A venture capital fund backed by five of the world’s leading grocery retailers

“We offer accelerated pathways to scale across the world’s major markets, while acting at start-up speed and leaving you to do what you do best: grow your business.”

Ingrid Maes

CEO and Chief Investment Officer, W23

Our CEO

Ingrid is an innovator, strategic thinker and business builder with over 25 years experience in retail, data, customer loyalty, digital and investing. She has a reputation for being visionary, moving fast, challenging the status quo, getting things done and delivering commercial results.

Global capital. Global scale.

Backed by Ahold Delhaize (US, Europe, Indonesia), Tesco (UK, ROI, Europe), the Woolworths Group (Australia, New Zealand), Empire (Canada) and the Shoprite Group (Africa), we offer faster pathways to global scale.