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DSW Ventures
Venture capital · Manchester, United Kingdom · Europe
DSW Ventures is a start-up and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-potential businesses based in the UK regions. It invests funds on behalf of British Business Investments, family offices and angel investors under SEIS and EIS tax reliefs, and is part of DSW Capital plc.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
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Your fit with DSW Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsDSW Ventures lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (31%), AI & Machine Learning (14%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Clarendon Fund Managers, QUBIS and BGF.
Counts come from funding rounds that name DSW Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not DSW Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 19. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 25% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 92th | 21% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 55th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 31% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 14% | 6% |
| Legal & Compliance | 7% | 2% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Clarendon Fund Managers | 2 |
| QUBIS | 2 |
| BGF | 1 |
| Conception X | 1 |
| Jenson Funding Partners | 1 |
| Mercia Ventures | 1 |
| Norcliffe Capital | 1 |
| Northstar Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1895%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company15%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Clarendon Fund Managers
Compare DSW Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with DSW Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for DSW Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in DSW Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acai sells women's active outdoor clothing | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Aston Particle Technologies helps formulators and scientists develop highly homogenous blends or successfully coat challenging substrates using its isothermal Dry Particle Coating technology | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Dia Beta Labs is a biotech company developing therapeutic agents to address the progressive decline of pancreatic health in metabolic disease sufferers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Droplet Scientific develops wearable and portable analysers for continuous, real-time monitoring of biomarkers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fireflai helps product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers automate their Golden Data Set and enrich thousands of products without drowning in spreadsheets. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is developing the next generation of therapeutic vaccines for chronic diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hike provides AI SEO tools, software, and services for small businesses to improve their search engine rankings | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| InvenireX develops and provides ultrasensitive DNA detection products and technology | Healthcare & Biotech | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Mesenbio is advancing a new generation of EV therapeutics powered by FT-01, their proprietary cell line. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nexco.ai provides an intelligence layer that captures and structures information gathered by executive search firms, integrating it with their existing CRM systems. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Northern Light Microscopy develops cutting-edge microscopy solutions for life-science labs and biotech companies | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides a service that combines multiple utility bills into one monthly payment | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Propello Cloud offers a range of programmes to help drive new customer acquisition, increase brand loyalty, boost customer retention, and improve the brand experience for customers. | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops an app for HYROX and Hybrid racing, providing features such as race predictions, personalized pacing, and post-race analysis. | Healthcare & BiotechLegal & Compliance | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| StimOxyGen develops stimulus responsive therapeutic systems to address the adverse effects associated with cancer chemotherapeutic drugs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides real-time kids and family market research across 22 markets. | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Voxshell provides next-generation meshing solutions for integrating CAD and CAE | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dsw.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 19
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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