Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Denmark in February 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Denmark. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Denmark. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Denmark in February 2025
Investor | Food and Beverage Denmark investments |
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Sweet Capital | 3 |
Vaekstfonden | 3 |
BioInnovation Institute | 3 |
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen | 3 |
Seed Capital | 2 |
Preben Damgaard | 2 |
Christian Dörffer | 2 |
Kickass Capital | 2 |
Vaekstfonden | 2 |
Export and Investment Fund | 2 |
Balderton Capital | 2 |
14W | 2 |
henQ | 2 |
byFounders | 1 |
Colin Carrier | 1 |
Søren Kirketerp | 1 |
BioInnovation Institute Venture House | 1 |
Erste Oetker Beteiligungs | 1 |
Tao Tao | 1 |
Oyster Bay | 1 |
Ashish Jain | 1 |
Jesper Lindhardt | 1 |
Muse Capital | 1 |
Paulig | 1 |
Adela Michea | 1 |
Morten Larsen | 1 |
Gelu Sulugiuc | 1 |
The Yield Lab | 1 |
PINC | 1 |
Dalgaard Group | 1 |
EQT Ventures | 1 |
Science | 1 |
CAPNOVA | 1 |
Delivery Hero | 1 |
SOSV | 1 |
JMC Capital Partners | 1 |
SGH CAPITAL | 1 |
Dr.Oetker | 1 |
VF Venture | 1 |
Anuj Dhariwal | 1 |
Bjørn Bruun | 1 |
Moonraker Ventures | 1 |
Jesper Johansen | 1 |
Human Act | 1 |
Nordic Foodtech VC | 1 |
Mike Lee | 1 |
Kasper Hulthin | 1 |
The Nordic Web Ventures | 1 |
Bettina Klaustrup Kirketerp | 1 |
The Yield Lab Europe | 1 |
Sweet is the King.com (Candy Crush) founders' evergreen investment fund. We are passionate about funding the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Pachama — Harnessing AI to drive carbon capture and protect global forests
- The Expert — Book consultations with the world's top design experts
- Masters — Train mind and body on the Masters app with full workout programs designed and run by the world's best athletes. Join today and start training like a pro.
Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Wedio — Buy & Rent professional film equipment from trusted creators near you. Buy & rent cameras, lenses, drones with Global Coverage. Explore
- Keepit — The Keepit Cloud is the most cost-effective solution on the market with 20+ years of experience. Learn more about our next-level data protection services
- kleen hub — Kleen hub is Denmark's first digital return system for reusable coffee cups and food packaging.
BioInnovation Institute is a biotechnology startup that offers entrepreneurs and researchers in life science. Early-stage life science start-ups are supported with up to 10 million DKK in funding, business acceleration, network, labs, and office space. It helps to early-stage start-ups within human health and planetary health. The startup'smission is to use its knowledge, network, funding, and infrastructure to incubate world-class life science and catalyze the commercialization of new solutions through start-ups.BioInnovation Institute was founded in 2018 and is based in Denmark.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
- Convertible Note, Pre-Seed, Debt Financing
- Denmark, Germany, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- NorFalk — NorFalk rethinks the way to produce surfactants: the active and stabilizing ingredients in household care and personal care consumer products.
- ArcanaBio — ArcanaBio is developing realtime biosurveillance solutions that minimize workplace disruptions and support health & wellness
- Zeta Diagnostics — First-in-class hardware-and-software-as-a-service diagnostics for the 400M suffering from middle ear problems
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen is a Co-Founder & serves as a Partner at 2xN. Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen was General Partner at Balderton Capital in London from 2015-2021 through four funds. He joined after spending a decade in Silicon Valley where he was with Uber and Dropbox.Since 2012 his venture track record includes two IPOs (Uber, Dropbox) and 11acquisitions.Lars joined Balderton from Uber which he joined when the company was operating in less than 20 cities. His role as Vice-President resulted in strategic alliances. Lars joined Uber from Dropbox as one of the company’s first 25 employees. As Head of Mobile, his growth deals with Samsung and other mobile OEMs helped Dropbox reach its first 100 million users. Prior to that Lars held positions at Voicesignal (acq. Nuance), Skyhook Wireless (acq. TruePosition), Ness Technologies (acq. Opentable), 3Jam (acq. Skype) and T9 Tegic (acq. AOL). More than a billion people have used the software and services distributed as a result of mobile growth partnerships led by Lars.His venture investments include Voi (Raine), Labster (A16Z), Hiya (Ericsson), Cambridge Quantum Computing (HON), Hopin (A16Z), Opensea (A16Z), Yassir (YC), Beacon (Eric Schmidt), The org (Sequoia), Octant (A16Z), Zycada (Khosla), Monarch Money (Accel) and Kukua (Tencent), Dubsmash (acq. Reddit), Tempow (acq. Google), Rahko (acq. Odyssey Therapeutics), Pocket (acq. Mozilla), Blue Bottle (acq. Nestle), Marble (acq. Caterpillar).Lars, who is Danish-Portuguese, grew up across Africa and served with the Royal Danish Guards. He holds a MBA from London Business School, where he also serves on the Board of Trustees, an MSc from Oxford University Keble College and a BSc from King’s College, London. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- HUBUC — A single API-platform that allows any business to embed financial services capabilities into their products. e.g Uber can issue branded credit cards for all Uber drivers and Walmart provides customers a simple way to better manage and control their everyday finances, with no regulatory burden or compliance requirements in a few weeks.
- LiveFlow — The easiest way to bring financial data into your spreadsheet. Automate your finances, consolidate your accounts and collaborate in real-time. Try LiveFlow for free today!
- Quantrol Ox — Building Machine Learning Based Software for Quantum Control with a goal to maximise quantum computer uptime.
Seed Capital invests in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. We are focused on "late seed"-stage companies, typically investing 1-3 MEUR in rounds of 1-6 MEUR. Proud backers of Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, Forecast, and many other great companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Tembi — Market Intelligence platform with deep market data, insights and predictions for B2B companies that look for a competitive edge.
- Landfolk — Landfolk is the new marketplace for the special holiday homes that are hidden around the country. We have hand-picked every single cottage, where there are proud and passionate hosts, who love their holiday homes, but also like to share it with others.
- Embankment Group — Embankment Group is a recruitment consultancy specialising in candidate short markets. We pride ourselves on matching the best talent to the right companies.
Preben Damgaard - Director @ Axcess A/S
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Denmark, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Paperflow — Paperflow is a company that developed a cloud-based system that, using artificial intelligence, scans and handles vouchers such as receipts or invoices so that the manual posting is done automatically.
- Configit —
- Too Good To Go — Too Good To Go app is the world's largest surplus food marketplace. Download now and enjoy good food at 1/2 price or less, help the environment and reduce food waste.
Christian Dörffer is the Founder and General Partner of Defiance Capital. He previously worked at Midnight Runners as a Co-Founder and Owner. Christian Dörffer attended Copenhagen Business School.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Medley — Medley is a membership for curious, growth-minded people who want a structured, social, and accessible way to invest in themselves.
- Mental — Mental app offers action-oriented Coaching and Programs that help you become your most energized, disciplined, and motivated self.
- Fiction Foods — A technology-first, architectural approach to food to deliver purpose-driven nutritional solutions that advance both human and environmental health.
Kickass Capital invests in extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies that will define the next era of innovation.
They go in at POC stage, with ca$h ($200k-2M), support and our extensive network.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Content, Cooking
- Seed, Funding Round
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Rokoko — Rokoko | Affordable high-end motion capture and animation tools for body, hand, and face capture + software with native integrations for all major animation software and game engines
- Zetland — Zetland is a digital newspaper that provides its users with daily news. Zetland was founded in 2012 by Hakon Mosbech, Jakob Moll, and Silke Bock and is based in Copenhagen.
- chefmade — Chef Made provides private dining solutions.
Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Wedio — Buy & Rent professional film equipment from trusted creators near you. Buy & rent cameras, lenses, drones with Global Coverage. Explore
- Keepit — The Keepit Cloud is the most cost-effective solution on the market with 20+ years of experience. Learn more about our next-level data protection services
- kleen hub — Kleen hub is Denmark's first digital return system for reusable coffee cups and food packaging.
Denmark's Export and Investment Fund (EIFO) serves as a single point of contact for Danish firms seeking risk-tolerant government finance. We aspire to help successful enterprises that can expand the Danish economy and green the world on a daily basis, guided by professionalism and an international perspective.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Orbex Space — Founded in 2015, Orbex is Europe’s leading private launch services company, focused entirely on supporting the needs of the small satellite industry.Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low carbon, high performance micro-launch vehicles in the world. They launch customer satellites into polar and sun-synchronous low Earth orbits from aunique, modern launch location in the heart of the European continent.They offer a flexible core launch service and a wide suite of supporting services that make life easier for customers. Their European location means shorter supply lines, easier communications and reduced operational costs. Their advanced launch vehicle means higher reliability, more flexible mission profiles and a regular, scheduled launch service.
- Capra Robotics — Our Mobile Robot Platform is a versatile solution optimized for outdoor use in any terrain. Read more about how the CAPRA can work for you.
- Orbis Medicines — Orbis Medicines is a novel macrocyclic chemistry and computational platform for high-throughput drug discovery.
In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Agave Games — Agave Games is a mobile games publishing company and provides unique experiences
- Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.
- Lindus Health — Lindus Health. From recruitment to delivery, we accelerate clinical trials. Our mission is to make health research accessible for everyone, everywhere.
14W is a Venture Capital firm based in New York, focusing on the intersection of technology and consumer behaviour.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fashion, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Exoticca — Exoticca develops an online platform intended to facilitate travel booking. The company's platform offers holiday packages which includes flights, accommodation, meals, guides and private transports, for exotic locations all around the world, enabling travelers to book travel packages online at competitive prices.
- Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.
- Power Life Science — Discover cutting-edge therapies by enrolling in clinical trials. Power helps patients everywhere take control of their care.
Early-stage funding for the odd ones out in B2B software.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- The Netherlands, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Kanpla — Connect digitally with your guests and combine the physical canteen with a digital experience.
- Modash.io — High performing marketing teams use Modash to find, analyze and monitor influencers at scale all over the world. Join them today.
- imagino — imagino provide a ground-breaking composable revenue-first CDP and marketing platform across Europe. For marketers who think big, but need to act fast. Any industry. Any challenge. Any outcome. Welcome to the future.
byFounders is the community-powered early-stage venture fund investing in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries. With its unique Collective of founders and operators, byFounders offers its portfolio operational expertise and a global network. Believing in the power of tech to shape our future, byFounders takes an impact-aware approach to investing and working with the broader startup ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Denmark, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- DREM — Simplifying distributed energy saving solutions
- Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
- DataCrunch.io — DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models
Currently building new things @Oooh and @PinataFarms. Angel Investor. Venture Partner and Startup Advisor. Most recently at @Twitch I was leading a portfolio of incubation projects and corporate development.I like building companies and solving problems creatively. I've spent the better part of my career at three different live videostartups - two of which have been acquired for more than $1.2 billion combined. I've helped raise more than $100 million in fundraising from institutional and private investors. Back in the day, I learned how to PPT and XLS as a strategy consultant focused on media, entertainment and technology.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- MetaMap — Metamaps are customisable trust workflows that empower service providers to reach more customers.
- Alt — Buy and sell authenticated, investment-grade trading cards and use our industry-leading research tools to make informed investment decisions.
- Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
Søren Kirketerp is a Partner at Bjergegaard & Co.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
In order to assist the early-stage start-ups that have already benefited from BII, the Venture House program offers an additional financing opportunity in the form of a risk-free convertible loan. The course aims to promote teamwork, scientific advancement, and company acceleration.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Convertible Note
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Aiomic — Aiomic is a HealthTech company developing AI-enhanced reporting and prediction tools to combat postoperative complications. It offers automated tracking and real-time risk assessment using the company's Surgical Advanced Warning (SAW) system that functions as a business intelligence tool for hospitals, a decision support tool for healthcarepractitioners, and an individualized patient empowerment tool by allowing patients to gain insight into their risk profiles.
- Ousia Pharma — Ousia Pharma is paving the way for novel therapeutic strategies using peptide-drug-conjugates
- Nordic Virtual Pastures — Nordic Virtual Pastures operates a beef farm that aims to accelerate the culture of the meat revolution. It utilizes a ground-breaking new method that allows people to continue eating meat without the environmental and ethical issues that surround the conventional meat industry.The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Copenhagen,Denmark.
Erste Oetker Beteiligungs engages in the acquisition, holding, and management of shareholdings in companies.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Plant Jammer — Our vision is to help 1 billion people cook in a more fun and sustainable way. Our algorithms make cooking tastier, easier, and more creative.
Tao Tao is Co-Founder & COO at GetYourGuide.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Hospitality, Apps
- Pre-Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Germany, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- anna — anna makes restaurant hiring a little easier. We're replacing e-mail as the standard hiring interface for the restaurant industry.
- GetYourGuide — Find, compare, and book sightseeing tours, attractions, excursions, things to do and fun activities from around the world. Save money and book directly from local suppliers.
- Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.
Venture capital firm with a focus on healthy, sustainable and functional food & beverage companies as well as disruptive ag-tech companies.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Cooking
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, Sweden, France
Portfolio highlights
- 77 Foods — La Vie is developing a 100% vegetable edible fat with the ambition of offering different types of vegetable meats.
- Goodbytz — Goodbytz create robotic kitchen assistants.
- Peas of Heaven — Peas of Heaven is a company that produces pea-based burgers, sausages and mince.
Ashish Jain is one of the pre-seed investors of Tempty Foods.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
Passionate SaaS Startup and Growth CxO & Board Executive
I BUILD WINNING STARTUPS TO SCALE AND BEYOND
- Passionate and engaged SaaS growth phase leader and general manager with strong track record
- Commercial at heart, driven by ambitions, with a calm yet fighting mindset and the desire to learn from failures and courage to win
- Driver insuccessful execution of growing business, go-to-market strategies, venture capital funding, globalization, US and Europe entries
- Growing performance by strong hiring, motivating individuals and leaders with empowerment, result focus and respect across cultures and functions
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Apps, Software
- Funding Round
- Denmark, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Too Good To Go — Too Good To Go app is the world's largest surplus food marketplace. Download now and enjoy good food at 1/2 price or less, help the environment and reduce food waste.
- Too Good To Go Denmark — Too Good To Go app is the world's largest surplus food marketplace. Download now and enjoy good food at 1/2 price or less, help the environment and reduce food waste.
Muse Capital is a seed stage fund that focuses on investing in entrepreneurs who are disrupting the consumer space. Since 2016, Muse Capital has operated as a bridge for entrepreneurs between Silicon Valley, the entertainment industry, and the corporate F500 ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Eli — Hormone testing redesigned so you can monitor anytime, anywhere.
- Midi Health — Expert care for women 40+. Made for midlife. Delivered by experienced clinicians. Covered by insurance. Book a visit today.
- Beekeeper's Naturals — Our clean, natural remedies are designed to support energy and immunity by using effective hive-powered ingredients like bee propolis, pollen, and royal jelly.
Paulig is a family-owned, international enterprise in the food industry that is noted for its high-quality brands and services. The company’s key divisions are Coffee, World Foods & Flavouring, Snack Food and Naturally Healthy Food, and its strong brands such as Paulig, Santa Maria and Risenta and are known in many countries. Paulig has 1,900employees in 13 countries and its net sales were EUR 905 million in 2015.
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Investment focus
- Coffee, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
- Melt&Marble — Melt&Marble, formerly known as Biopetrolia, was founded patent holding firm for co-founder Professor Jens Nielsen’s research group.
Adela Michea is the Director of Portfolio, Communication & Organisational Readiness, Development External Innovation at Novo Nordisk.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
Morten Larsen is the CEO and Founder of Hungry.dk.
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Investment focus
- Cooking, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- chefmade — Chef Made provides private dining solutions.
Gelu Sulugiuc is the current Director of Thomson Reuters. He previously worked at PLX AI as a Chief Executive Officer. Gelu Sulugiuc attended Columbia University.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
- Sundew — Targeting water-borne pests and diseases
- Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
PINC invests in attractive start-ups leveraging four major consumer trends: Conscious Consumption, Holistic Health, Personalized Convenience, and Authentic Experiences.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Cooking, Children
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sweden, France, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
- EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
- Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
Dalgaard Groupi is a supermarket chain operator.
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Investment focus
- Coffee, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
- Series A
- Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totaling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but on bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totaling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totaling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco, taking a locals-with-locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has a data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Sweden, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Argil — Generate social media videos in 2 minutes with your AI Avatar
- Talentium — Discover a new world of hidden talents
- Baller League — Baller League is a 6-a-side football league blending traditional football with the street football culture.
Science identifies entrenched markets and societal shifts and invests in disruptive companies with new ideas and highly focused teams.
The company has co-founded and invested in more than 60 companies, including DollarShaveClub, DogVacay, HelloSociety, FameBit, Mammoth Media, Pray, and PlayVS among others."
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Mindset — Mindset assists those with a mental illness and their caregivers in applying for Social Security Disability benefits.
- Final Boss Sour — Final Boss Sour is a gaming-themed snack brand offering a healthier alternative to traditional sour treats. Inspired by retro gaming aesthetics, our snacks deliver bold flavors and a fun experience for gamers of all ages.
- Liquid Death — Don't be scared, it's just water. 100% stone-cold mountain water (8.1+ PH). Infinitely recyclable aluminum cans. Death to plastic.
They are an investment and development company providing capital, solid business experience and a strong network in order to turn innovative ideas into successful businesses. They cover all of Denmark from their offices in Aarhus, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Viborg and Kalundborg.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Ulobby — Ulobby is an automated tool for stakeholder management and political monitoring
- Mechanic Miner — Mechanic Miner is a 2D construction/survival game with mechanical steam-powered machines. You are stranded on a strange and forbidding planet, where survival is made difficult by hostile animals and plant life. From your home world you did bring a multitool, which is able to craft any kind of machine part - provided the requisite rawmaterials can be found. Relying solely on the technology you brought, you set out to explore a whole world. You can progress through the game by acquiring new types of steam-powered technology elements, that are necessary to delve deeper into the diverse biomes of the planet, and perhaps, ultimately, discover the means to escape. You can construct any kind of machine of your own design - and any kind of machine can be simulated by the game's physics engine - and of course, designs can be shared with your friends.
- ResoTher Pharma — ResoTher Pharma is a privately held biotechnology company located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is focused on developing peptide-based drugs derived from the endogenous immunomodulator Annexin 1A as resolution therapy for diseases where neutrophil-driven inflammation plays a key pathological role.
Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, E-Commerce, Delivery
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Germany, Colombia, India
Portfolio highlights
- LAIKA — LAIKA is an e-commerce platform for pets that offers a variety of products and services. LAIKA is like a dog with two tails right now. Its platform for pet products and services has been growing in recent months and it’s drawn the necessary investment to keep up its momentum.LAIKA built a digital platform where users don’t have to go anywhereelse to meet said needs. With two main sections; products and services. In the products section, we have more than 4,000 references (among which you can find most of the brands of food, snacks, medicines, accessories, and others). In the services section, we have more than 17 services, all the healthcare, beauty, and entertainment services. All of the above is delivered straight to your home and with the flexibility of choosing the date and time on and at which you wish to receive the order, including same-day deliveries for the main cities and accepting all payment methods, both online and cash on delivery.
- Buo — Buo is a social commerce app.
- OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
JMC Capital Partners is a private equity buyout firm focused on industrial product companies with revenues between $5-35 million.
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- Wireless, Mobile Devices, Mapping Services
- Funding Round, Private Equity
- Denmark, United States
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- LinkNYC — LinkNYC is a new communications network that is replacing New York City pay phones with state-of-the-art kiosks called Links. Each Link is equipped with free services like high-speed Wi-Fi, phone calls, a tablet for web browsing, and device charging for anyone living in or visiting New York City to enjoy. In addition to Link’s features being freeto the public, they also come at no cost to taxpayers. Over the next several years, over 7,500 Links will be installed across the five boroughs.The launch of LinkNYC is beginning with a beta phase, giving New Yorkers an early opportunity to try out Link's features and provide feedback. Additional apps and services will be rolled out over the next few months and on an ongoing basis over the next several years.
- True Gum — Plastic-free, vegan and biodegradable chewing gum and plantbased mints free from sugar. A kinder alternative for you and for our planet.
Capital That Makes Sense. Tactical early stage technology investors in the US, Europe and beyond.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, United Kingdom
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- Groq — Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
- OpenAI — Introducing Sora: Creating video from text
- Forepont Capital Partners — Founded in 2017 in New York, Forepont Capital Partners is a global asset manager in healthcare and life science.
Founded in Bielefeld in 1891, the Dr. Oetker family business ranks among the leading branded goods companies in the German food industry. The Dr. Oetker brand is known to virtually every consumer. In numerous ranges encompassing, among other things, baking goods, baking mixes, dessert powders, ready desserts, muesli products, frozen pizzas, andsnacks, Dr. Oetker is represented by some 400 different products in Germany.It is a market leader in almost all its product lines.
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- Apps, Machine Learning, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Denmark
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- Plant Jammer — Our vision is to help 1 billion people cook in a more fun and sustainable way. Our algorithms make cooking tastier, easier, and more creative.
Vaekstfonden makes equity investments in Danish companies with a track record as well as in young entrepreneurial, innovative enterprises with an ambition for global growth.
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- Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Denmark, United Kingdom, Iceland
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- Kollektiv — Unleash your best self with tailored training plans, learning and support for running, swimming and cycling - from world-class-coaches and ex-athletes.
- Performativ — Performativ develops modern solutions for the asset and wealth management industry. Our clients span from small investment advisors to enterprise banks.
- Onomondo — Onomondo is a global IoT network. Our IoT SIM and cloud platform future proof your devices with full data transparency, freedom to leave, and no third parties.
Dr. Anuj Dhariwal is a Client Service Partner at a-connect.
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- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
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- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
Bjørn Bruun
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- Cooking, Marketplace, Restaurants
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
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- ChefMe — ChefMe is a peer to peer marketplace making it possible and easy to book private chefs and thus changing the way we host dinner parties and socialize over food
- Artelize — Discover events, performers and works within classical music, opera, musical, ballet & dance and drama. 290689 events, and 80872 artists and creators.
Moonraker Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Cooking, Marketplace, Restaurants
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
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- ChefMe — ChefMe is a peer to peer marketplace making it possible and easy to book private chefs and thus changing the way we host dinner parties and socialize over food
Jesper Johansen - Partner @ DKA Capital
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- E-Commerce, Hospitality, Restaurants
- Series A, Funding Round
- Denmark
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- OrderYoyo — Go beyond an Online Ordering System. At OrderYOYO, you get your own personalised website & app and marketing solutions to grow your business.
Human Act is a world-wide development organization.
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- SaaS, Cooking, Software
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
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- ChefMe — ChefMe is a peer to peer marketplace making it possible and easy to book private chefs and thus changing the way we host dinner parties and socialize over food
- Contribe.io — Next Generation Sustainability Management System
We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food
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- Biotechnology, Life Science, Water
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
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- EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
- Endless Food Co — Endless Food Co is a food innovation firm focusing on the junction of pleasure and sustainability. Endless Food Co was pulled together by a common idea that the transition to a greener and more egalitarian future food system will be driven by flavor, and having spent the last decade pioneering sustainable gastronomy
- Happy Plant Protein — Changing the way plant proteins are made
Mike Lee
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- Apps, Biopharma, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Denmark, Germany
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- BioNTech — BioNTech is a next generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. The company exploits a wide array of computational discovery and therapeutic drug platforms for the rapid development of novel biopharmaceuticals. Based on its deep expertise in mRNA vaccine development and in-house manufacturingcapabilities, BioNTech and its collaborators are developing multiple mRNA vaccine candidates for a range of infectious diseases alongside its diverse oncology pipeline.
- Too Good To Go Denmark — Too Good To Go app is the world's largest surplus food marketplace. Download now and enjoy good food at 1/2 price or less, help the environment and reduce food waste.
Kasper Hulthin is the Co-Founder of Podio, which is an online work platform for collaboration and project management. He is currently responsible for the User Engagement Team and Business Development. Kasper is passionate about building companies and changing the status quo.
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- B2B, Internet, Digital Marketing
- Funding Round
- Denmark
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- Marts — Marts is an integrated platform that enhances the capacities of IT departments by eliminating these inefficiencies. Put unconnected systems and intimidating spreadsheets behind. IT asset management, support services, and procurement are all integrated into one platform by Marts.
- Fooducer — When you want to meet new customers or find new suppliers, the only solution on the market that combines matchmaking with product management.
The Nordic Web Ventures is an Angel Fund run by Neil S W Murray, backed by 50+ community builders, entrepreneurs and investors passionate about supporting early-stage Nordic startups.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Denmark, Norway, Sweden
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- Steep — Business intelligence for modern companies. Steep lets anyone on your team stay on top of your data.
- All Gravy — Butter gives you happier employees, by reducing their financial stress and giving them an understanding of their salary and financial situation
- Valuebeat — Grow your culture. Backed by data. Platypus is the HR and recruitment tool that measures cultural drivers of people across the organization to help you qualify decisions on hiring and managing your culture.
Bettina Klaustrup Kirketerp is a Financial Controller at Kinnerton Capital A/S.
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- Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Pre-Seed
- Denmark
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- Tempty Foods — In Tempty Foods, we are developing innovative food products that don't compromise on health and sustainability. Our first product is TEMPTY, the next generation alternative made from super cool ingredient called mycoprotein.
The Yield Lab Europe is a €50m early stage Agrifood and Ag Tech fund which comprises an accelerator and a larger follow-on fund, investing in high tech companies with the potential to significant disrupt and improve our current systems of global food production, and to improve the environmental sustainability of the industry. The main fund invests€1m each into 10-12 companies over several follow on rounds, with the strongest accelerator companies expected to progress to the main fund. The Yield Lab Europe is also part of a global network of Agrifood Tech funds, with global headquarters in St Louis USA, and sister funds in LATAM and Singapore.
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- AgTech, Agriculture, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Ireland, France, United Kingdom
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- Oligofeed — We developed a supplement boosting bee immunity. Our non-toxic bee-feeding product reduces bee mortality and improves the production of the hives.
- Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
- Micron AgriTech — Micron Agritech, driving the future of sustainable animal health. Run a FEC worm or fluke test with your phone and get results in minutes.
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