Cask Ventures
Cask Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Edinburgh, UK investing in Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $75K–$250K checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $75K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer
- HQ
- Edinburgh, UK
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-08
Seed
$75K – $250K
14+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage investments in alcoholic beverage startups with D2C distribution.
How Cask Ventures invests
Cask Ventures is a vc firm based in Edinburgh, UK. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer. It does not invest in Technology.
Cask Ventures typically writes checks of $75K–$250K per investment.
Cask Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including BottleUp, Cask Trade, The Speyside Distillery.
Partners & Team
Laura McKenna
Managing Partner
Simon Aron
Managing Director
Founder of Cask Trade, aiming to create a trustworthy marketplace for cask whisky collectors, alternative investors, and bottlers.
Siobhan Mackenzie
Fashion Designer
Created the tartan for Cask Trade.
Ross Carter
General Partner
Interviewed regarding Cask Trade.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
BottleUp
Cask Trade
The Speyside Distillery
Siobhan Mackenzie
Renegade Rum
The Drinks Trust
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Cask Strength
Follow-on investment fund focused on the alcohol/spirits sector
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $250K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jessica Simmons, Director of Operations.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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