# Cultivate Ventures

> Cultivate Ventures is a VC fund in Washington backing Biotechnology and Sensor. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cultivate-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DCCultivate
- Website: http://www.cultivateventures.com

Cultivate Ventures is an investment and advisory firm built to catalyze growth for promising food, wellness and fitness companies. We focus specifically on investment, business concept incubation, seed-to-growth stage acceleration and turn around advisory services. We believe strongly in strong returns on capital combined with collaboration,transparency, conscious consumerism. We take a long-term, collaborative and flexible approach to each company and client we work with and invest in, allowing our financial and operational stake to grow as our partners grow.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Cultivate Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Cultivate Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cultivate-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$7M |
| Series A | $7.3M–$9.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 40% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |
| Farming | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Life Science | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 4 | 80% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caesar Latyon | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caesar-latyon |
| Laura Metzdorf | Creator/Writer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-metzdorf |
| Mike Kenlay | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kenlay |
| Rick Graf | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-graf |
| Steven Holm | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-holm |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scentian Bio | Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution. | $7M | Seed | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Hectre | Hectre provides growers and enterprise with simple to use, leading edge orchard management software. Easy to use in the orchard, on the farm, in the warehouse and in the packhouse. Please complete your details below and we'll be in touch to arrange your demo | $7.3M | Series A | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Ruminant BioTech | Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation. | $9.6M | Series A | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| Miruku | Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively. | $4.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2024 |  |
| Kwant | Kwant they are connecting workforces, materials, and equipment's to improve productivity and safety for construction sites. | $3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7BC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7bc-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AgriZeroNZ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agrizeronz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fairstead](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fairstead) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forefront Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forefront-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cultivate Ventures invest in?

Cultivate Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Sensor and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cultivate Ventures's check size?

Cultivate Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$7M at Seed and $7.3M–$9.6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cultivate Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Cultivate Ventures?

Public channels for Cultivate Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Cultivate Ventures?

The team at Cultivate Ventures includes Caesar Latyon (Founder), Laura Metzdorf (Creator/Writer) and Mike Kenlay (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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