Both of this year’s St. Louis Business Journal’s Top Equity Funding Transaction winners are Lewis & Clark Ventures portfolio companies. They were among the firm’s 10 — out of 18 — portfolio companies that completed funding rounds in the past year, making Lewis & Clark Ventures our 2020 winner of Investor of the Year.

Launched in 2015, Lewis & Clark Ventures has backed firms in the software, health care, and agtech sectors. It places emphasis on providing capital to startups “between the coasts,” and is led by General Partner Tom Hillman and Managing Director Brian Hopcraft. The Business Journal spoke with Hopcraft about Lewis & Clark Ventures’ growth in the past year, its investment strategy, and the impact of COVID-19 on venture investing. Read more.