The Yield Lab (North America)
AgTech & FoodTech · Run by The Yield Lab network / Yield Lab Institute · St. Louis, MO
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The facts
All fields verified Sep 29, 2026- Terms model
- Equity for cashInvests cash in your company and takes equity (an ownership stake) in return.
- Investment
- Not publishedEnded as an accelerator: The Yield Lab's site describes four regional venture funds and the nonprofit Yield Lab Institute, with no cohort program, and its North America page returns 404. Cultivation Capital, which the North America link leads to, says it partners with the Yield Lab on food and agtech investments of $100,000 to $1.5M; that is a venture check, not accelerator terms, so the investment field is not published.
- Equity taken
- Not publishedEnded as an accelerator: The Yield Lab's site describes four regional venture funds and the nonprofit Yield Lab Institute, with no cohort program, and its North America page returns 404. Cultivation Capital, which the North America link leads to, says it partners with the Yield Lab on food and agtech investments of $100,000 to $1.5M; that is a venture check, not accelerator terms, so the investment field is not published.
- Program length
- Not published
- Format
- Hybrid
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Cohorts per year
- Not published
- Cohort size
- Not published
- Stage focus
- early-stage agrifood tech
- Sub-vertical
- agrifood tech venture investment
- Demographic focus
- Not published
- Backers
- regional fund LPs, Cultivation Capital (North America)
- Notable alumni
- Not published
Terms notes: Ended as an accelerator: The Yield Lab's site describes four regional venture funds and the nonprofit Yield Lab Institute, with no cohort program, and its North America page returns 404. Cultivation Capital, which the North America link leads to, says it partners with the Yield Lab on food and agtech investments of $100,000 to $1.5M; that is a venture check, not accelerator terms, so the investment field is not published.
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Terms in plain English
The Yield Lab no longer runs a cohort accelerator. Its site now describes a network of four separate regional funds that invest in early-stage agrifood companies, plus the nonprofit Yield Lab Institute. In North America, Cultivation Capital says it partners with the Yield Lab on food and agtech investments, with initial investments of $100,000 to $1.5M; that is a venture check, not an accelerator deal. No accelerator terms are published.
Who this is actually for
The accelerator was for early-stage agrifood tech companies. Today the Yield Lab network invests as a set of regional venture funds, with no cohort program or application.
Frequently asked questions
- When is the next The Yield Lab (North America) application deadline?
- The Yield Lab (North America) has ended, so there is no upcoming application window. We last checked on Sep 29, 2026.
- How much does The Yield Lab (North America) invest?
- The Yield Lab (North America) did not publish an investment amount, so we record it as not published.
- How much equity does The Yield Lab (North America) take?
- The Yield Lab (North America) did not publish the equity it took, so we record it as not published.
- Where is The Yield Lab (North America) located and is it in person?
- The Yield Lab (North America) was based in St. Louis, MO and ran a hybrid program.
- Is The Yield Lab (North America) still active?
- No. The Yield Lab (North America) has ended. We last checked its status on Sep 29, 2026.
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