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Cultivian Sandbox Ventures β€” Full Portfolio

26 tracked investments Β· listed companies and verified rows first

Agrividaagrivida.comDec 2014AcquiredSEC filingmedium confidence

Agrivida develops enzyme technology for animal feed and nutrition, improving efficiency in poultry, swine, and other livestock production.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechMassachusetts, US

R. Michael Raab(Executive Officer)Daniel Meagher(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Schley Johnson(Executive Officer)

BoardRob Johnson(Director)Mark Austin(Director)Robert Bucklin(Director)

Board seatRon MeeusenΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $21.3M raise Β· filed Jan 2015

Co-investorsMiddleland CapitalPresidio VenturesARCH Venture Partners

Sound Agriculturesound-agriculture.cominNov 2017

AgTechEmeryville, US

Eric Davidson(Director)inTravis Bayer(Director)inPaul Beck(Executive Officer)inDave Vosburg(Executive Officer)Adam Litle(Executive Officer, Director)inDerek Norman(Director)in

Board seatRon MeeusenΒ· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCavallo VenturesS2G InvestmentsFall Line CapitalFootPrint CoalitionLeaps by BayerNorthpond Ventures+2 more

Vestaron, Inc.vestaron.cominJul 2016

Vestaron develops peptide-based insecticides derived from naturally-occurring peptides such as those found in spider venom, produced through fermentation, offering new modes of action for crop protection.

AgTechBiotechCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsKalamazoo, US

Glenn King(Founder)inJuan Estupinan(Executive Officer, Director)inDawn de los Santos(Executive Officer)inRobert Kennedy(Executive Officer)Nancy Newman(Executive Officer)inJohn C. Sorenson(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRon MeeusenΒ· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesCavallo VenturesEndeavor8iSelect FundMichigan Capital NetworkPangaea Ventures Us Inc.+3 more

Advanced Animal Diagnosticsadvancedanimaldiagnostics.comOct 2016

AgTechMorrisville, US

STEVE CARNEVALE(Executive Officer)JOY PARR DRACH(Executive Officer, Director)inANDREW GRAHAM(Executive Officer)in

BoardDENNIS DOUGHERTY(Director)BOB SHAPIRO(Director)inBEN SHELTON(Director)

Co-investorsMiddleland Capital

Conservisconservis.ag

Minneapolis, US

Patrick Christie(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Shapiro(Director)inRichard Pavelski(Director)

Co-investorsAliment CapitalPontifax AgTechMiddleland CapitalPontifax Global Food Agriculture TechnologySandbox Industries

Copper Cow Coffeecoppercowcoffee.com

Copper Cow Coffee sells Vietnamese-style coffee made from climate-resilient robusta beans sourced from organic-certified farms in Vietnam, blended with real herbs and spices for flavor.

Advanced ManufacturingConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechLos Angeles, US

Deborah Wei Mullin(Executive Officer, Director)Debbie(Founder)

Co-investorsArborview CapitalJoyance PartnersSiddhi CapitalSilverton PartnersSocial StartsCRCM Ventures+2 more

Corviumcorvium.com

Jeff Swartzin

Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersCanaan PartnersNSG Ventures

Culture Biosciencesculturebiosciences.comin𝕏

Culture Biosciences provides software and bioreactor hardware solutions for bioprocess development, enabling researchers to design, monitor, and analyze experiments remotely with cloud-native analytics and AI/ML insights.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Will Patrick(Founder/CEO)inMatt Ball(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsCompoundDCVC (Data Collective)GRIDS CapitalHemisphere Ventures LLCThe E14 FundY Combinator+4 more

Debutdebutbiotech.comin

Debut applies AI and biotechnology to discover and formulate cosmetic ingredients and beauty products, decoding skin and hair at the genomic level to create novel actives.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerSan Diego, US

Joshua Britton(Founder)in

Co-investorsGS FuturesMaterial ImpactBreakout VenturesKdT VenturesSandbox IndustriesACVC Partners+8 more

Descartes Labsdescartes-labs.comAcquired

Descartes Labs was a Los Alamos-spinoff geospatial analytics company that used AI to process satellite imagery for agriculture, mining, insurance, and government clients.

Santa Fe, US

Mark Johnson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Steven Brumby(Director)Mike Warren(Founder)inSuzanne McBride(Director)Andrew Ziolkowski(Director)James Montgomery(Director)

Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesCrosslink CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Hemisphere Ventures LLCIndustrious VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURES+5 more

Descartes Labs Geospatial analytics platformdescarteslabs.comAcquired

Geospatial analytics company that turns multi-source satellite data into forecasts for commercial and government users.

Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalExpansion Venture CapitalSun Mountain CapitalUnion Grove Venture PartnersValuestream VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)

ENEVOLV, INC.enevolv.com

BiotechCambridge, US

Farren Isaacs(Executive Officer, Director)Jay Konieczka(Executive Officer, Director)Marco Farsheed(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRon Meeusen(Director)

FarmlandFinderfarmlandfinder.cominNov 2019

Des Moines, US

Steven Brockshus(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAmanda Donohue-Hansen(Director)in

Co-investorsNext Level Ventures

Full Harvestfullharvest.comin𝕏

Full Harvest builds an agentic intelligence platform that orchestrates transactions and operations across the North American fresh produce supply chain, helping buyers and growers navigate climate volatility, labor shortages, and regulatory complexity.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsAstiaDoon Capitalmark vcPortfoliaRadicle GrowthRethink Impact+3 more

Geltorgeltor.comin𝕏

Geltor uses a proprietary biodesign and precision fermentation platform to create and commercially produce novel protein ingredients, including collagens, for beauty and personal care formulators.

BiotechFoodTechNew MaterialsWellness & Fitness

Alexander Lorestani(Founder)inNick Ouzounov(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAgronomicsAlwyn CapitalArgonautic VenturesBaruch Future VenturesBlue Horizon CorporationCavallo Ventures+14 more

IngredientWerksingredientwerks.cominJul 2022

IngredientWerks is a molecular farming company that engineers plants to produce plant-based proteins and ingredients for the alternative protein market.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechWoburn, US

Matt Plavan(Chief Executive Officer)inMichael Raab(R&D Lead)Jeremy Schley-Johnson(Vice President)inSteve Snyder(Director)James Schultz(Director)

BoardClinton Bybee(Director)in

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersOpen PrairieSandbox Industries

NURITASnuritas.comin

Nuritas uses a proprietary AI platform, the Nuritas Magnifier, to discover and clinically validate bioactive peptide ingredients derived from natural sources.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechFoodTechDublin, IE

Dr. Nora Khaldi(Founder & CEO)inJohn Casey(Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer)inConor Walshe(Chief Financial Officer)inAlison Anderson(Chief People Officer)in

Co-investorsCleveland AvenueMcWin Capital PartnersMarc BenioffEuropean Circular Bioeconomy FundKeiretsu ForumSandbox Industries

Supergutsupergut.comin𝕏

Supergut makes fiber-based food and supplement products aimed at supporting gut microbiome health for consumers.

Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness

Marc Washington(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersAlpha EdisonThe Family FundRocana VenturesSandbox Industries

Yardstickuseyardstick.comin𝕏Aug 2023

Yardstick develops soil carbon measurement technologies to reduce the cost of measuring soil organic carbon and enable evidence-based climate-positive agriculture practices.

AgTechCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDover, US

Christopher Tolles(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Meissner(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLisa Coca(Director)in

Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalPillar VCWorkshop Venture PartnersAsymmetric Capital Partners+2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details β€” typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ConserviscorpCooks VentureCooksventureLeafNovihumNovihum TechnologiesSound Ag

Rows marked β€œSEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D β€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.