# Andy Dearing

> Andy Dearing is a seed investor at Cultivation Capital (St Louis) backing Water and AgTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital)
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andydearing/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/adearing
- Website: https://cultivationcapital.com/team/andy-dearing/

Andy Dearing is a seed investor at Cultivation Capital in St Louis focused on Water and AgTech. Andy Dearing is the President of Spatial STL Advisors and a General Partner at Cultivation Partner. He previously worked at Dynamo Metrics as a Board Member. Andy Dearing attended Saint Louis University and Maryville University of Saint Louis.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 25% |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Drones | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avol Aerospace | Avol Aerospace is a startup that develops autonomous electric aircraft specifically for time-critical cargo delivery. The company’s service focuses on delivering medical-logistics shipments—such as blood, stem cells, tissues, or lab specimens—between healthcare centers, enabling pickup in 30 minutes or less and costs comparable to or below groundtransport. Avol’s proprietary aircraft use a blended-wing design to maximize cargo volume and reduce cost per flight, aiming to provide zero-emissions, high-efficiency alternatives for critical logistics. | $3.8M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| Hydrosat | Hydrosat is a deep-tech company using thermal satellite data and AI to address society's most urgent challenges. We provide geospatial intelligence for food production, security, and natural resource management. | $15M | Series A | Mar 05, 2023 |  |
| Hydrosat | Hydrosat is a deep-tech company using thermal satellite data and AI to address society's most urgent challenges. We provide geospatial intelligence for food production, security, and natural resource management. | $5M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Hydrosat | Hydrosat is a deep-tech company using thermal satellite data and AI to address society's most urgent challenges. We provide geospatial intelligence for food production, security, and natural resource management. | $5M | Seed | Jun 17, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expon-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freeflow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freeflow-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Santa Barbara Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santa-barbara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OTB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otb-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcadis-city-of-2030-accelerator-powered-by-techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cultivation Capital

VC Fund · St Louis, United States

Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm that manages a family of funds focused on early-stage investing. Most of our initial investments are during a startup’s Seed or Series A phase, and our initial checks range from $500k – $3.5M. Our industries of focus include life sciences and health tech, software and IT, agriculture tech, andgeospatial tech.

5 contacts available at Cultivation Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alana Mann | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alana-mann |
| Andy Dearing | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-dearing |
| Brian Matthews | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-matthews |
| David Smoller | General Partner - Life Sciences Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-smoller |
| Dean VandeKamp | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-vandekamp |

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## FAQ

### What does Andy Dearing invest in?

Andy Dearing invests primarily in Water, AgTech and Drones startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andy Dearing last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andy Dearing closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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