CU

Cultivation Capital

VC
St. Louis, MOWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2022Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in tech-enabled services and enterprise software companies with high growth potential.

How Cultivation Capital invests

Cultivation Capital is a vc firm based in St. Louis, MO. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Other.

Cultivation Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2020, Cultivation Capital has backed 9 companies in our records, including StellarFi, WorkStep, TractorZoom. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2022.

Meet the Team

KK

Kyle Kerns

Chief Financial Officer

CH

Cliff Holekamp

General Partner

HR Tech
EdTech
GP

Grant Pothast

General Partner

SM

Sean Morris

General Partner

PM

Paul Meier

General Partner

HW

Heather Wood

General Partner

WS

William Schmidt

Managing Partner

KW

Kyle Welborn

Co-Founder

MP

Matt Phimphavong

Principal

CH

Cliff Holekamp

Managing Director

Enterprise Software
Tech-enabled Services

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Other

Portfolio Companies (9)

2022

ST

StellarFi

FinTech / Credit Building·Seed
WO

WorkStep

HR Tech / Workforce Retention·Series B

2021

TR

TractorZoom

AgTech / Equipment Marketplace·Series A
BA

Balto

Artificial Intelligence / Sales Enablement·Series B

2020

CA

Capacity

Artificial Intelligence / Workplace Productivity·Series C

Other

LO

LockerDome

Enterprise Software
LA

LaunchCode

Workforce Development
BE

Benson Hill

Tech-enabled Services
CU

Curriculum Associates

EdTech
How to pitch Cultivation Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Other — 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 Kyle Kerns, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

Featured In

Browse More Investors

Fundraising resources

Frequently Asked Questions

See if Cultivation Capital is a match for your startup

Upload your pitch deck to see how well you match with Cultivation Capital and 10,000+ other investors.

Is this your profile? Request a correction or removal