Companies · Agriculture

Monsanto Co /New/

ST LOUIS · Agriculture

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Monsanto Co /New/ — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$150.0M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 3%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Mon Oct 23 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Monsanto Co /New/ has raised $150M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the agriculture sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Dormant
  • Last raise 25.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Only one round on record and long silent — often defunct, acquired, or gone quiet.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Agriculture

Monsanto Co /New/ is one of 1056 Agriculture companies tracked from ST LOUIS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 98% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$500M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0BSeries D+ · 2000-10-23 Raised $150M (real) Modeled valuation $1.5B (est)$150M$1.5BSeries D+2000

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series D+$150.0M · 2000

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$1.5B
Base estimate est.
$807.5M
Conservative case
$3.3B
Upside case
$1.3B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
81%
Survival probability
65% low · 89% high
1.07×/yr
Annual markup
1.20×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
25.7 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
25.7 yr
On record since
2000
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1056 companies in Agriculture. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 68× above median
This company$150.0M
Sector median$2.2M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.1× above median
This company$150.0M
Sector median$140.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 126× above median
This company$1.5B
Sector median$11.9M

Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series D+$150.0M2000-10-23$1.3B$1.5B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series D+$150.0M2000-10-23
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series D+.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$240.0M
Modeled next size est.range $156.0M$384.0M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
William U. Parfet4 other2000-10
Carl M. Casale1 other2000-10
George H. Poste1 other2000-10
Mark J. Leidy1 other2000-10
Arthur H. Harper2000-10
Brett D. Begemann2000-10
Cheryl P. Morley2000-10
C. Steven McMillan2000-10
David F. Snively2000-10
Frank V. AtLee III2000-10
Gerald A. Steiner2000-10
Gwendolyn S. King2000-10
Hugh Grant2000-10
Janet M. Holloway2000-10
Janice L. Fields2000-10
John W. Bachmann2000-10
Kerry J. Preete2000-10
Nicole M. Ringenberg2000-10
Robert J. Stevens2000-10
Robert T. Fraley, Ph.D.2000-10
Scarlett L. Foster2000-10
Steven Mizell2000-10
Terrell K. Crews2000-10
Tom D. Hartley2000-10
Registry & provenance

Monsanto Co /New/ is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1110783
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Intrepid Potash, Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$150.0M$1.5Bsame sector · same stage
Wallstreet Commerce & Trade Institute, Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$140.0M$942.1Msame sector · same stage
Andersons, Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$162.3M$1.2Bsame sector · same stage
GreenFirst Forest Products Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$167.5M$1.6Bsame sector · same stage
Trinitas Advantaged Agriculture Partners IV, LPAgricultureSeries D+$130.0M$1.3Bsame sector · same stage
AH&N Holdco, Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$173.4M$234.9Msame sector · same stage
Suneco EnergyAgricultureSeries D+$128.2M$862.4Msame sector · same stage
Organigram Holdings Inc.AgricultureSeries D+$177.5M$1.7Bsame sector · same stage
Frequently asked
How much funding has Monsanto Co /New/ raised?
Monsanto Co /New/ has raised approximately $150.0M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Monsanto Co /New/'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Monsanto Co /New/ is approximately $1.5B (modeled range $807.5M–$3.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Monsanto Co /New/ at?
Monsanto Co /New/'s latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Mon Oct 23.
What does Monsanto Co /New/ do and where is it based?
Monsanto Co /New/ operates in the Agriculture sector, based in ST LOUIS.
Explore related

See where Monsanto Co /New/ sits in the wider market — its sector, location and stage cohorts, each with their own leaderboards and capital-flow timelines.

Is this your company?

If you work at Monsanto Co /New/, claim this profile or suggest a correction. We aggregate from public filings, so help us keep your description, website and links accurate.

Is this your company? Update your profile or add contact details — and choose exactly who can reach you. Reviewed before anything is published.