Guild - About the company
Guild is a seed company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2016 by Ashley Friedlein. It operates as a Cloud-based communication and networking solutions for professionals. Guild has raised $5.56M in funding, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 2087 active competitors, including 288 funded and 184 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Slack, LinkedIn and Unify.
Company Details
Cloud-based communication and networking solutions for professionals. It allows users to collaborate with the teams, share messages, and communicate with each other. It monetizes through a subscription-based pricing model.
- Website
- guild.co
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@guild.co
- Registered Address
- The Homstead, Raffin Green Lane, Datchworth, Herts, England, SG3 6RL
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2016
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$5.56M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jul 06, 2021
Ranked
67th among 2087 active competitors
Employee Count
6 as on Apr 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Guild
Guild is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GUILD DIGITAL LIMITED CIN: 10345589 , United Kingdom, Active | Aug 24, 2016 | - | 5 (As on Dec 31, 2023) |
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Guild's funding and investors
Guild has raised a total funding of $5.56M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 13, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jul 06, 2021 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Guild has 65 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Guild:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 06, 2021 | 9983338 | Seed | 9160940 | 8817437 | 6138222 | 5949493 |
Aug 01, 2019 | 8393588 | Angel | 2723114 | 7411189 | 6835962 | 5205584 |
Jul 01, 2018 | 1202775 | Seed | 2336813 | 8057629 | 6459048 |
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Guild's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Guild is Ashley Friedlein. Ashley Friedlein is the CEO of Guild.
Here are the details of Guild's key team members:
- Ashley Friedlein: Founder & CEO of Guild. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Guild's Board of Directors
Guild's board has 4 active members. Ashley Friedlein is part of team and Matthew O'Riordan, Ewen Sturgeon and Philip Redding are independent board members.Here is the list of Guild's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Team | - | Current | 9y 9m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 7m | |
ogfllbd | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 1m |
wmjmriz | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 3m |
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Guild's employee count trend
Guild has 6 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Guild's employee count trend over the years:
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Guild's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Guild include Slack, LinkedIn and Unify. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Guild, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Slack 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of cloud-based team communication and collaboration platform | $1.22B | 90/100 | |
2nd | LinkedIn 2002, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired | Network of resources for professional networking, job searching, and skill development | $144M | 87/100 | |
3rd | Software based Enterprise Unified Communications | - | 76/100 | ||
4th |  Vonage 2001, Holmdel (United States), Acquired | Provider of contact center business communication solutions | $645M | 74/100 | |
5th |  Loom 1944, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Video based communication solution | $214M | 74/100 | |
6th | Cloud based platform for unified communication management | $1.01M | 74/100 | ||
7th | Cloud based employee communication platform provider | $102M | 74/100 | ||
8th | Goldcast 2020, Cambridge (United States), Acquired | Cloud based platform offering virtual event management solutions | $42M | 71/100 | |
9th | GoTo.com 1997, Los Angeles (United States), Series A | Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for web conferencing | $6M | 71/100 | |
10th |  Signal 2018, Mountain View (United States), Seed | Provider of a platform for secure messaging | $50M | - | 70/100 |
67th | Guild 2016, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Cloud-based communication and networking solutions for professionals | $5.56M | - | 53/100 |
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Guild's Investments and acquisitions
Guild has a total of 1 investment in Trezeo. Guild has not made any acquisitions as of now.News related to Guild
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London based business networking app raises $2.7m with “ad-free” pledgeBdaily•Oct 20, 2021•Guild, LinkedIn, Itftennis
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Professional networking platform, Guild, launches discoverable profilesResponseSource•Mar 23, 2021•Guild
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