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ST LOUIS · Agriculture
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Monsanto Co /New/ — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→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.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
Raised more than 98% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 99% of peers (estimate).
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.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D+ | $150.0M | 2000-10-23 | $1.3B | $1.5B | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
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.
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.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| William U. Parfet | — | 4 other | 2000-10 |
| Carl M. Casale | — | 1 other | 2000-10 |
| George H. Poste | — | 1 other | 2000-10 |
| Mark J. Leidy | — | 1 other | 2000-10 |
| Arthur H. Harper | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Brett D. Begemann | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Cheryl P. Morley | — | — | 2000-10 |
| C. Steven McMillan | — | — | 2000-10 |
| David F. Snively | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Frank V. AtLee III | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Gerald A. Steiner | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Gwendolyn S. King | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Hugh Grant | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Janet M. Holloway | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Janice L. Fields | — | — | 2000-10 |
| John W. Bachmann | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Kerry J. Preete | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Nicole M. Ringenberg | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Robert J. Stevens | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Robert T. Fraley, Ph.D. | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Scarlett L. Foster | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Steven Mizell | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Terrell K. Crews | — | — | 2000-10 |
| Tom D. Hartley | — | — | 2000-10 |
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.
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.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intrepid Potash, Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $150.0M | $1.5B | same sector · same stage |
| Wallstreet Commerce & Trade Institute, Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $140.0M | $942.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Andersons, Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $162.3M | $1.2B | same sector · same stage |
| GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $167.5M | $1.6B | same sector · same stage |
| Trinitas Advantaged Agriculture Partners IV, LP | Agriculture | Series D+ | $130.0M | $1.3B | same sector · same stage |
| AH&N Holdco, Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $173.4M | $234.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Suneco Energy | Agriculture | Series D+ | $128.2M | $862.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Organigram Holdings Inc. | Agriculture | Series D+ | $177.5M | $1.7B | same sector · same stage |
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