The Yield Lab — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
The Yield Lab is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in St. Louis, MO investing in Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $163M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, AI / ML
- HQ
- St. Louis, MO
Last verified: 2026-06-14
Seed, Series A
$500K – $2.0M
$163M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on transforming agriculture through technology, including AI solutions for improved yield and process efficiency.
How The Yield Lab invests
The Yield Lab is a vc firm based in St. Louis, MO. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, AI / ML.
The Yield Lab typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $163M in assets under management.
The Yield Lab has backed 2 companies in our records, including Agrible, MycoTechnology.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Agrible
MycoTechnology
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Thad Simons, Managing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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