Benson Hill
Latest round
- Series D
Last raised
- Jul 2020
Total raised
- $241M
Investors
- 23
About Benson Hill
, is an agri-biotechnology company that offers a CropOS® technology platform that combines data analytics and AI with food science and plant biology to leverage genetic diversity within plants to optimize its nutrition. The company serves Athletes, breeders, farmers, ingredient and food manufacturers, retailers, active people, and consumers who prefer plant-based options. In 2020, Benson Hill, Inc.35 billion with a PIPE proceed of USD 225 million, at USD 10 per share. The company offers CropOS®, a proprietary platform designed to facilitate the accessibility and actionability of Cloud Biology. Cloud Biology® is the culmination of data, machine learning, and AI techniques with biology. CropOS® enables proprietory phenotyping, predictive breeding, and environmental modeling algorithms to create healthy food options by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill cultivates crops by influencing taste and texture along with reducing the need for additives such as UHP(ultra-high protein) soybeans and products with low anti-nutrient content for better nutrition and sustainability as well as producing high oleic soybeans. Additionally, the company offers a data library that contains plant science data on soybean varieties along with yellow pea genome mapping, consumer taste profiles, weather, and soil data among others including 120,000 unique plant genomes across 27 species. Post the public merger with Star Peak Corp II, Benson Hill plans to list on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol, BHIL.
Who invested in Benson Hill
23 investors across 4 rounds
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Who invested in Benson Hill?
Benson Hill has 23 investors on record across 4 venture rounds. Sign up free to see every VC on the cap table and the rounds they joined.
How much funding has Benson Hill raised?
Benson Hill has raised 4 venture rounds. Sign up free to see how much each round raised and the total.
When did Benson Hill last raise money?
Benson Hill's most recent round on record is a Series D, in Jul 2020.
What does Benson Hill do?
, is an agri-biotechnology company that offers a CropOS® technology platform that combines data analytics and AI with food science and plant biology to leverage genetic diversity within plants to optimize its nutrition.
Where is Benson Hill headquartered?
Benson Hill is headquartered in St. Louis, US.
Which VCs invest in companies like Benson Hill?
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