Investment Growth STL

2016 Was a Very Big Year for New Venture Funds Launched in St. Louis

2016 was the best year for launching new venture funds in St. Louis history. Read on for this and more highlights from the year from Cultivation Capital's Brian Matthews.

2016 was the best year for launching new venture funds in St. Louis history. RiverVest, Cultivation Capital, and Lewis and Clark each raised new funds for the second consecutive year. Both SixThirty and The Yield Lab launched new accelerators in 2016.

Notable numbers include:

  • $218 million raised by 8 venture funds
  • $133 million was raised by bioscience and plant science funds
  • $85 million raised by software tech funds

The bioscience and plant science funds are:

  • $40 million by Cultivation Capital Life Science Fund II
  • $15 million by RiverVest Archer Bioscience Seed Fund (Read story)
  • $2 million by Skandalaris/WashU Seed Fund (Read story)
  • $20 million by Lewis & Clark Plant Science Fund (Read story)
  • $55 million by RiverVest 3×5 Fund II
  • $1 million by The Yield Lab – Ireland (Read story)

The software technology funds are:

  • $10 million by SixThirty Cyber Security Accelerator Fund (Read story)
  • $75 million by Cultivation Capital FinTech Fund

In 2015 new venture funds raised a total of $237 million:

  • $80 million by RiverVest Life Science Fund
  • $104 million by Lewis and Clark Venture Fund I
  • $40 million by Cultivation Capital Tech Fund II
  • $5 million by The Yield Lab – St. Louis
  • $3 million by Prosper Women Entrepreneur Startup Accelerator
  • $5 million Stadia Ventures – Sports Accelerator

Since 2012 St. Louis venture funds have launched 11 new funds and seven new accelerators and have raised over $500 million.

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