Cargill Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent CargillHQ Minnetonka, United StatesFounded 2020

Cargill Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Cargill, a food and agriculture company. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Minnetonka, United States. It invests from Series A to Series B. Sectors it names: food and agriculture, biotech and life sciences, industrial technology and robotics.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series B

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Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series B
Sectors	Food and agriculture, Biotech and life sciences, Industrial technology and robotics
Geography	Global
Offices	Minnetonka, United States

Sources: S1 AgFunderNews: Cargill Ventures eyes renewed dealmaking (interview with Erin VanLanduit).

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Companies backed	30	companies	Reported in the press	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	15	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S1 AgFunderNews: Cargill Ventures eyes renewed dealmaking (interview with Erin VanLanduit).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Minnetonka, United States
Offices: Minnetonka, United States

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS1 S5

Erin VanLanduitHead of Corporate VenturesFind on LinkedIn
Rachel ResekPrincipalFind on LinkedIn

Cargill Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Cargill	Reported by Wikipedia: Cargill	S4
Parent industry	Food and agriculture	Reported by Wikipedia: Cargill	S4
Founded	2020	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Minnetonka, United States	Reported by Wikipedia: Cargill	S4
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	30	Single source	S1
Stages	Series A, Series B	Single source	S1

Portfolio

Public sources name 15 portfolio companies.S1

The firm also states 30 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

8 companies on the Cargill Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Leaps by Bayer	2	Grão Direto, Andes
Cockpit Innovation	1	Aleph Farms
Strauss Group Ventures	1	Aleph Farms
Thai Union Ventures	1	Aleph Farms
BASF Venture Capital	1	Grão Direto
SLC Ventures	1	Grão Direto
Cavallo Ventures	1	Andes
dsm-firmenich Ventures	1	AnimalBiome
R/GA Ventures	1	AnimalBiome
Chevron Technology Ventures	1	Flyability
Swisscom Ventures	1	Flyability
Conti Ventures	1	Bushel

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Cargill Ventures list

15 companies, as named in the sources cited.S1 Read the firm's list.

Aleph Farms
AMSilk
Andes
AnimalBiome
Bushel
ENOUGH
Flyability
Grao Direto
Infinant Health
Innovafeed
ProfilePrint
Regrow Ag
UPSIDE Foods
Voyage Foods
Wildtype

History

2020Cargill established Cargill Ventures as a centralized corporate venture unitS1

Sources

S1AgFunderNews: Cargill Ventures eyes renewed dealmaking (interview with Erin VanLanduit)Press
S2AgFunderNews: Cargill restructures corporate venture group into centralized unitPress
S4Wikipedia: CargillThird-party report
S5Global Venturing: Rising Stars 2024 Rachel ResekPress

Disclaimer and corrections

Not affiliated. This page is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Cargill Ventures or any company named on it. Names and trademarks belong to their owners. Informational only. This is a public-source reference. It is not investment, legal or tax advice and not an offer or solicitation. Sources. Each figure names its source. Figures may have changed. Please read the firm's official pages, linked above. Corrections and takedown. To report an error or ask for a change or removal, use the correction form or email Richard@CorporateVentureCapital.com.

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