Matt Crisp is the co-founder, president and CEO of Benson Hill.
St. Louis-based Benson Hill is merging with an Illinois company that acquires private firms and takes them public.
The multibillion-dollar deal with Star Peak Corp. II will help accelerate Benson Hill’s approach to coming up with less-processed plants that are more affordable to grow. The company develops the technology using artificial intelligence, machine learning and gene editing technologies like
Benson Hill points to soybeans and yellow peas that could be key ingredients in the emerging market for meat alternatives, which is expected to grow to $140 billion by the end of the decade.
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