VC  Cultivian Sandbox Venture Partners

http://cultiviansbx.com/





     Office Locations:

1000 West Fulton Market, Suite 213
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 312-243-4100

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Expansion
  • Growth


 

Industries:

  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare

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    Description:

    Cultivian Sandbox is a venture capital firm focused on building next-generation disruptive agriculture and food technology companies. Combining the domain expertise and investment experience from Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Industries, the Cultivian Sandbox team brings together over 100 years of senior level operating experience in conjunction with over 50 years of experience operating and managing venture capital. The firm typically invests between $1 and $10 million in each portfolio company over the lifetime of the investment in a preferred security starting with the Series A round of financing. Cultivian Sandbox will also consider later rounds of financing. Cultivian Sandbox's first fund, the Midpoint Food & Ag Fund I, has established itself as a leading agriculture and food focused venture fund in the U.S. To date the firm has invested in ten companies, with one exit and one Initial Public Offering. Cultivian Sandbox seeks investment opportunities in companies with a technology-based innovation across a wide range of areas, including: Animal Health & Protein Production; Crop Production; Foods & Food Safety; Cleantech & Renewables; and Water Technologies.


     

    Funds:


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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Andy Ziolkowski Managing Director
    Bob Shapiro Managing Director
    Jennifer Naylor CFO
    Nick Rosa Managing Director
    Ron Meeusen Managing Director

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Agrivida


      Asilomar Bio
        web link


      Conservis


      Cooks Venture
        web link


      Copper Cow Coffee
        web link


      Culture Biosciences
        web link


      Debut Biotech
        web link


      Descartes Labs
        web link


      EnEvolv
        web link


      Phylagen
        web link


      Sample6
        web link


      Sound Agriculture
        web link


      Vestaron
        web link


     

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