# DC Thomson Ventures

> DC Thomson Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Internet and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dct-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dctventures
- Website: http://dctventures.com/

DC Thomson Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Internet and Software. DC Thomson Ventures (DCT Ventures) is the corporate venture arm of D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., a private, family-owned company with a long heritage of entrepreneurship. Headquartered in Dundee, Scotland with a London office in Fleet Street, the DC Thomson Group is one of the leading media organisations in the UK, predominantly publishingnewspapers and magazines. Shortlist Media and Puzzler Media also form part of the DC Thomson publishing division.The wider DC Thomson Group has other major divisions operating in international book publishing (Parragon), data centres (brightsolid) and global online genealogy (Findmypast).DC Thomson has a long traditional of entrepreneurial investment which is now led through DCT Ventures. Through acquisitions and investments, the organisation has diversified into new media, digital technology, education, retail, radio and television.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| News | 1 | 10% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 50% |
| Israel | 1 | 10% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Hall | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-hall-3 |
| Tully Cornick | Head of DC Thomson Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tully-cornick |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kando | Kando offers a Data as a Service platform that delivers real-time insights from wastewater networks. This technology enables organizations to identify pollution sources and improve wastewater quality through machine learning and automated sampling. The focus is on enhancing public health and environmental well-being by optimizing wastewatermanagement practices. | $8M | Series B | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Trax | Trax provides offers in-store execution tools, market measurement services, and data science solutions for retail.Its mission is to enable brands and retailers to harness digital technologies' power to produce the best shopping experiences imaginable. Trax’s retail platform allows customers to understand what is happening on a shelf, inevery store, all the time so they can focus on what they do best – delighting shoppers. Many of the world’s top CPG companies and retailers use Trax’s dynamic merchandising, in-store execution, shopper engagement, market measurement, analytics, and shelf monitoring solutions at scale to drive positive shopper experiences and unlock revenue opportunities at all points of sale. As a pioneer in computer vision, Trax continues to lead the industry in innovation and excellence through the development of advanced technologies and autonomous data collection methods. Trax is a global company with hubs in the United States, Singapore, and Israel, serving customers in more than 90 countries worldwide. | $125M | Series D | Jul 01, 2018 |  |
| Limelight Sports | Creating an Active World. Together. They create real-life and online communities where you can connect and share your active experiences. They are the agency of the Active World. They work with global brands to bring you active experiences around the world. |  |  | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| Cogbooks | They learn better when learning is personalized to their needs – taking into account their existing knowledge and capabilities. So when training or learning needs to work, you need a personalized approach that makes learning really happen. The CogBooks intelligent adaptive learning platform let’s you create and deliver personalized web-basedlearning that works.CogBooks brings research-based methods to web-based learning: Their adaptive learning platform uses an intelligent engine to personalise what the learner experiences in real time. This ensures that each individual receives the specific knowledge and performance support they need. CogBooks optimises the learning path - filling in key knowledge gaps, providing job aids or skipping unnecessary basics – so that every learner develops sound knowledge they can use and build on.CogBooks adaptive learning is available as a cloud-based authoring and delivery tool and links directly with any standard LMS, letting you upgrade to an adaptive LMS without software installation or integration. They also offer adaptive courses from select partners in a range of business topics (www.cogbooks.com/courses) .Go to www.cogbooks.com to learn how CogBooks can help you reduce learning times and improve outcomes for critical business and learning needs. | $1.7M | Convertible Note | Jun 17, 2016 |  |
| Cogbooks | They learn better when learning is personalized to their needs – taking into account their existing knowledge and capabilities. So when training or learning needs to work, you need a personalized approach that makes learning really happen. The CogBooks intelligent adaptive learning platform let’s you create and deliver personalized web-basedlearning that works.CogBooks brings research-based methods to web-based learning: Their adaptive learning platform uses an intelligent engine to personalise what the learner experiences in real time. This ensures that each individual receives the specific knowledge and performance support they need. CogBooks optimises the learning path - filling in key knowledge gaps, providing job aids or skipping unnecessary basics – so that every learner develops sound knowledge they can use and build on.CogBooks adaptive learning is available as a cloud-based authoring and delivery tool and links directly with any standard LMS, letting you upgrade to an adaptive LMS without software installation or integration. They also offer adaptive courses from select partners in a range of business topics (www.cogbooks.com/courses) .Go to www.cogbooks.com to learn how CogBooks can help you reduce learning times and improve outcomes for critical business and learning needs. | $1.3M | Convertible Note | May 01, 2015 |  |
| Reedsy | Reedsy focuses on enabling authors to find and connect with publishers, editors, book cover designers, translators, and marketers to create and market their books.Reedsy offers collaboration tools that enable its customers to share files, message, discuss, allocate tasks, and make transactions.Reedsy was founded in London by Emmanuel Nataf,Matt Cobb, Ricardo Fayet, and Vincent Durand in 2014. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |
| PlayCanvas | PlayCanvas was founded in London, UK in 2011 and is bringing game development into the 21st century by creating cloud-hosted game development and publishing tools. Their vision is for a social game development platform with a focus on collaboration and accessibility. | $470K | Seed | Nov 19, 2014 |  |
| Cogbooks | They learn better when learning is personalized to their needs – taking into account their existing knowledge and capabilities. So when training or learning needs to work, you need a personalized approach that makes learning really happen. The CogBooks intelligent adaptive learning platform let’s you create and deliver personalized web-basedlearning that works.CogBooks brings research-based methods to web-based learning: Their adaptive learning platform uses an intelligent engine to personalise what the learner experiences in real time. This ensures that each individual receives the specific knowledge and performance support they need. CogBooks optimises the learning path - filling in key knowledge gaps, providing job aids or skipping unnecessary basics – so that every learner develops sound knowledge they can use and build on.CogBooks adaptive learning is available as a cloud-based authoring and delivery tool and links directly with any standard LMS, letting you upgrade to an adaptive LMS without software installation or integration. They also offer adaptive courses from select partners in a range of business topics (www.cogbooks.com/courses) .Go to www.cogbooks.com to learn how CogBooks can help you reduce learning times and improve outcomes for critical business and learning needs. | $2.8M |  | Oct 01, 2014 |  |
| Reedsy | Reedsy focuses on enabling authors to find and connect with publishers, editors, book cover designers, translators, and marketers to create and market their books.Reedsy offers collaboration tools that enable its customers to share files, message, discuss, allocate tasks, and make transactions.Reedsy was founded in London by Emmanuel Nataf,Matt Cobb, Ricardo Fayet, and Vincent Durand in 2014. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2014 |  |
| Ambicare Health | Ambicare Health Ltd developed a portfolio of wearable light sources for medical and consumer healthcare applications.The concept underpinning all of Ambicare’s technology has been to replicate the science of light therapies already clinically proven and practiced in central medical facilities, but to deliver them in a highly convenient form foruse in community medicine or home settings, through use of convenient, wearable LED treatment heads and a rechargeable treatment controller.Since its founding as the result of pioneering work done at the University of St. Andrews and Tayside Health Board (NHS) in 2004, Ambicare has made substantial progress in the development and commercialisation of proprietary, light emitting diode (LED) based devices for the treatment of a range of skin conditions and diseases. Ambicare has developed two distinct product lines, both of which are clinically proven and convenient to use, for the treatment of specific dermatological conditions: non-melanoma skin cancer and acne. | $2.6M |  | Jul 26, 2010 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does DC Thomson Ventures invest in?

DC Thomson Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact DC Thomson Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at DC Thomson Ventures?

The team at DC Thomson Ventures includes Richard Hall (Chairman) and Tully Cornick (Head of DC Thomson Ventures). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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