As a venture capital investor focused on the under-funded regions of the UK, DSW Ventures is an important part of the expansion of investments in innovative early-stage businesses and start-ups in Scotland.

The country has a thriving start-up community well supported by us alongside a number of VCs and angel syndicates. Through our office in Aberdeen, DSW has worked closely with businesses in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond.

We manage one of the UK’s largest angel networks and make SEIS and EIS compliant venture capital investments into regional start-up and scale-up companies.

On behalf of our angel and institutional investors, we provide equity of up to £1 million+ as part of funding rounds of up to £2 million.