# Axel Johnson

> Axel Johnson is a Series A investor at Axel Johnson (Stockholm) backing AgTech and Food Processing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Axel Johnson](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-johnson)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Axel Johnson is a Series A investor at Axel Johnson in Stockholm focused on AgTech and Food Processing. Axel Johnson founded Novax.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 100% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |
| Alternative Protein | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Mediterranean Food Lab | The Mediterranean Food Lab uses solid-state fermentation to produce natural flavor bases for plant-based meat that increase the taste. | $16.1M | Series A | Mar 05, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Axel Johnson

VC Fund · New York, United States

Axel Johnson is the corporate home for a collection of diverse industry-leading businesses. In 2011, Axel Johnson Inc. companies had revenues of approximately $4.0 billion and employed in excess of 1,000 people. AJI is a private investment company, founded in 1920, and owned by the Johnson family of Stockholm, Sweden.

3 contacts available at Axel Johnson.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Axel Johnson | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-johnson-6b60 |
| Michael Milligan | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-milligan |
| Sofie Borg | Project Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofie-borg-1354 |

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## FAQ

### What does Axel Johnson invest in?

Axel Johnson invests primarily in AgTech, Food Processing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Axel Johnson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Axel Johnson closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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