Sandgarden
Biotechnology · Laboratory Equipment
$7.5Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$3Mlatest round · Convertible Note · May 2025 · 18 mo ago
3backers · Crane Venture Partners, Panache Ventures
9team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +50% in a year
Overview
Sandgarden is an incubator, by design. The most capital-efficient company-making machine out there: one team, one playbook, one product after another.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$7.5M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$3M
Convertible Note · May 2025 · 18 mo ago
Team
9
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +50% in a year
Backers
3
Crane Venture Partners, Panache Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 1
Acquisition Sandgarden Acquires Layer, Expanding Engineering Team Behind Doc Holiday · marketwatch.com
May 1, 2025
Raised a round Convertible Note $3M · SEC Form D
Aug 28, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $4.5M · SEC Form D
2024
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Hacker News stories
1
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | May 2025 | $3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2024 | $4.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Sandgarden, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Drew BlasExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Elizabeth ZalmanExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Marty McCallExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Crane Venture Partners 
Panache Ventures 
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People
Drew Blas
Executive Officer
Elizabeth Zalman
Executive Officer, Director
Marty McCall
Executive Officer
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
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Countries
1
New York
United States
HQ
Contact Us
10-50 est. staff
224 W 35th St Ste 500 #2248, New York, NY, 10001-2538