# Paulig

> Paulig is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Coffee and Biotechnology. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.pauliggroup.com/

Paulig is a family-owned, international enterprise in the food industry that is noted for its high-quality brands and services. The company’s key divisions are Coffee, World Foods & Flavouring, Snack Food and Naturally Healthy Food, and its strong brands such as Paulig, Santa Maria and Risenta and are known in many countries. Paulig has 1,900employees in 13 countries and its net sales were EUR 905 million in 2015.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Paulig. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Paulig. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/paulig?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 50% |
| Denmark | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erica Liewendahl | Strategy Development Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erica-liewendahl |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melt&Marble | Melt&Marble, formerly known as Biopetrolia, was founded patent holding firm for co-founder Professor Jens Nielsen’s research group. | $5.3M | Seed | May 05, 2022 |  |
| Kaffe Bueno | Kaffe Bueno uses green chemistry and biotechnology to upcycles coffee's post-consumption by-product into ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. The company is driven by a mission to unlock coffee's health potential where harmful emissions are minimized and coffee’s by-product usability is maximized. Kafe Buenois dedicated to transforming the way people perceive coffee; from looking at it as a tool to make it until the end of the day, to look at it as a magical bean with the potential of improving human health by using what lies inside it.Kafe Bueno was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Soborg, Denmark. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 27, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Be8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/be8-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chalmers Ventures AB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chalmers-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Startup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-startup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lever VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lever-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nordic Foodtech VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nordic-foodtech-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Yield Lab Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-yield-lab-europe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Paulig invest in?

Paulig invests primarily in Coffee, Biotechnology and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed 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.

### What is Paulig's check size?

Paulig typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$5.3M 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 Paulig participates in.

### How do I contact Paulig?

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### Who are the partners at Paulig?

The team at Paulig includes Erica Liewendahl (Strategy Development Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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