Almi Invest

Almi Invest is a Swedish venture capital firm established in 2009, focusing on investing in promising start-ups with scalable business models and committed entrepreneurs. The firm operates through seven regionally based funds, each managed by experienced local investment professionals. With a total capital of SEK 1 billion, Almi Invest typically makes initial investments ranging from SEK 2 to 4 million, with the potential to extend up to SEK 10 million during the investment's lifecycle. The firm emphasizes collaboration by syndicating investments with other venture capitalists or angel investors, allowing it to acquire a maximum of 50 percent of shares in any given funding round. Almi Invest sources its capital from European Union structural funds and regional investors, with half of its funding derived from each. The firm's structure as an Evergreen Fund allows it to reinvest generated returns, contributing to its ongoing investment capacity. Additionally, the Almi Invest GreenTech Fund targets early-stage investments in clean tech, climate tech, and life sciences, aiming for a diverse portfolio through at least 50 investments.

Marie Andersson

Investment Manager

Fredrik Andersson

Investment Manager

Emanuel Andersson

Investment Manager

Per Antonsson

Investment Manager

Allan Asp

Investment Manager

Mia de Besche

Investment Manager

Christian Bjorkman

Investment Manager

Jörgen Bodin

Investment Manager

Mikael Boman

Investment Manager

Markus Bredberg

Investment Manager

Jens Bäckbom

Investment Manager

Pär Carlshamre

Investment Manager

Karin Edström

Investment Manager

Mats Enegren

Acting Fund Manager

Jenny Engerfelt

Fund Manager

Anna Giselsson

Investment Manager

Anna Gisselsson

Investment Manager

Hanna Goldmann

Investment Manager

Ulf Green

Fund Manager

Per Heander

Investment Manager

Rosemari Herrero

Investment Manager

Mats Håkansson

Investment Manager

Markus Hökfelt

Fund Manager

Ann-Sofie Hörlin

Investment Manager

Jenny Jansson

Investment Manager

Henrik Jansson

Chief Executive Officer and Fund Manager

Sophia Johansson

Investment Manager

Mikael Karlsson

Chief Executive Officer

Maria Kessling

Head of Marketing and Communications

Tor Kihlberg

Investment Manager

Oskar Lagerqvist

Investment Manager

Pär Lagerström

Investment Manager

Henrik Larsson

Investment Manager

Fredrik Malmström

Investment Manager

Alex Molvin

Fund Manager

Eva Nordlander

Fund Manager

Martin Norrklev

Investment Manager

Gustav Notander

Investment Manager

Bjorn Persson

Fund Manager - ALMI Invest Östra Mellansverige

Lars Persson

Investment Professional

Helen Pettersson

Investment Manager

Patrik Sjöstrand

Investment Manager

Jenny Strömberg

Investment Manager

Anna Söderholm

Investment Manager

Stefan Söderling

Fund Manager

Maria Tell

Investment Manager

Lars Videnros

Investment Manager (Tjanstledig)

Robert Wahlquist

Investment Manager

Stina Wallmark

Investment Manager

Louise Warme

Investment Manager

Björn Westman

Investment Manager

Adam Widebert

Investment Manager

Erik Ydren

Investment Manager

Kristofer Öhman

Investment Manager

Tarja zu dem Berge

Fund Manager

Past deals in Food Processing

Big Akwa

Venture Round in 2023
Big Akwa is a food-tech innovation start-up that economically and environmentally revolutionizes land-based aquaculture by introducing industrial symbiosis between the aquaculture and the process industry. Our solution introduces an efficient circular approach to the fish production based on industrial symbiosis. Low temperature waste heat from the plant is used to warm up fish farm water, ensuring faster fish growth and lower energy usage. The dirty water from fish farm is converted into a resource for the industry too. The usage of new technology, sharing resources and infrastructure presents a novel opportunity to improve the environmental footprint of fishfarm and with decreased capital investments reduces production costs up to 20%. Sustainable fish can be farmed in a closed loop each year, with no nutrients released in nature.

Big Akwa

Seed Round in 2022
Big Akwa is a food-tech innovation start-up that economically and environmentally revolutionizes land-based aquaculture by introducing industrial symbiosis between the aquaculture and the process industry. Our solution introduces an efficient circular approach to the fish production based on industrial symbiosis. Low temperature waste heat from the plant is used to warm up fish farm water, ensuring faster fish growth and lower energy usage. The dirty water from fish farm is converted into a resource for the industry too. The usage of new technology, sharing resources and infrastructure presents a novel opportunity to improve the environmental footprint of fishfarm and with decreased capital investments reduces production costs up to 20%. Sustainable fish can be farmed in a closed loop each year, with no nutrients released in nature.

Nordic SeaFarm

Venture Round in 2022
Nordic SeaFarm is a producer of fair-trade seaweed and works with a range of food chain stakeholders to develop products and services.

Havredals

Angel Round in 2020
Havredals creates 100% plant-based foods from common Nordic raw materials, grown and harvested in Sweden and our Nordic neighboring countries. Simple crops, which are taken advantage of and become pure super foods.

Gårdsfisk

Venture Round in 2018
Gårdsfisk AB, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Åhus, Sweden, specializes in land-based fish farming. The company has developed an innovative method for cultivating fish in large pools within a closed system. This approach not only promotes sustainable fish farming but also allows for the recycling of nutrient-rich water, which can be repurposed as fertilizer for agricultural fields. Gårdsfisk aims to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of aquaculture while minimizing environmental impact.

Protab AB

Seed Round in 2015
Protab specializes in machining, turning and milling and manufactures details for the hydraulic and forest industry. Another important part of the business is system delivery, where the company also assembles the details that were manufactured. Protab manufactures components primarily for the hydraulics and forestry industries. System deliveries, where the company assembles manufactured components, form another important part of the operation. We also do value flow analyses to improve the efficiency of our customers' businesses. How can we make things better for you?

SpinChem

Seed Round in 2015
SpinChem AB develops and sells products used by laboratories in chemical processes to produce and clean substances. Its products are rotating bed reactors used to eliminate slow reaction kinetics caused by poor mass transfer between your solution and solid phase, MagRBR used for heterogeneous reactions with numerous types of solid phases, including immobilized enzymes, encapsulated cells and ion exchangers, solid reagents, laboratory equipment, starter kits, and accessories. The products used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, and has further applications in process development, reaction screening, biocatalysts, reactor engineering, and downstream processing. SpinChem AB is based in Umeå, Sweden.

Finepart Sweden

Venture Round in 2015
Finepart provides user-friendly machines for fine and micro-abrasive waterjet of the highest quality for the global market. Its process provides new opportunities for higher product performance and increased manufacturing flexibility for precision applications with high-performance materials, mainly in medical technology, aerospace applications, fiber reinforced products, and micro components. With innovation and leading process knowledge, Finepart Sweden AB creates with its customers conditions for increased competitiveness. Finepart Sweden AB also provides solutions for polishing and deburring parts of highly complex shapes.

Biofrigas

Venture Round in 2014
Biofrigas Sweden AB is a company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, specializing in the production of liquid biogas through the upgrading and liquefaction of biogas. The company's technology enables small-scale biogas production suitable for various sectors, including food industries, agriculture, and wastewater treatment. Additionally, Biofrigas provides carbon dioxide and heat for diverse applications, supporting sustainable practices in its targeted industries.

LeguPro

Venture Round in 2014
LeguPro’s mission is to make it easier and more affordable for the average consumer to eat a healthy, sustainable diet. In a wave of increased health awareness, the global population is paying more and more attention to the food it eats. People are becoming more concerned about the overall quality of their food, including how their food affects their health, whether the food is highly processed, the additives and preservatives contained in their food, the taste of their food, and the fat content and number of calories in the food. These health-driven trends are influencing overall lifestyles of consumers and affecting their product choices. These busy consumers want eating to be healthy, sustainable, and affordable, and LeguPro will provide practical kitchen appliances and cooking aids to meet their needs.

ChildFoodFactory

Seed Round in 2013
ChildFoodFactory is a children's food company based in Östersund with production in Ängelholm. ChildFoodFactory is an organic, near-produced baby food where every taste is packaged separately. Pure flavors of different vegetables and meat or fish stimulate children's taste development and in addition we have added a dessert consisting of a yummy fruit or berry compote that you get with each meal.

Ottos Barnmat

Seed Round in 2013
Ottos Barnmat AB produces organic gruel and smoothies for babies. It distributes its products through stores and delivery services. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Lidingö, Sweden.

Kloverbergsgarden

Seed Round in 2011
Klöverbergsgården AB is Norrbotten's largest egg producer. The business produces and sells locally produced poultry products, primarily eggs, of the highest quality to the consumer market. The plant houses 33,000 hens producing about 28,000 eggs a day.