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Lewis & Clark Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

VC firmQuietLast fund $55M, Feb 2023

SeedSeries ASeries BSmbSmall And Medium BusinessSubscription

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque2628days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$7.5MCheque size, as they say$2.0M – $3.0MRounds led1 of 4Sole investor2 rounds
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Lewis & Clark Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    4 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $7.5M

What they do

Lewis & Clark Ventures is an early stage venture firm ... We invest in late seed through Series A companies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$2.0M – $3.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
SmbSmall And Medium BusinessSubscription
Based in
St. Louis, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Aug
  3. 2017

    1 round

  4. Mar
    Benson Hill BiosystemsSeries B · US · FinSMEs$25MWith 10 others
  5. 2016

    2 rounds

  6. Oct
    Blue MedoraSeries B · US · FinSMEs$8.6MSole investor
  7. Sept
    CatalyzeSeries B · US · FinSMEs$6.5MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

BDBrian D. HopcraftExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TJThomas J. HillmanMr. Hillman is the sole manager and principal of Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC, the general partneriFiling they signed

We also hold 10 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

6 of 8 we have independently watched raise

ArborxrBeambenefitsBensonhillChatlingualDaliaGreenlightbiosciencesAmperBindplane

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies Lewis & Clark Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Lewis & Clark Ventures

What does Lewis & Clark Ventures invest in?

Lewis & Clark Ventures invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smb, Small And Medium Business and Subscription.

How active is Lewis & Clark Ventures?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Aug 2019.

What has Lewis & Clark Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Aker Technologies (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019), Benson Hill Biosystems (Series B, Mar 2017) and Blue Medora (Series B, Oct 2016).

How big are Lewis & Clark Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.5M. It says it writes cheques of $2.0M to $3.0M.

Is Lewis & Clark Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2019.

What kind of investor is Lewis & Clark Ventures?

Lewis & Clark Ventures is a VC firm based in St. Louis, United States.

Has Lewis & Clark Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Feb 2023, reporting $55M raised.

When was Lewis & Clark Ventures founded?

Lewis & Clark Ventures was founded in 2015.

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