# Keith Benson

> Keith Benson is a pre-seed investor at DSW Ventures (Manchester) backing Software and Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DSW Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dow-schofield-watts-angels)
- Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-benson-6639a14/

Keith Benson is a Partner at DSW Ventures. He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Billing | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |
| Generative AI | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TheNextLevel | 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 |  |
| One Utility Bill | 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 |  |
| One Utility Bill | 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 |  |
| One Utility Bill | 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 |  |
| Fireflai | 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 |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GC Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gc-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About DSW Ventures

VC Fund · Manchester, United Kingdom

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.

4 contacts available at DSW Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keith Benson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-benson-e2e0 |
| David Smith | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-smith-10 |
| Doug Quinn | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-quinn-59bf |
| James Reston | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-reston-6d4b |

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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