# Cargill Ventures

> Cargill Ventures is a VC fund in Minnetonka backing Software, Security and Network Security. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minnetonka, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Cargill Ventures is a venture capital that invests in companies that works in different segments. Cargill Ventures is a wholly-owned venture investment group of Cargill, a privately-held company with operations in 59 countries and revenues of approximately $50 billion.It invests in early stage technology companies that enable commerce,innovation, and efficiencies and help to be a global provider of goods and services necessary for life, health, and growth. In business over 135 years, Cargill is a globally respected business leader. It takes a long-term perspective, and have the patience, and foresight to build sustainable business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 31% |
| Security | 3 | 19% |
| Network Security | 3 | 19% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 13% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 31% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 19% |
| Series C | 2 | 13% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 44% |
| India | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flyability | Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solves the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s mainmarket is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Power Generation, Oil & Gas or Maritime infrastructures. It is also active in Search & Rescue and Security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. Flyability is the winner of the 1M USD Drones for Good Award and over 11 other technology and business prizes. Read more on www.flyability.com. |  | Series C | Mar 03, 2023 |  |
| Flyability | Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solves the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s mainmarket is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Power Generation, Oil & Gas or Maritime infrastructures. It is also active in Search & Rescue and Security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. Flyability is the winner of the 1M USD Drones for Good Award and over 11 other technology and business prizes. Read more on www.flyability.com. | $17.5M | Series C | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Flyability | Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solves the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s mainmarket is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Power Generation, Oil & Gas or Maritime infrastructures. It is also active in Search & Rescue and Security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. Flyability is the winner of the 1M USD Drones for Good Award and over 11 other technology and business prizes. Read more on www.flyability.com. | $15.4M | Series C | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Cocuus | Cocuus works to create innovative and surprising culinary solutions every day. Cocuus technology introduces engineering and architecture in kitchens, giving the possibility of creating artistic culinary creations, turning dishes into a visual experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Cizur Menor, Navarra, Spain. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Lockdown Networks | Lockdown Networks, Inc. provides network access control solutions that ensure various users and devices on the network comply with security and information technology policies. It network access control appliances automate authentication, management, assessment, enforcement, and reporting capabilities. The company's products include LockdownEnforcer, which protects devices from exploits and attacks without compromising network productivity; and Lockdown Commander, an appliance-based solution that provides a comprehensive view of policy compliance, device health, and enforcement. Its products also include Lockdown Sentry, an appliance-based solution, which provides access control and policy enforcement to smaller, hard to secure, remote facilities; and Lockdown Agent, a value-added software for comprehensive device health assessment. In addition, the company offers intelligent network access control architecture, which integrates network access control with external security, endpoint, networking, and infrastructure systems. Further, it provides iNAC partner program that enables third-party solution providers to collaborate on network access policy decisions, sharing information critical to network, and endpoint security. The company serves customers in multiple markets, including health; education; financial; retail; technology; manufacturing; and federal, state, and local government. It has operations in North America, Europe, and Japan. Lockdown Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 as InteractNetworks, Inc. and changed its name to Lockdown Networks, Inc. in 2004. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As of August 2008, Lockdown Networks, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of McAfee, Inc. | $14.7M | Series B | Nov 13, 2007 |  |
| GuardianEdge Technologies | GuardianEdge, the leader in endpoint data protection, enables enterprises to safeguard confidential and proprietary data, ensure regulatory compliance, and securely mobilize computing environments. The award-winning GuardianEdge Data Protection Platform combines managed encryption and device control technologies to protect data on laptops,desktops, portable storage devices, and smartphones. GuardianEdge solutions have been deployed by leading enterprises such as Lockheed Martin, Providence Health Services, and The Hertz Corporation to protect millions of users worldwide. GuardianEdge government customers include the Internal Revenue Service; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education, Justice, State, Treasury, and Veteran Affairs; the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; as well as numerous state and local government agencies.The company was founded in 2002 and is based in San Mateo, California. | $10M | Series B | Jul 23, 2007 |  |
| Intalio | Intalio combines cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Cognitive Services to collect, clean and analyze unstructured data. Our solutions are developed on a Blockchain platform to offer intelligent, secure and profitable solutions.Intalio Content Services revolutionizes processes such as content capture, informationmanagement, storage, and analytics to provide a comprehensive and reliable ECM platform and to ensure optimal information governance.Intalio Process Services provides an end-to-end solution to streamline enterprises’ internal workflows while enhancing their incoming and outgoing communications through a new generation of Case Management solution integrating features such as Digital Signature, Digital Mailroom and Correspondence Tracking. | $2.3M |  | Jul 09, 2007 |  |
| Compellent Technologies | Compellent Technologies, Inc. develops and provides enterprise storage software and hardware solutions that automate the movement and management of data. They offers Fluid Data Storage, an enterprise storage platform, Fluid Data Architecture, a network storage solution to manage data at a granular level, and Storage Center 5.4, which allowsenterprises to adapt to changing business requirements. | $15M |  | Sep 25, 2006 |  |
| Microland | Microland's delivery of digital is all about making technology do more and intrude less. As we help enterprises move to nextGen technologies, we make sure this embrace of brilliance is predictable, reliable, and stable.Incorporated in 1989 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Microland is comprised of more than 4,500 digital specialistsacross offices and delivery centers in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and North America. | $11M |  | Aug 09, 2006 |  |
| Sirtris Pharmaceuticals | Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SIRT) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing proprietary, orally available, small molecule drugs with the potential to treat diseases associated with aging, including metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes. via: Sirtris | $37M | Series C | Apr 19, 2006 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Cargill Ventures invest in?

Cargill Ventures invests primarily in Software, Security and Network Security startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 16 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 Cargill Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cargill Ventures closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 16 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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