The Yield Lab
VC Fund
St Louis, United States
The Yield Lab is a VC fund in St Louis focused on Agriculture and AgTech. 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.
- Total investments:
- 65
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
- Fund size:
- $50M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries The Yield Lab invests in
Stages The Yield Lab invests in
Countries The Yield Lab invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$3.5M
- Series A
- $950k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 26 (40%)
- AgTech 16 (25%)
- Biotechnology 16 (25%)
- Farming 12 (18%)
- Software 7 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 34 (52%)
- Series A 10 (15%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
- Convertible Note 4 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 28 (43%)
- Argentina 6 (9%)
- Brazil 4 (6%)
- Chile 2 (3%)
- Denmark 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Nordgren
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brian Clevinger
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Chris Danforth
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
David Bowles
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Jeff Peterson
Managing Director & Partner
|
Managing Director & Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Proba
|
Proba is simplifying supply chain decarbonisation by turning climate actions into tradable carbon certificates. | $1.5M / Seed / Jan 27, 2026 | |
Produzindo Certo
|
Produzindo Certo focuses on providing solutions in the farming industry. The company offers a digital platform that automates agricultural processes, aiming to enhance efficiency and sustainability. It engages in projects that promote responsible farming practices, including carbon management and sustainable soybean production. The companycollaborates with ranchers and other stakeholders to implement pilot projects that transform social and environmental practices in agriculture. | $3.8M / Oct 24, 2025 | |
Ascribe Bioscience
|
Ascribe Bioscience develops products that enable farmers to combat crop pathogens without negative impacts on the environment. The company is currently developing a seed treatment product that acts by boosting crops’ natural defenses. Ascribe Bioscience was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $12M / Series A / Oct 14, 2025 | |
NoBACZ
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NoBACZ is pioneering a novel, new precision bandaging platform for the veterinary and human market. The company specializes in rapid set liquid barriers. | $6.4M / Sep 29, 2025 | |
|
Proba
|
Proba is simplifying supply chain decarbonisation by turning climate actions into tradable carbon certificates. | $1M / Seed / Feb 13, 2025 | |
Sundew
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Sundew is a biotechnology company that provides biological services for the treatment of aquatic pests and diseases. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, | Series B / Jun 17, 2024 | |
Kaffe Bueno
|
Kaffe Bueno uses green chemistry and biotechnology to upcycles coffee's post-consumption by-product into ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. The company is driven by a mission to unlock coffee's health potential where harmful emissions are minimized and coffee’s by-product usability is maximized. Kafe Buenois dedicated to transforming the way people perceive coffee; from looking at it as a tool to make it until the end of the day, to look at it as a magical bean with the potential of improving human health by using what lies inside it.Kafe Bueno was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Soborg, Denmark. | $6.7M / Series A / Jan 22, 2024 | |
Spotta
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Spotta is a provider of smart pest systems. Spotta commercialized Bed Pod, its first product which monitors bed bugs in hotels and other multi-room accommodation offerings. | $3.8M / Series A / Dec 15, 2023 | |
NanobOx
|
Novel nanobubble generation technology enables ultra-low energy cost water aeration using nanobubbles. NanobOx employs a novel, patented method for producing air, oxygen, and ozone nanobubbles in water that is highly scalable and can be deployed both externally and immersed in the aqueous medium. | $953.4K / Seed / Oct 06, 2023 | |
Seedz
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Seedz is a platform that brings farmers, resellers, rural producers, and agricultural entrepreneurs together boost agri - industry. | $16.5M / Series A / Dec 09, 2022 | |
| See all 65 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Cultivation Capital
11 deals together
BioGenerator
8 deals together
The Yield Lab LATAM
8 deals together
GLOCAL LatAm
6 deals together
Missouri Technology Corporation
6 deals together
St. Louis Arch Angels
6 deals together
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FAQ
What does The Yield Lab invest in?
The Yield Lab invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is The Yield Lab's check size?
The Yield Lab typically joins rounds of $100k–$3.5M at Seed and $950k–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Yield Lab participates in.
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Who are the partners at The Yield Lab?
The team at The Yield Lab includes Bob Nordgren (Managing Director), Brian Clevinger (Managing Director) and Chris Danforth (Managing Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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