dmg ventures
Media-backed venture fund helping consumer start-ups reach the mass market with cash and advertising credits
- Venture capital
- London
- Type
- Venture capital
- Based in
- London
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+, Growth
- Sector focus
- Fintech, AI & Data, E-commerce & Retail, Marketing & Adtech, Media & Gaming
- Cheque size
- €100k–€1.5M
- Fund size
- £250m+ invested
- Website
- dmgventures.co.uk
dmg ventures is the venture investment arm associated with dmg media, publisher of the Daily Mail. It backs consumer start-ups and pairs capital with discounted advertising across dmg media titles, plus marketing expertise, to help brands reach mass audiences.
Its Headline Fund invests £250k to £1.5m at seed to Series A, mainly in UK companies, using a mix weighted towards cash. Its Scale Fund invests £1m to £5m at Series B onwards, largely in media credits. The firm reports more than £250m invested since 2018 and runs Media Maestro, an annual competition awarding a start-up £250k of advertising space.
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