# Electrolux

> Electrolux is a VC fund in Stockholm backing Apps and Food and Beverage. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electrolux/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ElectroluxUS
- Website: https://www.electroluxappliances.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Electrolux/

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Electrolux. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Electrolux. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/electrolux?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 67% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 67% |
| Cooking | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Shopping | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Sweden | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barry Waddilove | Design Director, Sustainability | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-waddilove |
| Carsten Franke | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-franke |
| Erin Gordon | Head of Marketing, NA | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-gordon |
| Hao Dinh | Director Group Digital Operations & Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hao-dinh-40fc |
| John Evans | Head of the Americas | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-evans-a99a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SideChef | A mobile app born from the desire to combine tech and kitchen know-how to help everyone feel more confident in the kitchen.SideChef makes cooking easier by providing step-by-step photo and video guided instructions for over 15,000 Smart Recipes. Allowing our users to always feel confident in the kitchen, even when trying something new.With over300 food blogging and 7 Smart Kitchen Technology partners our content and technology allows us to connect with users directly in their kitchens, empowering them to create recipes for every occasion and become part of their everyday cooking routine.With key features such as grocery list generation, grocery ordering through our partners AmazonFresh and JD.com, Smart Kitchen Connection and automation, Scheduling, Dietary Specifications and many more, we at SideChef believe cooking great food for ourselves and the ones we love is key to a life better lived.Proud to have been awarded Best App by Google in 2017.Founded in 2013 by Kevin Yu, and officially launched in 2014, SideChef has engaged with users in 170 countries, and has been downloaded over 900,000 times. | $6M | Series B | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Mila Cares | Our goal is simple: to make the absolute best air purifier on the market. That means top-notch performance, design and technology, all at a price every family can afford.Mila was built by three dads who wanted clean air for their kids but saw major flaws in the air purifiers that dominated the market. So they did what nobody else thought to do —fix the problems.Mila is the largest air purifier launch in Kickstarter history, raising over $1.7M. Electrolux invested in the company in 2019. | $10M | Series A | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Karma | Karma develops an application that helps restaurants, grocers and cafés reduce their food waste by selling their surplus to consumers at reduced prices. Its application serves as a sales channel via which merchants offer take away food items to registered users. Elsa Bernadotte, Mattis Larsson, Hjalmar Nordegren, Ludvig Berling, and Steven vanWel founded Karma on September 1, 2015. Its headquarters is in Stockholm in Sweden. | $12M | Series A | Aug 15, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cercano Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cercano-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Empower Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empower-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ideate Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideate-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ilion Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilion-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Electrolux invest in?

Electrolux invests primarily in Apps, Food and Beverage and Cooking startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Electrolux's check size?

Electrolux typically joins rounds of $10M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Electrolux participates in.

### How do I contact Electrolux?

Public channels for Electrolux include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Electrolux?

The team at Electrolux includes Barry Waddilove (Design Director, Sustainability), Carsten Franke (COO) and Erin Gordon (Head of Marketing, NA), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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