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Investor profile

Nick Rosa

Managing Director, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures

About

Nick Rosa brings rare hands-on operating experience as former CEO of NutraSweet and head of Monsanto's consumer division, giving him deep knowledge of building and scaling food ingredient businesses rather than just financial expertise. He was an early pioneer in creating dedicated agrifood venture funds when few investors focused on agriculture technology, and he emphasizes platform technologies like synthetic biology and AI that can serve multiple markets rather than single-use farm products. Nick Rosa brings rare hands-on operating experience as former CEO of NutraSweet and head of Monsanto's consumer division, giving him deep knowledge of building and scaling food ingredient businesses rather than just financial expertise. He was an early pioneer in creating dedicated agrifood venture funds when few investors focused on agriculture technology, and he emphasizes platform technologies like synthetic biology and AI that can serve multiple markets rather than single-use farm products.

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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