Cultivation Capital

Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 2012. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily targeting Seed to Series B funding rounds. Its investment strategy focuses on technology companies across various sectors, including life sciences, healthcare, agriculture, software, and information technology. Cultivation Capital typically makes initial investments ranging from $100,000 to $3.5 million, with an emphasis on supporting startups in their growth phases. The firm manages multiple funds, including those dedicated to life sciences and technology, aiming to foster innovation and development in these critical industries. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Cultivation Capital is committed to guiding emerging companies toward successful trajectories in the competitive market landscape.

Scott Addonizio

General Partner

Joel Crater

General Partner

Andy Dearing

General Partner

Peter Esparrago

General Partner and Co-Founder

Marc Hirshman

General Partner

Taha Jangda

General Partner

Joe Maxwell

Managing Partner

Jim McKelvey

Co-Founder and General Partner

Paul Meier

Partner

Matt Phimphavong

Principal

Rick Ryan

General Partner

Bobby Sandage

General Partner

Kristina Schmelter

Principal

William Schmidt

General Partner

John True

General Partner

Dean VandeKamp

General Partner

Paul Weber

General Partner

Kyle Welborn

Co-Founder and General Partner

Heather Wood

General Partner

Past deals in Indiana

SharpenCX

Venture Round in 2021
SharpenCX develops software and voice solutions aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Its core offering, the Sharpen platform, is a cloud-native Communications Platform-as-a-Service designed to function as a contact center solution. This platform provides leadership, operations, and IT teams with essential tools and data to support frontline customer service staff. SharpenCX allows clients to manage voice systems through customizable web portals and offers real-time analytics for monitoring call center performance. The company serves a diverse range of professionals, including agents, supervisors, and IT directors, across various sectors such as education, marketing, retail, and insurance. Established in 2011 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, SharpenCX emphasizes the development of solutions that improve the working conditions of contact center agents, ultimately leading to a better customer experience.

SharpenCX

Venture Round in 2020
SharpenCX develops software and voice solutions aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Its core offering, the Sharpen platform, is a cloud-native Communications Platform-as-a-Service designed to function as a contact center solution. This platform provides leadership, operations, and IT teams with essential tools and data to support frontline customer service staff. SharpenCX allows clients to manage voice systems through customizable web portals and offers real-time analytics for monitoring call center performance. The company serves a diverse range of professionals, including agents, supervisors, and IT directors, across various sectors such as education, marketing, retail, and insurance. Established in 2011 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, SharpenCX emphasizes the development of solutions that improve the working conditions of contact center agents, ultimately leading to a better customer experience.

Emplify

Series B in 2019
Emplify, a leader in employee engagement measurement, enables executives to ask for, analyze, and act on employee feedback — transforming data insights into human action. Informed by science and psychometrics. Emplify is the first to fuse survey insights, employee communication, performance enhancement, and transformation strategists into a proven agile engagement system. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Fishers, Indiana.

DemandJump

Series A in 2019
DemandJump Inc. operates a marketing intelligence software platform that provides valuable insights for marketers by leveraging both online and offline data. The platform encompasses tools such as Traffic Cloud, which analyzes traffic networks and user flows to determine effective sources, influencers, and content that drive qualified traffic and revenue for brands. Additionally, the company offers Account-Based Attribution, allowing marketing and sales teams to assess the revenue impact of various touchpoints. Founded in 2015 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, DemandJump aims to uncover new growth opportunities and enhance customer acquisition by utilizing artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of competitive digital data and market behavior. This approach enables marketers to make informed decisions, optimize their marketing spend, and ultimately increase revenue.

SharpenCX

Venture Round in 2019
SharpenCX develops software and voice solutions aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Its core offering, the Sharpen platform, is a cloud-native Communications Platform-as-a-Service designed to function as a contact center solution. This platform provides leadership, operations, and IT teams with essential tools and data to support frontline customer service staff. SharpenCX allows clients to manage voice systems through customizable web portals and offers real-time analytics for monitoring call center performance. The company serves a diverse range of professionals, including agents, supervisors, and IT directors, across various sectors such as education, marketing, retail, and insurance. Established in 2011 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, SharpenCX emphasizes the development of solutions that improve the working conditions of contact center agents, ultimately leading to a better customer experience.

Emplify

Venture Round in 2018
Emplify, a leader in employee engagement measurement, enables executives to ask for, analyze, and act on employee feedback — transforming data insights into human action. Informed by science and psychometrics. Emplify is the first to fuse survey insights, employee communication, performance enhancement, and transformation strategists into a proven agile engagement system. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Fishers, Indiana.

DemandJump

Series A in 2018
DemandJump Inc. operates a marketing intelligence software platform that provides valuable insights for marketers by leveraging both online and offline data. The platform encompasses tools such as Traffic Cloud, which analyzes traffic networks and user flows to determine effective sources, influencers, and content that drive qualified traffic and revenue for brands. Additionally, the company offers Account-Based Attribution, allowing marketing and sales teams to assess the revenue impact of various touchpoints. Founded in 2015 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, DemandJump aims to uncover new growth opportunities and enhance customer acquisition by utilizing artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of competitive digital data and market behavior. This approach enables marketers to make informed decisions, optimize their marketing spend, and ultimately increase revenue.

Cheddar

Seed Round in 2017
Cheddar (formerly CheddarGetter) is a usage-based billing platform for SaaS companies. The platform is capable of managing all the complexity of billing and collections including pricing, processing, underwriting, SaaS metrics, customer communications, and revenue optimization. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana.

Salesvue

Venture Round in 2016
Salesvue, LLC provides salesforce automation software. It offers Salesvue, a prospect-to-pipeline automation solution. Salesvue, LLC was formerly known as Jesubi, LLC and changed its name to Salesvue, LLC in June 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Emplify

Series A in 2016
Emplify, a leader in employee engagement measurement, enables executives to ask for, analyze, and act on employee feedback — transforming data insights into human action. Informed by science and psychometrics. Emplify is the first to fuse survey insights, employee communication, performance enhancement, and transformation strategists into a proven agile engagement system. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Fishers, Indiana.

Emplify

Venture Round in 2015
Emplify, a leader in employee engagement measurement, enables executives to ask for, analyze, and act on employee feedback — transforming data insights into human action. Informed by science and psychometrics. Emplify is the first to fuse survey insights, employee communication, performance enhancement, and transformation strategists into a proven agile engagement system. It was founded in 2010 and is based in Fishers, Indiana.

Salesvue

Venture Round in 2014
Salesvue, LLC provides salesforce automation software. It offers Salesvue, a prospect-to-pipeline automation solution. Salesvue, LLC was formerly known as Jesubi, LLC and changed its name to Salesvue, LLC in June 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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