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Cultivian Sandbox Ventures

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 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$3.0M
Portfolio
7 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

7+ 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 7 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 (7)

Other

IT

Iteris

Enterprise Software
AR

Arable Labs

AgTech
LI

Livongo

HealthTech
BR

Bright Healthcare

HealthTech
SA

Sandbox Clinical Ventures Fund, LP (CIK 0001991620)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Sandbox Industries

SA

Sandbox Insurtech Fund II, LP (CIK 0001888615)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Sandbox Industries

ON

Oncology Analytics, Inc. (CIK 0001664478)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Sandbox Industries

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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