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Benson Hill

Food · Olivette, United States · Founded 2012 · Public via SPAC 2021

Agricultural biotechnology company focused on the development of traits to increase intrinsic crop yield MoreLess

Benson Hill is an agtech company that leverages cutting-edge technology to improve food production. The company operates in the agriculture and food sectors, focusing on the development of high-protein soybeans and other crops to meet the growing demand for plant-based meat alternatives. Benson Hill's multidisciplinary approach integrates genetics, biology, software, and machine learning to create innovative solutions for the food and agriculture supply chain. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including seed company partners, food producers, and farmers. Benson Hill's business model involves growing, processing, and selling ultra-high protein soybeans, which are designed to enhance the nutritional value of plant-based foods. The company generates revenue through the sale of these premium crops and by licensing its proprietary technology platform, CropOS, to other agricultural and food production entities. CropOS combines big data analytics, machine learning, and genome editing to accelerate crop improvement and deliver better products to the market.

Keywords: agtech, genetics, biology, AI, food production, plant-based protein, high-protein soybeans, CropOS, machine learning, genome editing.

Valuation $0–100M
Revenue $100–500M
Headcount 100–500
Total funding $500M–1B

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Benson Hill's talent

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Employees mapped 109 incl. 6 AI specialists
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Investors

25 investors on Benson Hill's cap table

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Seed 4 investors entered at this stage
US National Science Foundation
iSelect Fund
Iowa Corn Opportunities
St. Louis Arch Angels
Series A 2 investors entered at this stage
Prelude Ventures
Lewis & Clark Ventures
Series B+ 19 investors entered at this stage
BioGenerator
GV
Tao Capital Partners
S2G Investments
Mercury Fund
Prolog Ventures
Grosvenor Food & AgTech
Fall Line Capital
Argonautic Ventures
Louis Dreyfus Company
Emart
La Caisse
GS Group
BlackRock
Lazard Asset Management
Post Holdings
Van Eck
Social Capital Hedosophia
Star Peak Corp II

Global footprint

Where Benson Hill has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
1 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States100%
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Web traffic by country
630 monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States95.2%
Top 1 markets shown

Patent intelligence

$23M patent portfolio · 105 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$23M
28.2% of market cap · comparable to top peer Pivot Bio ($19M)
105 active patent families
Where Benson Hill innovates BiotechnologyCrop yieldCultivarGenetic MaterialsGenetically modified soybean

Where Benson Hill concentrates vs peers

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Benson Hill

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