The Yield Lab is a global network of venture capital funds founded in 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri, investing in and advancing high-impact early-stage agrifoodtech companies. It operates through four regional funds across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.
32% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Average disclosed round size is $5.2M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
34
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
KG
Kieran Gartlan
Managing Partner
CP
Claire Pribula
Managing Director
TS
Thad Simons
Managing Director
CP
Camila Petignat
Partner
PF
Paul Finnerty
Partner
JC
John Carrigan
Investment Director
MC
Michelle Chee
Principal
LT
Larry Taylor
Co-Founder
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
41 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSymbiomics | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Kaffe Bueno | Unknown | — | Jan 2024 |
 Oligofeed | Unknown | — | Jan 2024 |
 Spotta | Growth | — | Dec 2023 |
| SSkytree | Seed | $6M | Jun 2023 |
| BBioceanor | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
 goFlux | Seed | $3M | Jan 2022 |
 Plastomics | Series A | $7.1M | Jan 2021 |
| goFlux | Series A | $6M | Jan 2021 |
 Terviva | Series D | $20M | Mar 2019 |
 Hexafly | Seed | — | Feb 2019 |
 SENCROP | Seed | $10M | Jan 2019 |
 Planetarians | Seed | $750K | Jan 2019 |
| NNanoguard Technologies | Series A | $5M | Jan 2019 |
 Aptimmune | Series B | $6M | Jan 2018 |
| SS4 | Seed | — | Jan 2016 |
| Aptimmune | Unknown | $100K | Jan 2016 |
| Aptimmune | Series B | $6M | Jan 2015 |
 Ascribe Bioscience | Series A | $12M | — |
 Ecto | Series A | $7M | — |
 Marama Labs | Series A | — | — |
| Marama Labs | Seed | — | — |
 NanobOx | Unknown | $1M | — |
 Nobacz | Unknown | — | — |
| Ascribe Bioscience | Seed | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Enterprise Ireland6 shared
Cultivation Capital4 shared
Trailhead Capital3 shared
Corteva3 shared
ACF Investors3 shared
Cambridge Angels3 shared
SP Ventures3 shared
Ponderosa Ventures2 shared
Syngenta Group Ventures2 shared
DeepIE Ventures2 shared
Adjuvo2 shared
University of Cambridge2 shared
Cambridge Enterprise2 shared
Parkwalk Advisors2 shared
Atlantic Bridge2 shared
Solasta Ventures1 shared
Grantham Foundation1 shared
Astia1 shared
Astia Angels1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026