Cultivation Capital, LLC
Cultivation Capital invests in young companies whose ideas have potential to transform the way we live and work.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
74 additional team members, 34 additional co-investors and affiliates, 32 additional investments, funds and LPs, 75 events, 41 verified contacts (40 professional url, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 2 vehicleson Form D, 18 months
$12.8M reported sold so far.
A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.
- 5 companiesnew in 12 months
5 new companies in the last 12 months. Took 2 board seats on new Form D filings in 90 days (Fenix Space, Westwin Elements).
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 4 companiesportfolio raising
4 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 8 Sep 2026 ($5M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 1 departurepeople, 12 months
A team member departed (seen on or before 30 Sep 2026, the day it happened is not on record).
A partner leaving or arriving changes who decides, and who a founder or LP should call.
People to know
View all people- Member Of Ccls Manager, LlcWhy: Named with investment responsibilityProfile
- Member Of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund Ii Manager, LlcWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Member Of Ccls Manager, LlcWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
109 connected entities18 observed rounds5 repeat counterparties3 dated rounds shown here, 2024 to 2026
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Cultivation Capital, LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
20 companies on record, 5 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenix Space, Inc. | board seat | unknown · board | Dennis Muilenburg (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Sep 23, 2026 | Inference Form D |
| Westwin Elements Inc | board seat | unknown · board | Dennis Muilenburg (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Sep 22, 2026 | Inference Form D |
| VedaPointe, Inc. | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | William Schmidt (strongly supported) | $4.0M form d sold | unknown | Jun 30, 2026 | Inference Form D |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, fintech, healthcare, biotech, medtech, climate, logistics, agtech
- Stages
- seed, series b, early
- Geography
- midwest
- Check size
- $250,000 to $3.5M stated by the firm
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
74 current, 15 departed
Decision makers
- David Smoller · Member Of Ccls Manager, LlcWhy this person: Named with investment responsibility; Confirmed current on the firm's own site 2026-09-30LinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website, their bio on the firm's website), confirmed 2026-09-30, confidence 90%
- Bobby W. Sandage · Member Of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund Ii Manager, LlcWhy this person: Named with investment responsibility
- Christopher Danforth · Member Of Ccls Manager, LlcWhy this person: Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. 1 with a route on file. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Member Of Ccls Manager, Llc · 1 deal attributed
- Member Of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund Ii Manager, Llc
- Member Of Ccls Manager, Llc
18 departed (kept with end dates)
- Bryan Garcia · Trustee Of Bryan D. Garcia Trust · Sep 1, 2015 to Mar 29, 2019 Inference
- Joel P Brightfield · Trustee Of Joel P. Brightfield Revocable Trust · Dec 1, 2017 to Mar 29, 2019 Inference
- Allan M. Harari · Member And Managing Director Of Yield Lab Opportunity Gp, Llc · Mar 1, 2019 to Mar 31, 2020 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone, 40 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
18 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultivation Capital AgTech Evergreen Fund, LP | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $2.8M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund IV, LP | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Fundraising | $6.8M Jun 9, 2026 | 15 | $6.5M of $40.0M | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Cultivation Capital Seed Fund III, LP | Seed fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $14.3M Jun 9, 2026 | 19 | unknown | unknown |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank of Kansas City N a T | FOUNDATION | Cultivation Capital Tech Fund II, LLC | $384,072 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Oct 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank of Kansas City N a T | FOUNDATION | Cultivation Capital Tech Fund IV, L.P. | $273,166 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Oct 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank of Kansas City N a T | FOUNDATION | Cultivation Capital Tech Fund III, LP | $687,435 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Oct 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
Relationships across DFX
9 co-investors · on 2 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-01-051 shared deal · one time
- 2026-01-051 shared deal · one time · they led 1
Across DFX and the capital chainon 2 other DFX graphs · 1 capital path ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Allocators, RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Cultivation Capital, LLC is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and RIA and Wealth.
DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Cultivation Capital, LLC sits on 1 traced path of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 1 path of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
80 dated events, 90 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 30, 2026Martha Gallagher (Of Counsel) no longer on the team page of Cultivation Capital, LLC
- Jun 9, 202622 of 42 people on Cultivation Capital, LLC's 2024 Schedule A are no longer printed on its 2026-06-09 filing
- Jun 9, 2026CC Sentiar, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Cultivation Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $215,400
- Jun 9, 2026Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund IV, LP first reported on Form ADV by Cultivation Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $6,850,000
- Nov 11, 2024Cultivation Capital Agtech Fund IV, LP first reported on Form ADV by Cultivation Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,250,000
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 9, 2026 · 17 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- St. Louis, MOadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- CULTIVATIONCAPITAL.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Jun 9, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 17 (17 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $416Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $416Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 18
- Owners on Schedule A
- Prosper Capital, LLC (Member Of Prosper Startup Accelerator Manager, Llc), owns 10% to 25%; Aixbio Consulting, LLC (Member Of Yield Lab Manager Ii, Llc), owns 10% to 25%; Brian L Clevinger and Vicki a Clevinger Revocable Trust (Member Of Yield Lab Manager, Llc), owns 10% to 25%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $416M
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $309M
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2014-02-12 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2014-02-12 | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-06-09 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-06-09 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-11-11 | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2026-05-12 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 18 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, MO | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, MO | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 17 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 17 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 15 | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $416M | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $416M | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $309M | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $416M | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated check (high) | $3.5M | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated check (high) | $3.5M | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated check (high) | $3.5M | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated check (low) | $250,000 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated check (low) | $100,000 | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated check (low) | $100,000 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | midwest “geography words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | midwest “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | midwest “geography words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, fintech, healthcare, biotech, medtech, climate, logistics, agtech “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | Fintech, healthcare, biotech, medtech, climate, logistics, agtech “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | Fintech, healthcare, biotech, medtech, climate, logistics, agtech “sector words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 17 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 17 | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 15 | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jun 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Nov 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMulti-stage venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $416M
- importance
- gav: 0.49 · funds: 1 · people: 1 · investments: 0.54 · co investors: 0.39
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.63 · fund raising 18m: 1 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-09-23
- emerging manager
- fund count: 18 · reported gav: $416M · first adv filing: 2014-02-12 · years since first filing: 12.6
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 72.3confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 59.3confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 55.8confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
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Record history
- Schedule a restructured2026-06-09source on record
- Adviser's first ADV filing2014-02-12source on record
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