Meet us
At Kost, we are a diverse team of passionate food scientists, food historians, chefs, and impact-driven investors. Based in the Nordics, we have an innovation center located in Copenhagen
We back visionary entrepreneurs shaping the future of food
Our mission
We are what we eat yet our food system is fundamentally broken.
Given the challenges of a growing population, climate change, food waste, health issues, and shifting policies, immediate funding is crucial.
Addressing the broken food system presents the climate opportunity of the century.
We must provide better food for more people.
Our focus
Kost Capital invests in disruptive B2B food technology across Europe, built by incredible founders from Pre-Seed to Seed stage.
From fermentation-based ingredients to innovative technologies and hardware, we invest in the inputs that will power the next generation of food and bioeconomy solutions.
Ingredients for Food
Methods and processes that use scientific and technological advancements to develop new types of ingredients.
Enabling Infrastructure
Innovative manufacturing solutions leveraging techniques to process food, scale production or improve food ingredients’ functionality.
Early Stage Ideas
You are an entrepreneur with a project or a food scientist with a product and need support to develop it further? Contact our venture builder at Kost Studio.
Our playbook
We have identified the four most common bottlenecks in the food tech founder journey and have designed solutions to remove them:
Research & Development
We leverage Kost Studio’s unique expertise in food science to optimize product development efforts.
Scale
We foster collaboration across our Kost platform and provide access to our network of experts and labs to promote effective collaboration and accelerate growth
Go-to-Market
We’re refining your go-to-market strategy in close collaboration with the food industry to help you get to market faster.
Exit
We utilize our combined experience in scaling high-growth enterprises to assist founders in creating investable companies.
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