Husqvarna Group
Husqvarna Group is the 1689-founded Swedish power-equipment company, famous for chainsaws and robotic mowers, whose corporate venture arm Husqvarna Ventures backs early-stage water technology. It takes strategic minority stakes in sensing, robotics and treatment startups that fit its gardening, agriculture and construction businesses. As of 2026 it has backed two water companies, Moleaer and Soil Scout.
Compiled by Antoine Walter, (don't) Waste Water, from official filings and direct intelligence in Leviathan.
The take
Husqvarna Group started in 1689 as a rifle works built beside a waterfall in Huskvarna, southern Sweden, because the factory needed the hydropower. Three centuries later the company is known the world over for chainsaws and robotic lawnmowers, but water has run through the machinery from the very first day.
Husqvarna Ventures is the group's corporate venture capital (CVC) arm, the in-house fund a large company uses to take minority stakes in startups instead of buying them outright. It hunts for early-stage robotics, sensing, AI and IoT companies that plug into Husqvarna's gardening, agriculture and construction lines, and water keeps surfacing as the connective thread between turf, soil and food.
On the water side Husqvarna has backed two companies. Soil Scout, a Finnish startup whose battery-powered sensors sit buried in the ground for years and report soil moisture, lets growers and groundskeepers water only when the soil actually asks for it. Moleaer builds industrial nanobubble generators that treat water and lift crop yields without added chemicals. Both are bets that smarter water use is the next efficiency frontier for the lawns, farms and worksites Husqvarna already serves.
Husqvarna is not a water-only fund and does not pretend to be. It is a strategic investor placing a small, deliberate set of bets where a startup's technology can ride its distribution and industry know-how to scale. For a newcomer mapping who backs water, Husqvarna is the corporate that reaches it through the soil and the sprinkler, not the treatment plant.
Water Commitment Score
Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.
How they invest
Portfolio · 2 water companies
Invests alongside
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Frequently asked
- What does Husqvarna Group invest in?
- Husqvarna Group invests through Husqvarna Ventures, its corporate venture arm, taking minority stakes in early-stage robotics, sensing, AI and IoT startups that strengthen its gardening, forestry and construction businesses. In water it has backed soil-moisture sensing and industrial nanobubble treatment, the technologies closest to its turf and agriculture markets.
- Does Husqvarna Group have a venture capital arm?
- Yes. Husqvarna Ventures is the group's corporate venture capital arm, the in-house fund it uses to invest in and partner with startups rather than acquire them. It targets robotics, AI, IoT and digital business models, including water-technology firms such as Moleaer and Soil Scout.
- What water companies has Husqvarna Group backed?
- Husqvarna Group has backed two water companies that (don't) Waste Water tracks: Soil Scout, a Finnish maker of buried wireless soil-moisture sensors, and Moleaer, a US builder of industrial nanobubble systems for chemical-free water treatment. As of 2026 those are its two disclosed water investments.
- Where is Husqvarna Group based?
- Husqvarna Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, though the company began in 1689 beside a waterfall in Huskvarna in the country's south, where it built rifles using hydropower. Its water investments reach beyond Sweden, including Finland's Soil Scout and US-based Moleaer.
- Is Husqvarna a water company?
- No. Husqvarna Group is a Swedish power-equipment maker known for chainsaws, robotic mowers and construction tools, not a water utility or pure-play water fund. Its tie to water is strategic: through Husqvarna Ventures it backs startups that help its gardening, agriculture and construction customers use water more efficiently.