Ikea Foundation
VC Fund
Leiden, The Netherlands
Ikea Foundation is a VC fund in Leiden focused on Manufacturing and AgTech. IKEA Foundation is in keeping with exactly what we’ve always tried to do as a home furnishings company
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Ikea Foundation invests in
Stages Ikea Foundation invests in
Countries Ikea Foundation invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Grant
- $20k–$2.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 2 (40%)
- AgTech 1 (20%)
- Textiles 1 (20%)
- CleanTech 1 (20%)
- Education 1 (20%)
Stage
- Grant 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Non-equity Assistance 1 (20%)
Country
- India 2 (40%)
- Kenya 2 (40%)
- Sweden 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ingvar Kamprad
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| We are a team of stubborn optimists, researchers, scientists, and social entrepreneurs dedicated to building a just, inclusive planet-positive future for the materials industry. We work at the intersection of a sustainable materials future and regenerative agriculture. We do this by transforming agricultural waste, from smallholder farmingcommunities across Africa, into sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based synthetics. Our mission is to empower smallholder farming communities, promote environmental sustainability, and enhance livelihoods by upcycling agricultural waste into valuable products. We are committed to fostering innovation, environmental responsibility, and social impact. | $20K / Grant / May 03, 2023 | ||
| Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors. | Seed / Mar 22, 2023 | ||
| Ignitia provides hyper-local weather updates, via SMS, based on GPS location. Since our commercial launch in 2015, we have established partnerships to work with small-scale farmers. We send daily, monthly and seasonal rain forecasts to help farmers avoid adverse impacts of an ever-changing climate.Unlike other regions, rain in the tropics isproduced by small-scale systems where convection is a driving force. These convection forces can appear much more quickly and without seemingly any notice to the untrained eye. Ignitia's technology is specifically designed to predict this kind of weather. | $4.2M / Series A / Jul 22, 2021 | ||
| GreenJams is a pioneering company in the sustainable construction industry, focused on creating carbon-negative building materials. Its flagship product, Agrocrete®, is a patented bio-concrete made from agricultural residues and mineral-based binders, developed using advanced alkali activation chemistry. BINDR, its ultra-low-carbon alkali-activatedbinder, serves as a sustainable alternative to conventional cement in mortars, plasters, and non-structural concretes. Agrocrete® is thermally insulating (3.5x better than conventional concrete), cost-effective (up to 50% savings), and verifiably carbon-negative. With operational manufacturing facilities in Goa and Vizag, GreenJams has completed 15 projects across 7 Indian states and boasts a growing order pipeline of Rs. 170 crores (~$20MM). The company is on a mission to make buildings agents of climate change reversal, contributing to a sustainable future while meeting market demands for high-performance, eco-friendly construction materials. | $11.6K / Non-equity Assistance / Feb 19, 2020 | ||
| Going to School creates design-driven stories to teach the poorest children on the planet 21st Century Skills at school. They believe in the power of stories and design. They work to make new stories, books, games, movies, radio, television shows, based on what children need and the changing world around us. On the ground, They work with educationsystems to deliver their skills stories at school, exploring and delivering new pedagogy, new ways of delivering social enterprise graphic novels to inspire young people to want to change the world. They work with and enable teachers in over 2,000 secondary government schools to use our stories, games and weekly skills action projects with 300,000 kids across Bihar and Jharkhand. They are hard at work on our new children's television show, The Children's Scrappy News Service. | $2.7M / Grant / Aug 03, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Ikea Foundation invest in?
Ikea Foundation invests primarily in Manufacturing, AgTech and Textiles startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ikea Foundation invest in?
Ikea Foundation typically joins rounds of $20k–$2.7M at Grant. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ikea Foundation's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ikea Foundation took part in.
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Who are the partners at Ikea Foundation?
The team at Ikea Foundation includes Ingvar Kamprad (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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