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Connect Ventures
also invests · investor profileLondon, GB · Founded 2012 · 18 employees on LinkedIn · 8 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.
Founders & leadership
Connect Ventures was founded in 2012 by Marcus Persson, Nils Nygren Liljenstrand, Gabriella Hachem, Nim, and Pietro Bezza.
Investors · 8
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Companies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- 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.
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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, Pietro Bezza in 2012.
- Who are Connect Ventures's investors?
- Connect Ventures's investors include Betaworks, FJ Labs, N49P, Ventures Together, Ballou Capital, Connect Ventures, Indaco Venture Partners, Onstage.
- Where is Connect Ventures headquartered?
- Connect Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.