Apr 20, 2021
Dear SaasCo is the new DSW Ventures blog series focused on founders and board members of start-ups and scale-ups. In the first edition, Keith Benson discusses the importance of being prepared for exit – even in early-stage companies. To: founder@saasco.co.uk Cc:... 
Apr 7, 2021
One Utility Bill, the Newcastle-based business which simplifies the utilities experience for consumers, landlords and letting agents – has raised a further £1.6m. The follow-on investment round was led by incumbent investors DSW Ventures, the venture capital... 
Mar 3, 2021
An events booking platform which has found a new line of business delivering afternoon teas during the pandemic is celebrating its 5,000th booking. Poptop – which is backed by DSW Ventures – has been helping people throughout the country to celebrate special... 
Feb 23, 2021
“This round is valued at £6m pre-money. That’s because the last round closed at £3m. Back then, it was just me. Now there are two of us.” Back to valuations and pricing. This post is a brief journey around some of the arguments about why venture and angel... 
Feb 16, 2021
After a stretch of fairly cold technical posts, we’re now turning to look at a more human issue – how hard should you, the investor, push your due diligence questioning? Most founders have a visionary streak. They see success as close at-hand, more so than the rest of... 