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H&M Group Ventures
Corporate VC
H&M Group Ventures, also called New Growth & Ventures, was founded in 2015 to support entrepreneur-led companies with capital and fashion industry expertise. It invests in start-ups, builds joint ventures, and explores potential acquisitions on behalf of H&M Group.
Invests inE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsfashionretailstrategic investmentjoint venturesacquisitions
Your fit with H&M Group Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsH&M Group Ventures lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (29%), AI & Machine Learning (14%) and Fintech (14%). 44% of its companies are based in Sweden. It invests most often alongside Collaborative Fund, Goldwin Play Earth Fund and AP Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name H&M Group Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not H&M Group Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 28. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundH&M Group Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 25% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 90th | 18% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 29% | 5% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Consumer | 10% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 4% | 1% |
| Education | 2% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Collaborative Fund | 3 |
| Goldwin Play Earth Fund | 3 |
| AP Ventures | 2 |
| CNI Nordic | 2 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 2 |
| Regeneration.VC | 2 |
| Tin Shed Ventures | 2 |
| qonvolv Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Collaborative Fund
Compare H&M Group Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with H&M Group Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Series B |
Round details for H&M Group Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in H&M Group Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AltMat transforms agriculture waste into natural fibres and yarns | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ambercycle converts end-of-life feedstocks into new materials for brands and manufacturers | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells vintage second-hand fashion. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avassa operates edge application management and operations | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Centra provides an ecommerce platform for fashion and lifestyle brands | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Colorifix develops a biological process to create color and dye textiles, replacing the use of harmful chemicals. | FintechSpace & Defense | Jun 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| CultMia is an online luxury fashion retailer that sells clothing, shoes, and accessories from various designers. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| eComID provides a shopping passport and AI-powered shopping agent for personalized commerce across connected fashion brands | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Fairbrics turns CO2 into polyester for use in various industries, including fashion, chemical, and packaging | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| GALY grows and crafts biocrafted cocoa and cotton products | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Goop sells various products, including clothing, beauty items, and home goods. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| GreyOrange provides warehouse fulfillment solutions and technology for various industries | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Heirloom permanently removes carbon dioxide from the air using a process that harnesses the natural power of limestone. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Infinited Fiber turns textile waste into a high-quality, circular textile fiber called Infinna | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company moves tens of millions of parcels a year for various brands across the Nordics and Benelux, offering services such as lockers, home delivery, and returns. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mantle sells skincare and hair care products. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ninepine sells clothing and accessories online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| PinMeTo enables multi-location brands to get discovered, found, and verified on the most important search, map, and social media platforms | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Printify allows users to create and sell custom products through a print-on-demand service. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides automated textile sorting using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hmgroupventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 28
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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