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... 
Jul 21, 2022
“More is less” We’ve been busy these last few months, and temporarily off the airwaves (for the younger reader, this is a reference to broadcast radio and TV: ask your parents or try Wikipedia for more information, if you can tear yourself from your latest TikTok... 