BioGenerator, the investment arm of local innovation hub BioSTL, has bolstered its staff in recent months as it targets further growth in the agtech and digital health sectors.
The organization has added three new entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) and two venture capital fellows.
BioGenerator Senior Vice President Charlie Bolten said the new additions will focus on sectors where the organization sees opportunity for new company development. Those fields include agtech, digital health and health care data.
The new EIRs and venture capital fellows also continue the investor's increasing focus and spending on talent.
“If you combine EIRs and fellows together, we are spending twice as much as we were two or three years ago on the talent piece,” Botlen said.
BioGenerator’s Venture Capital Fellows program is designed to provide participants an up-close and in-depth experience with venture capital investing and company creation. Fellows from the 2019 class have taken on leadership roles with BioGenerator portfolio companies.