# Erik Karlsson

> Erik Karlsson is a Series A investor at H&M Group Ventures backing Textiles and Fashion. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [H&M Group Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-m-co-lab)
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://se.linkedin.com/in/erik-karlsson-30731718

Erik Karlsson is a Investment Manager @ H&M CO:LAB at H&M Group. He attended The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Textiles | 3 | 43% |
| Fashion | 2 | 29% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 29% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com | $18M | Series B | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| A Retro Tale | A Retro Tale is a distinctive and reliable online retailer with a passion for and specialization in authentic luxury vintage and second-hand accessories. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Rubi Laboratories | Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that manufacture carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry. Its technology offers a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the threads that help clients produce viscose that is carbon-negative, water-chemical, land-neutral, traceable, and biodegradable. | $8.7M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Colorifix | Colorifix is a biotechnology company that has pioneered the first entirely biological process to produce, deposit and fix pigments onto textiles. Using a synthetic biology approach, it offers a radically different solution to incumbent dyeing technologies that entirely cuts out the use of harsh chemistry and leads to huge reductions in waterconsumption. Colorifix’s investors include Cambridge Enterprise, H&M, Mills Fabrica, Primera Impact and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding its expansion. For more information, visit www.colorifix.com | $22.7M | Series B | May 27, 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 |  |
| Worn Again Technologies | Worn Again has developed a disruptive, game-changing chemical textile to textile recycling technology that can break down and recapture the raw materials in old clothing and textiles to be reintroduced into the supply chain as new. It is unique in addressing the problem of mixed fibre textiles while overcoming other barriers in current recyclingmethods, including the inability to remove dyes and other contaminants. | $9M |  | Jun 17, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bestseller’s Invest Fwd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bestseller-s-invest-fwd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Regeneration.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regeneration-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SAGANA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sagana) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Talis Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talis-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tin Shed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tin-shed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About H&M Group Ventures

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

H&M Group Ventures is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

2 contacts available at H&M Group Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Karlsson | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-karlsson |
| Martin Svensson | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-svensson |

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## FAQ

### What does Erik Karlsson invest in?

Erik Karlsson invests primarily in Textiles, Fashion and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Erik Karlsson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erik Karlsson closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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