Cavallo Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm in California that focuses on investing in livestock feed, pet nutrition, aquafeed, ingredients and formulation for cosmetics and human nutrition, alternatives to industrial chemicals, agrochemical active ingredients, water management and irrigation, soil biology and resource conservation. Founded in San Francisco, California, United States, it invests in series A, seed rounds, venture rounds, series C and series B rounds. Its portfolio companies include FieldIn, AgroSpheres, Smartwyre, Performance Livestock Analytics, Crop Enhancement, Taranis, Beta Hatch, Asilomar Bio, and Vinsight. As of February 2020, Cavallo Ventures has made nine investments. Their most recent investment was on September 5, 2019, when FieldIn raised $12M.
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Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.
Performance Livestock Analytics uses cattle data and analytics for beef management, saving time, and profitability for feedlots.
AgroSpheres, Inc. is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based company.
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Amar Singh
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AgroSpheres
Asilomar Bio
Beta Hatch
Crop Enhancement
FieldIn
Performance Livestock Analytics
Smartwyre
Taranis
Vinsight