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

Olivette, United StatesFounded 2012Food
Valuation $0–100M Latest valuation · 2025
Revenue $100–500M Latest reported FY
Headcount 100–500 Current team size
Total funding $500M–1B Disclosed equity funding

About Benson Hill

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.

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At a glance

Founded
2012
Headquarters
Olivette, United States
Listing
Public via SPAC 2021
Sector
Food
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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Investors

25 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed4 investors entered at this stage

  • US National Science Foundation
  • iSelect Fund
  • Iowa Corn Opportunities
  • St. Louis Arch Angels

Series A2 investors entered at this stage

  • Prelude Ventures
  • Lewis & Clark Ventures

Series B and later19 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
Employees mapped 109 incl. 6 AI specialists
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Key operators 6 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
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%
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Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$23M

105 active patent families included in this estimate.

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