BENSON HILL, INC.
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- ST. LOUIS, MO
- Founded
- 2012
- Latest Form D
- $150M, Nov 2020
- Total capital
- $275M
- Federal grants
- $299K
- 3 awards · 2014–2018
- Rank in peer group#1 of 11
- Private capital raised
- $274M
- 10 Form D · last Nov 2020
- 72 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 21 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$150M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$32.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$65M
- Federal grantAgriculture · Novel Approaches To Improve Maize Yield$100K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Novel Methods For Plastid Transformation$100K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$18.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$7.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$30K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$401K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$50K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$250K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$300K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal grantAgriculture · Engineering Heat-tolerant Maize$99K
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Standing among 11 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Federal grants#1 · top 9%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adrienne D ElsnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andy L WheelerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Chris C WilkinsExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel J JacobiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel M WatkinsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DeAnn L BruntsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 14 people
- Mark G CuptaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew B CrispExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael B WainscottExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michelle J GloecklerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Natalie B DiNicolaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rebecca A BortolottiExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sanjeev J KrishnanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephan G DolezalekDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 21- PendingDecreasing Gene Expression For Increased Protein Content In PlantsUSPTOApplication 18998628
- PendingCompositions And Methods Comprising Plants With Modified Organ Size And/or Protein CompositionUSPTOApplication 18852244
- PendingCompositions And Methods For Modifying GenomesUSPTOApplication 18723206
Show all 21 patent records
- Decreasing Gene Expression For Increased Protein Content In PlantsApr 23, 2026 · Application 18998628Pending
- Compositions And Methods Comprising Plants With Modified Organ Size And/or Protein CompositionJan 1, 2026 · Application 18852244Pending
- Compositions And Methods For Modifying GenomesOct 2, 2025 · Application 18723206Pending
- Methods For Processing Ultra High Protein Soybeans, And Compositions Related TheretoJul 10, 2025 · Application 18709241Pending
- Compositions And Methods Comprising Plants With Select Fatty Acid ProfileJul 3, 2025 · Application 18853521Pending
- Ratio Of Red To Far-red Light Supplementation To Enhance Plant Growth In Controlled EnvironmentsJun 26, 2025 · Application 18852560Pending
- Method To Produce Seeds Rapidly Through Asexual Propagation Of Cuttings In LegumesJun 19, 2025 · Application 18852713Pending
- Compositions and Methods for Producing High-Protein Soybean PlantsMay 29, 2025 · Application 18724897Pending
- Systems And Methods For Training A Machine Learning Model For Predictive Plant Breeding Using Phenomic Selection Based On Diverse Data Streams To Predict Grain CompositionMar 13, 2025 · Application 18725468Pending
- Systems And Methods For Selecting Recommended Crosses With Increased An Probability Of Meeting Plant-based Product SpecificationsMar 13, 2025 · Application 18725456Pending
- Systems And Methods For Accelerate Speed To Market For Improved Plant-based ProductsMar 6, 2025 · Application 18725368Pending
- Soy Protein Concentrates And Methods Of Producing And Using ThereofFeb 27, 2025 · Application 18724345Pending
- Compositions And Methods Comprising Plants With Modified Sugar ContentFeb 27, 2025 · Application 18703129Pending
- Spatio-temporal Promoters For Polynucleotide Expression In PlantsFeb 13, 2025 · Application 18719701Pending
- Promoter Elements For Improved Polynucleotide Expression In PlantsJan 9, 2025 · Application 18708497Pending
- Compositions And Methods Comprising Plants With Reduced Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides And/or High Protein ContentOct 3, 2024 · Application 18618853Pending
- Blending Of Compatible Varieties Of SoybeansApplication PCTUS2024030517Pending
- Developing A Mixture Of Heterogeneous Plant Varieties Established To Meet A Desired Target Plant-based Ingredient SpecificationApplication PCTUS2024030613Pending
- Compositions and Methods for Producing High-Protein Pea PlantsApplication 63651818Pending
- Spatio-temporal Promoters For Polynucleotide Expression In PlantsApplication 19138917Pending
- Developing A Mixture Of Heterogeneous Plant Varieties Established To Meet A Desired Target Plant-based Ingredient SpecificationApplication 19486132Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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