May 25, 2023
The following is the manager report for the six months to March 2023 provided to investors in DSW Ventures portfolio companies. Please email investors@dsw.vc for further information. Overview We continue to live in interesting times, with a fully-fledged bank... 
May 15, 2023
DSW Ventures, the venture capital business of the Dow Schofield Watts Group, has announced the successful first close of its debut Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) fund, providing the capacity to invest up to £2m in regional start-ups. The DSW Ventures SEIS... 
Mar 30, 2023
Changes to the tax rules that come into force next week will boost funding for start-ups and give investors more incentive to back them, according to DSW Ventures, an early-stage investor. As from 6 April, the amount companies can receive under the Seed Enterprise... 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... 
Dec 8, 2022
DSW Ventures leads £650,000 investment round into customer rewards platform Propello Propello, a Manchester-based customer rewards platform, has raised £650,000 of funding in an investment round led by DSW Ventures. The company has developed a white-label SaaS... 
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... 