# Marika King

> Marika King is a seed investor at PINC (Djursholm) backing Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PINC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinc-0786)
- Location: Djursholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marika-king-33b0497/

Marika King is a seed investor at PINC in Djursholm focused on Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. Marika King

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 29% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 29% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Cooking | 1 | 14% |
| Recipes | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| Belgium | 1 | 14% |
| Finland | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amatera | Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France. | $7M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Rainbow Crops | Rainbow Crops is a next-generation Agtech company developing climate-resilient, high-performing crop varieties. |  | Seed | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Amatera | Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2023 |  |
| Willicroft | Inspired by our founders families dairy farming roots dating back to 1957, Willicroft was re-imagined as a plant-based cheese company in Amsterdam in 2018Cheese is the 3rd highest emitting food type after beef and lamb. The emissions created by Europeans cheese consumption alone is the equivalent to Belgium’s total emissions. Our new bean-basedrange produces up to 6 times less CO2 than the dairy alternatives it’s replacing. We believe that holistic solutions are needed to create major changes in our food system – having recently secured B Corp status and begun growing beans in the Netherlands in 2022, we’re on track to address many of the problems at their root cause.In May 2022 we completed a 2m EUR pre-Series A. The raise will enable us to bring our delicious, beautifully branded range of PBC’s to 3 new markets: the UK, Germany and the Nordics, bringing in senior hires and continuing on our quest to become the world’s first net-positive plant-based cheese company. The investment was led by early-stage investor Rockstart and PINC, Paulig’s venture arm. Döhler and Feast Ventures also participated as co-investors alongside a number of angels.----Don’t take our word for it…
 Marika King, Head of PINC, says, “Willicroft is by far the tastiest plant-based cheese range we have come across. It has a more nutritious and sustainable ingredient list than most alternatives available today and a high-powered team with traction in Europe, so we could not be more excited to support this venture.”Mark Durno, Managing Partner AgriFood, Rockstart, says, “Willicroft is taking plant-based dairy alternatives to the next level. Alongside making delicious products, they are helping farmers to transition to sustainable production by enabling a local supply chain without the need for monocropping or highly processed ingredients. They have spent the last years understanding their consumers and their footprint, and the next phase will be to put those learnings to scale.” | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Carrot Kitchen | Carrot Kitchen is on a mission to open the kitchen doors to kids, and provide them with sustainable building blocks for a good life. Carrot is developing the world’s first interactive kids’ cooking guide on mobile. Carrots Cooking Club helps kids to learn cooking skills and create a healthy relationship with food. While cooking, kids develop theirlife skills, wellbeing and sustainability choices, and have fun while doing it. | $611.1K | Pre-Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| MIRAI FOODS | Mirai Foods is a cellular agriculture startup developing cultured beef. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2021 |  |
| MIRAI FOODS | Mirai Foods is a cellular agriculture startup developing cultured beef. | $2.4M | Seed | Jan 24, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Exceptional Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exceptional-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mudcake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mudcake) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Team Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/team-europe-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agri Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agri-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aristo-Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aristo-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PINC

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

PINC was launched as Paulig Incubator in 2018 to help Paulig stay in the forefront of relevant innovations, as well as to contribute to a tastier, healthier and more sustainable planet. Today, our ambition is the same, but we have developed into a corporate venture arm. We aim for strategic, financial, and societal impact in our investments,fostering a sustainable food system for tomorrow. We are investing across the agrifood value chain in three primary impact themes: Improve planetary health and diet within the current food system: This includes innovations in agriculture and food security, such as advanced crop breeding or green fertilizers, innovative ingredients and next generation healthy foods, as well as solutions for tracking and improving climate and nature. Novel technologies to feed 10 BN people by 2050: Technologies needed to sustainably produce enough food for our growing population. This includes food production without land use change, such as precision fermentation and cell-culture. A circular system for food & materials: Regardless of whether we grow our food in soil or in bioreactors, the system needs to be circular. Some examples are upcycled ingredients, food from unused sources, new coating and packaging solutions, as well as technologies to prevent or make better use of side streams. We are looking for entrepreneurs in an attractive market space with an intrinsic drive to find a solution to the problem they are addressing, a clear and scalable plan for success, a reliable team and partners whom we can trust and work closely with.

1 contacts available at PINC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marika King | Head of PINC | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marika-king |

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## FAQ

### What does Marika King invest in?

Marika King invests primarily in Biotechnology, Food and Beverage and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marika King last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marika King closed in Mar 2026. 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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