Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative startups disrupting the food and agriculture industry. Founded in 2008 through a partnership between Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Industries, it was one of the first dedicated VC funds focused solely on food and agriculture technology.
41% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $19.6M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$135M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Andy Ziolkowski
Managing Director
Bob Shapiro
Managing Director
Dan Phillips
Managing Director
Nick Rosa
Managing Director
Ron Meeusen
Managing Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
27 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Culture Biosciences | Series C | — | Dec 2025 |
 Debut Biotechnology | Series B | $34M | Jun 2023 |
| Culture Biosciences | Series B | $80M | Oct 2021 |
 Copper Cow Coffee | Series A | $8.5M | May 2021 |
 Full Harvest | Series B | $23M | Jan 2021 |
 Geltor | Series B | — | Jul 2020 |
 Cooks Venture | Series A | — | Jul 2020 |
| Culture Biosciences | Series A | — | Mar 2020 |
| SSound Ag | Series C | $22M | Jan 2020 |
 NURITAS LTD | Series A | $20M | Dec 2017 |
 Descartes Labs | Series B | $30M | Aug 2017 |
| Descartes Labs | Series B | $30M | Jan 2017 |
 Agrivida | Series D | $23M | Jan 2015 |
 Advanced Animal Diagnostics | Series C | $15M | Jan 2015 |
 QScout | Series C | $15M | Dec 2014 |
| Advanced Animal Diagnostics | Series C | $15M | Dec 2014 |
| EEnevolv | Series A | $1.7M | Mar 2014 |
| CConservis | Series A | $10M | Jan 2014 |
| SSample6 Technologies | Series B | $2.5M | Jan 2014 |
| Advanced Animal Diagnostics | Series C | $15M | Jan 2014 |
| NURITAS LTD | Series A | — | — |
 Phylagen | Series A | $14M | — |
 FarmlandFinder | Seed | $3M | — |
| SSample6 Technologies | Series C | $12.7M | — |
 Sound Agriculture | Series C | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Middleland Capital6 shared
Cavallo Ventures4 shared
S323 shared
March Capital2 shared
Crosslink Capital2 shared
SOSV2 shared
BoxGroup2 shared
The Production Board2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
E14 Fund2 shared
Northpond Ventures2 shared
Synthesis Capital2 shared
Hercules Capital, Inc.2 shared
private angel investors2 shared
ARCH Venture Partners2 shared
Canaan Partners2 shared
S2G Ventures2 shared
Syngenta Group Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026