Kyle Welborn
Managing Director at The Yield Lab
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
Work Experience
Cofounder and General Partner
2012 - Current
Cultivation Capital is a venture capital firm managing funds focused on software, agriculture, geospatial, and health tech startups.
Managing Director
2016
- Make Series Seed / Series A investments in Food and AgTech startups globally. - Support the Yield Lab accelerator activities in Latin America.
Board Member
2021
Ascribe Bioscience develops products that enable farmers to combat crop pathogens without negative impacts on the environment.
Raised $7,159,996.00 from Source Agriculture.
Board Observer
2021
Hydrosat is a climate tech company that was founded to help Earth manage its most valuable resource: water.
Raised $35,623,002.00 from Cultivation Capital, Statkraft Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, Techstars, Hartree Partners, Blue Bear Capital, Santa Barbara Venture Partners, Expon Capital and OTB Ventures.
Board Observer
2023
Board Member
2020 - 2023
- Served as a board member between the Series Seed and Series A rounds. Afterwards, transitioned to board observer.
EIWA mobilizes the world’s agronomic knowledge by building the first farming ecosystem data cloud.
Raised $3,400,000.00 from Serra Ventures.
Chair Of The Board Of Directors
2019
NanoGuard prevents waste and protects health by eradicating harmful pathogens anywhere they pose a threat.
Raised $10,749,995.00 from Cultivation Capital, The Yield Lab and Fulcrum Global Capital.
Board Observer
2019 - 2023
Board Observer / Member
2015 - 2021
- Represented Cultivation Capital as the company’s board member between the Series A and C rounds. Served as a Board Observer after the Series C. The company sold to NielsenIQ in May 2021.
Label Insight is a SaaS company that provides insights on food label data to government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers.
Raised $35,497,921.00 from Delta-v Capital and RC Capital.
Adjunct Instructor
2016 - 2017
- Co-Taught an MBA class where students developed business plans for new ventures
Founder and Executive Director
2011 - 2012
Founded this angel investment group focused on investing in financial services technology startups. Recruited 11 individuals to join as members and the group made a $250,000 investment in a St. Louis-based company in the fall of 2012. FinServe became part of the St. Louis Arch Angels in September 2012.
Education
BA
2004 - 2008