Cultivian Sandbox

Institutional venture firmSEC venture capital fund adviser· Chicago, Illinois

Institutional venture firm, based in Chicago, Illinois, reporting $77.7M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.

Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.

Reported fund assets
$77.7M
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
New companies, 12 mo
None
Investment team
6
Latest vintage
2017
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As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

4 additional team members, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Nothing material in the last 180 days.

People to know

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  • Andrew Ziolkowski
    Member, Managing Director
    Why: Managing director
    No route on file yet
  • Christopher Zock
    Managing Member
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet
  • Matthew John Downs
    Managing Member
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet

Relationship network

9 connected entities

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.

Reading the network
  • Sponsor
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Person

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 Cultivian Sandbox: 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

4 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
Investments on record
4 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
not stated or not yet read
Stages
not stated or not yet read
Geography
not stated
Check size
not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate no observed dealsfollow-on rate no observed dealsnew companies, 12 months 0

Team

8 current, 6 departed
Decision makers
who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function
  • Andrew Ziolkowski · Member, Managing Director
    Why this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
  • Christopher Zock · Managing Member
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
  • Matthew John Downs · Managing Member
    Why 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. 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
8 current, 6 departed
1 departed (kept with end dates)
Contacts
1 firm phone

1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

1 vehicle, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
Cultivian Sandbox Food & Agriculture Fund III, LPFund2017 form d first saleHarvest$77.7M
Mar 25, 2026
32$105M
of $200M
Nov 16, 2018
Limited partners
0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Known LPs and allocators
0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

1 co-investors
Co-investors
1 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm

Evidence and history

5 dated events, 48 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
5 dated events
  1. Mar 29, 2024
    Robert Bernard Shapiro (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of Cultivian Sandbox
    Person leftPeopleInferenceRobert Bernard ShapiroForm ADV
  2. Jan 1, 2024
    Christopher Zock joined Schedule A of Cultivian Sandbox as Managing Member
    Person joinedPeopleFactChristopher ZockForm ADV
  3. Jan 19, 2018
    Cultivian Sandbox first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
    First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactForm ADV
  4. Jan 19, 2018
    Cultivian Sandbox Food & Agriculture Fund III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Cultivian Sandbox (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $91,831,633
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactCultivian Sandbox Food & Agriculture Fund III, LPForm ADV
  5. Jan 1, 2018
    Jennifer Charity Naylor joined Schedule A of Cultivian Sandbox as Cfo
    Person joinedPeopleFactJennifer Charity NaylorForm ADV
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 25, 2026 · 1 private fundsShow
Headquarters
Chicago, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
unknown
SEC adviser type
Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
Latest Form ADV
Mar 25, 2026
Private funds reported
1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$77.7Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Owners on Schedule A
213 Management, LLC (Member), owns 50% to 75%
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShow
  1. Sep 23, 2026
    Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)
    Venture manager, reported GAV $78M across 1 vehicle
  2. Sep 12, 2026
    Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)
    Venture manager, reported GAV $102M across 1 vehicle
Evidence
48 observations from 2 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC exemption, VC funds reportedMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedVenture capital fund adviserMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedVenture capital fund adviserMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2018-01-19Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2018-01-19Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29Sep 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25Sep 26, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23Sep 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2024-03-29Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
SEC statusERA - ActiveMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2018-01-19Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Business phoneMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
HeadquartersChicago, ILMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
HeadquartersChicago, ILMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Office addressMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Office addressMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Private funds reported1Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported1Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported1Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$77.7MMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$77.7MMar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$102MMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Schedule a diffsadiff-1Sep 27, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported1Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported1Mar 25, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported1Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmed · 2 filing advisers share this firmShow
Importance
14
low
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
100
high
Institutional venture firmSEC exempt reporting adviser

Venture manager, reported GAV $78M across 1 vehicle

This firm files as 2 advisers on : Cultivian Sandbox Venture Management, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0.27 · funds: 0.08 · people: 0.2 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
active deployment
investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
emerging manager
fund count: 1 · reported gav: $77.7M · first adv filing: 2018-01-19 · years since first filing: 8.7

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Record history

1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2018-01-19source on record

The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.