H&M CO:LAB

Total investments

44

Average round size

20M

Portfolio companies

27

Rounds per year

4.89

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.39

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyCommercialE-CommerceInternetLifestyleFashionDelivery ServiceSustainabilityLocation Based ServicesTextiles

Summary

The main department of described VC is located in the Stockholm. The venture was found in Europe in Sweden. H&M CO:LAB appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the H&M CO:LAB, startups are often financed by D-Ax Corporate Venture Capital, Wingefors Invest, Sebastian Picardo. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Virata Corp., Victor Jacobsson, Venrex Investment Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Zalando, Venrex Investment Management.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 2 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Colorifix, Ivyrevel, Infinited Fiber Company. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Machine Learning, Biotechnology. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Sweden.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The real fund results show that this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2019. When the investment is from H&M CO:LAB the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars.

We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

Show more

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
44
Lead investments
6
Exits
1
Rounds per year
4.89
Follow on index
0.39
Investments by industry
  • E-Commerce (17)
  • Fashion (15)
  • Sustainability (9)
  • Location Based Services (7)
  • Textiles (7)
  • Show 56 more
Investments by region
  • Sweden (20)
  • Canada (3)
  • United States (8)
  • United Kingdom (8)
  • India (1)
  • Show 2 more
Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
260M
Group Appearance index
0.77

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Fairbrics 29 Mar 2022 Seed 7M Ile-de-France, France, France
Syre 23 May 2024 Early Stage Venture 100M Södermanland, Stockholm, Sweden
How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.