https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/the-media-maestro-partnership-with-dmg-ventures-has-been-a-game-changer-for-jude/
Mar 11, 2025 - The UK’s #1 bladder care brand, Jude, was the worthy winner of dmg ventures’ inaugural Media Maestro competition, winning a £250k media campaign across
dmg venturesquotmediamaestropartnership
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/meet-the-boss-backing-final-boss-sour/
May 22, 2025 - Final Boss Sour is the next cab off the rank of the LA-based venture studio behind legendary brands such as Liquid Death and Dollar Shave Club. It’s
dmg venturesmeetbossbackingfinal
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/dmg-ventures-invests-in-bloobloom-to-change-eyewear-as-we-know-it/
Mar 26, 2022 - dmg ventures has made a £1m Seed investment into Bloobloom, a rapidly growing prescription eyewear brand, which is fast becoming a driving force of
dmg ventureschangeeyewear
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/headline-fund/
Feb 18, 2025 - Headline Fund Backing consumer startups at Seed to Series A Taos Edmondson PARTNER, DMG VENTURES LinkedIn Email HEADLINE FUND PORTFOLIO COMPANIES Ticket
dmg venturesheadlinefund
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/yopa-announces-significant-investment/
Aug 5, 2022 - £16 million in new funding raised to accelerate growthIndustry heavyweight, Grenville Turner, appointed as Chairman Yopa, the full service and fair
dmg venturesannouncessignificantinvestment
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/our-tips-to-prepare-for-your-next-fundraise/
Sep 7, 2022 - Fundraising is painful. It takes huge amount of time, effort and (often and ironically) money to raise money from venture capitalists and other start-up
dmg venturestipspreparenextfundraise
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/taboola-to-go-public-via-spac/
Mar 26, 2022 - Taboola is going public via a merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (NYSE: IACA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC,
dmg venturestaboolagopublicvia
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/deep-dive/genai-navigating-the-hype-as-a-consumer-vc/
Sep 24, 2024 - Since the dawn of mobile, VCs have been yearning for the next big innovation which would upend how we live, work and play. Several pretenders have come
dmg venturesgenainavigatinghypeconsumer
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/dmg-ventures-leads-cazoo-seed-round/
Aug 5, 2022 - Serial digital entrepreneur, Alex Chesterman OBE, has raised over £30m in seed funding for his latest start-up venture, aimed at transforming the used car
dmg venturesleadscazooseedround
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/dmg-ventures-participates-in-zilch-series-b/
Mar 26, 2022 - Series B extension combines debt and equity to provide Zilch with an additional $110m of fundingZilch is one of the UK’s first ‘buy now, pay later’ apps
dmg venturesparticipateszilchseriesb
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/dmg-ventures-takes-part-in-plum-series-a/
Mar 26, 2022 - Plum has announced the $14m first close of a Series A fundraiseInvestors include dmg ventures, Ventura Capital, Global Brain, VentureFriends and 500
dmg venturestakespartplumseries
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/why-we-invested-in-sweet-bakery-brand-urban-legend/
Sep 28, 2022 - Our friends at Sequoia famously profess to invest in ‘legendary’ companies. And, to be fair to them, they’v not done a bad job of doing just
urban legendinvestedsweetbakerybrand
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/
Sep 1, 2025 - Our Companies We seek out founders with extraordinary resilience, ambition, integrity and gravitas. We love to see zero-to-one execution experience,
dmg venturescompanies
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/why-we-invested-in-fine-jewellery-start-up-fenton/
Mar 29, 2023 - We first invested in Fenton in 2022 and, since backing the business, we’ve been super impressed by the team, their growth story, the quality of
fine jewelleryinvestedstartfentondmg
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/scale-fund/
Jun 18, 2025 - Scale Fund Scaling consumer startups from Series B onwards Rachel Muzyczka PARTNER, DMG VENTURES LinkedIn Email SCALE PORTFOLIO COMPANIES Ticket size The
dmg venturesscalefund
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/%f0%9f%8e%b1-poolhouse-backing-the-next-big-social-entertainment-concept/
Apr 23, 2025 - Hot on the heels of our investment in F1 Arcade, we’ve decided to double down on the social entertainment space through our investment in Poolhouse,
poolhousebackingnextbigsocial
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/
Jun 18, 2025 - Venture with a voice We are a venture capital fund specialising in taking consumer startups to the mass market. With the backing of the UK's largest news
dmg ventures
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/dmg-ventures-leads-investment-funding-round-in-cudoni/
Mar 26, 2022 - Premium fashion resale service, Cudoni, has announced the backing of key investors to secure a total of £4.6 million worth of investment for the
dmg venturesfunding roundleadsinvestment
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/deep-dive/over-50s-a-huge-opportunity-for-start-ups/
Apr 28, 2022 - Over 50s should be a key focus area for start-ups The demographic is a hugely heterogenous one, and should not be cast asunder as a group of housebound
start upsdmg ventureshugeopportunity
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/team-members/rachel-muzyczka/
Feb 18, 2025 - Partner, DMG Ventures
dmg venturesrachel
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/why-we-invested-in-digital-brand-builder-factory14/
Apr 28, 2022 - Upon interviewing with, and eventually joining, dmg ventures, I was delighted to learn that we were investing in factory14. For all the reasons
brand builderdmg venturesinvesteddigital
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/uk-consumer-vcs-who-they-are-what-they-invest-in-and-how-to-reach-them/
Feb 7, 2023 - Fundraising is tough at the best of times. It’s especially tough at the moment, with a gloomy macroeconomic outlook biting the start-up ecosystem hard.
ukconsumervcsinvest
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/case-study/building-the-uks-fastest-ever-unicorn-cazoo/
Mar 26, 2022 - Biding our time in a huge market ripe for disruption Back in the early 2000s, through trends in classified businesses, we identified the auto industry
dmg venturesbuildingfastesteverunicorn
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/cazoo-to-list-on-nyse/
Mar 26, 2022 - Cazoo, the UK’s leading online car retailer, announces $7.0bn business combination with AJAX ICazoo is one of Europe’s fastest growing digital businesses,
dmg venturescazoolistnyse
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/dmg-ventures-joins-the-papier-party-as-part-of-50m-series-c/
Mar 26, 2022 - Papier secures $50M Series C funding to fuel international expansion. Papier has, on average, doubled in size every year since launch, making it the
dmg venturesjoinspapierparty
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/what-a-vc-is-looking-for-at-each-stage-of-the-start-up-fundraising-process/
Sep 28, 2023 - VC fund decision-making is something of a black box for founders. Founders give VCs an access-all-areas pass to their business only to essentially get a
vclookingstage
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/dont-forget-about-d-r-e-data-research-effectiveness/
May 22, 2025 - Sound marketing advice tenuously underpinned by old school hip-hop lyrics This blog is brought to you by Richard Lay, Head of Research at Mail Metro
data researchforgeteffectivenessdmg
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/bricklane-raises-4-7m-series-a-led-by-a-o-proptech-and-dmg-ventures/
Aug 5, 2022 - Bricklane, the property investment platform, has announced its successful £4.7m Series A fundraise from leading UK and US investors. The raise coincides
raisesseriesled
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/cazoo-secures-100m-series-b-investment-led-by-dmg-ventures/
Aug 5, 2022 - Cazoo, one of the UK’s leading new tech businesses, which makes buying a car much like buying any other product online today, announces that it has raised
dmg venturescazoosecuresseriesb
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/factory14-raises-mega-round-with-backing-from-dmg-ventures/
Mar 26, 2022 - factory14 raises $200M Seed funding to acquire and scale the most recognizable consumer brands of tomorrowThe company also announces the acquisition
dmg venturesraisesmegaroundbacking
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/behind-the-scenes-at-dmg-ventures-by-our-summer-2022-intern-ben-cher/
Feb 7, 2023 - Before coming across, and applying to, dmg ventures’ Summer internship programme, I thought of venture capital as a closed-off industry that was
dmg venturesbehindscenessummer
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/deep-dive/sport-physical-wellbeing-a-giant-market-in-an-innovation-spurt/
Apr 28, 2022 - Bill Shankly, legendary Liverpool F.C. manager, once said, in response to someone positing that football was a matter of life and death, that ‘it’s more
physical wellbeingsportampgiantmarket
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/fenton-newsjack-flora-gills-surprise-marriage-proposal/
Aug 2, 2023 - When journalist, Flora Gill decided to surprise her long term boyfriend, Adam by proposing with a pair of beautiful, bespoke Fenton rings, she brought You
marriage proposalfentonfloragillsurprise
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/live-better-with-enjoys-brand-awareness-boost/
Aug 5, 2022 - The power of dmg media’s brands and storytelling saw tech for good startup, Live Better With, reach new heights. The London-based online platform offers
brand awarenessdmg ventureslivebetterenjoys
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/rental-reimagined-why-we-invested-in-fashion-startup-hirestreet/
Jun 19, 2025 - As an ever-changing cultural phenomenon, fashion moves at a fast pace and our wardrobes can rarely keep up. It’s a challenge to buy what we want without
rentalinvestedfashionstartupdmg
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/gp-nutrition-sees-record-sales-from-you-magazine-editorial-coverage/
Mar 26, 2022 - After listening to Gabriela Peacock talk about her 4:3 diet plan, Jo Elvin, Editor of YOU magazine, decided it would make a great feature that her readers
gpnutritionseesrecordsales
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/daily-mail-metro-and-you-magazine-launch-new-auto-sections-with-cazoo/
Apr 13, 2022 - Cazoo’s brand awareness has rocketed since their launch in 2019. After a heavy weight and regular display campaign across our papers, it was time to build
daily mailmetromagazinelaunchnew
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/%f0%9f%98%8b-delicious-data-rooms-what-consumer-vcs-want-to-see/
Jul 8, 2024 - There’s plenty of good content out there from VCs, angels, founders, service providers and others on what information to include in your data room when
deliciousdataroomsconsumervcs
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/turning-the-tables-selecting-the-right-vc-for-your-startup/
Jan 8, 2025 - I’m going to start by addressing the elephant in the room. As a VC, why on earth would I encourage founders to be more picky with VCs? The answer is
turningtablesselectingrightvc
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/2024-50m-in-new-capital-2-new-partners-and-8-new-investments-at-dmg-ventures/
Dec 10, 2024 - 2024 has been a momentous year for dmg ventures. I didn’t really see it in the moment, but it hits home as I take a breath to pull together this
newcapitalpartners
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/newsroom/2023-a-year-of-creativity-and-growth-at-dmg-ventures/
Dec 12, 2023 - 🚀 3 new companies and a flying portfolio This is the third time I’ve sat down to write up dmg ventures’ end of year review, and its six years since I
dmg venturesyearcreativitygrowth
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/outstanding-outreach-how-to-optimise-your-first-touchpoint-with-vcs/
Feb 25, 2025 - The initial message which startup founders send to VCs is one of the most overlooked components of the fundraising process, in contrast to the reams of
outstandingoutreachfirsttouchpointvcs
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/dmg-ventures-continues-to-back-kortext-with-15m-investment/
Mar 26, 2022 - Student demand for Kortext platform has risen 300% in one year 50 jobs created and Paul Zwillenberg joins Kortext board Kortext, the UK’s
dmg venturescontinuesbackkortextinvestment
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/what-makes-b2c-start-ups-venture-backable-answers-from-leading-consumer-vcs/
Jan 2, 2024 - Is there a more infuriating phrase in the English vocabulary than ‘venture backable’? I’m yet to hear it. With help from a number of friends who invest in
start upsmakesanswersleading
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/why-vcs-are-dumb-and-how-to-use-us/
Jun 24, 2025 - 99.9% of VCs are dumber than you and the rest of your team when it comes to the intricacies of your company. However, a VC can also be one of your
vcsdumbusedmg
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/should-you-keep-vcs-warm-between-investment-rounds/
Aug 6, 2025 - Relative bliss. That’s right. That glorious period where you don’t have to pump yourself up for new investor meetings and go through the torturous
dmg ventureskeepvcswarminvestment
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/why-we-invested-in-cult-swimwear-brand-hunza-g/
Nov 26, 2024 - When the opportunity to invest in Hunza G came up, it was impossible to say no. Hunza G is a cult swimwear brand with an avid following and a
investedcultswimwearbrandhunza
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/team-members/the-viscount-rothermere/
Feb 18, 2025 - Executive Chairman, DMGT
dmg venturesviscount
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/why-we-invested-in-luxury-resale-platform-cudoni/
Mar 26, 2022 - When we met Cudoni, we knew we had found the right team, at the right time, in a market worth $33bn in Europe alone, with a proposition which could
dmg venturesinvestedluxuryplatform
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/case-study/turning-zoopla-into-a-2-2-billion-behemoth/
Mar 26, 2022 - Classifieds going Digital and the creation of the Digital Property Group As a group, we have been involved in the migration of print to digital from its
dmg venturesturningzooplabillionbehemoth
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/why-we-invested-in-the-life-changing-running-app-coopah/
Sep 1, 2025 - Coopah is one of those companies where I sensed in the first few minutes of the first meeting that we’d want to invest. There’s just so much to like
life changinginvestedrunningapp
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/why-we-invested-in-d2c-stationery-brand-papier/
Apr 28, 2022 - ‘Lovely products, lovely brand.’ This is the reaction you get from pretty much everyone when you mention Papier to them. And it’s nigh on
dmg venturesinvestedstationerybrandpapier
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/media-maestro-dmg-ventures-new-competition-to-bring-start-ups-to-the-masses/
Jan 22, 2024 - dmg ventures is excited to be launching Media Maestro, a new competition where the winner will receive a £250k advertising budget with dmg
start upsmediamaestrodmgnew
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/drive-to-thrive-why-we-invested-in-formula-1-themed-venue-f1-arcade/
Jun 12, 2023 - Our investment in F1 Arcade, in a round led by Liberty Media (the owners of Formula 1), has to be up there with our coolest to date. F1 Arcade is a
drivethriveinvestedformulathemed
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/2022-a-rewarding-year-for-dmg-ventures-in-tough-times/
Jun 29, 2023 - 4 new companies, 4 follow-ons and 2.3x of Fund I returned There’s no doubt about it, 2022 has been a year in which the venture capital industry has been
dmg venturestough timesrewardingyear
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/media-case-study/fenton-achieves-increase-in-brand-search-direct-traffic-intentful-action-and-sales/
Feb 7, 2023 - Luxury fine jewellery brand, Fenton are shaking up the industry. Crafting personalised jewellery at prices that suit the customer, positively impacting
direct trafficfentonincreasebrandsearch
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/how-consumer-vcs-make-investment-decisions-inside-the-black-box/
May 21, 2024 - What VCs looks for in start-ups is well-storied but the process by which they get to a decision less so. Even as someone who lives and breathes venture
investment decisionsblack boxconsumervcsmake
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/our-investment-process/
Mar 24, 2022 - Two questions we always get asked by founders are 1) how long is our due diligence (DD) process and 2) what information do we need for
dmg venturesinvestmentprocess
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/cudoni-announces-multi-million-pound-backing-from-key-investors/
Aug 5, 2022 - Leading luxury resale offering confirms partnership with multiple investors. Premium fashion resale service, Cudoni, has today confirmed the backing
announcesmultimillionpoundbacking
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/team-members/taos-edmondson/
Apr 3, 2025 - Partner, DMG Ventures
dmg venturestaos
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/our-investment-strategy/
Mar 26, 2022 - For venture capital to truly work for both start-ups and investors, we believe information should flow both ways, not just from start-ups to investors,
investment strategydmg ventures
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/team-members/susanna-williams/
Feb 17, 2025 - Group Media Director, DMG Ventures
dmg venturessusannawilliams
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/cutting-the-cac-a-field-guide-to-start-up-and-vc-jargon/
Sep 28, 2022 - A glossary of start-up and VC jargon.
field guidecuttingcacstart
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/dmg-ventures-announces-50m-in-fresh-capital-backs-burgeoning-food-and-beverage-brands-trip-and-blue-stripes-and-makes-two-promotions-to-partner/
Oct 22, 2024 - Today, we’re reaffirming dmg ventures’ commitment to the recovering consumer start-up ecosystem and the extraordinary founders driving it. We’re
dmg venturesannouncesfreshcapitalbacks
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/portfolio/dmgt-acquires-podcast-innovator-entale/
Mar 26, 2022 - Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), the multinational media and B2B services group, and owner of titles such as Daily Mail, New Scientist and Metro,
dmg venturespodcastinnovator
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/luna-daily-scoops-media-maestro-2025/
Apr 3, 2025 - The second edition of Media Maestro is a wrap, and it’s been a whirlwind. 200 startups applied, including many of the UK’s burgeoning consumer
luna dailydmg venturesscoopsmediamaestro
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/2021-a-stellar-year-for-dmg-ventures/
Mar 26, 2022 - Portfolio valuation is as of 02/11/21. Every year in VC is eventful, but 2021 has been a particularly busy, challenging and rewarding one. It’s been the
dmg venturesstellaryear
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/yes-suri-why-we-invested-in-the-toothbrush-that-will-change-your-life/
Mar 11, 2024 - I was as skeptical as you are now when the opportunity to invest in SURI first crossed my desk. Does the world really need another toothbrush? The answer
yessuriinvestedtoothbrush
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/and-the-winner-of-dmg-ventures-media-maestro-2024-isjude/
Feb 27, 2024 - The inaugural running of Media Maestro is over and we’re thrilled to announce that, out of 200 incredible applicants, the winner is the
winnerdmgmediamaestro
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/how-to/b2c-startup-fundraising-in-2023-vs-2021-adjusting-for-a-crisis/
May 24, 2023 - In hindsight, fundraising in 2021 wasn’t too far from taking candy from a baby. Early stage VCs and angel investors were drunk on a heady cocktail of a
startup fundraisingvsadjusting
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/about-us/
Feb 18, 2025 - Media moves fast, and so do we We specialise in building compelling consumer brands. We benefit from the resources and expertise of one of the world's
mass marketdmg venturesjourney
https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/new-investment/striking-it-lucky-backing-the-next-big-energy-drink-brand/
Mar 28, 2025 - Lucky Energy is not here to mess around. Since launching at the start of 2024, the US-based brand has now raised over $40m in capital, rapidly scaled
energy drinkstrikingluckybackingnext