# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Sweden in June 2026

## Almi Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Almi Invest is Sweden’s most active early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science.We invest from pre-seed to Series A, always co-investing with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. Our portfolio spans sustainable solutions,industrial innovation, deep tech, SaaS, and life science, supporting startups that drive economic and environmental progress.With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since 2009, we have backed leading companies like MIPS, Tobii, and Neo4j, with notable exits to Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Qlik.Beyond capital, we offer engaged ownership, providing strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.Almi Invest is part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners.

## Partnerinvest Norr
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Piteå, Norrbottens Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Partnerinvest Norr is a private equity firm specialized in software, security, and biometrics sectors.
Partnerinvest Övre Norrland AB is a venture capital firms that seeks to invest in limited companies which have are in the expansion phase.


## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe and the US. Since 1996, it has backed more than 250 companies, including Spotify, Klarna, Spring Health, and Black Forest Labs.

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

## GP Bullhound
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Since 1999, GP Bullhound has invested in and advised brilliant leaders. Powered by more than 180 employees across 13 offices worldwide.

## Kale United
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing

Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers

## Norrsken VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Food and Beverage

We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses.

## Hady Shkeer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Private Equity
- Focus: Marketplace, E-Commerce, Same Day Delivery

Hady Shkeer is a swedish entrepreneur and angel investor. the Executive Director of Source A Network LTD and the founder of Dadh LTD.

## Luminar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Luminar is one of the most active seed investors in the Nordics, providing experienced seed financing and active operational support.

## Filip Engelbert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

Filip Engelbert is a Co-Founder at Avito.ru.

## DHS Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, SaaS

DHS Ventures, Stockholm School of Economics alumni angel investing network that invests early on into inovative companies.

## Kinnevik
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Internet

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B.

## Astanor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.

## Daniel Curran
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.

## Brightly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Brightly Ventures backs bold founders on a mission to transform industries and change the world for the better. Brightly is an early-stage investor focused on the Nordics. It has a hands-on approach supporting high-potential ideas and bringing them to market. It makes a deep commitment to each investment we make and draw upon its network andcompany-building experience to help boost the journey.

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Fashion

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

## Anders Frankel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Food and Beverage, FinTech

As founder and CEO Anders has been a part of APSIS from the very first day - literally! He is a passionate marketer and works to simplifying the life of digital marketers with powerful and user-friendly technologies.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## Inbox Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile Apps

Venture Capital in disruptive, global and high growth potential companies. Stage of funding is pre-series A - C rounds

## Purple Orange Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Animal Feed

We back founders leveraging science & technology to remove animals from the food system. Purple Orange Ventures invests in early-stage food/biotech companies across the globe with a focus on alternative proteins and cellular agriculture. Themes include cultivated or cultured meat, microbial and 

## VNV Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Marketplace

VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed onNasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV.

## Sparbanksstiftelse Norrlands Riskkapitalstiftelse
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Furniture, E-Commerce

 Sparbanksstiftelse Norrlands Riskkapitalstiftelse

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.

## Daniel Skavén Ruben
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, B2B, Pet

Daniel Skavén Ruben

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## Rocketship.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

rocketship.vc is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies using models built through data science. Their proprietary Escape Velocity algorithm identifies companies with a Sustainable Growth Engine at their core. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California, United States.

## Jonas Fagerström
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Food Processing

Jonas Fagerström

## LU Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology

LU Innovation is the hub for innovation and commercialisation at Lund University. They work with the University's researchers and students to bring benefit and growth to society.Their goal and mission is to contribute to increased growth in Sweden by ensuring knowledge and research from Lund University benefit society.By supporting anddeveloping research findings with researchers and students they work to lead more ideas to company formations and/or licensing deals.Services for all researchers and students:- Business advice – support and advice                   - Verification support – VFT- Market and IP screening – comprehensive survey of markets, competitors and patent situationThe services are freely available to researchers and students at all faculties at Lund University.An important part of the work of LU Innovation is providing commercialisation support to individual researchers or students. As well as business developers with many years of experience from both research and business, they have patent engineers, a communications officer and a lawyer who can help with the process. LU Innovation has two sections: one a part of the public authority and the other a holding company, which function as one unit with a joint mission and joint management.LU Innovation is led by the board of the holding company and the steering group of the public authority section. The members of the two bodies are identical - see board members. The operations are led by Director of Innovation Linus Wiebe, who is both MD of the holding company and head of the public authority section.

## SuperSeed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

SuperSeed > Investment and expertise to help startups develop a profitable sales model.

## Industrifonden
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Industrifonden is a Nordic evergreen venture capital firm with a fund size of $600m, that focuses on early-stage technology and life science companies with international potential. The company works long term with the entrepreneurs we invest in, and have a strong track record of building game changing companies. Industrifonden-backed companiesinclude tech companies Qlik, Arcam, Soundtrack Your Brand, Fishbrain, and life science companies CellaVision, Oncopeptides and AMRA.

## Gullspång Re:food
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Gullspång Re:food makes enduring investments in entrepreneurs solving the food system’s structural problems for generations to come.

## Gullspång Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Solar

Gullspång Invest is a Stockholm based family office with a long-term investment philosophy.
Gullspång Invest funds team of entrepreneurs who are committed to building companies making a big positive impact. The company is a purpose-driven, for profit, with passion, and are seeking long-term partnerships with like-minded entrepreneurs.

## Electrolux
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Big Data, Shopping

Electrolux is a multinational home appliance manufacturer for professional use. The products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners intended for consumer use. The company provides products includes washing machines, microwave ovens, cookers, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners,dishwashers, and air conditioners.The company also manufactures professional food service and laundry equipment used by hotels, restaurants, and laundromats. They also create value for shareholders as well as for business partners, employees, and consumers. It also offers ovens, hoods, and hoods for households and professional kitchen and tumbles dryers.Electrolux was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden.

## Carl-Viggo Östlund
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Delivery, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Carl-Viggo Östlund is currently working as an independent consultant. Until 2014, he was CEO of the state-owned mortgage institution SBAB. Prior to that, he worked as CEO of Nordnet Bank AB until 2012. Nordnet is an online bank that offers savings in the form of shares, funds and pensions, and has about 500,000 active accounts in Sweden, Norway,Finland and Denmark. Nordnet AB (publ) is listed in the Mid Cap segment on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. Prior to coming to Nordnet, Carl-Viggo was, for six years, the CEO of SalusAnsvar - a listed company in insurance and finance.
Previous experience includes CEO positions in the logistics industry (TNT Sweden and Scandinavia, 1996–2001) and the manufacturing industry (Tetra Pak in Saudi Arabia, Canada, Brazil and Turkey). Carl-Viggo holds a bachelor's degree from Stockholm School of Economics.

## Capagro
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing

The First European Independent Venture Capital fund dedicated to AgTech and Food Tech

## Trifecta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Trifecta Capital is a top Silicon Valley based seed fund. We seek to be the best possible partner for founders with the spirited curiosity to be suspicious of convention and the imagination and willpower to build and nurture a meaningful and lasting business. We are industry agnostic and look to support companies starting at seed stage but continueour support until IPO. Current portfolio companies include Equipment Share, Second Spectrum, Upkeep, Human Interest and others.

## BackingMinds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Internet

We help great minds unleash their full potential!

## Global Cleantech Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Supply Chain Management, B2B

Global Cleantech Capital (GCC) is a late venture / early growth investor scaling high-growth companies in the clean economy. We invest in entrepreneurs building new market leaders in clean energy, mobility, cities and fintech.

## SmiLe Inject Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

SmiLe Inject Capital operates as an angel investment company that focuses solely on promising early-stage life science companies.

## Tedlex Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Tedlex Capital Partners

## Fåhraeus Startup and Growth
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Organic Food

Fåhraeus Startup and Growth is a venture capital fund that invests early in life science and tech companies.

## Kennet Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Kennet - We partner with Founders and teams of successful, capital efficient SaaS and tech-enabled services companies ready to take the next big jump.

## MP Pensjon
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

MP Pensjon er pensjonskasse for TINE SA og norske datterselskaper. God og langsiktig forvaltning sikrer din pensjon.

## Anders Signell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Delivery, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Anders joined Delivery hero as CEO of OnlinePizza and Pizzaonline.fi in December 2012. He is responsible for the Swedish and Finnish market. Before joining Delivery hero he worked at SAS, the Scandinavian airlines, where he was global ecommerce manager. Anders holds a degree in business and complimentary faculties like, Chinese, physics,mathematics and medicine.

## Mudcake
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Mudcake is a microfund run by ex-founders dedicated to making the world a better place for the next generation.

## Othman Laraki
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

Othman Laraki, MS, MBA, is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Color, a health technology company building public health infrastructures such as scaled and efficient testing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic or using genomics for population health.  Previously, Othman co-founded Mixer Labs and developed its GeoAPI platform, a powerfullocation engine for developers. After the company was acquired by Twitter in 2009, he served as the social media network’s Vice President of Product and helped expand its user base from 50 to 200 million unique accounts. Before this, Othman spent several years at Google, where he played an integral role developing front-end products, including the Chrome browser.Othman is a long-time investor and advisor to leading companies such as Pinterest, AngelList, Slack and Instacart, and serves as a board member for ESI Group and Frontier Medicines. He holds degrees in computer science and management from Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Cameron McLain
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Machine Learning

Cameron McLain is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Giant Ventures. He previously worked at Hummingbird Ventures as a Principal. Cameron McLain attended Princeton University.

## Fabian Hielte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, FinTech, Software

Fabian Hielte

## Richard Setterwall
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, Wellness, Food and Beverage

Richard Setterwall is a Venture Partner at Piton Capital. Founder at DogBuddy (sold to Rover.com) He attended UCLA Anderson School of Management.

## Joshua Ismin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Joshua Ismin