DSW Ventures
dsw.vc Direct + LP
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 both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, 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 + LP
- 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.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 co-investors found.
- 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 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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