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What does Sandbox Industries invest in?
Sandbox Industries invests most often at Seed and Series A (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Insurance and Sustainability.
Sandbox Industries highlights
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36 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 71% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.0M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
We invest in innovation to drive lasting change in human livelihood.From their own website
- Type
- Corporate VC
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $20M as they say
- Stages
- BuyoutGrowthPre-IPOPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- HealthcareInsuranceSustainability
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first36 appearances
- 2017
1 round
- Jul
- 2015
4 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- Jun
- 2014
5 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- Mar
- 2013
7 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Apr
- Apr
- 2012
7 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Nov
- Aug
- Aug
- Jan
- Jan
- 2011
6 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- Apr
- Mar
- Jan
- Jan
- 2010
4 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- May
- Jan
- 2009
1 round
- Feb
- 2008
1 round
- Oct
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
AHAnnahita HaghgooieMemberiForm ADV
AMAriel Meeyun ChoiGeneral CounseliForm ADV
CZChristopher ZockManaging MemberiForm ADV
ESEmir SandhuManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JCJennifer Charity NaylorChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
MJMatthew John DownsManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NRNicholas RosaMemberiForm ADV
RBRobert Bernard ShapiroMemberiForm ADV
SESteven EngelbergMemberiForm ADV
THThomas HawesManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 47 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
$1.4Bgross assets of its funds, 3 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Sandbox Holdings, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 163451
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all
NaviHealthBought by Cardinal Health$410MAug 2015
Change HealthcareBought by Emdeon$135MNov 2014
FeeFightersBought by GrouponUndisclosedMar 2012
FanGo Software SystemsBought by GrubHubUndisclosedAug 2011
Initiate SystemsBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedFeb 2010
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.