# Cultivian Sandbox: portfolio, investments and team > Cultivian Sandbox is a vc firm based in United States. 18 investments on record, latest May 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivian-sandbox-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Cultivian Sandbox Last cheque observed May 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $105M, Nov 2018 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Agritech Ag Tech Food Follow Cultivian Sandbox and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcultivian-sandbox-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 18 on record Since the last cheque **2010** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$18M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 18** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 94%** Pitch Cultivian Sandbox ## Cultivian Sandbox highlights - 01 18 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 65% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $1.9M ## What they do > Cultivian Sandbox Ventures was created to invest in innovative food and agriculture companies From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $10M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Agritech Ag Tech Food - **Based in:** Chicago, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **18 appearances** - **2021** 1 round - **May** **[Copper Cow Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/copper-cow-coffee)** Series A · Firms' own news pages **$8.5M** *Led* - **2019** 3 rounds - **Jul** **[Agrivida](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrivida)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 6 others - **Jun** **[Vestaron](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestaron)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[Phylagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/phylagen)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 9 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Asilomar Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/asilomar-bio)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Descartes Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/descartes-labs)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 2 others - **2016** 1 round - **Aug** **[Vestaron](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestaron)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$18M** With 3 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Nov** **[Descartes Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/descartes-labs)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Agrivida](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrivida)** Series D · US **$11M** With 9 others - **Jan** **[Agrivida](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrivida)** Series D · US **$12M** With 8 others - **2014** 7 rounds - **Oct** **[Vestaron Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestaron-corporation)** Series C · US **$4.0M** With 5 others - **Sept** **[Advanced Animal Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-animal-diagnostics)** Series C · US **$2.5M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Conservis](https://millionrounds.com/company/conservis)** Series A · US **$10M** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Vestaron Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestaron-corporation)** Series C · US **$10M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Novihum Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/novihum-technologies)** Series B **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Apr** **[AbCelex Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/abcelex-technologies)** Series A · CA **$2.0M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[enEvolv](https://millionrounds.com/company/enevolv)** Series A · US **$1.8M** Sole investor - **2013** 1 round - **Oct** **[Sample6](https://millionrounds.com/company/sample6)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$6.5M** With 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 registration **10 named** AZ **Andrew Ziolkowski** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed DP **Daniel Phillips** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed JC **Jennifer Charity Naylor** CFO i Form ADV MD **Matthew Downs** Executive Officer i Filing they signed NR **Nicholas Rosa** Manager i Form ADV NR **Nick Rosa** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed RB **Robert Bernard Shapiro** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed RM **Ron Meeusen** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed RM **Ronald Meeusen** Executive Officer i Filing they signed SE **Steven Engelberg** Executive Officer i Filing 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 **$91M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Cultivian Sandbox Venture Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 168817 New fund on file **$105M** raised in Nov 2018 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$18M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.9M** Led 1 of 18 rounds **6%** - **Said size:** $1.0M – $10M - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** May 2021 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *6* - Series B said *5* - Series C *3* - Series D *3* - Seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2021 Often in the room with - [Middleland Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/middleland-capital) 4 - [Open Prairie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/open-prairie-ventures) 4 - [Pangaea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pangaea-ventures) 4 - [Anterra Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anterra-capital) 3 - [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) 2 - [Bright Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital) 2 **Pitching Cultivian Sandbox?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## 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 Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/middleland-capital)[**Open Prairie** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/open-prairie-ventures)[**Pangaea Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pangaea-ventures)[**Anterra Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anterra-capital)[**ARCH Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners)[**Bright Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital)[**DAG Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures)[**Gentry Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gentry-venture-partners)[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**Michigan Accelerator Fund I** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michigan-accelerator-fund-i)[**Northgate Capital** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northgate-capital)[**Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/southwest-michigan-first-life-science-fund) ## Recently backed The latest companies Cultivian Sandbox put money into. [**Copper Cow Coffee** $8.5M · May 2021](https://millionrounds.com/company/copper-cow-coffee)[**Agrivida** $20M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrivida)[**Phylagen** $14M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/phylagen)[**Descartes Labs** $30M · Aug 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/descartes-labs) ## 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). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cultivian-sandbox-ventures) · [Is this your firm? 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