# David Taiclet

> David Taiclet is a Series B investor at Lewis & Clark AgriFood backing Farming and Agriculture. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis-clark-agrifood)
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davetaiclet

David Taiclet is a General Partner and Managing Director at Lewis & Clark AgriFood.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 2 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| Animal Feed | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BlueNalu | BlueNalu is a cellular aquaculture company that satisfies the global appetite for seafood in a fresh, sustainable, and humane way. It offers consumers with great tasting, healthy, safe, and trusted seafood products, that support the sustainability and diversity of the oceans. | $8M | Convertible Note | Dec 29, 2025 |  |
| Stony Creek Colors | Stony Creek Colors is engaged in the production of bio-based dyes together with farmers, mills, and brands, in partnership with small farmers in the Southeast U.S. Stony Creek Colors was founded by Sarah Bellos in 2012 and is based in Tennessee, United States. | $4.8M | Series B | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Beta Hatch | Beta Hatch grows insect protein for animal feed. Nutrient balanced fertilizer is a sterile by-product of their process. Beta Hatch knows bugs better than anyone- they use their expertise in entomology to grow the most efficient and nutritious insects. They are currently farming mealworms from their urban farm in Seattle. They believe in changingfood systems. Their goal is to develop the technology and knowledge that will make insects the next commodity crop. | $10M |  | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Beta Hatch | Beta Hatch grows insect protein for animal feed. Nutrient balanced fertilizer is a sterile by-product of their process. Beta Hatch knows bugs better than anyone- they use their expertise in entomology to grow the most efficient and nutritious insects. They are currently farming mealworms from their urban farm in Seattle. They believe in changingfood systems. Their goal is to develop the technology and knowledge that will make insects the next commodity crop. | $10M | Series B | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Stony Creek Colors | Stony Creek Colors is engaged in the production of bio-based dyes together with farmers, mills, and brands, in partnership with small farmers in the Southeast U.S. Stony Creek Colors was founded by Sarah Bellos in 2012 and is based in Tennessee, United States. | $9M | Series B | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| BinSentry | BinSentry is an agricultural technology company developing an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) solution which enables feed mills and livestock producers to effectively monitor on-farm inventory, dramatically increasing operational efficiencies. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Kitchener, Canada. | $7.7M | Series A | Sep 10, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innova Memphis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innova-memphis) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cavallo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavallo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Agronomics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agronomics-d560) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lewis & Clark AgriFood

VC Fund · St Louis, United States

Lewis & Clark AgriFood is an investment firm that focuses on the fields of agrifood, agricultural innovation, sustainability, ag-tech, and growth equity. The firm lean towards tech-enabled, sustainable AgriFood companies in the late-stage VC/growth stage with converging to positive operating cash flow. This limits risk and leads tooutsized returns.

5 contacts available at Lewis & Clark AgriFood.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Taiclet | General Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-taiclet |
| David Russell | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-russell-8 |
| Lawrence Page | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lawrence-page-2 |
| Thomas Hillman | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-hillman-b001 |
| Thomas Hillman | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-hillman |

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## FAQ

### What does David Taiclet invest in?

David Taiclet invests primarily in Farming, Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Taiclet last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Taiclet closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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