# IMAS Foundation

> IMAS Foundation is a VC fund in Leiden backing CleanTech and Clean Energy. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://imasfoundation.org/

IMAS Foundation is an organization that supports objectives for the good of the society through investment.IMAS Foundation focuses on asset allocation, which involves balancing the risk of our investments.IMAS Foundation is one of two arms to the Ingka Foundation, the other one is IKEA Foundation which main objective is to donate money toorganizations focusing on children and women that live in extreme poverty.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $100M–$105M |
| Series B | $44M–$600M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 2 | 17% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 8% |
| Mining | 1 | 8% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Grant | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Petter Odhnoff | Chief Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petter-odhnoff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. | $1.6B | Private Equity | Apr 12, 2026 |  |
| Qvantum | Qvantum is a comprehensive supplier of innovative and efficient energy solutions. | $96.2M | Series C | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Syre | Syre is a textile impact company that focuses on hyperscale textile-to-textile recycling, beginning with polyester. | $100M | Series A | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. |  |  | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. | $1.9B | Private Equity | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Qvantum | Qvantum is a comprehensive supplier of innovative and efficient energy solutions. | $43.8M | Series B | Jan 04, 2023 |  |
| Stegra | H2 Green Steel helps to build a large-scale steel factory based on a fossil-free manufacturing process targeting large European OEMs.The plant will be built in northern Sweden, in Boden, offering unique conditions for cost-competitive fossil-free steel production. The project includes a giga-scale green hydrogen plant as an integrated part of thesteel production facility. Production will begin in 2024 and by 2030, H2GS will have an annual production capacity of five million tons of high-quality steel. | $190.2M | Series B | Aug 29, 2022 |  |
| Northvolt | Northvolt develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialization, and recycling to support clean energy. It provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. Northvolt's product is an environment-friendly batterymanufactured with minimal carbon footprint and with recycling technology without compromising with important eco-systems, enabling the auto industry to replace fossil fuels with electricity in an efficient manner. The company aims to establish a supply of sustainable battery cells and systems.In 2016, Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson headquartered the company in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan. | $1.1B | Grant | Jul 05, 2022 |  |
| Northvolt | Northvolt develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialization, and recycling to support clean energy. It provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. Northvolt's product is an environment-friendly batterymanufactured with minimal carbon footprint and with recycling technology without compromising with important eco-systems, enabling the auto industry to replace fossil fuels with electricity in an efficient manner. The company aims to establish a supply of sustainable battery cells and systems.In 2016, Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson headquartered the company in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan. | $1B | Convertible Note | Jul 05, 2022 |  |
| Northvolt | Northvolt develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialization, and recycling to support clean energy. It provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. Northvolt's product is an environment-friendly batterymanufactured with minimal carbon footprint and with recycling technology without compromising with important eco-systems, enabling the auto industry to replace fossil fuels with electricity in an efficient manner. The company aims to establish a supply of sustainable battery cells and systems.In 2016, Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson headquartered the company in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan. | $2.8B | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 09, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does IMAS Foundation invest in?

IMAS Foundation invests primarily in CleanTech, Clean Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is IMAS Foundation's check size?

IMAS Foundation typically joins rounds of $100M–$105M at Series A and $44M–$600M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IMAS Foundation participates in.

### How do I contact IMAS Foundation?

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### Who are the partners at IMAS Foundation?

The team at IMAS Foundation includes Petter Odhnoff (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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