Luis Garcia joins Cultivian Sandbox as an Associate. Previously, Luis was an analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Corporate Client Banking / Leveraged Finance group, where he focused on executing debt capital markets transactions for large corporate and institutional clients. …

Authors: Amanda Donohue-Hansen, Cultivian Sandbox Managing Director, & Alex Behar, Cultivian Sandbox VP At Cultivian Sandbox, we love coffee, but we all love it differently. Before the pandemic when our team was still going into the office, Nick always went for Nespresso. Dan stopped at Starbucks every morning on his…

Authors: Taryn Goodman Gallery, Cultivian Sandbox Managing Director, & Alex Behar, Cultivian Sandbox VP “There’s an opportunity for us to create new market incentives for soil health, for carbon sequestration, for methane capture and reuse. It has to be structured and devised and designed in a way in which the…

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative startups focused on the food & agriculture industry. Founded by experienced operators from some of the world’s preeminent food and agriculture companies, and backed by leading Strategic LP’s, the firm seeks to support and bring to market the…

Earlier this year, Cultivian Sandbox had the privilege of leading a $2M Seed investment in Leaf, with participation from SP Ventures and existing investor Radicle Growth. Leaf lowers the barriers to entry in food and agriculture technology by providing developer-friendly API infrastructure for farm data. …

Taryn Goodman Gallery joins Cultivian Sandbox and Sandbox Industries as Managing Director. Previously, Taryn was the Food & Agriculture Sector Lead for TPG’s Rise Fund, where she was responsible for leading the group’s global food and agriculture investment strategy, with a focus on global agribusinesses. …

Authors: Christian Horn, Cultivian Sandbox Associate & Dr. Ron Meeusen, Cultivian Sandbox Managing Director It’s hard to have a conversation about automation without addressing the fear surrounding it. While technology advances over the past 25 years have steadily reduced global poverty, this reduction has slowed down in most recent years…

It is great to see the increased consumer and investor attention on alternative proteins, primarily driven by increasing demand for protein that is healthy, environmentally sustainable and addresses animal welfare concerns. However, animal protein still has a significant role to play in addressing these consumer demands, especially given the size…

Written by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures Summer 2020 MBA Intern, Kristen Klein Many of us have seen images of garbage floating in the ocean or videos of turtles with straws stuck in their noses and throats. These images have led to rising global demand for a change in the way we…