# Martas Explorers

> Martas Explorers is a VC fund in Stockholm backing Food and Beverage and AgTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.martasexplorers.se/

Martas Explorers is a privately owned investment group founded by Carolina Sachs and Catharina Finin Versteegh with focus on food, food tech and ag tech investing in early stages in environmentally, financially and socially sustainable companies in the Nordic region.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 100% |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Farming | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stockeld Dreamery | We set off with a first vision: to create a cheese that is superior in taste and nutrition, constantly striving to use our planet’s resources wisely, accessible to all yet one of the top preferred cheeses by chefs and restaurants. Simply put, the world’s most ambitious cheese. | $19.6M | Series A | Sep 02, 2021 |  |
| Grönska | Grönska is a young, Swedish tech-company that develops technology for vertical farming, and grows and sells vegetables and herbs. Vertical farming that is based on the use of LED lighting and hydroponic watering systems. This method allows us to grow food indoors, locally and all year round. The reason we do this is to offer a sustainable, locallygrown alternative to imported food and to enable more self-sufficient cities.Grönska was founded in 2014 and constructed the largest vertical farm in the Nordics in 2018. | $2.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edastra Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edastra-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eurazeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurazeo-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Re:food](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gullsp%C3%A5ng-re-food) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventure-oy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mudcake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mudcake) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Martas Explorers invest in?

Martas Explorers invests primarily in Food and Beverage, AgTech and Farming startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Martas Explorers last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martas Explorers closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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