iSelect Fund Management

iSelect Fund Management is a venture capital firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri that pursues early-stage and growth investments across the United States, Canada, Europe and other markets. The firm targets opportunities in healthcare, software, agriculture and life sciences, including areas such as plant sciences, seed genetics, sustainability, immunotherapy, personalized medicine, consumer health and food technology. It typically backs seed and Series A or B rounds and aims for multi-year investment horizons. While it maintains a broad geographic scope, it emphasizes sectors with global growth potential and supports startups positioned to address food, health and scientific innovation on a regional and international scale.

Tom Bunn

Associate

Craig Herron

Managing Principal

Michael Kime

Managing Principal

Carter Williams

Managing Partner

Past deals in AgTech

BioLumic

Series B in 2025
BioLumic harnesses light signals to enhance plant growth and unlock crops' natural genetic potential. Its photogenics platform improves yield, vigor, disease resistance, and crop composition across various seeds and seedlings, without the use of chemicals or amendments.

Triplebar

Venture Round in 2023
Triplebar specializes in biotechnology and synthetic biology research, focusing on sustainable solutions. Its Hyper-Throughput™ Screening system enables rapid testing of millions of potential solutions.

Growers Edge

Series B in 2023
Growers Edge is an agricultural fintech company that develops software and analytics for risk and crop management, offering a platform that provides customized solutions to farmers, agencies, and retailer networks, along with cash flow lending for inputs and agricultural technologies and risk management tied to crop management plans. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Johnston, Iowa, the company uses data analytics to facilitate financing for inputs, deliver insights into market trends and crop performance, and help farmers adopt new technologies to improve profitability and safeguard investments.

EarthOptics

Series B in 2023
EarthOptics develops a global soil cloud platform for sustainable agricultural management. It uses advanced sensors and machine learning to create accurate soil maps with fewer samples, enabling farmers to make informed decisions about soil compaction, fertility, and carbon levels.

Vestaron Corporation

Series C in 2022
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.

Vestaron Corporation

Series C in 2022
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.

Kula Bio

Series A in 2022
Kula Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing sustainable solutions for modern agriculture. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company specializes in biofertilizers that harness nitrogen-fixing microbes energized by renewable energy sources. This innovative approach allows Kula Bio to produce organic nitrogen fertilizers that aim to replace traditional synthetic fertilizers, promoting both agricultural productivity and environmental stewardship. By enhancing natural microbial processes, Kula Bio’s products enable farmers to improve crop yields while prioritizing sustainability and eco-friendliness in farming practices.

EarthOptics

Series A in 2021
EarthOptics develops a global soil cloud platform for sustainable agricultural management. It uses advanced sensors and machine learning to create accurate soil maps with fewer samples, enabling farmers to make informed decisions about soil compaction, fertility, and carbon levels.

Kula Bio

Seed Round in 2021
Kula Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing sustainable solutions for modern agriculture. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company specializes in biofertilizers that harness nitrogen-fixing microbes energized by renewable energy sources. This innovative approach allows Kula Bio to produce organic nitrogen fertilizers that aim to replace traditional synthetic fertilizers, promoting both agricultural productivity and environmental stewardship. By enhancing natural microbial processes, Kula Bio’s products enable farmers to improve crop yields while prioritizing sustainability and eco-friendliness in farming practices.

Artemis

Series A in 2019
Artemis is a technology company that develops a cultivation management platform designed for enterprise greenhouses, indoor farms, and high tunnel farms. The platform enables growers to efficiently manage their operations by providing tools for tracking productivity, compliance, and data insights. Users can monitor their facilities remotely through desktops, tablets, or smartphones, facilitating workflow management, crop batch registration, and food safety tracing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Artemis aims to empower indoor farm operators to make data-driven decisions that enhance plant performance and reduce operating costs. The company was previously known as Agrilyst Inc. before rebranding in May 2019.

Artemis

Corporate Round in 2018
Artemis is a technology company that develops a cultivation management platform designed for enterprise greenhouses, indoor farms, and high tunnel farms. The platform enables growers to efficiently manage their operations by providing tools for tracking productivity, compliance, and data insights. Users can monitor their facilities remotely through desktops, tablets, or smartphones, facilitating workflow management, crop batch registration, and food safety tracing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Artemis aims to empower indoor farm operators to make data-driven decisions that enhance plant performance and reduce operating costs. The company was previously known as Agrilyst Inc. before rebranding in May 2019.

Agrible

Series B in 2017
Agrible, Inc. is an agriculture technology company based in Champaign, Illinois, established in 2007 by a group of researchers from the University of Illinois. The company specializes in developing software solutions aimed at enhancing operational efficiency for growers across the globe. Its flagship product, Morning Farm Report, provides comprehensive field-level forecasts and data, including yield predictions, nutrient availability, and weather conditions. Additional tools include Find My Seed, which helps users choose seeds based on various criteria, and Pocket Rain Gauge, which offers localized rainfall measurements. Agrible also provides Pocket Spray Smart, an application that informs users about field-specific spraying conditions, and Pocket Drone Control, which assists in crop damage assessments through aerial imagery. The company's innovative and user-friendly products cater to a diverse clientele, including independent growers, major food brands, crop consultants, and agricultural retailers, enabling them to make informed decisions and improve production sustainably.
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