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Investor profile

Andy Ziolkowski

Managing Partner, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures

About

Andy Ziolkowski co-founded one of the earliest dedicated food and agtech venture funds in 2008, bringing four decades of venture capital experience to pioneer what is now a crowded category of agrifood-focused VC funds. He has a particular interest in novel ingredients informed by close collaboration with partners who helped launch NutraSweet, giving him distinctive comfort with regulatory, go-to-market, and consumer adoption challenges around new food ingredients and flavors. Andy Ziolkowski co-founded one of the earliest dedicated food and agtech venture funds in 2008, bringing four decades of venture capital experience to pioneer what is now a crowded category of agrifood-focused VC funds. He has a particular interest in novel ingredients informed by close collaboration with partners who helped launch NutraSweet, giving him distinctive comfort with regulatory, go-to-market, and consumer adoption challenges around new food ingredients and flavors.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Food
Ag
BioTech
Climate
CPG / D2C
SaaS

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $10M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA