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Who invested in CoverCress?
CoverCress's investors include Cultivation Capital, Bayer Growth Ventures, The Yield Lab, Prolog Ventures and Missouri Technology Corporation, and 2 more on record.
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$2.0MBridge$26MSeries C
United States · Series C startup
Who invested in CoverCress
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$28Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources
$2.0MBridge$26MSeries C
- Latest round
- Series C, $26MApr 2022
- Step-upi
- 13×
- Investors
- 7 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Bridge, $2.0M Nov 2018
- Biggest round
- $26M Series C · Apr 2022
- Between rounds
- 3.4 years from the last two
The rounds
- Apr 2022Series C$26M1 new1 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $26M sold, first sale Apr 2022
- Nov 2018Bridge$2.0M6 new
- Bayer Growth VenturesLead
Cultivation Capital
Prolog Ventures
Missouri Technology Corporation
Prelude- BioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angels
Reported by AgfundernewsSEC filing: $2.9M sold, first sale Oct 2018
Founders and team
From CoverCress's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team.
- Jim HedgesCEO
- Michelle StarkeVP, Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs
- Ratan ChopraVP, Research
- Tyler UheVP, Sales and Marketing
- Matthew VickeryDirector of Finance & Administration
- Michael DeCampExecutive Officer, Directori
On the board, as filediCharles Kumar BoltonDerek NormanGerald SteinerJ. Alan WeberJohn PeryamNanda Kumar PuthucodeRick HoltonWinnie Kumar Lieu
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Bridge2018Series C2022Cultivation CapitalBayer Growth VenturesL
The Yield LabProlog VenturesMissouri Technology CorporationPreludeBioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angels
Cultivation CapitalBayer Growth VenturesLThe Yield LabProlog VenturesMissouri Technology CorporationPreludeBioSTL/ St. Louis Arch AngelsEveryone who backed them
Bayer Growth Venturesno record of our own yet1round, led 1
BioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angelsno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 4 firms list CoverCress as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about CoverCress
How much has CoverCress raised?
CoverCress has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2018.
When did CoverCress last raise?
CoverCress's most recent round was a Series C of $26M in Apr 2022.
What was CoverCress's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $26M in Apr 2022, is also its largest on record.
Who backed CoverCress first?
CoverCress's first round on record, in Nov 2018, was backed by Bayer Growth Ventures, Cultivation Capital and Prolog Ventures and 3 others.
What stage is CoverCress at?
CoverCress's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2022.
Where is CoverCress based?
CoverCress is based in the United States.
Who led CoverCress's rounds?
Bayer Growth Ventures led the Bridge in 2018.
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