Top 15 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Denmark in May 2025
A list of 15 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Denmark. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Denmark. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Denmark in May 2025
Investor | Retail Denmark investments |
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PSV | 2 |
People Ventures | 2 |
Dreamcraft Ventures | 1 |
Export and Investment Fund | 1 |
Unico Partners | 1 |
The Aventures | 1 |
Nordic Foodtech VC | 1 |
Vaekstfonden | 1 |
Nordic Eye Venture Capital | 1 |
Seed Capital | 1 |
Vaekstfonden | 1 |
Burda Principal Investments | 1 |
Bestseller | 1 |
Dawn Capital | 1 |
Eutopia VC | 1 |
PreSeed Ventures are the preferred travel companion for trailblazing founders when they set out on the journey of transforming startup dreams to successful businesses. Founded in 2000 they have an exceptional track record of spotting, fostering and financing tomorrow’s winners in syndication with top-tier investors locally and globally. As the namesuggests, PreSeed Ventures operates at the earliest stages, where founders need the professional, operational & systematic support of a VC, but the risks are still too high for most VCs in seed stages. Yet to the powerhouse of experts behind PreSeed Ventures, who have experience from hundreds of startup journey in the pre-seed stage, it is an opportunity to support and nurture the growth of promising startups on the rise, minimizing the time and risk to the next investment round.PreSeed Ventures has grown out of the technological research environment at Denmark’s Technical University, DTU. In 2020 they launch their first full blown commercial venture fund, yet continuing to be a subsidiary company to the university.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Cellugy — Biomaterial to Replace Plastic
- ZTLment — We empower online platforms and marketplaces to seamlessly hold, manage, and distribute funds in real-time, with full automation and compliance.
- Dynelectro — Dynelectro is a Danish solid oxide electrolyser equipment manufacturer with proprietary innovation to lower the total cost of hydrogen. Dynamic operation enables load-follow of fluctuating renewable energy, delivering over 85% electrical efficiency prior to integrating with industrial heat sources. With fully reversable operation, electricity generation adds substantial value and flexibility with grid ancillary services. Small-scale units begin at 40 kW with 12-month lead time. Large-scale systems start at 1 MW with project-based lead time.
People Ventures are your dreamcast team of co-founders, investors, executives, engineers, academics and industry experts.
Together with talented entrepreneurs — We shape fantastic businesses through operational and commercial execution.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Internet of Things, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Denmark, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tiimo — Tiimo helps you manage your daily life and improve your wellbeing. Visualize your day. Improve your routines. Stress less.
- proemial — Smart summaries. Instant answers. For everything your team shares to get smarter.
- Version Lens — Meet your new Product Management Co-Pilot. Reduce overhead for your product team so you can focus on what truly matters, building outstanding products.
Seed-to-A engineers.
We invest in techdriven companies in the Nordics and Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Steerlab — Steerlab is an AI-first solution that automates your responses to RFPs and Security Questionnaires, elevates quality, and delivers insights on how to win.
- Catchwise — Fyll kvota mer effektivt. Finn den riktige fisken, med mindre tid og diesel.
- Telescope — A practical tool for managing sustainability risk in real estate
Denmark's Export and Investment Fund (EIFO) serves as a single point of contact for Danish firms seeking risk-tolerant government finance. We aspire to help successful enterprises that can expand the Danish economy and green the world on a daily basis, guided by professionalism and an international perspective.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Orbex Space — Founded in 2015, Orbex is Europe’s leading private launch services company, focused entirely on supporting the needs of the small satellite industry.Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low carbon, high performance micro-launch vehicles in the world. They launch customer satellites into polar and sun-synchronous low Earth orbits from aunique, modern launch location in the heart of the European continent.They offer a flexible core launch service and a wide suite of supporting services that make life easier for customers. Their European location means shorter supply lines, easier communications and reduced operational costs. Their advanced launch vehicle means higher reliability, more flexible mission profiles and a regular, scheduled launch service.
- Fuse Vectors — Fuse Vectors is disrupting the manufacturing process in order to provide universal access to gene therapy.
- Sparrow Quantum — Sparrow Quantum, a global leader in quantum photonic chip technology. Explore innovative solutions driving advancements in quantum computing, communication, and beyond. Stay ahead with cutting-edge technologies shaping the future.
Unico takes equity stakes in start-ups or SMEs with high potential and makes available to investees the trans-disciplinary expertise of its founders (operations, technology , digital, busdev, financial engineering, HR, ...).
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Retail, Fashion
- Seed
- France, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Sitowie — Sitowie develops SaaS technology and tools to understand the degradation of buildings.
- Capsule — CAPSULE wardrobe app I rediscover your wardrobe I style and create outfits I follow wardrobes for styling inspiration
- Tresorio — The Fog Computing platform providing VPS and cloud computing services, based on a proprietary and sustainable distributed infrastructure.
The team comes from heavy tech oriented background such as Cloud Infrastructure, Data Science, Theoretical Physics, Machine Learning, Software Development and Business development. We like to brand ourselves as "the nerds" in the tech space. We speak the same technical language as the founders and like to be an active part in the venturewe enter, depending on the needs of the founders. Our thesis is that we are building bridge spanning over the knowledge gap between deeptech founders and traditional investors.
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- Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Denmark, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Capsule — CAPSULE wardrobe app I rediscover your wardrobe I style and create outfits I follow wardrobes for styling inspiration
- Kin, Personal AI — Get inspired, talk things through, navigate situations or get personalized guidance with Kin. Built for privacy, security, and with memory in mind.
- Hyphen - Personal AI made private — Get inspired, talk things through, navigate situations or get personalized guidance with Kin. Built for privacy, security, and with memory in mind.
We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Life Science, Water
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
- Endless Food Co — Endless Food Co is a food innovation firm focusing on the junction of pleasure and sustainability. Endless Food Co was pulled together by a common idea that the transition to a greener and more egalitarian future food system will be driven by flavor, and having spent the last decade pioneering sustainable gastronomy
- Happy Plant Protein — Changing the way plant proteins are made
Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Wedio — Buy & Rent professional film equipment from trusted creators near you. Buy & rent cameras, lenses, drones with Global Coverage. Explore
- Keepit — The Keepit Cloud is the most cost-effective solution on the market with 20+ years of experience. Learn more about our next-level data protection services
- kleen hub — Kleen hub is Denmark's first digital return system for reusable coffee cups and food packaging.
International venture capital firm based in Copenhagen. We come from the North, but we work in the world. We are Nordic Eye.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, India
Portfolio highlights
- Govly — Govly is building a market network for government contracting, like AngelList for government procurement.
- Freightify — Integrated platform for freight rate management, sailing schedules, and freight quotes. Easy rate search to customer management. All in one dashboard.
- Provenance — Provenance is a software solution for sustainability communications and supply chain transparency.
Seed Capital invests in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. We are focused on "late seed"-stage companies, typically investing 1-3 MEUR in rounds of 1-6 MEUR. Proud backers of Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, Forecast, and many other great companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Tembi — Market Intelligence platform with deep market data, insights and predictions for B2B companies that look for a competitive edge.
- Landfolk — Landfolk is the new marketplace for the special holiday homes that are hidden around the country. We have hand-picked every single cottage, where there are proud and passionate hosts, who love their holiday homes, but also like to share it with others.
- Embankment Group — Embankment Group is a recruitment consultancy specialising in candidate short markets. We pride ourselves on matching the best talent to the right companies.
Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Wedio — Buy & Rent professional film equipment from trusted creators near you. Buy & rent cameras, lenses, drones with Global Coverage. Explore
- Keepit — The Keepit Cloud is the most cost-effective solution on the market with 20+ years of experience. Learn more about our next-level data protection services
- kleen hub — Kleen hub is Denmark's first digital return system for reusable coffee cups and food packaging.
Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a division of Hubert Burda Media which provides long term growth equity for fast growing digital technology and media companies.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
- BillEase — No credit card? No problem. Buy now, pay later at your favorite stores with Billease and avail monthly installment plans with 0% interest. Split your purchase in 4 payments or pay only 1/3 upfront and the rest up to 12 months. No hidden fees. No surprises. Learn more here.
- Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
- Series B, Funding Round, Series D
- Denmark, Kenya, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- ASOS — Discover the latest fashion trends with ASOS. Shop the new collection of clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from ASOS.
- Mr. Green Africa — Mr. Green Africa - Recycling company that sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact - fairly traded plastic.
- Infinited Fiber Company — Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialize a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibers with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated byleading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. In 2016 Infinited Fiber Company was selected into WWF’s Climate Solver network. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
We are a family of investors, entrepreneurs, strategists and operational specialists, drawn together by our passion for helping B2B founders build category-defining companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
- Doubleword — From research to reality
- Omi — Omi is where marketing teams generate and publish stunning product photos and videos. Generate eCommerce banners, Social Media visuals, Ads creatives, CRM bundles and Print materials.
Eutopia is a fund for consumer startups. We back founders who are rethinking the way we eat, shop, sleep and feel. We are backing 26 startups
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Investment focus
- Retail, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, Belgium, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- GOURMEY — We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation.
- Bastille — Bastille is a brand of urban bicycles. The Astir brand is synonymous with folding bicycles. The primary quality constraint Bastille, a British designer, aims to create a folding motorcycle with standard wheels rather than the mini 16-inch wheels that are traditionally associated with folding bikes.
- SPRiNG Collective — SPRiNG is a consumer goods company that offers clean and efficient laundry and cleaning products, delivered in a 100% plastic-free box and directly in the mailbox. The company is headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France, France by Philippe Cantet, Laure Favre, and Ben Guerville in 2017.
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