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Cavallo Ventures

VC
San Francisco, USAWebsite

Cavallo Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, USA investing in Food / AgTech, Other, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 44 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

44+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Cavallo invests in innovative AgTech and FoodTech companies, leveraging technology to advance sustainable production and distribution systems.

How Cavallo Ventures invests

Cavallo Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, USA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, Climate / Energy, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Cavallo Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Cavallo Ventures has backed 44 companies in our records, including Trace Genomics, Spensa Technologies, Pasture Bio.

Meet the Team

SV

Son Vo

Managing Director

Life Sciences
MedTech
Agriculture Technology
Novel Ingredients
DS

Dan Smith

Principal

Agriculture
ClimateTech
BM

Brett Morris

Managing Director

Agriculture
Animal Health & Nutrition
Corporate Development
Early Stage Venture Investing
MW

Michael Wilbur

President & CEO

Agriculture
Animal Nutrition & Health
Specialty Chemicals
Novel Ingredients
MM

Matt Miller

Principal

Climate Tech
Agriculture Technology Software
Transportation
Novel Ingredients

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
Climate / Energy
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (44)

Other

TR

Trace Genomics

AgTech
SP

Spensa Technologies

ClimateTech
PA

Pasture Bio

Biologicals and Crop Input

Functional and nutritional ingredient for plant-based food from sustainably grown lemna.

LI

Lithos Carbon

Biologicals and Crop Input

Uses Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) for permanent carbon removal in agriculture.

WI

Windfall Bio

Ingredients and Additives

Improves soil microbiome for enhanced crop nutrition.

TA

Talus Renewables

Ingredients and Additives

Produces modular, zero-carbon green ammonia for agriculture and energy storage.

VO

Vow Foods

Alternative Protein
MI

microTERRA

Ingredients and Additives
ZY

ZymoChem

Alternative Protein

Biotech firm focused on sustainable biomanufacturing.

OM

Omeat

Ingredients and Additives
How to pitch Cavallo Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Other, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Son Vo, Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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