Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc.
Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc. operates in Other Technology, based in ST. LOUIS.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc. has raised $291M in disclosed capital across 10 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $159M on 2020-07-31.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2020-07-31.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc. at approximately $4.9B (range $883M–$10.7B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.31× the median modeled value of Series D+ Other Technology companies in 2019–2021 (105 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (131% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 7 months.
Last raise 5.9 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 1.1× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of Other Technology peers (21302 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 99% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Dataminr, Inc., 2U, Inc., KnowBe4, Inc., Automation Anywhere, Inc., Courier Plus, Inc..
Peoplefiled
24 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.