About Us
We are the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, a privately owned family business approaching its centennial anniversary. We invest our own capital and are looking for pioneering entrepreneurs that insist upon building successful companies without taking shortcuts.
Beyond capital, we provide our deep expertise and market knowledge. We enable founders to launch new products and services, run trials, expand and recruit new talent.
What do we look for
Dedicated founders solving real problems, with an unwavering resolve to build and execute.
Livestock feed, pet nutrition, aquafeed
Ingredients & formulation for cosmetics, human nutrition
Alternative to industrial chemicals
Agrochemical active ingredients
Alternative delivery & spraying methods
Water management & irrigation
Soil biology
Resource conservation
Team
Daniel R. Vradenburg
Chairman
Dan has been at Wilbur-Ellis for 36 years, beginning his career in 1982 as a field sales agronomist and spent 16 years as President of Agribusiness. Most recently, Dan transitioned over to chairman of Cavallo Ventures.
Michael Wilbur
President
Mike is a founding member of Cavallo Ventures and has been with Wilbur-Ellis for over 20 years. During his time at Wilbur-Ellis, Mike has worked across all three business divisions and at numerous offices both in the U.S. and overseas. Mike holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston College.
Amar Singh
Director
Amar is a founding member of Cavallo Ventures. Prior to Cavallo, Amar helped found Maumee Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of The Andersons’. Amar holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Son Vo
Associate
Son joined Cavallo Ventures in early 2018. Prior to Cavallo, Son worked in healthcare investing banking at Cowen and Company where he focused on capital raising and M&A for life sciences and medtech companies. Son holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Portfolio
Boost Biomes
Harnesses the power of the microbiome through a proprietary discovery platform for identifying microbial products
Vinsight
Provides yield forecasting utilizing remote sensing imagery, field practices, historical data, and weather
Sound Agriculture
Developing technologies to help farmers sustainably increase harvest yields by enhancing crop nutrient and water use
Taranis
Uses deep learning on proprietary data sets to predict and prevent crop disease and pest losses
Performance Livestock Analytics
Performance Livestock Analytics provides software subscription services to livestock producers, brokers, risk managers, nutritionists, animal health and animal nutrition companies.