# Sand River

> Sand River is a VC fund in London backing Agriculture and Biotechnology. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sand-river
- Website: https://www.sandriver.vc

Sand River is a VC fund in London focused on Agriculture and Biotechnology. Sand River investing in solutions that will protect nature in the future.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rhizocore Technologies | Rhizocore Technologies produces locally-adapted mycorrhizal fungi to enhance tree planting success. | $5.9M | Seed | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Maltento | Maltento develops future-oriented clean, traceable, consistent, functional-plus nutrition products. Maltento's method is regenerative: They use natural, traceable co-products from agro-processing companies to restore the balance of the precious world while minimizing the impact on scarce natural resources. | $3.3M |  | May 19, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Generation-Re](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-re) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grosvenor Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grosvenor-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kibo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The First Thirty](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-first-thirty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [University of Edinburgh](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-university-of-edinburgh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sand River invest in?

Sand River invests primarily in Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sand River last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sand River closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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