Unilever Ventures

Unilever Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever. They invest in young, promising companies, accelerating growth by providing access to Unilever’s global ecosystem, assets and expertise. They are looking for tomorrow’s world-beaters in Personal Care and Digital.

They provide access to a company with unrivalled global reach. On any given day, two billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life. With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways.

Unilever Ventures works closely with The Unilever Foundry to provide technology innovators with access to paid pilot projects, mentorship and growth financing.

Highlights

Founded

2002

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

146

Lead Investment

48

Exits

28

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Corporate Venture Capital, Venture Capital

Location

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Unilever Ventures, established in 2002 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed investments across Biotechnology, Medical, Medical Device, Venture Capital, Consulting, Advice, Finance, Therapeutics, CleanTech, Industrial. The organization boasts a portfolio of 145 investments, with an average round size of $26.9M and 28 successful exits. Their recent investments include Biofisica, ATDC, Novartis Venture Fund, HaloSource, Clavis Insight. The highest investment round they participated in was $230.4B. Among their most notable exits are Biofisica and ATDC. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Anna Ohlsson

Anna Ohlsson

Partner

imagePlace Stephen Willson

Stephen Willson

Managing Partner

imagePlace Paul Hart

Paul Hart

Financial Controller

imagePlace Olivier Garel

Olivier Garel

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

imagePlace Rachel Harris

Rachel Harris

Partner

imagePlace Pawan Chaturvedi

Pawan Chaturvedi

Partner

Investment portfolio

Unilever Ventures has made 146 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 01, 2024, when ESQA raised $4.0M.

Unilever Ventures has made 24 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Feb 01, 2024, when Perelel raised $6.0M.

investments

146

Diversity investments

24

Lead investments

48

Number of exits

28

Investments

146

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 01, 2024
Perelel Perelel
Health Care6.0M
Jul 01, 2024
ESQA ESQA
E-Commerce4.0M
Jul 01, 2024
Luna Daily Luna Daily
Consumernull
Jul 15, 2024--1.5M

Exits

28

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

146

Investors

0

Funds

4

Funding Rounds

146

Unilever Ventures has raised 146 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 15, 2024 from a Seed Round - SkinInspired round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 01, 2024
Series A - Perelel Series A - Perelel
-6.0M-
Jul 01, 2024
Series B - ESQA Series B - ESQA
-4.0M-
Jul 01, 2024
Seed Round - Luna Daily Seed Round - Luna Daily
-0-
Jul 15, 2024
Seed Round - SkinInspired Seed Round - SkinInspired
-1.5M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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