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Cultivian Sandbox Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($300K–$3.0M Checks)

VC
Chicago, IL

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Food / AgTech, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $300K–$3.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$3.0M
Portfolio
4 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$300M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, Enterprise
HQ
Chicago, IL

Last verified: 2026-08-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$300K – $3.0M

AUM

$300M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses exclusively on disruptive AgTech and Enterprise innovation to advance sustainability and efficiency in agriculture.

How Cultivian Sandbox Ventures invests

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Enterprise.

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $300M in assets under management.

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures has backed 4 companies in our records, including Iteris, Arable Labs, Livongo.

Partners & Team

KN

Kyle Nel

Venture Partner

RM

Ron Meeusen

Managing Partner

AgTech
Enterprise Software
MG

Michelle Gouveia

Vice President

MD

Matt Downs

Co-CEO

DP

Dan Phillips

Partner

GH

Gretchen Hayes

Partner

KC

Kelly Carlquist

Vice President

JN

Jennifer Naylor

Chief Financial Officer

KM

Kelsey Maguire

Managing Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

IT

Iteris

Enterprise Software
AR

Arable Labs

AgTech
LI

Livongo

HealthTech
BR

Bright Healthcare

HealthTech
How to pitch Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kyle Nel, Venture Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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