DSW Ventures
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DSW Ventures is a UK-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies, focusing on regional start-ups. It provides funding from £100,000 to £3 million and offers hands-on support to its portfolio companies.
DSW Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in software, science, consumer technology and deep technology. Its stated cheque size is £100,000 up to £3 million.
“We invest in rounds of £100,000 up to £3 million from start-up to Series A”
— DSW Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- UK
- Cheque size
- £100,000 up to £3 million
Team, as DSW Ventures publishes it
- Keith Benson Founding Partner
- Doug Quinn Partner
- David Smith Founding Partner
- Chris Yeowart Operating Partner
- James Reston Investment Manager
- Mira Androniciuc Investment Associate
- Annabel Stork Investment Analyst
- James Dow PHD Partner and DSW Group Chief Executive
- Andy Dodd PHD Chief Executive and DSW Group Partner
- Nicole Burstow Chief Financial Officer, DSW Group
Names and roles exactly as listed on dsw.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- SFC Capital 1 shared company: bbinv.co.uk
- Astorg Partners 1 shared company: uk.com
- Calculus Capital 1 shared company: uk.com
- SteelSky Ventures 1 shared company: uk.com
- Zouk Capital LLP 1 shared company: uk.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page DSW Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://dsw.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://dsw.vc/team/people
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Record 939 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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