Kirsten Stead and John Hamer, the two members of the Monsanto Growth Ventures team, are general partners for a $250m Data Collective fund.
Kirsten Stead and John Hamer of Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the strategic investment arm of agribusiness Monsanto, are set to co-manage a $250m fund for venture capital firm Data Collective (DCVC).
US-based DCVC concentrates on investments in seed and series A-stage companies looking to apply technologies such as deep computing, big data and IT infrastructure to large traditional industries.
The fund in question, DCVC Bio, has a $250m target, according to a securities filing on Friday, and is yet to…
