# Jeff Peterson

> Jeff Peterson is a seed investor at The Yield Lab (St Louis) backing AgTech and Farming. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Yield Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-yield-lab)
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2016
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-peterson-3b5ba45

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 50% |
| Farming | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Argentina | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S4 | 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 | 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 |  |
| S4 | 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 | 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 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BioGenerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biogenerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SixThirty](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixthirty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Syngenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syngenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Yield Lab

VC Fund · St Louis, United States

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.

5 contacts available at The Yield Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Nordgren | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-nordgren |
| Brian Clevinger | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-clevinger |
| Chris Danforth | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-danforth |
| David Bowles | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bowles |
| Jeff Peterson | Managing Director & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-peterson-4 |

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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