iSelect Fund Management

iSelect Fund Management, LLC is a venture capital firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in early-stage investments, including series seed, A, and B rounds. The firm focuses on a diverse range of industries such as agriculture, healthcare, resource efficiency, education, financial services, and B2B software. Within agriculture, iSelect emphasizes plant sciences, seed genetics, and sustainability, while in healthcare, it concentrates on immunotherapy and personalized medicine. The firm primarily targets companies based in the United States, particularly in the Midwest and South, as well as in India. iSelect aims to invest a minimum of $0.05 million, with an investment horizon of 5 to 7 years or more. Established in 2014, iSelect Fund Management is committed to providing accredited clients with access to a diversified portfolio of promising early-stage private ventures, evaluated by a committee of experienced entrepreneurs and investors.

Tom Bunn

Principal

Charles Eggert

Operating Partner

Craig Herron

Managing Director

Michael Kime

Managing Principal

Past deals in Agriculture

Harpe Bio

Series A in 2022
Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions is a Raleigh-based company that provides sustainable weed-management solutions for organic and industrial agriculture. The company was founded in 2020 by Chad Brommer and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

Kula Bio

Series A in 2022
Kula Bio, Inc. is focused on developing innovative biological solutions for modern agriculture. Founded in 2018 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company specializes in the production of organic biofertilizers using nitrogen-fixing microbes charged with renewable energy. By enhancing natural microbial processes, Kula Bio aims to create affordable and sustainable fertilization methods that enable farmers to increase their yields while promoting environmental stewardship. The company's approach seeks to disrupt traditional synthetic fertilizers, bridging the gap between effective agricultural practices and the responsible management of natural resources.

EarthOptics

Series A in 2021
Developer of global soil cloud platform designed for sustainable agricultural management. The company's platform leverages advanced sensors and machine learning methods to build highly accurate soil maps from far fewer soil samples and facilitates mapping of a variety of soil attributes including soil compaction, fertility, and carbon levels, enabling farmers, ranchers, and land managers to make more profitable and sustainable soil management decisions for cultivation purpose.

Sentera

Series C in 2021
Sentera is provides decision support and insights to growers, advisors, and enterprise customers. Our products use machine learning, modeling, and data sciences tools to gather data, organize it, and quickly turn it into insights that improve outcomes for growers, advisors, and retailers. We deliver the best insights from high-resolution drone imagery, satellites, field equipment, and other sensors, and combine it with advanced modeling and analytics tools at scale.

Kula Bio

Seed Round in 2021
Kula Bio, Inc. is focused on developing innovative biological solutions for modern agriculture. Founded in 2018 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company specializes in the production of organic biofertilizers using nitrogen-fixing microbes charged with renewable energy. By enhancing natural microbial processes, Kula Bio aims to create affordable and sustainable fertilization methods that enable farmers to increase their yields while promoting environmental stewardship. The company's approach seeks to disrupt traditional synthetic fertilizers, bridging the gap between effective agricultural practices and the responsible management of natural resources.

Pattern Ag

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of a precision agriculture platform designed to provide a deep understanding of soil. The company's platform delivers actionable intelligence to farmers, based on high-resolution mapping of the deoxyribonucleic acid found in the soil to help farmers with input decisions such as crop protection, seed selection, and fertility needs, enabling farmers to identify key opportunities to increase yield and save money to improve farm productivity and sustainability.

Benson Hill

Series D in 2020
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.

Benson Hill

Series C in 2019
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.

Artemis

Series A in 2019
Artemis operates an intelligence platform for indoor farms. It specializes in indoor farming software solutions. Artemis help indoor farm operators use data to make more profitable production decisions. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses. Allison Kopf and Jason Camp founded Agrilyst in 2015 that later became Artemis. It has its headquarters in Brooklyn in New York City.

Benson Hill

Series C in 2018
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.

Artemis

Corporate Round in 2018
Artemis operates an intelligence platform for indoor farms. It specializes in indoor farming software solutions. Artemis help indoor farm operators use data to make more profitable production decisions. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses. Allison Kopf and Jason Camp founded Agrilyst in 2015 that later became Artemis. It has its headquarters in Brooklyn in New York City.

Agrible

Series B in 2017
Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Benson Hill

Series B in 2017
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.

Holganix

Venture Round in 2017
Holganix, Inc. specializes in producing plant-based bio-stimulant soil supplements designed to enhance soil health and optimize plant growth. The company offers a diverse range of products, including solutions for trees, shrubs, golf courses, agriculture, and flowers, with its flagship Holganix Bio 800+ containing beneficial microorganisms, microbe food, and nutrient enhancers. By utilizing natural soil microorganisms, Holganix enables landscape and lawn care companies to achieve healthier, more sustainable plants while significantly reducing fertilizer usage by up to 90%. This approach not only lowers costs for customers but also diminishes their environmental impact. Founded in 2010, Holganix is headquartered in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, and distributes its products through a network of distributors and online platforms across the United States.

Kultevat

Venture Round in 2016
Kultevat, LLC engages in the cultivation, processing, production, and sale of natural rubber products. It offers latex and bulk rubber products for use in manufacturing gloves, condoms, balloons, medical devices, automotive parts and tires, etc.; renewable food and ingredient co-products; and sugar feed stocks for the production of biofuels. The company serves agricultural markets in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Kultevat, LLC was founded in 2008 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

Kultevat

Venture Round in 2015
Kultevat, LLC engages in the cultivation, processing, production, and sale of natural rubber products. It offers latex and bulk rubber products for use in manufacturing gloves, condoms, balloons, medical devices, automotive parts and tires, etc.; renewable food and ingredient co-products; and sugar feed stocks for the production of biofuels. The company serves agricultural markets in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Kultevat, LLC was founded in 2008 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

Benson Hill

Seed Round in 2014
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.

Benson Hill

Seed Round in 2014
Benson Hill is an agricultural technology company focused on crop improvement, particularly in soy protein innovation. By leveraging its proprietary CropOS™ platform, the company integrates machine learning, genomic data, and traditional breeding techniques to streamline the development of healthier and more sustainable food products. Benson Hill emphasizes unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants to empower innovators in creating flavorful and nutritious ingredients. The company operates a Crop Accelerator for rapid prototyping and is developing a diverse seed portfolio that includes protein ingredients, aquaculture, specialty animal feed, and vegetable oils. Its revenue is generated from both proprietary and non-proprietary product categories, reflecting its commitment to advancing agricultural innovation.
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