Maersk Growth

Maersk Growth is the corporate venture capital arm of the Maersk Group who invest in early stage (seed to A-round) start-ups under the umbrella “Building the Future of Trade”. They invest in the technologies and startups that will shape the future of trade. As an investor, Maersk Growth provides more than funds. They use Maersk Growth's global infrastructure and operational expertise to power exponential growth.
Type VC
Website growth.maersk.com

Investment info

Invests in
Go to market
Growth and expansion
Investment range
€ 100 - 500K
€ 0,5 - 1M
€ 1 - 5M
€ > 5M
Primary markets
Consumer, Companies, Marketplace
Investing in countries
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Focus areas

Fintech
Fintech
IT & Software
IT & Software
Marketplace & eCommerce
Marketplace & eCommerce
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
See all 5 focus areas

Key people

SS
Head of Growth

Sune Stilling

TH
Venture Partner

Thomas Hougaard

BL
Venture Partner

Betty Liu

JH
Venture Partner

Jeppe Hoier

PV
Venture Partner

Peter V. Jorgensen

Invests in SDGs

sdg
sdg

More about Maersk Growth

  • Fighting food waste in the supply chain

  • Enabling trade by reducing barriers, increasing trust and visibility and access to finance

  • Secure and transparent supply chains, enabling consumers visibility and choice over which products to buy

  • Next generation logistics, the new business models and technologies that will truly disrupt the logistics industry

 

Experience

The senior team has more than 100 years of investment experience across various disciplines and backgrounds across venture capital, technology, trade, logistics, shipping and terminals.

 

How much do they invest?

Initial investments range from USD 0.5 – 5.0 million with a sweetspot in the USD 1-2 million range.

Maersk Growth actively works with the companies they invest in helping them unlock the potential of the entire Maersk Group.

 

How do they work?

First step will be to review a pitch deck followed by a call with the founders to understand team, product market fit, potential and funding stage. If they see a potential fit, this will be followed up by a pitch to their investment committee and a quick evaluation. Maersk Growth is set up to move fast and make investment decisions in the right companies within days.

 

This makes a difference to them

People is the most important thing to Maersk Growth. They invest in the best teams with the desire to make a difference and passion to succeed. They prefer to invest in companies that have proven products and paid pilots/early revenue traction looking to scale where they can bring their experience and global reach to bear.

 

Startups they funded

Most recent investment was in seed company Sensortransport based on the West Coast of the US who provide sensor agnostic software solutions enabling cargo owners to track location and condition of their goods during first and last mile journeys.

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