# Agricultural Fund of China

> Agricultural Fund of China is a VC fund in Beijing backing Biotechnology and Fruit. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.afcfund.com

Agricultural Fund of China is a private equity fund that focuses on investment in the agricultural industry. It intends to invest in the equity of high-growth, innovative, and technology-based enterprises in the domestic agricultural sector, and exits through various methods such as listing, mergers and acquisitions, dividends, or equity repurchasein and out of the country, to realize the value-added of the investors of the fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 100% |
| Fruit | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PhaBuilder | PhaBuilder is a platform-based & product-based company with advanced technology in synthetic biology, focusing on the transformation and engineering application of halophilic microbes.PhaBuilder was founded in February 2021 by Professor Guoqiang Chen, director of the Center for Synthesis and Systems Biology at Tsinghua University. It mainlyuses the cutting-edge "Next Generation Industrial Biotechnology(NGIB)" to develop and produce a variety of high-value-added products such as PHA - a biodegradable material, ectoine - a pharmaceutical intermediate, and cadaverine - a Nylon 56 precursor. PhaBuilder currently has two PHA plants under construction - the synthetic biology intelligent development plant in Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park and the 10 kt/annum plant in Yichang, Hubei Province. It also plans to build up 3-5 large-scale production bases throughout China within five years. At present, PhaBuilder has completed two rounds of financing, raising around 300 million yuan in total. The investors include Sequoia Capital, China State-owned Enterprise Mixed Ownership Reform Fund, and GRC SinoGreen Fund, etc. In the future, PhaBuilder will constantly promote synthetic biotechnology to deeply integrate with people's lives and upgrade the intelligent biological manufacturing industry, in order to achieve PhaBuilder's core mission of "Using microbes to change the world and build a green future". | $53.3M | Series A | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Zhongnong Meishu | Zhongnong Meishu is a fruits and vegetables breeding service provider that specializes in agricultural biotechnology for tomato industries. | $1.1M | Angel | Feb 21, 2022 |  |
| Laviana Pharma | Laviana Pharma Co., Ltd. founded in 2005 is a high-tech enterprise. It specializes in providing process and manufacture outsourcing services (CDMO) for the pharmaceutical industry. The main scope of services covers all chemistry-related aspects of process development and transformation for the innovative drug substances and products fromlaboratory scale to commercialized scale, including process research, process development, process optimization, pilot production and large-scale production of intermediates, API starting materials and API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) for pre-clinical, clinical trial materials and commercialized products. It also provides CMC services for IND and NDA submission of innovative developmental drug. It has three wholly-owned subsidiary, namely, Beijing laviana Pharmatech Co., Ltd., Laviana (Tianjin) Pharmatech Development Co., Ltd., and Laviana Corporation incorporated in United States. | $4.3M | Series A | Mar 01, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aistar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aistar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chengtong Mixed Reform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chengtong-mixed-reform) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China State-owned Enterprise Mixed Ownership Reform Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-state-owned-enterprise-mixed-ownership-reform-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FTZ Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftz-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuhua Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuhua-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hangzhou FengMa Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hangzhou-fengma-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Agricultural Fund of China invest in?

Agricultural Fund of China invests primarily in Biotechnology, Fruit and Farming startups, most often at Series A and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Agricultural Fund of China last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Agricultural Fund of China closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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