Goldsmith Ventures

Goldsmith Ventures is a London-based specialist venture capital firm founded in 2021 by James Pringle, focused exclusively on fintech, proptech, and insurtech companies in the United Kingdom. The firm grew out of Pringle Capital, one of the UK's largest angel networks with over 435 members. James Pringle is a former entrepreneur who founded Suggestv, a SaaS video recommendation and machine learning company that secured over 1.2 million British pounds in funding before being acquired by a US video advertising company in 2019. Goldsmith Ventures launched its EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) fund in April 2022. The firm invests at seed (early revenue) and Series A (scaling) stages, with initial check sizes ranging from $800,000 to $1.2 million, and focuses exclusively on UK-based companies. Investment themes span fintech, proptech, insurtech, regtech, wealthtech, paytech, lending, payments, banking, smart home, smart building, connected home, real estate, and construction technology. The only publicly known portfolio investment is Yorlet, a London-based lettings and fintech platform that raised a 350,000 British pound seed round led by Goldsmith Ventures in January 2022. James Pringle also co-hosts the 'Riding Unicorns' podcast with Hector Mason, exploring what it takes to build and back successful technology unicorns. The firm's website appears to have expired as of 2026, which may indicate that the fund is no longer actively operating or has been rebranded. Given the limited publicly documented portfolio activity, thin information is available on the fund's current status beyond its early investment in Yorlet.