Who founded Connect Ventures?

Connect Ventures was founded by Marcus Persson, Nils Nygren Liljenstrand, Gabriella Hachem, Nim in 2012.

Who are Connect Ventures's investors?

Connect Ventures's investors include Betaworks, FJ Labs, N49P, Ventures Together, Ballou Capital, Connect Ventures, Onstage.

Where is Connect Ventures headquartered?

Connect Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.

Connect Ventures

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London, GB · Founded 2012 · 7 known investors

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Dessn offers a design-to-code tool that connects to a product's repository and uses AI to extract design components and generate a cloud-hosted design environment built around the codebase. It targets product teams — designers, PMs, and engineers — letting them prototype features in the context of the actual product and push near-production-ready code.

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Founders & leadership

Connect Ventures was founded in 2012 by Marcus Persson, Nils Nygren Liljenstrand, Gabriella Hachem, and Nim.

Marcus PerssoninCo-founder

Nils Nygren LiljenstrandinCo-founder & CPO

Gabriella HachemCo-founder

NimCo-founder

Investors · 7

Betaworks✓ verifiedNew York · $250K – $750K

FJ Labs✓ verifiedNew York · $100K – $3M

N49P✓ verifiedCanada · $500K – $750K

Ventures Together✓ verifiedLondon

Ballou CapitalParis

Connect VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M

OnstageLondon

Companies House · registry record

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Registered name: CONNECT VENTURES LLP
Company number: OC367566
Status: Active
Company type: Limited liability partnership
Incorporated: 24 Aug 2011
Registered office: 4th Floor 140 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HY
Accounts: last made up to 31 Mar 2025 · next due 31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement: last made up to 25 Aug 2025 · next due 8 Sept 2026

Current officers · 3

Pietro Bezza — llp designated member, appointed 24 Aug 2011
Rory John Stirling — llp designated member, appointed 5 Mar 2019
Sitar Hemendra Teli — llp designated member, appointed 1 Apr 2013

Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 5 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Frequently asked questions

What does Connect Ventures do?: Dessn offers a design-to-code tool that connects to a product's repository and uses AI to extract design components and generate a cloud-hosted design environment built around the codebase. It targets product teams — designers, PMs, and engineers — letting them prototype features in the context of the actual product and push near-production-ready code.
Who founded Connect Ventures?: Connect Ventures was founded by Marcus Persson, Nils Nygren Liljenstrand, Gabriella Hachem, Nim in 2012.
Who are Connect Ventures's investors?: Connect Ventures's investors include Betaworks, FJ Labs, N49P, Ventures Together, Ballou Capital, Connect Ventures, Onstage.
Where is Connect Ventures headquartered?: Connect Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.