Benson Hill is a provider of crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.
Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Oct 29, 2020 | Series D | $150M | 2 | — | — | Detail |
Sep 10, 2018 | Series C | $65M | 1 | — | — | Detail |
May 28, 2017 | Series B | $25M | 1 | Prelude Ventures | — | Detail |
Aug 26, 2015 | Series A | $7.30M | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Jun 24, 2013 | Grant | $224.17K | 1 | National Science Foundation | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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National Science Foundation | Yes | Grant |
Louis Dreyfus Company | — | Series D |
Prelude Ventures | — | Series D |