 Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas

The Royal Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas (modern spelling variant "Gipuzkoan", known also as the "Guipuzcoana Company", ; ) was a Spanish Basque trading company in the 18th century, operating from 1728 to 1785, which had a monopoly on Venezuelan trade.It was renamed in 1785 the Royal Philippine Company ().The Company was founded by a group of wealthy Basques from the province of Gipuzkoa in 1728.