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dmg ventures

Venture Capital

dmg ventures is an early-stage corporate venture capital firm that supports direct-to-consumer and B2B2C businesses with media equity and influence.

Portfolio

7

companies


Portfolio companies

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Napo

Napo offers technology-driven pet insurance focussed on preventative care and education.

PF

Plum Fintech

Plum Fintech provides a smart money application that automates personal finance and investing.

P

Papier

Papier designs and sells personalised stationery products through an online platform.

Plum

Plum

Plum provides a smart money application that helps users automate savings and investments.

Kortext

Kortext

Kortext provides a digital learning and teaching platform for universities.

C

Cudoni

Cudoni provides a fully managed luxury resale service for pre-owned designer items.

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Cazoo

Cazoo operates an e-commerce platform for purchasing used cars entirely online.


Team

LR

Lord Rothermere

Chairman of DMGT

PZ

Paul Zwillenberg

CEO of DMGT

ML

Manuel Lopo De Carvalho

CEO


Recent investments

Series A
£15.0M

DN Capital led the oversubscribed Series A round to support product rollout and market expansion.

"Our mental model is fundamentally different from traditional pet insurance. We are aligning all stakeholders to look in the same direction by helping people to take better care of their pets."
— Jean-Philippe Doumeng, Co-founder and CEO
Series C
£1.7M

The smart money app secured the initial funding target within eight hours from over 3700 participants.

"I want to thank our 3700 investors for joining Plum in its journey with this new round of crowdfunding. I am thrilled to see that our campaign has secured such good traction in a short amount of time and I am excited for what is yet to come."
— Victor Trokoudes, CEO and Founder
Series C
£36.9M

The Series C financing round was led by Singular with participation from dmg ventures, Lansdowne Partners, Kathaka, Felix Capital, and Beringea.

"Taymoor and the Papier team have completely reinvented stationery for today’s consumer. They’ve taken the traditional charm, sophistication, and personalised touch of the offline paper world, and merged it with a seamless, tech-driven consumer experience and production process. I’ve been so impressed with the team’s vision, ambition, and consumer-first values. We at Singular are thrilled to partner with Papier on taking this world-class brand to even greater heights."
— Nahu Ghebremichael, Partner
Series A
£10.4M

The financing round was led by dmg ventures and Ventura Capital to support international growth and asset expansion.

"Wealth for all is our mission and we’ve made some great strides towards making that reality this year, expanding our user base massively and delivering a product that looks more-and-more like a financial super app. But there’s a lot more work to be done. The appetite for smart and intuitive investment products is enormous, particularly in other parts of Europe where often old-fashioned banks are the only option for growing your money. With the help of this new investment and our upcoming crowdfund, our app will become the natural choice for anyone in Europe looking to improve their finances for the long-term."
— Victor Trokoudes, Founder and CEO
Series A
£4.7M

The luxury resale platform raised £4.7m from dmg ventures, Hunt Investment Group, and Concurrence Capital to drive international expansion and recruitment.

"It is brilliant to receive further backing from such esteemed business leaders, most notably during what has been an incredibly tough year for certain sectors. This investment comes at a crucial stage of our journey. The valued support and investment from new and existing investors will allow us to continue our rapid expansion at a time when we are moving towards a more international model. It’s great to see business leaders investing in the luxury resale market, as we move to a more sustainable and conscious way of living, as well as supporting circular fashion which people are buying into increasingly."
— James Harford-Tyrer, Founder
Series A
£240M

The financing round was led by General Catalyst alongside several other prominent institutional investors.

"Over the past few months we have seen an acceleration in the shift from offline to online car buying as UK consumers have continued to embrace our unique and market-leading proposition. This latest funding demonstrates the conviction of some of the world’s best investors in both our business model and team as well as the UK market and gives Cazoo the firepower to deliver on our plans to provide the best possible car buying experience for UK consumers."
— Alex Chesterman, Founder
Seed
£25.0M

The round was led by dmg ventures, Stride, Octopus Ventures, and Entrée Capital to support team growth and operational expansion.

"We are delighted to have closed this further funding round, giving us significant firepower to fuel our growth after we launch later this year. We are assembling a world-class team and looking forward to transforming the used car market by delivering UK consumers the best car buying experience in terms of selection, value, quality and convenience."
— Alex Chesterman, Founder