Cavallo Ventures
Corporate VCSan Francisco Β· SeedβSeries A Β· 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cavallo Ventures backs dedicated founders solving real problems with strong execution ability. As the venture arm of Wilbur-Ellis, it offers more than capital, providing deep industry expertise and market knowledge across the company's divisions. It helps founders introduce new technologies into Wilbur-Ellis's global business lines, launch products and services, run trials, expand operations, and recruit talent. The firm focuses on markets it serves through Wilbur-Ellis, including agriculture and crop production technology, novel ingredients, and specialty chemicals such as liquid fertilizers.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team Β· 5 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 25 of 49 portfolio companiesAgTech Γ16Biotech Γ8FoodTech Γ7AI & Machine Learning Γ6Cleantech Γ4Climate Tech Γ4IoT Γ4Deep Tech Γ3
HQs:United StatesΓ15CanadaΓ1MexicoΓ1
Investments Β· 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAgTechEmeryville, US
Eric Davidson(Director)Paul Beck(Executive Officer)Dave Vosburg(Executive Officer)Adam Litle(Executive Officer, Director)Derek Norman(Director)Travis Bayer(Director)
Board seatMichael WilburΒ· per SEC Form D
Charlottesville, US
Ameer Hamza Shakeel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Payam Pourtaheri(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Reese Blackwell III(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Yelda ?nal(Director)
BoardCarl M. Casale(Director)Robert Fraley(Director)
Agtonomy embeds artificial intelligence into industrial equipment used in agriculture and off-road industries to enable autonomous operation and improve productivity.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoTRoboticsUnknown β page states operations across western United States with international expansion in 2025, but no specific headquarters city named, US
Tim Bucher(CEO & Co-Founder)Valerie Syme(Co-Founder, Board Member)
Uses microbes to enable positive action against climate change.
Risk management tools to protect livestock producers.
Ashbrook Technologies is a venture builder that creates and scales companies focused on agricultural risk management across the insurance and reinsurance value chain.
AgTechFintechInsurTechAlbuquerque, US
Produces real meat proteins from precision fermentation as ingredients for the pet food sector.
Boulder, US
Checkerspot develops high-performance fats and oils using precision fermentation technology, targeting food, nutrition, and other industrial applications.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechAlameda, US
John Krzywicki(CEO)Layla Ward(CFO)Scott Franklin(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Dimmler(Executive Officer, Director)Casey Lippmeier(CTO)Leon Parker(SVP, Molecular Biology)
Specialty enzyme solutions combined with continuous manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingCarlsbad, US
Cain A. McClary(Director)Joshua Britton(Executive Officer, Director)
Advanced crop protection services using state-of-the-art technology.
Honolulu, US
Konrad Mueller Auffermann(Director)Laurent Genet(Director)Claude Kaplan(CEO, Secretary, and Board Member)Frode Sandmark(Director)ADELHEID KUEHNLE(Executive Officer, Director)GORDON WALLACE(Executive Officer)
Lithos Carbon uses enhanced weathering of basalt spread on croplands to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and store it in ocean carbonates.
AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate Tech
Mary Yap(CEO & Co-founder)Noah Planavsky(Co-founder)Chris Reinhard(Co-founder)
microTERRA develops functional food ingredients derived from Lemna (aquatic plants) that enhance flavor intensity, block undesirable tastes, improve mouthfeel, and integrate flavors in food products for the food and beverage industry.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechFoodTechNew MaterialsIrapuato, MX
Marissa Cuevas(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPablo Fernandez(Director)Gabriel Wilmoth(Director)
microTERRA develops functional food ingredients derived from Lemna (duckweed) that improve flavor and texture, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional ingredient sources.
AgTechBiotechFoodTechNew Materials
Feed solutions based on the science of Endomicrobial Ecology.
Automatic lawn treatments and irrigation.
OtO makes a solar-powered smart sprinkler that connects via app and Wi-Fi to water lawns and garden features across custom zones, with weather-based scheduling that skips watering during rain or high winds.
ConsumerHardwareIoT
Ames, US
Dane Kuper(Executive Officer)
Farming-as-a-Service performing row-crop operations with autonomous equipment.
Smartwyre provides software, data, and services that connect commercial programs across essential industries, helping organizations manage incentives, pricing, and costs.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSDenver, US
John Brubaker(Chief Executive Officer)Rich Fleck(SVP, Professional Services & CS)Dan Covill(SVP, Engineering)Elias Tavarez(Chief Revenue Officer)Bilyana Petrova(VP, Finance)
BoardDudley Hawes(Director)
Neuropeptides for climate-friendly pest control.
SomaDetect makes sensor hardware and AI-driven analytics that give dairy farmers real-time data on milk quality and herd health.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT
David Blyth(CEO)Bharath Sudarsan(CTO & Founder)Nicholas Clermont(COO & Founder)
First commercial modular zero-carbon green ammonia system producing lower-cost, carbon-free ammonia at point of use for multiple industries.
Sabanto builds a retrofit autonomy system that installs on existing tractors, using cameras, GNSS, obstacle detection sensors, and robotics with mobile and desktop apps to run driverless field operations such as mowing, tilling, seeding, rolling, and aerating.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Verdant Robotics develops the SharpShooter, a precision application robot that uses computer vision to detect and treat individual plants for weeding, thinning, and targeted input application in specialty crop farming.
AgTechDeep TechRobotics
Vestaron Corporation makes peptide-based biological crop protection products, including its SPEAR family of bioinsecticides, for use in agriculture.
AgTechBiotechCleantechNew MaterialsKalamazoo, US
Juan Estupinan(Executive Officer, Director)Dawn de los Santos(Executive Officer)Robert Kennedy(Executive Officer)Elin D. Miller(Director)Keith Gillard(Director)James M. Schultz(Director)
Vow produces cultured meat using proprietary cell-culturing technology, growing animal cells in bioreactors to create novel meat products for consumers.
FoodTech
New category of food made with cell-cultured meat.
Windfall Bio develops microbial-based solutions that convert methane into valuable products for industrial and agricultural customers.
AgTechBiotechClimate TechDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Louis Stenmark(Cofounder)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKuehnle AgroSystems Β· greenqueen.com.hk Β· Jul 27, 2026
Smartwyre Β· foodnavigator-usa.com Β· Jun 16, 2026
Windfall Bio Β· agfundernews.com Β· May 26, 2026
Taranis Β· businesswire.com Β· Jun 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Cavallo Ventures invest at?
- Cavallo Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cavallo Ventures focus on?
- Cavallo Ventures focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, FoodTech, New Materials.
- Where is Cavallo Ventures located?
- Cavallo Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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