# HNI Corporation

> HNI Corporation is a VC fund in Muscatine backing Rental and Furniture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Muscatine, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hni-corporation
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hnicareers
- Website: http://www.hnicorp.com

HNI Corporation is a family of leading brands providing products and services for the office and home. With deeply held values, HNI's employees, who they call members, are united by a dedication to integrity, quality, innovation, service, continuous improvement and value creation for our customers. HNI's values distinguish us in theway they look at things and the way they work. Driving their success is a set of unique and strongly aligned principles and processes enthusiastically shared by their members. It defines HNI's distinctive personality and stands at the center of their corporate Vision. HNI is a leading global office furniture company. HNI's brands are among the strongest, most widely known and respected in the industry. The depth and breadth of HNI's brands, the scale and capability of their manufacturing and the strength of their distribution enables them to provide the best office furniture solutions to meet the needs of every customer – from the largest multinational organizations to the local entrepreneur. Wherever there is warmth and the welcome glow from a fireplace or heating stove, chances are it’s an HNI brand. HNI is the world’s leader in hearth products. HNI's hearth brands are the strongest, most respected in the industry and include a full array of gas, electric, wood and biomass burning fireplaces, inserts, stoves, facings and accessories.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rental | 1 | 50% |
| Furniture | 1 | 50% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 50% |
| Snack Food | 1 | 50% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Crimmins | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-crimmins |
| Jeffrey Lorenger | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-lorenger |
| Kurt Tjaden | President - International | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-tjaden |
| Mark Roumfort | Senior Vice President, Product & Solutions Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-roumfort |
| Matt McCall | Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-mccall-e11f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CasaOne | CasaOne is a one-stop shop for furniture, decor and home goods. We offer free shipping across the continental US. | $16M | Series B | Aug 22, 2019 |  |
| Delight Foods | Delight Foods provides an online platform designed to cater people with authentic Indian cuisines. The company's platform retails more than 600 food products across categories such as sweets, savories, masalas or mixes, papads or pickles and biscuits online, enabling consumers to order branded Indian food online. | $604.7K | Seed | Nov 12, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Array Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/array-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fireside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireside-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JLL Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jll-spark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MAPE Advisory Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mape-advisory-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HNI Corporation invest in?

HNI Corporation invests primarily in Rental, Furniture and Lifestyle startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HNI Corporation?

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### Who are the partners at HNI Corporation?

The team at HNI Corporation includes David Crimmins (Vice President), Jeffrey Lorenger (President) and Kurt Tjaden (President - International), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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