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BioGenerator Ventures

VC
St. Louis, MissouriWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

17+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Midwest regional specialist backing bioscience startups from formation through seed, with strong ties to translational science, life sciences tools, and early company building. Often invests in science-first companies before larger coastal firms engage.

Meet the Team

DR

Donn Rubin

Founder

Biotech
Life Sciences
Regional Innovation
SC

Sach Chitnis

General Partner, Jump Capital

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (17)

Other

CO

Confluence Life Sciences

Biotech
PE

Peptyde Bio

Biotech
CO

CoverCress

Agtech·Seed/Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Develops high-yield cover crops from mustard plants for sustainable agriculture.

BE

Benson Hill

Agtech·Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Uses AI and genomics for crop improvement and sustainable food ingredients.

CA

Canopy Biosciences

Research tools·Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Provides spatial biology tools for research and drug discovery.

GA

Galera Therapeutics

Therapeutics·Series B·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Develops superoxide dismutase mimetics to protect healthy tissue during radiation therapy.

ME

MediBeacon

Diagnostics·Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Develops fluorescent imaging agents for kidney function diagnostics.

AR

Arch Oncology

Therapeutics·Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Engineers antibodies targeting KIF18A for cancer treatment.

CA

Cardialen

Medical devices·Seed/Series A·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Develops low-energy defibrillation therapy for cardiac arrhythmias.

SE

SentiAR

Medical devices·Seed·BioGenerator Fund I

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Builds AI-enabled image-guided therapy systems for cardiac interventions.

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