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Sandbox Industries is a Chicago-based venture capital firm that connects corporations with startups through industry-focused funds, accelerators, and advisory services. It pools capital from strategic partners and financial investors to back early- and growth-stage companies in healthcare, insurtech, sustainability, and food/agtech, while helping corporate partners access new technologies. It runs exclusive programs like the Blue Venture Funds with BCBS and the Cultivian Sandbox Fund, and accelerators Healthbox and Excelerate (now TechStars Chicago), blending financial investment with strategic guidance. Its goal is to help corporations innovate and diversify through external startups and to accelerate commercialization for portfolio companies.
Industries
Food & Agriculture
Consulting
Financial Services
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$925.7M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2003
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Total Funding
$925.7M
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Big Health raises $23.7M in new funding. February 12, 2026 Big Health, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of digital treatments for mental health conditions, raised $23.7M in new funding. The round was led by .406 Ventures and AlleyCorp, with participation from CVS Health Ventures, Blue Venture Fund, Sandbox Clinical Ventures, Gilde Healthcare, and Supermoon Capital. The company intends to sue the funds to accelerate access to its FDA-cleared, reimbursable solutions. Led by CEO Yael Berman, Big Health is a digital mental health treatments company that expand access to care, including behavioral medicine by making treatments available both directly to patients and through providers, and by improving adoption for providers, payers, and employers. Its FDA-cleared, reimbursable solutions include SleepioRx for insomnia disorder and DaylightRx for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). To date, Big Health has supported more than 750,000 individuals, with clinical studies showing that up to 76% of SleepioRx patients achieve improvement in insomnia, and 71% of DaylightRx patients experience improvement in GAD. 12/02/2026
Anzen in California raises $16M to scale AI platform for insurance distribution. San Francisco, California-based Anzen announced a $16 million Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. The round brings Anzen's total reported capital raised to $26 million. With this funding, Anzen says it will expand its Artificial intelligence-powered workflows, strengthen its carrier and AMS integration ecosystem and grow its team. Anzen was founded in 2021, and it reports more than 5,000 retail agents nationwide and processing thousands of submissions each month across specialty, excess, and property/casualty lines.
Anzen, an AI-powered platform for commercial insurance distribution, raised a $16 million Series A led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, and Andreessen Horowitz, bringing total funding to $26 million. The funds will expand Anzen's AI workflows, carrier integrations, and team. Anzen aims to handle 80% of commercial insurance workflows by mid-2026, enhancing efficiency and reducing overhead for agents.
Noctrix Health has raised $33.5 million to accelerate the U.S. commercialization of its Nidra® TOMAC therapy for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). The funding includes contributions from Blue Venture Fund, Sandbox Clinical Ventures, and a debt facility from Bridge Bank. The company has also expanded its leadership team, appointing Ivan Lubogo as Chief Commercial Officer and promoting Jonathan Charlesworth, Ph.D., to Chief Scientific Officer. Mark Verratti joins the Board of Directors.
Debut has raised $20m to expand its AI-based ingredient discovery platform, focusing on skin longevity and scaling its formulation business.
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Industries
Food & Agriculture
Consulting
Financial Services
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$925.7M
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2003
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