerator is creating an ecosystem and community support network to ensure that participating start-ups are equipped to maintain their accelerated growth beyond the completion of the programme, providing mentoring from more established companies from the Seraphim Space portfolio, opportunities to work with invested corporate partners on proof of concepts and other technology integrations, and ongoing access to facilities and resources in locations around the world.
Non-Executive Board Member
Jan 2021
Exton Park is a 60 acre single vineyard nestled in the South Downs in Hampshire. We handcraft each of our exceptional sparkling wines with patience and precision to guarantee the highest quality and flavour. 60 acres of Hampshire, bottled.
Former CEO, Advisor and Investor
Jan 2020
The Company: Founded by a small group of friends, Brockmans Gin Ltd is an exciting, fast-growth company headquartered in the UK, with key markets in Europe, North America and beyond. Like our gin, our company reputation is the result of great care and a source of great pride. The care & pride we take with our gin is matched only by our ambition to continue building & enhancing the Brockmans name in every way. The Gin: Brockmans is an award-winning, super-premium new style gin. Distilled in the UK using traditional methods and 100 year-old copper stills, Brockmans uniquely balances traditional gin aromas of juniper and coriander with top notes of citrus, blueberries and blackberries to provide a vibrant, intensely smooth taste experience truly like no other.
Exited Investor and Global CEO
Jan 2009
For the worlds most discerning individuals, brands and corporates, Quintessentially is the ultimate destination for comprehensive lifestyle management and brand experiences. It’s the pinnacle of personalisation and the epitome of exclusivity. Combining an unwavering commitment to redefining excellence with a clientele that demands nothing short of perfection, Quintessentially elevates every aspect of its clients’ lives to unparalleled heights through meticulous attention to detail. As the world’s leading luxury lifestyle management group, Quintessentially has not only paved the way in this space but continues to shape a new standard for luxury concierge services.
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2021
Investor and Board Advisor
Jun 2021
Vidrate has been created to help you drink more water. Vidrate complements & enhances the taste of water, with added vitamins, nutrients & electrolytes, it is the perfect addition to kickstart your health routine. It is widely understood that the majority of people struggle to consume enough water each day - it is dull and we are all too busy to remind ourselves! Vidrate is available in 10+ flavours, is sugar free and made with natural ingredients.
Investor LP
Mar 2021
Seraphim Space Accelerator is the UK’s first dedicated accelerator programme for start-ups in the SpaceTech industry. Launched by Seraphim Space, the world’s leading venture capital firm specialising exclusively in SpaceTech investment, Space Space Accelerator is backed by both the UK and European Space Agencies as well as by corporate partners such as Dentons, ESA. Airbus and NSSIF. Taking a “VC-mindset” approach to the accelerator concept, the founders of Seraphim Space Accelerator believe that investability should be a prerequisite for companies’ participation in the programme, not the endgame. The Seraphim Space Accelerator value proposition is designed to attract the ‘best of breed‘ high growth technology companies that are best addressing the biggest challenges facing corporates and the wider SpaceTech industry, and to support them in achieving commercial scale by creating tangible outcomes beyond simply funding. Seraphim Space Accelerator is creating an ecosystem and community support network to ensure that participating start-ups are equipped to maintain their accelerated growth beyond the completion of the programme, providing mentoring from more established companies from the Seraphim Space portfolio, opportunities to work with invested corporate partners on proof of concepts and other technology integrations, and ongoing access to facilities and resources in locations around the world.
Non-Executive Board Member
Jan 2021
Exton Park is a 60 acre single vineyard nestled in the South Downs in Hampshire. We handcraft each of our exceptional sparkling wines with patience and precision to guarantee the highest quality and flavour. 60 acres of Hampshire, bottled.
2020
Former CEO, Advisor and Investor
Jan 2020
The Company: Founded by a small group of friends, Brockmans Gin Ltd is an exciting, fast-growth company headquartered in the UK, with key markets in Europe, North America and beyond. Like our gin, our company reputation is the result of great care and a source of great pride. The care & pride we take with our gin is matched only by our ambition to continue building & enhancing the Brockmans name in every way. The Gin: Brockmans is an award-winning, super-premium new style gin. Distilled in the UK using traditional methods and 100 year-old copper stills, Brockmans uniquely balances traditional gin aromas of juniper and coriander with top notes of citrus, blueberries and blackberries to provide a vibrant, intensely smooth taste experience truly like no other.
2011
European Managing Director, Interim CEO
Sep 2011
Russian Standard Vodka is the world’s no. 1 Russian premium vodka. The Russian Standard Vodka portfolio dominates the premium segment in Russia with a 30 percent market share and sales of over 3.5 million cases in 2018 in Russia and more than 80 export markets across Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Roustam Tariko, the founder of Russian Standard, introduced the flagship product, Russian Standard Original, in 1998 as the first authentic Russian premium vodka. Two years after launch, sales of Russian Standard surpassed all imported premium vodkas on the Russian market, leading to broad international expansion and the launch of Russian Standard Platinum in 2001, IMPERIA Vodka, the companys luxury brand, in 2004, and Russian Standard Gold in 2008. Ultra clean smooth and delicious, Russian Standard Vodka is made with only the finest Russian ingredients, using the principles for vodka established in 1894 by famed Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev.
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