Invest FWD is the corporate venture and investment arm of Bestseller, the Danish family-owned fashion group founded in 1975. Based in Aarhus, Denmark, Invest FWD invests in sustainable fashion, materials innovation, and cleantech startups that aim to transform the fashion industry's full life cycle from raw materials to production and post-consumer use.
50% of their portfolio is in Manufacturing. Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $243.2M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
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Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
10 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 SoftWear Automation | Series B | $20M | Aug 2025 |
 Infinited Fiber | Series B | — | Jan 2024 |
 Kintra Fibers | Series A | $8M | Jan 2023 |
 Klarna | Growth | $800M | Jul 2022 |
 VitroLabs | Series A | $46M | May 2022 |
 VitroLabs | Series A | $46M | May 2022 |
 Ambercycle | Series A | $21.6M | Jan 2022 |
| Klarna | Growth | $1B | Mar 2021 |
| Infinited Fiber | Series B | — | Jan 2021 |
| Infinited Fiber | Unknown | $4.4M | Jan 2019 |
Top Co-Investors
Zalando3 shared
H&M Group3 shared
Fashion for Good3 shared
Silver Lake2 shared
Commonwealth Bank of Australia2 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
New Agrarian2 shared
Kering2 shared
JIMCO2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
Regeneration.VC2 shared
Agronomics2 shared
H&M Group Ventures2 shared
Inditex2 shared
Mubadala Investment Company1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
CTW Venture Partners1 shared
Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
TCV1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026