# Sandbox Insurtech
Sandbox Insurtech is the insurtech-focused venture capital arm of the Chicago venture platform Sandbox Industries, organized as the Delaware limited partnership Sandbox Insurtech Fund II, LP (formed 2021).[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) A directory profile also records an earlier Sandbox Insurtech Fund with a 12/18/2019 closing at $43.88M, but the primary filing for that fund was not retrieved.[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures) Fund II is a pooled venture capital fund exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act, headquartered at 1000 W Fulton Market #213, Chicago, Illinois 60607.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt)
The firm describes its work as investing in technology start-ups and driving collaboration between insurance incumbents and insurtechs; that characterization appears on a [CB Insights](https://www.edgepedia.org/cb-insights) investor profile rather than in a primary company source, so it should be read as a directory description.[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First fund | Sandbox Insurtech Fund, per a directory-derived closing entry of 12/18/2019 at $43.88M; primary filing not retrieved, unverified[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures) |
| Second fund | Sandbox Insurtech Fund II, LP, Delaware LP formed 2021; first sale November 17, 2021[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) |
| Headquarters | 1000 W Fulton Market #213, Chicago, IL 60607[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) |
| General partner | Sandbox Insurtech Ventures II, LLC, c/o Sandbox Industries[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) |
| Partners | Matthew Downs, Gretchen Hayes, Nick Rosa, Christopher Zock (managing members of the general partner)[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) |
| Status | Latest Form D amendment for Fund II filed November 16, 2022[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) |
## History and people
The partners came to the insurtech funds through earlier Sandbox vehicles. The Sandbox Advantage Fund, L.P., a Delaware venture limited partnership formed in 2011 and based at 213 North Racine Street, Chicago, targeted $50,000,000 and had sold $20,000,000.[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539058/0001140361-12-002235.txt) Its general partner, Sandbox Advantage Associates, LLC, listed **Nick Rosa**, Paul Brown, and **Matthew Downs** as managers, with an affiliate of the general partner entitled to a management fee from the fund.[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539058/0001140361-12-002235.txt) Rosa and Downs therefore carried prior Sandbox fund experience into the insurtech platform.[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539058/0001140361-12-002235.txt)
Fund II's Form D amendment, signed by Christopher Zock on November 16, 2022, names Matthew Downs, Gretchen Hayes, Nick Rosa, and Christopher Zock as managing members of the general partner.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt)
## Funds, by the numbers
**Fund I** (Sandbox Insurtech Fund) is documented only by a directory-derived closing entry, which lists a 12/18/2019 closing at $43.88M with one closing recorded; the primary Fund I filing itself was not retrieved, so the figure is unverified.[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures)
**Fund II** is better documented. Its November 16, 2022 Form D amendment reports $60,204,081 sold toward a $100,000,000 target (amounts including capital committed by the general partner), with a date of first sale of November 17, 2021.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt)
## Portfolio and exits
Portfolio detail in the record comes only from a directory profile and is unverified. CB Insights lists 10 investments by Sandbox Insurtech Ventures, including participation in Gradient AI's $56.1 million Series C on July 8, 2024 alongside [Centana Growth Partners](https://www.edgepedia.org/centana-growth-partners), Forte Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and Stone Point Capital; data.world's $50 million Series C on April 5, 2022; and Rollick's $10 million Series B on October 1, 2022.[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures) The same profile records a portfolio exit: data.world acquired by [ServiceNow](https://www.edgepedia.org/servicenow) on May 7, 2025.[2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures)
## Relationship to Sandbox Industries
The insurtech funds are anchored to the broader Sandbox Industries platform. Fund II's general partner, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures II, LLC, is filed at an address c/o Sandbox Industries, and the CB Insights profile describes Sandbox Insurtech Ventures as part of Sandbox Industries.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt) • [2](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures) The personnel overlap with the 2011 Sandbox Advantage Fund (Rosa and Downs) is consistent with a shared organization rather than an unrelated same-name firm.[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539058/0001140361-12-002235.txt)
## References
1. [SEC Form D/A — Sandbox Insurtech Fund II, LP (filed 2022-11-16)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888615/0001888615-22-000001.txt)
2. [CB Insights — Sandbox Insurtech Ventures investor profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/sandbox-insurtech-ventures)
3. [SEC Form D — Sandbox Advantage Fund, L.P. (filed 2012)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539058/0001140361-12-002235.txt)
---
*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Economics and business › Finance › Venture capital and private equity › Venture capital firms of the Americas › Fintech and financial services investors*
*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Edited: Oct 11, 2026; Oct 15, 2026*
*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*
License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license