DSW Ventures

DSW Ventures is a national UK early-stage VC firm focused on seed and scale-up investments in innovative businesses outside the London-Oxford-Cambridge 'Golden Triangle'. The firm invests in technology, knowledge-intensive, and IP-rich companies with defensible market positions, the ability to scale quickly, and management teams capable of handling significant growth — with a particular emphasis on deep tech, software, healthtech, consumer, and university spin-outs across the UK regions. DSW Ventures bridges the funding gap between friends-and-family investment and Series A, investing in SEIS/EIS-qualifying rounds from £100,000 to over £3 million. Backed by the British Business Bank's Regional Angels Programme, family offices, and a network of high-net-worth angel investors, the firm acts as lead investor and goes beyond capital by providing hands-on operational support, board-level guidance, and access to a network of sector experts, non-executives, and key opinion leaders to maximise portfolio company success.