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Swedish climatetech startup raises €3.5M seed to drive emission reductions and sustainability in the agri-food industry.

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Stockholm-based startup Improvin’ has raised €3.5 million in a seed funding round to expand its sustainability performance platform for the agri-food industry. Led by Pale Blue Dot and Dynamo Ventures, the round also included FoodBridge, Axel Johnson‘s common group platform for early-stage foodtech startups, and PINC, the venture arm of Paulig. The platform helps food brands quantify and report their emissions, collaborate with suppliers, and improve biodiversity. Improvin’ will introduce the platform to new customers in Germany, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

More than 70% of the agri-food industry’s emissions originate from primary production; an area where most agriculture and food companies lack visibility. To solve this, Improvin’ has developed a sustainability performance platform that allows agri-food companies to measure and reduce emissions in their primary production and improve biodiversity together with their suppliers.

“We are supporting food brands such as Oatly and processors like AAK, the leading global producer of plant-based oils, in their mission of becoming more sustainable by giving them tools to reduce emissions and boost biodiversity in their own supply chains, down to the field-level”, explains Niklas Wallsargård, the CEO and Founder of Improvin’.


“We’re thrilled about the unique combination of expertise we’re bringing in with this investment. Pale blue dot’s climate tech experience and Dynamo Ventures’ supply chain know-how combined with the food industry knowledge from both PINC and FoodBridge will fuel our expansion across Europe, starting from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands”, Wallsargård adds.


“We believe Improvin’s tailored approach to solving one of the agri-food industry’s hardest problems, producing more food more sustainably, is unique”, says Joel Larsson, Co-founder and General Partner at Pale blue dot. “We are proud to support the company on its journey to help agri-food businesses worldwide become more sustainable”, he continues.


“Improvin’s deep integration into the agri-food supply chains provides a granular understanding of emissions and a unique insight into reducing emissions and boosting biodiversity”, says Jon Bradford, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Dynamo Ventures. “We’re excited to be part of this journey and looking forward to supporting Improvin’ scale globally”, he continues.

Additionally, Improvin’ has received great support from their existing investors LRF Ventures and Atomico Angel Programme.

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Nurcin Metingil
Nurcin Metingil
A permanent student, a passionate first reader and nowadays doing master’s degree in Publishing Management. Beside these, I am up for games! I have been playing games since I was 6. Now, I am whispering "Business. Business. Numbers. Is this working?"

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