PINC

Profile and portfolio

Parent Paulig GroupHQ Helsinki, FinlandFounded 2018

PINC is the corporate venture arm of Paulig Group, a food and agriculture company. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. It invests from pre-seed to seed. Sectors it names: food and agriculture, climate and energy, biotech and life sciences.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Seed

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Seed
Sectors	Food and agriculture, Climate and energy, Biotech and life sciences
Geography	Europe
Offices	Helsinki, Finland

Sources: S1 Paulig Group: This is PINC.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
Offices: Helsinki, Finland

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS1 S2

Marika KingHead of PINCFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Rosemari HerreroSenior Investment ManagerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Karl SwenssonInvestment DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page

PINC on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Paulig Group	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Food and agriculture	Single source	S1
Founded	2018	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland	Single source	S3
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed	S1
Check size, Seed	EUR 200,000 to EUR 1M	S1
Leads rounds	Sometimes	S1
Beyond capital	Access to Paulig for collaborations, consumer insights, brand and product development, and European sales and distribution network	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 14 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the PINC portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Beiersdorf Venture Capital	1	Melt&Marble
Oetker Ventures	1	Win-Win

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the PINC list

14 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

Amatera
BlueRedGold
Cotierra
Elaniti
EvodiaBio
For Real Foods
Glenntex
Improvin
Kaffe Bueno
Melt&Marble
OlsAro
Rainbow Crops
Scindo
Win-Win

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Led by the firm	Source
2026-09-29	Cotierra	Not stated	EUR 2.6M	Yes	S2

History

2018Paulig launched PINC as Paulig IncubatorS1
2026PINC co-led a EUR 2.6M round in Cotierra with Carbon Removal PartnersS2

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.pauliggroup.com/this-is-pinc

Sources

S1Paulig Group: This is PINCFirm
S2Paulig Group release: PINC co-leads EUR 2.6 million investment in CotierraFirm
S3Paulig Group contact page (head office Satamakaari 20, Helsinki)Parent company

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