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Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups disrupting the food and agriculture industry. It was formed from a partnership between Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Industries and invests across the full food and agriculture value chain, from sustainable food and materials production to supply chain distribution technologies and novel food products.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture
In its own wordsfoodtechagtechsustainabilitysupply chainfood safetymaterials
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Or find every investor that fitsCultivian Sandbox Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (44%), Healthcare & Biotech (31%) and Food & Agriculture (25%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Cavallo Ventures, Argonautic Ventures and Elemental Impact.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Cultivian Sandbox Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundCultivian Sandbox Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 50% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 78th | 44% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cavallo Ventures | 3 |
| Argonautic Ventures | 2 |
| Elemental Impact | 2 |
| FTW Ventures | 2 |
| GS Futures | 2 |
| iSelect Fund | 2 |
| ACVC Partners | 1 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 44% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 31% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 25% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Cavallo Ventures
Compare Cultivian Sandbox Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Cultivian Sandbox Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Cultivian Sandbox Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservis provides farm management software for complex farming operations | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Copper Cow Coffee sells specialty Vietnamese coffee products online. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Culture Biosciences develops and provides bioreactors and software for cell culture experiments and bioprocess development | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Debut combines AI and biotechnology to create beauty products | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Full Harvest builds an agentic intelligence layer that orchestrates the food supply chain | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Geltor creates bespoke animal-free proteins for various industries, including beauty and personal care, specialty nutrition, and medical and life sciences. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| IngredientWerks is a molecular farming developer of plant-based ingredients for food and nutritional alternative proteins. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Nuritas discovers and decodes nature's hidden peptides to power the next generation of health solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Supergut sells products to support daily gut health, including prebiotic blends and supplements. | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Yard Stick measures soil carbon accurately and affordably with its technologies. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Vestaron develops and sells insecticides for crop protection | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- cultiviansbx.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
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