VESTARON CORP
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- KALAMAZOO, MI
- Latest Form D
- $82.9M, Feb 2025
- Total capital
- $209M
- Federal grants
- $196K
- 2 awards · 2012–2013
- Rank in peer group#20 of 36
- Private capital raised
- $208M
- 11 Form D · last Feb 2025
- 21 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 11th filing$82.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$61.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$18.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$19.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$395K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$4.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$445K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$250K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantAgriculture · Technology To Enhance Insecticidal Peptides$100K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Enhancement Of Insecticidal Peptide Delivery$96K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 36 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Federal grantsBelow median
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adam WieschhaussDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Anders SpohrDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andrea C. JacksonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andreas RenzExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andy RenzExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Anna RathExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 36 people
- Ariel C. BarackDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ben CicoraExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dawn M. de los SantosExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Elin D. MillerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eli L. ThomssenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James C. Collins, Jr.DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James M. SchultzDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jason NoelExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jason E. WroneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jessica VanhoyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John L. McIntyreExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John C. SorensonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Juan EstupinanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kartik DharmadhikariDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Keith GillardDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark M. WongDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nanacy NewmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nancy K. NewmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Patrick G. MorandDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Philip M. AustinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Phillip AustinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Randy C. PapadellisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rath AnnaExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert G. KennedyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ronald MeeusenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ron M. MeeusenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ron MeussenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Scott JacksonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steven M. HartmeierExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Susan C. AltschullerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Related companies, and why
- ELEMENTAL AGRONOMY, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- HORN CANNA FARM, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- EIO Diagnostics Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- KOPESS AgTech LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AgEye Technologies, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- ADAMO FOODS LTDSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .