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Cultivian Sandbox

Last cheque observed May 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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QuietNew fund $105M, Nov 2018VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BAgritechAg TechFood

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 18 on record
Since the last cheque2010days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$18MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $10MRounds led1 of 18Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 94%
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Cultivian Sandbox highlights

  1. 01

    18 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 65% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $1.9M

What they do

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures was created to invest in innovative food and agriculture companiesFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $10M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AgritechAg TechFood
Based in
Chicago, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first18 appearances

  1. 2021

    1 round

  2. May
    Copper Cow CoffeeSeries A · Firms' own news pages$8.5MLed
  3. 2019

    3 rounds

  4. Jul
    AgrividaUS · FinSMEs$20MWith 6 others
  5. Jun
    VestaronSeries B · US · FinSMEs$40MWith 4 others
  6. Feb
    PhylagenSeries A · US · FinSMEs$14MWith 9 others
  7. 2017

    2 rounds

  8. Dec
    Asilomar BioSeries B · US · FinSMEs$12MWith 2 others
  9. Aug
    Descartes LabsSeries B · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 2 others
  10. 2016

    1 round

  11. Aug
    VestaronSeries D · US · FinSMEs$18MWith 3 others
  12. 2015

    3 rounds

  13. Nov
    Descartes LabsSeries A · US$5.0MWith 4 others
  14. Aug
    AgrividaSeries D · US$11MWith 9 others
  15. Jan
    AgrividaSeries D · US$12MWith 8 others
  16. 2014

    7 rounds

  17. Oct
    Vestaron CorporationSeries C · US$4.0MWith 5 others
  18. Sept
    Advanced Animal DiagnosticsSeries C · US$2.5MWith 1 other
  19. Sept
    ConservisSeries A · US$10MWith 2 others
  20. Aug
    Vestaron CorporationSeries C · US$10MWith 4 others
  21. Aug
    Novihum TechnologiesSeries BUndisclosedWith 1 other
  22. Apr
    AbCelex TechnologiesSeries A · CA$2.0MSole investor
  23. Mar
    enEvolvSeries A · US$1.8MSole investor
  24. 2013

    1 round

  25. Oct
    Sample6Series B · US · finsmes.com$6.5MWith 2 others

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 registration10 named

AZAndrew ZiolkowskiA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DPDaniel PhillipsA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JCJennifer Charity NaylorCFOiForm ADV
MDMatthew DownsExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
NRNicholas RosaManageriForm ADV
NRNick RosaA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RBRobert Bernard ShapiroA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RMRon MeeusenA Managing Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RMRonald MeeusenExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
SESteven EngelbergExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed

We also hold 14 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

$91Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Cultivian Sandbox Venture Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 168817

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Cultivian Sandbox. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Middleland CapitalVC firm4rounds togetherOpen PrairieVC firm4rounds togetherPangaea VenturesVC firm4rounds togetherAnterra CapitalVC firm3rounds togetherARCH Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds togetherBright CapitalInvestment firm2rounds togetherDAG VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherGentry Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds togetherKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm2rounds togetherMichigan Accelerator Fund IGrowth equity2rounds togetherNorthgate CapitalFamily office2rounds togetherSouthwest Michigan First Life Science FundGrowth equity2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Cultivian Sandbox put money into.

Copper Cow Coffee$8.5M · May 2021Agrivida$20M · Jul 2019Phylagen$14M · Feb 2019Descartes Labs$30M · Aug 2017

Quick answers about Cultivian Sandbox

What does Cultivian Sandbox invest in?

Cultivian Sandbox invests most often at Series A and Series B (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agritech, Ag Tech and Food.

How active is Cultivian Sandbox?

18 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in May 2021.

What has Cultivian Sandbox invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Copper Cow Coffee (Series A, May 2021), Agrivida (Undisclosed round, Jul 2019) and Vestaron (Series B, Jun 2019).

How big are Cultivian Sandbox's cheques?

The median round it joins is $18M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $10M.

Does Cultivian Sandbox lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 18 investments on record (6%).

Where does Cultivian Sandbox invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (94%) and Canada (6%).

Is Cultivian Sandbox investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2021.

Who does Cultivian Sandbox invest alongside?

Most often Middleland Capital (4 rounds together), Open Prairie (4 rounds together) and Pangaea Ventures (4 rounds together).

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