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What does Cultivation Capital invest in?
Cultivation Capital invests most often at Seed and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agriculture, Agricultural-tech and In Vitro Diagnostics.
Cultivation Capital highlights
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10 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 63% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 34 rounds, median $2.0M
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Cultivation Capital invests in young companies whose ideas have potential to transform the way we live and work.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- AgricultureAgricultural-techIn Vitro Diagnostics
- Based in
- St. Louis, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first169 appearances
- 2026
9 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Apr
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2025
21 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2024
14 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- May
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
ARAndrew Robert DearingMember and Managing Director of Geospatial Tech Fund I GP, LLCiForm ADV
BOBarry Owen SandweissManager of Tech Fund III GP, LLC, the issuer's general partner, and managing directoriFiling they signed
BWBobby W. SandageMember of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund II Manager, LLCiForm ADV
BLBrian L ClevingerMember and Managing Director of Yield Lab Global Opportunity GP, LLCiForm ADV
BLBrian Lloyd MatthewsManager of Tech Fund III GP, LLC, the issuer's general partner, and managing directoriFiling they signed
CDCarol D. MatthewsMember and Manager of Prosper Startup Accelerator Manager, LLCiForm ADV
CMCatherine MatthesManaging directoriFiling they signed
CBChristopher B. DanforthMr. Danforth is a control person of the Issuer's managing entityiFiling they signed
CKClifford Kent HolekampManager of Tech Fund III GP, LLC, the issuer's general partner, and managing directoriFiling they signed
DADavid A. SmollerMember of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund II Manager, LLCiForm ADV
DNDavid NarrowManaging directoriFiling they signed
DVDean VandeKampMr. VandeKamp is a control person of the Issuer's managing entityiFiling they signed
DMDennis MuilenbergHolder of An Economic Interest in Geospatial Tech Fund I GP, LLCiForm ADV
DODrew Oconnor DennisonMember of Cultivation Capital, LLCiForm ADV
EMElise Miller HoffmanMember and Managing Director of Healthcare Innovation GP, LLCiForm ADV
GPGrant PothastMember and Managing Director of Agtech Fund IV GP, LLCiForm ADV
HLHeather Lynn WoodManager of Tech Fund III GP, LLC, the issuer's general partner, and managing directoriFiling they signed
JPJames P. TobinMember and Managing Director of Yield Lab Manager II, LLCiForm ADV
JPJames Patrick KavanaughMember of Cultivation Capital, LLCiForm ADV
JDJennifer D. EhlenMember of Prosper Startup Accelerator Manager, LLCiForm ADV
JEJim E. McKelveyManager of CC FinTech GP, LLC, the Issuer's general partneriFiling they signed
JCJoel CraterManaging directoriFiling they signed
JDJohn David TrueManager of Tech Fund III GP, LLC, the issuer's general partner, and managing directoriFiling they signed
JFJonathan FritzMember and Managing Director of Healthcare Innovation GP, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 78 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$416Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Cultivation Capital, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 168734
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
YurbudsBought by Harman International IndustriesUndisclosedJun 2014
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.