# David Pierson

> David Pierson is a Series A investor at Syngenta Ventures (Durham) backing AgTech and Farming. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Syngenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syngenta-ventures)
- Location: Durham, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pierson-62ab58/

David Pierson is a Series A investor at Syngenta Ventures in Durham focused on AgTech and Farming. David joined Syngenta Ventures in 2012. Prior to this he was a General Partner for seven years at Intersouth Partners, an independent venture capital firm in Durham, NC, which has invested in more than 100 private companies with $800 million under management. While at Intersouth, David focused on making venture capital investments in early stagepharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, agbiotech and healthcare information technology companies. Prior to entering the venture capital business, David worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 14 years where he held numerous senior positions in pharmaceutical marketing, sales, and new product commercialization at Johnson & Johnson and Pharmacia Corporation. David has extensive international business experience, having been responsible for business portfolios at the US, Europe and Latin American regional level. He has extensive experience with licensing, mergers and acquisitions.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |
| Consumer | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Series D | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ProducePay | Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque, and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providingunprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry. | $38M | Series D | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Agrofy | Agrofy is an online agrobusiness platform built to boost agribusiness globally through agile and transparent transactions between all the industry participants. built to boost agribusiness globally through agile and transparent transactions between all the industry participants. It operates all the relevant categories for the farmer: machinery,inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insuarance, loans, farmlands, jobs and vehicles.Additionally, Agrofy operates all the relevant categories for the farmer: machinery, inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insurance, loans, farmlands, jobs, and vehicles.The company was founded in 2015, based in Rosario, Argentina. | $29M | Series C | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Agrofy | Agrofy is an online agrobusiness platform built to boost agribusiness globally through agile and transparent transactions between all the industry participants. built to boost agribusiness globally through agile and transparent transactions between all the industry participants. It operates all the relevant categories for the farmer: machinery,inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insuarance, loans, farmlands, jobs and vehicles.Additionally, Agrofy operates all the relevant categories for the farmer: machinery, inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insurance, loans, farmlands, jobs, and vehicles.The company was founded in 2015, based in Rosario, Argentina. | $6M | Series A | Mar 06, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avenue Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenue-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avenue Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenue-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bunge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bunge-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Syngenta Ventures

VC Fund · Basel, Switzerland

Syngenta Ventures is the corporate venture capital (VC) team of Syngenta, a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling farmers to make better use of available resources.Created in 2009, Syngenta Ventures was one of the first venture capital teams dedicated to agriculture. With an experienced team of investmentprofessionals possessing more than 45 collective years of VC experience, Syngenta Ventures has established itself as one of the most active and knowledgeable agricultural investors.Syngenta Ventures is stage agnostic, from investing in seed rounds to larger growth equity rounds. They typically invest alongside other financial and corporate VC investors, and they avoid asking for any rights or options for Syngenta as they recognize the importance of having the interests of all shareholders aligned.They use their deep experience as investors and running commercial Ag businesses to work with their portfolio companies to help them maximize their potential value. They often take board or board observer roles, spending the time needed with the company and management to help them achieve their goals. Finally, they are connected into Syngenta, ranging from R&D to commercial teams, around the world. They can help their portfolio companies validate new products in field trials, increase market visibility, and share industry knowledge and contacts.While they encourage technical and/or commercial collaboration with Syngenta, these are negotiated by Syngenta and not connected to their investment. Linked to this, they maintain a strict firewall with Syngenta to protect any confidential information from being shared. They take this responsibility seriously and can provide references from their portfolio companies to demonstrate this.

5 contacts available at Syngenta Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Pierson | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-pierson |
| Michael Lee | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lee-12 |
| Erik Fyrwald | Founder&CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-fyrwald-4a4c |
| J. Erik Fyrwald | Founder&CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-erik-fyrwald |
| Katrin Burt | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katrin-burt |

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## FAQ

### What does David Pierson invest in?

David Pierson invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Consumer startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Pierson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Pierson closed in Feb 2024. 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.

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