About Kost
Kost is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. It is primarily based out of Frederiksberg, Denmark. As of Mar 2026, Kost is an active investor, having invested in 7 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Denmark based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Environment Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Foreverland A lot of funds co-invest with Kost, with names like Planetary sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Kost has team of 9 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
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Portfolio Sectors
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Seed & Series A
Deals in last 12 months
Kost's List of Top Investments
Kost has a portfolio of 7 companies. Their most notable investments are in Foreverland and Numi.Their portfolio spans across Denmark, France, Italy and 2 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Kost:
1. Orbisk
Provider of AI-based food waste monitoring system. It is a plug-and-play installation of the food waste monitor in the kitchen. The monitor system has a camera with AI image recognition, that recognizes the products being thrown away and gains insight into the food waste via an online report.
Key facts about Orbisk
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.68M
- Employee Count: 25 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: DutchBasecamp, DOEN Foundation and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 10, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Foreverland
Key facts about Foreverland
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Milan (Italy)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $10.9M
- Investors: Exor, Newtree Impact and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 24, 2026, $*****
3. Amass
Provider of an AI-powered platform for scientific knowledge integration and analysis. The platform integrates scientific data from various sources, including patents, papers, regulatory filings, and internal documents, into a structured knowledge graph. It offers tools for literature intelligence, competitive and market intelligence, and AI-powered scientific Q&A. The platform is designed for use across various roles, from researchers to business strategists, to facilitate scientific discovery and decision-making.
Key facts about Amass
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Frederiksberg (Denmark)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.63M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Giant Ventures, Kost and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 22, 2025, $*****
4. sallea
It offers customizable, edible 3D scaffolds that serve as the foundation for cultivating premium, structured whole cuts of meat and fish, enabling manufacturers to produce high-quality, textured cultivated proteins without animal farming. It manufactures the scaffolds using 3D-printed salt molds and food-grade materials like plant proteins and polysaccharides, which are then used as a foundation for lab-grown meat production
Key facts about sallea
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.6M
- Investors: Founderful, MassChallenge and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 16, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Nutrumami
Nutrumami is a Danish company focused on developing plant nutrition solutions, offering ingredients and flavors produced from green sustainable sources. They recently secured €450K in pre-seed funding to pioneer a new category of multi-functional plant proteins.
Key facts about Nutrumami
Kost's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Kost has invested in 7 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in SUMM Ingredients and most recent follow-on round was in Foreverland.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kost's Investments by Stage
Kost has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.29M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.45M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kost's Investments by Sector
Kost has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Tech, High Tech, Life Sciences and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Tech companies, 3 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Food and Agriculture | 3 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Life Sciences | 2 |
Sustainability Tech | 2 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kost's Investments by Geography
Kost has made most investments in Denmark (2), followed by France where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Denmark | 2 |
France | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Kost's recent investments
Kost has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Foreverland.Here are the most recent investments by Kost:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 24, 2026 | Italy | Series A | 5446 | [+3] | |
Sep 18, 2025 | - | Seed | 7999 | ||
Aug 22, 2025 | Denmark | Seed | 5062 | [+1] | |
Dec 10, 2024 | Netherlands | Series A | 8895 | [+4] | |
Oct 16, 2024 | Switzerland | Seed | 8384 |
Team profile of Kost
Kost has a team of 9 members including 5 Partners and 1 Principal located in Denmark. Kost's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Kost:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Copenhagen | - | - | |
Partner | Copenhagen | - | - | |
Partner | Copenhagen | - | - | |
Partner | Copenhagen | - | - | |
Partner | Denmark | - | - | |
Principal | Copenhagen | - | - |
Co-investors of Kost
Over the past 3 years, 31 investors have co-invested in Kost's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Kost: EIC Fund, Europa and 7 others have invested in rounds before Kost. There is 1 company where EIC Fund has invested before Kost and 1 company where Europa has invested before Kost.
- Top Co-investors of Kost: 19 investors entered a company along with Kost. These include investors like Planetary (2 companies).
- Invested after Kost: A total of 3 investors have invested in Kost's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Maia (1 company), Riello Investimenti Partners (1 company) and Newtree Impact (1 company).
Recent News related to Kost
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Italy’s Foreverland unwraps €6 million to sweeten the European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternativeEU-Startups•Mar 24, 2026•Foreverland, Kost, Newtree Impact, Maia and 4 others
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Summ Ingredients secures €1.7m to launch multifunctional fermented protein categoryFoodBev Media•Sep 18, 2025•Kost, Danmarks Eksport og Investeringsfond, BoxOne Ventures, SUMM! and 3 others
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Amass secures EUR 1.4 million seed fundingVenture Capital magazine•Aug 22, 2025•Amass, Kost, Giant Ventures, Danmarks Eksport og Investeringsfond
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Dutch Scaleup Orbisk raises more than € 8 million to tackle food waste internationallyDuurzaam Beleggen•Dec 10, 2024•Orbisk, Regeneration.VC, PeakBridge, Kost and 2 others
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sallea secures $2.6M for its 3D Scaffolds for cell cultivated meatTech.eu•Oct 16, 2024•sallea, Founderful, Kost
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Italian foodtech Foreverland raises €3.4 million to redefine the future of chocolateEU-Startups•Oct 01, 2024•Foreverland, Grey Silo Ventures, Eatable Adventures, MAIA Venture and 7 others
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NUTRUMAMI Secures €450K Pre-Seed Funding to Pioneer a Brand New Ingredient Category, “Multi-Functional Plant Proteins”Vegan Business Magazine•May 29, 2024•Nutrumami, Kost, Planetary
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Bluestein Ventures closes third fund with $45m to focus on nutrition, sustainability, digitizationFoodNavigator-USA•Feb 20, 2024•Bluestein Ventures, FoodNavigator-USA, Joyful Ventures, Supply Change Capital and 8 others
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Kost Capital: €25m investments in food start-upsYPAITHROS CHORA S.A.•Feb 03, 2024•Kost, Danmarks Eksport og Investeringsfond
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Danish Kost Capital launches €25 million fund to fuel foodtech innovations and bioeconomy growthArcticStartup•Jan 09, 2024•Kost
