Guild

Guild was a mobile-first messaging platform for professional communities and networking. It went live in 2019 and closed on 1 October 2024. Guild had over 6,000 professional groups, networks and communities, and over 120,000 users. The platform was easy to use like a consumer messaging app but purpose-built for professionals and businesses to run groups, networks and communities in an ad-free, branded, environment. Guild was available on web, and as a mobile app on iOS and Android, delivering a mobile-first experience which could be customised by the group owner. Guild was a safe and secure networking platform for professionals that was fully GDPR compliant, with moderation features and audit trails of conversations. In Guild, conversations were structured into threads, making it easier to locate and access older messages if needed. Guild was the community platform of choice for businesses across a wide range of industries, including Deloitte, Econsultancy, CIPD, The Lawyer, The Marketing Society, Cambridge University Judge Business School, Haymarket, Incisive Media, and the National Education Union.