Mar 30, 2023
DSW Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Dow Schofield Watts group, is launching its first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) fund to enable private investors to benefit from tax incentives while funding regional start-ups. It aims to raise up to £2m for the... 
Jan 17, 2023
Hike SEO, a Leicestershire-based start-up, has raised £675,000 of funding in an investment round led by DSW Ventures with co-investment from incumbent investor, Jenson Funding Partners. Hike’s DIY search engine optimisation (SEO) platform is designed to help small... 
Jan 10, 2023
DSW Ventures has completed the sale of its investment into ACAI Outdoorwear, the female-first, outdoor clothing ecommerce brand. The DSW Ventures stake in ACAI was acquired by Growth Partner, a consumer-focused investment firm backed by HomeServe plc Founder and CEO... 
Aug 11, 2022
Getting your hands on the intellectual property The major asset of a spinout in its early days is typically its intellectual property. So how come spinouts don’t always actually own their own IP? Licences versus ownership At the point of leaving mother-ship, it’s... 
Aug 10, 2022
Is there value outside the Golden Triangle? An opinion piece this time, unusually for us. The Golden Triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge rightly commands attention from investors and government for the quality of its research, and the commercial potential of its... 