# Ingka Group

> Ingka Group is a VC fund in Leiden backing Logistics and Transportation. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ingka
- Website: https://www.ingka.com/

Ingka Group is a VC fund in Leiden focused on Logistics and Transportation. Ingka Group (Ingka Holding B.V. and its controlled entities) is one of 11 different groups of companies that own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Ingka Group has three business areas: IKEA Retail, Ingka Investments, and Ingka Centres. It is the world’s largest home furnishing retailer operating367 IKEA stores in 30 markets. These IKEA stores had 838 million visits during FY18 and 2.35 billion visits to www.ikea.com. Ingka Group operates the business under the IKEA vision to create a better everyday life for many people by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 4 | 24% |
| Transportation | 3 | 18% |
| Rental | 2 | 12% |
| Hardware | 2 | 12% |
| Software | 2 | 12% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |
| Series C | 2 | 12% |
| Series D | 2 | 12% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 18% |
| China | 1 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juvencio Maeztu | Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juvencio-maeztu |
| Kurt-Jorgen Olsson | General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-jorgen-olsson |
| Tolga Oncu | Retail Operations Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tolga-oncu |
| Ingvar Kamprad | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingvar-kamprad-a775 |
| Jesper Brodin | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesper-brodin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Urban Jungle | Urban Jungle is an insurance technology business based in the UK. Urban Jungle leverages technology to help young customers get access to cheaper, better, home insurance. | $14.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Urban Jungle | Urban Jungle is an insurance technology business based in the UK. Urban Jungle leverages technology to help young customers get access to cheaper, better, home insurance. | $20.7M | Series A | May 23, 2022 |  |
| Livspace | Livspace is an interior design startup that offers a platform that connects people to designers, services, and products.The online shopping platform is a destination to find design, decorate, and furnish dream houses so they can undertake renovations like kitchen upgrades or repainting a room. It also provides end-to-end home interior services.In 2016, Livspace launched Canvas, its proprietary design-to-installation platform, a first for the interior design industry that aims to create a unique experience for homeowners and scales the job of interior designers. The décor startup is backed by Goldman Sachs, TPG Growth, Jungle Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, Helion Venture Partners, and Trifecta Capital Advisors.It was founded in 2014 by Anuj Srivastava and Ramakant Sharma. | $179.9M | Series F | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| DST Car | Dishangtie is a Shenzhen-based new energy vehicle rental service platform targeting the transportation and logistics industry. | $200M | Series D | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| GoBolt | Bolt facilitates the pickup, storage, and return of customer belongings on schedule. Second Closet enables customers to schedule and book storage spaces and have their storage boxes, item pickup, and return transport as per their requirements.Second Closet's service is secure, convenient, and affordable. It is headquartered in Toronto,Ontario in Canada. | $60.3M | Series B | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| Matsmart | Matsmart sells surplus food online. A major part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates or other reasons. During 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by KarlAndersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland. Long live the food! | $27M | Series C | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| DST Car | Dishangtie is a Shenzhen-based new energy vehicle rental service platform targeting the transportation and logistics industry. | $100M | Series C | May 16, 2021 |  |
| what3words | what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. It has divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares, each with a unique address made from 3 words. Now people can refer to any precise location – a delivery entrance, a picnic spot or a drone landing point – using three simple words. what3words is helping improve businesses around theworld, and paving the way for social and economic progress in developing nations. It can be used via the free mobile app or online map. what3words can also be built into any other app, platform or website, with just a few lines of code. | $16.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Fluid Truck | Fluid Truck is a peer-to-peer truck sharing platform that offers 24/7 mobile access to a wide array of trucks, vans, and SUVs. hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses. They provide fleet services, truck rentals, fleet rentals, and van rentals. | $63M | Series A | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| Mover Systems | Mover Systems is a service that enables individuals and traders to order immediate transport online.- Passenger car, van or lift carriage: The freight carried by an associated Mover driver and tasks allocated to an appropriate vehicle nearby at the time. - All Mover drivers have a clean criminal record and all cargo is insured. - The customercan follow his Mover 'live' on the web. - Movers associated drivers are not employees. It is entirely voluntary and up to the individual driver, how much and when he or she will run for Mover. |  |  | Sep 23, 2020 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Intact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intact-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Eka Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eka-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jungle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jungle-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kkr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LeadX Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leadx-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northzone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northzone-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ingka Group invest in?

Ingka Group invests primarily in Logistics, Transportation and Rental startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ingka Group?

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### Who are the partners at Ingka Group?

The team at Ingka Group includes Juvencio Maeztu (Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer), Kurt-Jorgen Olsson (General Counsel) and Tolga Oncu (Retail Operations Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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