Investors in Forest

We invest in startups in the forestry, professional landscaping, gardening, agriculture and construction sectors. Our goal is to add value by contributing our ecosystem network and the manifold assets of STIHL as a leading company in the industry.

WEPA Ventures operates as a Family Venture Capital firm of WEPA Group. WEPA is a top hygiene specialist in Europe, offering sustainable hygiene papers and dispenser solutions for various sectors to enhance well-being. Backed by the WEPA Group, a European future-oriented family business, we invest across Europe in early-stage opportunities, directly and opportunistically indirectly. We partner with start-ups that have the potential to impactfully transform the hygiene, health and FMCG industry with us towards more sustainability and customer-centricity.

Metsä Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by over 90,000 forest owners. We use wood to make recyclable products for the day-to-day lives of millions of people globally. We focus on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, paperboards, and tissue and greaseproof papers. We are committed to the principles of regenerative forestry to measurably strengthen the state of forest nature. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. In 2023 our sales totaled EUR 6.1 billion, and we have around 9,500 employees.

Metsä Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by over 90,000 forest owners. We use wood to make recyclable products for the day-to-day lives of millions of people globally. We focus on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, paperboards, and tissue and greaseproof papers. We are committed to the principles of regenerative forestry to measurably strengthen the state of forest nature. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. In 2023 our sales totaled EUR 6.1 billion, and we have around 9,500 employees.

AgriTech Hub is a Venture Capital Fund with investment interests in modern solutions within the scope of high-tech for the agriculture and food sector. We aim to put R&D projects with the most potential to commercial use during Proof of Concept (PoC) and Proof of Principle (PoP) stages. We invest in solutions and technology within the scope of the entire value added chain in agriculture and agricultural practice. AgriTech Hub constitutes an amalgamation of knowledge in terms of high-tech and ICT with the investment experience of a team of experts. Our mission is to support innovation, applicable at the growing, production and distribution stages, all the way to the commercial end customer. MIT Enterprise Forum Poland has been supporting the fund since its inception.

The world’s first Venture Studio for forests. We build ventures by leveraging science, technology, entrepreneurship and our unique access to indigenous and local knowledge. By 2030 we will regenerate and protect 20 million hectares of biodiverse forests by zniting founders, innovative concepts, resources, technology, and science to launch ventures dedicated to protect and regenerate forest ecosystems.