 Aferna Bio Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Aferna Bio works in partnership with nature to create revolutionary molecular tools that enhance the potential of biology. These innovations help plants grow better and contribute to a healthier planet. |
 Aggio Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Aggio offers expertise in agricultural commercial operations, animal health diagnostics, data analytics, and software to improve sales and marketing effectiveness, enabling faster decision-making. |
 Agrela Ecosystems Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Founded by plant scientists, Agrela offers scalable and flexible weather-tech solutions that evolve with users’ needs, making research-quality environmental data collection more accessible. After six years of dedicated R&D, Agrela proudly launched its first commercial product, PheNode, in the spring of 2023. |
 Alfa-Ruby Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Alfa-Ruby unlocks nature’s most perfect protein for human nutrition with the taste, texture, nutrition, and functionality of animal-based proteins. Alfa-Ruby extracts and purifies RuBisCO, the world’s most abundant and high-quality, plant protein, while taking advantage of one of the highest acreage, most productive, regenerative, and soil-health promoting crops: alfalfa. |
 Allied Blending BRDG Park | Allied Blending develops custom ingredients and blends that meet the most demanding specifications with the goal of exceeding customers’ expectations and driving business growth. |
 Aptimmune Biologics BRDG Park | Aptimmune Biologics has developed advanced enabling technologies, including the Barricade® platform, to address critical swine diseases such as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus and Swine Influenza A virus across multiple geographies. Their ongoing R&D efforts focus on creating vaccines against the highly contagious African Swine Fever virus to assist regions severely impacted by the disease. |
 Bayer BAYER CAMPUS | Bayer is dedicated to shaping agriculture through breakthrough innovations that benefit farmers, consumers, and the planet. With over a century of experience addressing agricultural challenges, Bayer combines modern science with farmers’ ingenuity to develop sustainable solutions for growing healthy, affordable food while preserving natural resources. |
 Benmedica Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Benmedica is leading the industry in transforming pharmacy management by delivering advanced, multi-channel solutions that reduce drug costs and integrate seamlessly with clinician workflows. Benmedica’s platform empowers e-prescribers, care managers, pharmacists, and patients by offering precision F&B, therapeutically similar drug alternatives, and intelligent RTPB solutions, supported by a robust clinical backbone to deliver significant savings. |
 Benson Hill Crop Accelerator | Benson Hill has worked to create a Made from Better™ soybean designed to benefit everyone in the food value chain. With a sophisticated technology core, Benson Hill’s approach is simple: better feed, food, and fuel begin with better seeds, offering immense potential to nourish and energize the planet today and in the future. |
 BioGenerator Ventures Helix Center Biotech Incubator | BioGenerator Ventures creates, builds, and invests in companies that are solving important problems in human health and agriculture. |
 BioHeuris Helix Center Biotech Incubator | BioHeuris partners with seed and chemical companies to deliver farmers safer and more efficient weed control systems. These solutions integrate low-dose herbicides with non-GMO crops developed through CRISPR gene editing and protein evolution. |
 Cicadea Biotech Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Cicadea Biotech provides custom PCR testing strategies and services for microbe and gene detection, serving as a Contract Research Organization for both corporate and government clients. Cicadea’s mission is to improve food safety, animal health, plant health, and human health through advanced PCR technology platforms. |
 CoverCress Inc. BRDG Park | CoverCree Inc. is a scientifically advanced, forward-thinking company focused on developing climate-smart agricultural products that contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through sequestration and mitigation. CoverCress was founded in 2013 out of the need to pursue a renewable and sustainable energy source for food and feed. |
 CTC Genomics BRDG Park | The Sugarcane Technology Center is a biotechnology and innovation company and a global leader in sugarcane science. In its laboratories in Piracicaba (São Paulo, Brazil) and St. Louis (Missouri, USA), teams of scientists are developing cutting-edge work in breeding and genetic engineering. |
 Edison Agrosciences Inc. Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Edison Agrosciences is leading the development of sustainable, domestic sources of critical industrial materials, currently focusing on producing natural rubber from sunflowers. Natural rubber, essential in thousands of daily-use products, is valued for its unmatched properties compared to synthetic alternatives. |
 EpiCrop Technologies BRDG Park | EpiCrop Technologies Inc. uses cutting-edge strategies to harness natural epigenetic crop vigor and decode the gene pathways that guide crop performance. |
 Hjelle Advisors Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Hjelle Advisors brings together top regulatory strategists and scientists to help Ag Innovators succeed in regulatory affairs and pipeline development. |
 Impetus Ag Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Impetus Ag has developed a novel platform designed to enhance the performance of Bt pesticides, which are among the safest and most commonly used in agriculture. This platform enables a discovery pipeline for new biological and transgenic insect control products that are safe, effective, and sustainable, seamlessly integrating with modern agricultural practices. |
 INTENT Helix Center Biotech Incubator | INTENT is an agriculture software and services company, founded in 2016, that supports the realization of new innovations by connecting customers in agriculture, as well as those investing in agriculture, with farmers. INTENT helps clients unlock growth by focusing on comprehensive data, farmer experience, go-to market strategy, and digital innovation. |
 Kultevat Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Kultevat leverages biological resources and processes through its revolutionary Kultevar™ dandelion to produce the world’s most critical materials. By advancing biomanufacturing, Kultevat is building regenerative bioeconomy, with Kultevar™ rejuvenating soil fertility and enhancing biodiversity, thereby revolutionizing how businesses interact with the ecosystem. |
 KWS BRDG Park | KWS sows the future with high-yield seeds and extensive expertise, making it a trusted partner for farmers across generations. Through excellent research and breeding programs, KWS continuously improves genetic potential, tailors seeds to customer needs, and delivers top-quality solutions throughout the value chain. |
 Mayflower Bioscience Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Mayflower Bioscience was founded to connect emerging European life science research technologies with U.S. scientists, offering a wide range of solutions in cell biology, molecular biology, and drug discovery. Mayflower now represents global partners and, in 2017, joined forces with Cambridge Bioscience to expand its support for life science technology companies across North America and Europe. |
 MDDriven Helix Center Biotech Incubator | MDDriven is a medical device start-up focused on advancing home healthcare through the development of user-friendly pulmonary monitoring and assessment devices. Led by a board-certified pulmonologist, MDDriven designs patient-centered devices that leverage sensors and artificial intelligence to increase access to specialized medical care. |
 Midwest Natural Fiber Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Midwest Natural Fiber is a Missouri-based hemp fiber processing company uniquely positioned to unlock the potential of the hemp fiber industry, with expertise and strategic relationships across the entire supply chain. |
 Mycorrhizal Applications BRDG Park | Mycorrhizal Applications, the world’s leading supplier of mycorrhizal inoculants, produces fungi that enhances plant vigor by expanding root surface area and improving nutrient and water absorption. The MycoApply® line is used across various industries, including landscaping, farming, and horticulture, to optimize plant performance and increase return on investment. |
 Nanoguard Technologies Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Nanoguard is committed to preventing waste and protecting health by eradicating harmful pathogens. Their core technology, Airilization™️, uses air and electricity to create a reactive gas species that can reduce viral and microbial activity by over 99.99% in a short period. |
 NewLeaf Symbiotics BRDG Park | NewLeaf Symbiotics is an ag biotech pioneer and global leader in Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs (PPFMs). Its technologies include biostimulants for corn, soy, peanuts, and cotton; a revolutionary bioinsecticide for corn rootworm; and a pipeline of solutions focused on greenhouse gas mitigation and nitrogen use efficiency. |
 Ostara EDGE@BRDG | Ostara is passionate about protecting waterways to ensure healthy, sustainable communities across the globe. With a revolutionary crop nutrition portfolio that provides more available nutrients and technology that recovers excess nutrients from wastewater, Ostara is solving some of the world’s toughest environmental challenges. |
 Plastomics Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Plastomics is revolutionizing biotech seed technology with a breakthrough trait delivery platform that goes beyond simply integrating existing traits. Plastomics’ approach targets the chloroplast to seamlessly introduce traits that have eluded traditional methods. |
 Pluton Biosciences Inc. | Pluton Biosciences discovers novel microbes and develops world-changing solutions to the planet’s big problems, addressing challenges to climate and agriculture by tackling carbon sequestration and crop protection, sustainably improving the way we grow food. |
 RNAissance Ag BRDG Park | RNAissance Ag creates RNAi pesticide technology, a safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides, offering highly targeted effectiveness against specific pests. RNAi pesticides silence genes crucial to pests’ survival while being non-toxic to other organisms. |
 Solis Agrosciences Helix Center Biotech Incubator | Solis Agrosciences is a pipeline for plant innovation, helping reduce product development times and gain a competitive edge in a fast-paced environment. Their Plant Pipeline as a Service™ offers a full range of solutions from molecular design to plant efficacy testing that delivers trusted data through highly skilled researchers. |
 St. Louis Community College Center for Plant and Life Sciences BRDG Park | The Center for Plant and Life Sciences leverages district-wide programming and collaborates with business and industry to offer STLCC students a cutting-edge education and workforce training in the growing bioscience field. The center has received nearly $4 million in grants to equip its labs, preparing biotechnology graduates for immediate, well-paying jobs sought by regional bioscience companies. |
 Tech Accel BRDG Park | TechAccel is a unique hybrid, combining equity capital with R&D to bridge the innovation gap between discovery and commercialization in agriculture and animal health. Through strategic partnerships, TechAccel drives success in bringing groundbreaking solutions to market. |
 The Yield Lab Institute Helix Center Biotech Incubator | The Yield Lab Institute is dedicated to enabling entrepreneurs to sustainably revolutionize agrifood systems by investing in and advancing high-impact, early-stage companies worldwide. With four regional funds, each focused on specific geographies, The Yield Lab leverage global insights, sectoral expertise, and strategic relationships to support over 90 portfolio companies and investors. |
 Valent Biosciences BRDG Park | With expertise in bioscience, Valent BioSciences identifies, develops, and introduces new products and solutions that help growers sustain their land and improve profitability, while protecting the public from insect-borne diseases and preserving forests. |