Benson Hill Adds Food and Finance Veterans to Leadership Team During Period of Accelerating Growth

David Lee, former COO/CFO of Impossible Foods, to Join Board of Directors Names DeAnn Brunts as a member of the Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer ST. LOUIS, MO – January 28, 2021 – Benson Hill, a food tech company unlocking nature’s genetic diversity with its cutting-edge food innovation engine, today announced two new appointments to […]
FFAR Grant Reduces Need for Synthetic Fertilizer

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FFAR Grant Reduces Need for Synthetic Fertilizer WASHINGTON (December 15, 2020) – Plants need nitrogen to grow. Although the majority of earth’s atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, plants cannot access this form of nitrogen. Instead, farmers must provide nitrogen in other ways, such as expensive synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Growers of […]
Benson Hill Raises $150 Million in Series D Funding Round to Accelerate the Pace of Food Innovation on a Global Scale

Financing was co-led by Wheatsheaf and GV with broad participation from strategic and environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused investors across the food and agriculture value chain. Benson Hill will use the funds to scale its commercial operations and its platform food innovation engine CropOS™ across multiple food and ingredients markets. ST. LOUIS, MO – […]