# Nicolaj Reffstrup

> Nicolaj Reffstrup is a seed investor at Look Up Ventures backing Fashion and E-Commerce. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Look Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/look-up-ventures)
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolajreffstrup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reffstrup

Nicolaj Reffstrup is a seed investor at Look Up Ventures in Copenhagen focused on Fashion and E-Commerce. Nicolaj Reffstrup is the Founding Partner of Look Up Ventures. He previously worked at Lifestyle and Design Cluster as a Board Member.Nicolaj Reffstrup attended Copenhagen Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Robotics | 1 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claimlane | Claimlane got its start in Copenhagen when a team of fashion wholesaler, IT specialists and a surfer got fed up with the inefficient way complaints were handled in the local fashion scene.They set out on a mission to create a new platform that eliminates time-wasting processes and dead ends. A world without frustration and waste of time causedby faulty products. You and your team will help make it a success.Turn Claimers to Smilers | $2M | Seed | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Seasony | Seasony is an AgTech/Robotics company helping vertical farmers and greenhouse operators reduce their labor cost and improve their business. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| Rubi Laboratories | Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that manufacture carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry. Its technology offers a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the threads that help clients produce viscose that is carbon-negative, water-chemical, land-neutral, traceable, and biodegradable. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| PUFIN-ID | Pufin ID develops digital hash-codes using physical unclonable functions for physical products to secure originality of brands. | $2.7M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Medusa | For developers who must customize e-commerce setups, Medusa is a new digital commerce engine that provides extensibility and customizability with low developer effort. Unlike Shopify, BigCommerce and others, we offer an open, modular architecture that removes the need for hacky workarounds and secures maintainability and speed. | $950K | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| Reflaunt | Reflaunt enables fashion brands and retailers’ customers to easily resell or recycle their past purchases directly on the brands’ e-commerce platforms. The items are then offered for sale on more than 25 marketplaces across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Australia, reaching over 50 million secondhand buyers worldwide. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 17, 2021 |  |
| Reflaunt | Reflaunt enables fashion brands and retailers’ customers to easily resell or recycle their past purchases directly on the brands’ e-commerce platforms. The items are then offered for sale on more than 25 marketplaces across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Australia, reaching over 50 million secondhand buyers worldwide. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 17, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fashion For Good](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fashion-for-good) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Textile Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/textile-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Mills Fabrica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-mills-fabrica-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Axial VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axial-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluebell Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluebell-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CapitalX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Look Up Ventures

VC Fund

Look up ventures Invest in transportation, agriculture, food, energy, materials, and carbon management. Its latest investment includes the production of alternative proteins using gas fermentation, The automation of r&d processes within biotech.

2 contacts available at Look Up Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nicolaj Reffstrup | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolaj-reffstrup |
| Tommy Ahlers | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tommy-ahlers |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicolaj Reffstrup invest in?

Nicolaj Reffstrup invests primarily in Fashion, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nicolaj Reffstrup's check size?

Nicolaj Reffstrup typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nicolaj Reffstrup participates in.

### When did Nicolaj Reffstrup last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicolaj Reffstrup closed in May 2024. 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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