# Seedlip

the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit — Ben Branson hand-bottled 1,000 bottles of Seedlip Spice 94 in 2014 and sold them through Selfridges in London in three weeks; Seedlip entered the Diageo-backed Distill Ventures programme with a minority stake and was fully acquired by Diageo in 2019,…

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/seedlip/
Updated: 2026-08-15

- Country: United Kingdom

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | Minority investment from Distill Ventures (Diageo-backed) in June 2016 | https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/2016/distill-ventures-confirms-investment-in-distilled-non-alcoholic-spirit-brand-seedlip, https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/2019/diageo-acquires-majority-shareholding-in-seedlip-the-world-s-first-distilled-non-alcoholic-spirit |
| Funding | Diageo acquired a majority shareholding in 2019 | https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/2019/diageo-acquires-majority-shareholding-in-seedlip-the-world-s-first-distilled-non-alcoholic-spirit |
| Capacity | Increased from 1,000–2,000 bottles per batch to 10,000 bottles per batch as of December 2015 | https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/12/non-alcoholic-spirit-set-to-treble-production/ |
| Production site | Botanicals distilled in a distillery in Germany; blending and bottling by a third-party bottler in the UK as of December 2015 | https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/12/non-alcoholic-spirit-set-to-treble-production/ |
| Headcount | 41 employees as of 2024/2026 reporting period | https://uk.globaldatabase.com/company/seedlip-ltd |

Independent sources: diageo.com, thedrinksbusiness.com, uk.globaldatabase.com

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