# Bestseller’s Invest Fwd

> Bestseller’s Invest Fwd is a VC fund in Aarhus backing Fashion, Textiles and Manufacturing. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aarhus, Denmark
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Bestseller’s Invest Fwd is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 3 | 60% |
| Textiles | 2 | 40% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 40% |
| AgTech | 1 | 20% |
| Apparel | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kintra Fibers | Kintra Fibers has developed a proprietary bio-based and compostable polymer that offers apparel brands versatile and strong performance, while retaining plug-and-play manufacturability through the synthetic textile value chain. Kintra materials provide an alternative to fossil-fuel based textiles, which represent 70% of the global fiber market.With a compostable chemistry, Kintra fibers are designed to be digested to CO2 and water within a wastewater treatment facility, solving for clean, microplastic-free oceans and soil. To enable circularity, textiles made with Kintra can fit chemical and mechanical recycling schemes, or industrial compost. | $7.9M | Series A | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Materra | Materra's regenerative sourcing platform combines nature-based projects, enabling technology and supply chain transformation to offer fully traceable decarbonised fibre at scale. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 12, 2022 |  |
| VitroLabs | VitroLabs is a startup working on the cutting edge of 3D tissue engineering using stem cell-based technologies. The company develops a fully scalable tissue engineering platform combining the latest breakthroughs in stem cell research and biomaterials. It manufactures real leather without the need to raise and slaughter animals using breakthroughsin stem cell research and tissue engineering.VitroLabs was founded on 2016 and is based in San Jose, California. | $47.4M | Series A | May 04, 2022 |  |
| Ambercycle | Ambercycle is a material science company that transforms textile waste into fresh materials for brands and producers. Ambercycle is assembling the world's used-up textiles into one centralized ecosystem, including everything from loose bits to tattered t-shirts. Ambercycle isolates components in intricate fabrics using a molecular regenerationtechnique to produce raw materials from streams that are typically challenging to recycle. Ambercycle enables regional and international players to easily reroute their waste products back into supply chains. | $21.6M | Series A | Jan 04, 2022 |  |
| VitroLabs | VitroLabs is a startup working on the cutting edge of 3D tissue engineering using stem cell-based technologies. The company develops a fully scalable tissue engineering platform combining the latest breakthroughs in stem cell research and biomaterials. It manufactures real leather without the need to raise and slaughter animals using breakthroughsin stem cell research and tissue engineering.VitroLabs was founded on 2016 and is based in San Jose, California. | $7M | Series A | Sep 20, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [H&M Group Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-m-co-lab) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Agronomics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agronomics-d560) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fashion For Good](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fashion-for-good) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kering](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kering) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Agrarian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-agrarian) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bestseller’s Invest Fwd invest in?

Bestseller’s Invest Fwd invests primarily in Fashion, Textiles and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bestseller’s Invest Fwd last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bestseller’s Invest Fwd closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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