# CoverCress funding: rounds and investors > CoverCress has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Cultivation Capital, Bayer Growth Ventures and The Yield Lab. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/covercress (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *CoverCress* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Agtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$28M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$2.0M** Bridge **$26M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $26M Apr 2022 - **Step-up i:** 13× - **Investors:** 7 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$2.0M** Bridge **$26M** Series C - **First round:** Bridge, $2.0M - **Biggest round:** $26M - **Between rounds:** 3.4 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2022** Series C **$26M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) Source recorded SEC filing: $26M sold, first sale Apr 2022 - **Nov 2018** Bridge **$2.0M** *6 new* Bayer Growth Ventures Lead [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [Prolog Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prolog-ventures) [Missouri Technology Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/missouri-technology-corporation) [Prelude](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude) BioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angels Reported by Agfundernews SEC 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 Hedges** CEO - **Michelle Starke** VP, Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs - **Ratan Chopra** VP, Research - **Tyler Uhe** VP, Sales and Marketing - **Matthew Vickery** Director of Finance & Administration - **Michael DeCamp** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Charles Kumar Bolton* *Derek Norman* *Gerald Steiner* *J. Alan Weber* *John Peryam* *Nanda Kumar Puthucode* *Rick Holton* *Winnie 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. **Bridge** 2018 **Series C** 2022 [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) Bayer Growth Ventures L [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) [Prolog Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prolog-ventures) [Missouri Technology Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/missouri-technology-corporation) [Prelude](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude) BioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angels ## Everyone who backed them [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **2** rounds Bayer Growth Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) VC firm **1** round [Prolog Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prolog-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Missouri Technology Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/missouri-technology-corporation) Government **1** round [Prelude](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude) VC firm **1** round BioSTL/ St. Louis Arch Angels no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=covercress). ## 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. [Prelude Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Fulcrum Global Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fulcrum-global-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Hermann Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hermann-capital-management) Investment firm Per its own site [The Yield Lab Asia Pacific](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab-asia-pacific) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about CoverCress ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like CoverCress In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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