Edastra

Edastra is a Swedish investment company that puts capital into differentiated entrepreneurial businesses. Its stated aim is to back firms that address large problems of the present day. The site is written in Swedish and presents the business through its founder's words and a list of holdings.

Services

• Investment in entrepreneurial companies: takes stakes in businesses with a distinct approach to a real problem.
• Support for portfolio firms: one holding is described as helping entrepreneurs build fast-growing technology companies.
• Impact focus: targets companies whose products aim at social or environmental problems, such as waste, crime and emissions.

Who it works with

The portfolio spans a wide mix of businesses. Examples include a digital model that cuts food waste, forensic software for solving crimes, a cloud service that helps banks detect money laundering, parcel delivery with lower emissions, a call-blocking app, chilled last-mile delivery, IT security, interactive web invoices, a plant-based cheese and an IT consultancy.

Key facts

• Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
• Chairman and founder: Robert Ahldin
• Managing director: Christian Hellman