| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.07.2023 | DSW Ventures launches new intern programme for would-be VCs | DSW Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Dow Schofield Watts network, has launched a new student... |
| 25.05.2023 | DSW Ventures Investor Report – March 2023 | The following is the manager report for the six months to March 2023 provided to investors in DSW Ve... |
| 15.05.2023 | DSW Ventures closes Seed EIS fund to invest up to £2m in reg... | DSW Ventures, the venture capital business of the Dow Schofield Watts Group, has announced the succe... |
| 30.03.2023 | SEIS changes give investors more reasons to back start-ups | Changes to the tax rules that come into force next week will boost funding for start-ups and give in... |
| 30.03.2023 | DSW Ventures launches SEIS fund to back regional start-ups | DSW Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Dow Schofield Watts group, is launching its first Seed ... |
| 17.01.2023 | DSW Ventures leads £675k investment round into SME-focused s... | Hike SEO, a Leicestershire-based start-up, has raised £675,000 of funding in an investment round led... |
| 10.01.2023 | DSW Ventures sells its stake in ACAI Outdoorwear, yielding a... | DSW Ventures has completed the sale of its investment into ACAI Outdoorwear, the female-first, outdo... |
| 08.12.2022 | DSW Ventures leads £650k investment round into customer rewa... | DSW Ventures leads £650,000 investment round into customer rewards platform Propello |
| 11.08.2022 | Investor insights: University spinouts – part three | The major asset of a spinout in its early days is typically its intellectual property. |
| 10.08.2022 | Investor insights: University spinouts – part two | An opinion piece this time, unusually for us. |
| 21.07.2022 | Investor insights: University spinouts – part one | We’ve been busy these last few months, and temporarily off the airwaves (for the younger reader, thi... |
| 16.05.2022 | DSW Ventures leads £1.0m funding for drug formulation compan... | DSW Ventures leads £1.0m funding for drug formulation company that makes the unmanufacturable manufa... |
| 09.05.2022 | Investor insights: Why scale-ups need an FD | “We haven’t got any sales. Why should I waste my money on a finance director?” |
| 09.03.2022 | VC Insights: How to build a useful board pack | Focusing on a good monthly board pack is a task that can be easily pushed down the priority list, bu... |
| 18.01.2022 | DSW Ventures opens new office in Manchester city centre | DSW Ventures, the venture capital business which is part of the Dow Schofield Watts network, has ope... |
| 11.01.2022 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part six... | “How a night in a five star hotel room cost me my company” |
| 10.01.2022 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part five... | “Thou shalt not compete with SaaSco” |
| 30.12.2021 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part four... | The eternal triangle: company – founder – investor |
| 06.12.2021 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part one... | Directors’ service contracts – why they matter to investors |
| 06.12.2021 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part two... | Bonuses – and how to fall out with your backers |
| 06.12.2021 | Investor insights: Director’s service contracts – part three... | The things that founders get up to when you’re not looking |
| 15.11.2021 | Car rental ‘challenger’ firm Stressfreecarrental.com set to ... | Stressfreecarrental.com – a new challenger in the online car rental market – has raised £534,000 in ... |
| 15.10.2021 | DSW Ventures promotes Eleanor Boardman to support growth | DSW Ventures, the venture capital investment business of the Dow Schofield Watts group, has promoted... |
| 13.09.2021 | Dear SaasCo: Financial Performance Part 2 – The Importance o... | Dear SaasCo, |
| 07.09.2021 | Dear SaasCo: Financial Performance Part 1 – Revenue and Cash... | Dear SaasCo |
| 25.08.2021 | Investor insights: Sharing control with investors #2 | Why do investors need special rights? |
| 25.08.2021 | Investor insights: Sharing control with investors #5 | How it works in practice |
| 25.08.2021 | Investor insights: Sharing control with investors #1 | Learning to live with strangers |
| 25.08.2021 | Investor insights: Sharing control with investors #4 | Moving up and making room |
| 25.08.2021 | Investor insights: Sharing control with investors #3 | Don’t ask, don’t get |
| 28.07.2021 | 4D Biomaterials completes GBP1.6m funding round led by DSW V... | A company which has developed a new type of biomaterial that can be used for 3D printing of medical ... |
| 26.07.2021 | Investor insights: Exit preference – fixing a bad legacy | Exit preference – yet more problems down the line |
| 19.07.2021 | Investor insights: Second round fundings and exit preference | Exit preference – problems down the line |
| 15.07.2021 | Investor insights: Introduction to exit preference | Exit preference – simple in theory |
| 20.04.2021 | Dear SaasCo – Preparing for exit | Dear SaasCo,
As discussed during our investment process, to ensure we are in a position to maximise... |
| 07.04.2021 | One Utility Bill extends funding to £3.3m in the past year | One Utility Bill, the Newcastle-based business which simplifies the utilities experience for consume... |
| 03.03.2021 | One good tea deserves another! Events booking platform clock... | An events booking platform which has found a new line of business delivering afternoon teas during t... |
| 23.02.2021 | Start-up insights: about that last round valuation | “This round is valued at £6m pre-money. That’s because the last round closed at £3m. Back then, it w... |
| 16.02.2021 | Start-up insights: don’t take no for an answer | After a stretch of fairly cold technical posts, we’re now turning to look at a more human issue – ho... |
| 26.01.2021 | Start-up insights: Share options – a reprise: vesting and ot... | We have previously run through some of the principles involved in negotiating vesting provisions for... |
| 14.01.2021 | Poptop to begin global roll-out after raising further £440k | Poptop – the Newcastle-based events booking platform – has raised a further £440,000 to pursue its g... |
| 15.12.2020 | Start-up insights: Warranties in Venture Capital | We focus a lot in this series on the tougher aspects of a venture investment. You might think this r... |
| 01.12.2020 | VC Insights: The re-up | Managers in a scale-up business need to be incentivised by having a meaningful stake in the company ... |
| 24.11.2020 | Investor Insights: The Regional Angels Programme – our first... | DSW Ventures became the first partner in British Business Investments’ Regional Angels Programme a y... |
| 23.11.2020 | VC Insights: Structuring an investment: why we ask for divid... | This post is one of a series of Venture Capital Insights focussed on structuring seed-stage equity i... |
| 23.11.2020 | Investor Insights: Nick Woodrow November 2020 | We first met Nick Woodrow as a potential investor in late 2019 following him achieving an exit and l... |
| 10.11.2020 | VC Insights: Valuations in early-stage investments – what do... | This is our fifth post in a series of VC Insights focussed on valuations. We’ve looked at valuing a ... |
| 28.10.2020 | VC Insights Valuations: “what price did we just get…?” | We’ve been running a brief series of VC Insights focussed on valuations. So far, we’ve covered an ap... |
| 30.09.2020 | VC Insights: Loans in early-stage businesses – why equity ma... | … and why you won’t get your loan back (probably). |
| 10.09.2020 | VC Insights: Founder remuneration – getting the right balanc... | Founders have a dual function. Firstly shareholders, secondly as managers. They need and deserve rew... |
| 03.09.2020 | VC Insights: Valuations in early-stage investments – beyond ... | Our last post in the VC Insights series looked at methodologies for taking the headline valuation an... |
| 03.09.2020 | VC insights: Valuations in early-stage investments – beyond ... | Our last post looked in some length at how investors and founders might agree a headline valuation. ... |
| 14.08.2020 | Start-up insights: How to write a pitch deck – first impress... | A pitch deck is a key part of raising venture capital – it is the first thing an investor will see o... |
| 06.08.2020 | The Insights People raises £500k from DSW Ventures | The Insights People, the Manchester-based company which is a global leader in kids, parents and fami... |
| 27.07.2020 | VC insights: Structuring a deal – ASAs and convertibles | Continuing our ongoing series on technical aspects of structuring a venture investment, we’re now go... |
| 21.07.2020 | Launch of the DSW Ventures “Mid-Market VC Tracker” and a rev... | The first half of 2020 has seen significant economic uncertainty and volatility. We are an early sta... |
| 13.07.2020 | VC insights: Valuations in early-stage investments | Recent posts have focussed around the technical aspects of structuring a transaction. We’ll be retur... |
| 18.06.2020 | The Portfolio Effect of EIS: The hidden advantage for angel ... | |
| 08.06.2020 | VC Structures: Managing the cap table | This is the fourth in a short series from DSW Ventures on what your choices are in structuring a ven... |
| 08.06.2020 | A day in the life – Covid edition | Ellie Boardman joined DSW Ventures as an Investment Executive in October. Several months on (two bei... |
| 02.06.2020 | DSW Ventures plan £10m investment in year ahead | DSW Ventures is planning £10m of new investment over the next year to help support the post-Covid re... |
| 13.05.2020 | VC Structures: share options in venture capital deals | This is the second in our short series from DSW Ventures on what your choices are in structuring a v... |
| 05.05.2020 | Poptop finds new success with afternoon tea and comedy | Poptop – the events booking platform backed by DSW Ventures, has found renewed success – delivering ... |
| 29.04.2020 | DSW Ventures Structuring in Venture Capital Series – Using L... | This is the first blog in a short series from DSW Ventures on structuring a venture deal, whether as... |
| 23.04.2020 | One Utility Bill raises £1.7m in funding round led by DSW Ve... | One Utility Bill – which simplifies utility billing for tenants, landlords and letting agents – has ... |
| 20.04.2020 | DSW Ventures appoints two new Investment Committee members | DSW Ventures, the business angel network focused on UK regional scale-up companies, has appointed tw... |
| 24.03.2020 | DSW Ventures hits milestone deal flow at 1,000 applicants fo... | DSW Ventures, the business angel network, is celebrating a milestone after receiving its 1,000th app... |
| 21.01.2020 | ACAI more than doubles revenue following investment by DSW V... | ACAI – the unique women’s outdoorwear company – has bucked the trend of retail gloom in the Christma... |
| 20.11.2019 | Shopblocks targets global growth with £500k investment | Shopblocks – the fast-growing e-commerce platform backed by Dow Schofield Watts Ventures (DSW Ventur... |
| 31.10.2019 | DSW Ventures expands its team to support national expansion | Dow Schofield Watts Angels (DSW Ventures) – the business angel network – has expanded its team with ... |
| 17.10.2019 | Events booking platform is first to offer ‘instant’ service... | Poptop, the Newcastle company which operates the UK’s leading events booking platform, has become th... |
| 25.09.2019 | New marketing boss set to drive growth at Poptop | DSW Ventures portfolio business Poptop, the Newcastle-based company which is the UK’s fastest growin... |
| 23.09.2019 | Outdoor brand raises £350k in fourth deal by DSW Ventures | A fast-growing Cheshire clothing brand with a mission to become the ‘Levi’s of the women’s outdoorwe... |
| 12.09.2019 | British Business Investments commits £10m to Dow Schofield W... | British Business Investments commits £10m to Dow Schofield Watts Angels as first partner in Regional... |
| 10.06.2019 | DSW Ventures Shortlisted for UKBAA Best New Entrant to the E... | We’re delighted to announce that the DSW Ventures have been shortlisted for Best New Entrant to the ... |
| 25.01.2019 | The cap needs to fit: how and why to balance the cap table b... | An out-of-balance cap table will ultimately affect the incentives of founders and the long-term pros... |
| 17.12.2018 | Creating a Portfolio of Angel Investments | By David Smith |
| 13.12.2018 | DSW Ventures completes third investment | PopTopUK Limited, the UK’s leading online events marketplace, has secured a £615,000 equity investme... |
| 30.10.2018 | DSW Ventures joins national network | Dow Schofield Watts Ventures – the angels network for the North of England – has joined the national... |
| 24.10.2018 | Women Angels of the North Investment Forum | Dow Schofield Watts are proud to support the Women Angels of the North Investment Forum, taking plac... |
| 24.10.2018 | Shopblocks secures £300k investment from Northern angel netw... | Dow Schofield Watts Ventures – the Northern angel network – has completed its second deal, with a £3... |
| 18.06.2018 | How much to raise – June 2018 | Over the last year we’ve seen about 250 pitch decks, from teams at differing stages, with wildly dif... |
| 14.03.2018 | Avanite secures £500k as angel network complete first invest... | Dow Schofield Watts Ventures – the new Northern angel network – has completed its inaugural deal, wi... |
| 25.07.2017 | New angel network attracts over 50 investors in first month | A new business angel network which aims to boost investment in the North’s technology sector has att... |
| 06.06.2017 | New angel network aims to give wings to North’s tech sector... | A new business angel network aims to boost the North’s technology sector by bringing together early-... |
