Axfood
VC Fund
Stockholm, Sweden
Axfood is a VC fund in Stockholm focused on Grocery and Internet. Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys and Hemköp, comprising 263 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a large number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp chain aswell as stores run under the Handlar’n and Tempo brands. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 820 proprietor-run stores.B2B sales are conducted through Axfood Närlivs and the wholly owned Axfood Snabbgross chain. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm AB’s Large Cap list. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with 50.1% of the shares.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Axfood invests in
Stages Axfood invests in
Countries Axfood invests in
Contacts
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Carl Stenbeck
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Klas Balkow
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Grocery 1 (100%)
- Internet 1 (100%)
- E-Commerce 1 (100%)
- Food and Beverage 1 (100%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Carl Stenbeck
Head of Strategy and Business Development
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Head of Strategy and Business Development | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Klas Balkow
President & CEO
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President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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MatHem
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MatHem is an e-commerce company that combines a complete grocery store online with recipes and subscriptions for ready-made groceries. It delivers food to Swedish homes 7 days a week. The company also combines a full grocery store online with prescription and subscription finished shopping bags. MatHem offers a broad range of grocery products andadjacent household consumables, catering to more than half of Swedish households. The company food is delivered to your door with their own temperature-controlled to ensure an unbroken cold chain.Mathem.se has been awarded The Grocery Website of the Year (Årets matsajt) in 2010, 2011 and 2013 by the Swedish online magazine Internet world. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden | $95.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 17, 2023 |
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What does Axfood invest in?
Axfood invests primarily in Grocery, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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