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Paul Meier

General Partner at Cultivation Capital

Chicago, Illinois

Overview 

Paul Meier is a Partner at Cultivation Capital in Chicago, Illinois, with a background in investing in various sectors like cybersecurity, GovTech, and SaaS. He has made significant investments in companies such as Cognitive Space, Fixposition, and Hydrosat, showcasing his expertise in seed-stage investments and board advisory roles. Meier's career highlights include his role as a General Partner and Principal at Cultivation Capital, where he has successfully invested in companies like ThirdPartyTrust and ReturnLogic, demonstrating his proficiency in identifying promising startups and providing strategic guidance to portfolio companies.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2022 - Current

    Geospatial Tech Fund

  • Principal

    2019

    Software Tech Funds

Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.

  • Board Obs

    2021

Hydrosat is a climate tech company that was founded to help Earth manage its most valuable resource: water.

Raised $35,623,002.00 from Cultivation Capital, Statkraft Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, Techstars, Hartree Partners, Blue Bear Capital, Santa Barbara Venture Partners, Expon Capital and OTB Ventures.

  • Board Obs

    2021

  • Board Obs

    2024

  • Board Obs

    2022

  • Board Obs

    2020

Cloudbeds’ hospitality management platform enables hotels to grow revenue, streamline operations, and deliver memorable guest experiences.

Raised $248,440,000.00 from Echo Street Capital, Walleye Capital, PeakSpan Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund, Counterpart Ventures and Viking Global Investors.

  • Board Obs

    2022

  • Seed Investor, Board Observer, FP&A, M&A

    2019 - 2022

    Sold to BitSight in 2022.

  • Venture Investor

    2018 - 2019

M25 is the most active early-stage VC firm investing in Midwest headquartered startups (14 states, 100+ companies) across most industries

  • R&D Finance; Global Risk Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Software, hardware, and advanced materials new product finance, manager of Americas treasury and the global insurance program at NYSE: BRC

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