Jeff Peterson
Managing Director & Partner @ The Yield Lab
St Louis, United States
Jeff Peterson is a seed investor at The Yield Lab in St Louis focused on AgTech and Farming. Jeff Peterson is on the board of the Center for Emerging Technologies in St Louis as an Executive Team member. He previously worked for Monsanto’s strategy group, as Vice President of Strategic Negotiations. He has also served as the Chairman of the Board for Thrive St Louis. Jeff graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. Degree in MechanicalEngineering, and received an MBA from the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Jeff Peterson invests in
Stages Jeff Peterson invests in
Countries Jeff Peterson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- AgTech 2 (50%)
- Farming 1 (25%)
- FinTech 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Analytics 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Convertible Note 2 (50%)
Country
- United States 2 (50%)
- Argentina 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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S4
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S4 is a technology service company that provides risk management solutions to ensure food production. It also develops index-based coverage to transfer the agriculture industry's volatilities to the financial markets, through OTC-derivatives contracts. The company offers products and services are used by a broad range of customers includinglarge growers, crop protection and seeds suppliers, crop insurance providers, banking, and commodity exchanges.S4 integrates the harvest information with a planting plan, seed density, and soil analysis. They had developed a decision-making geo-referenced platform for the agricultural producer. They seek to improve the decision-making process in complex environments to collaborate in the global challenge of generating quality food for humanity.S4 was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. | $1.2M / Convertible Note / Jul 19, 2016 | |
BayoTech
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Biotech is a chemical company that specializes in manufacturing hydrogen-based products used for agriculture, fuel cell, and energy. Biotech builds a hydrogen generator with a low carbon footprint. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | $3M / Seed / Jan 26, 2016 | |
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S4
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S4 is a technology service company that provides risk management solutions to ensure food production. It also develops index-based coverage to transfer the agriculture industry's volatilities to the financial markets, through OTC-derivatives contracts. The company offers products and services are used by a broad range of customers includinglarge growers, crop protection and seeds suppliers, crop insurance providers, banking, and commodity exchanges.S4 integrates the harvest information with a planting plan, seed density, and soil analysis. They had developed a decision-making geo-referenced platform for the agricultural producer. They seek to improve the decision-making process in complex environments to collaborate in the global challenge of generating quality food for humanity.S4 was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. | $1.2M / Seed / Dec 30, 2015 | |
Agerpoint
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Agerpoint® is an innovator in geospatial intelligence and data engineering that develops technologies to digitize, analyze and comprehend natural environments.Through a combination of artificial intelligence, high performance computing, computer vision and advanced analytics, the Agerpoint platform fuses together sensor data from terrestrialvehicles, mobile devices, drones and satellites with other information and human observations to create a highly precise, quantifiable and interactive digital record to enable better decision-making for clients across agrochemical and food and beverage R&D, forestry, production agriculture, government and conservation organizations.With these advancements, our mission is to improve quality of life for our planet’s inhabitants and mitigate climate change by enabling a transformational shift in how we understand plants, crops and forests along with vegetation that coexists within built environments.Agerpoint was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. | $50K / Convertible Note / Jan 26, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About The Yield Lab
The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.
The Yield Lab Contacts
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Bob Nordgren
Managing Director
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Brian Clevinger
Managing Director
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Chris Danforth
Managing Director
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David Bowles
Managing Partner
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Jeff Peterson
Managing Director & Partner
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FAQ
What does Jeff Peterson invest in?
Jeff Peterson invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 4 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 Jeff Peterson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jeff Peterson closed in Jul 2016. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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