Keith Benson
Partner @ DSW Ventures
Manchester, United Kingdom
Keith Benson is a Partner at DSW Ventures. He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Keith Benson invests in
Stages Keith Benson invests in
Countries Keith Benson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (40%)
- Energy 1 (20%)
- Billing 1 (20%)
- Payments 1 (20%)
- Generative AI 1 (20%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Investments
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TheNextLevel assists in just a few hours, our design team can produce a gorgeous native mobile app for iOS and Android that precisely matches your vision. The NextLevel uses a drag-and-drop app studio to keep it updated. The NextLevel creates a powerful mobile application that takes advantage of the mobile environment in a few hours. Your mobileapp shouldn't be an engineering nightmare, but rather a high-converting, low-maintenance sales channel. | $656.5K / Pre-Seed / Oct 03, 2024 | |
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One Utility Bill offers a simple way to pay anyone's bills. One Utility Bill Limited develops software that enables letting agents to create, quote, and sell bill packages for their properties and residential tenants. It serves various energy providers, such as electricity, gas, and water providers; and TV license and broadband providers. | $2.1M / Apr 07, 2021 | |
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One Utility Bill offers a simple way to pay anyone's bills. One Utility Bill Limited develops software that enables letting agents to create, quote, and sell bill packages for their properties and residential tenants. It serves various energy providers, such as electricity, gas, and water providers; and TV license and broadband providers. | $2.2M / Series A / Apr 07, 2021 | |
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One Utility Bill offers a simple way to pay anyone's bills. One Utility Bill Limited develops software that enables letting agents to create, quote, and sell bill packages for their properties and residential tenants. It serves various energy providers, such as electricity, gas, and water providers; and TV license and broadband providers. | $2.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 23, 2020 | |
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Fireflai helps product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers automate their Golden Data Set and enrich thousands of products without drowning in spreadsheets. | $536.2K / Pre-Seed |
Co-Investors
About DSW Ventures
DSW Ventures made its first investment in 2018 and is an investor in early-stage scale-up businesses requiring venture funding of more than £250,000, primarily on an EIS basis. It is funded by a growing network of high-net-worth angel investors. DSW Ventures is the trading style of DSW Angels LLP, which is part of the Dow Schofield Watts Group. DSWVentures is a partner in British Business Investments’ £100m Regional Angels Programme, designed to help reduce regional imbalances in access to early stage equity finance for smaller businesses across the UK.
DSW Ventures Contacts
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Keith Benson
Partner
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David Smith
Founding Partner
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Doug Quinn
Partner
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James Reston
Investment Manager
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FAQ
What does Keith Benson invest in?
Keith Benson invests primarily in Software, Energy and Billing startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Keith Benson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Keith Benson closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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