# Nitza Kardish

> Nitza Kardish is a seed investor at Technion Seed backing AgTech, Sensor and Machine Learning. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Technion Seed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technion-seed)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitza-kardish-ba9b4819

Nitza Kardish is a seed investor at Technion Seed focused on AgTech and Sensor. Dr. Nitza Kardish has years of experience working in senior management positions at life science companies. She served as CEO of Clal Life Sciences – a research and development center for emerging life science companies, CEO of UroGyn – a start-up that developed minimally invasive surgical tools, VP Business Development at the RaphaelDevelopment Cooperation, and Clinical and Marketing Manager at CardGuard Scientific Survival.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 25% |
| Sensor | 2 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 25% |
| Fruit | 1 | 13% |
| Water | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 25% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Celleste Bio | Celleste is a business that specializes in employing cell culture techniques to produce high-value cocoa ingredients, removing the need for cocoa trees to be grown. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Celleste Bio | Celleste is a business that specializes in employing cell culture techniques to produce high-value cocoa ingredients, removing the need for cocoa trees to be grown. |  | Seed | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| TierraSpec | TierraSpec develops a platform for measuring and validating carbon sequestration in agricultural soils using remote sensing, employing unique testing methods and advanced machine learning modeling. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| PlanetWatchers | PlanetWatchers is a SaaS solution for enterprises, governments and NGOs to monitor their natural assets across multiple sectors. Their geospatial technology combines advanced machine learning algorithms, elastic cloud infrastructure and multi-source satellite sensors to deliver a robust monitoring and alerting system, which provides criticalinformation to advance the management of large-scale assets at global and regional scales. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Saturas | Saturas is developing a miniature SWP sensor that is part of an automatic SWP sensing system. Embedded in the trunks of trees, vines, and plants, the sensor provides accurate information based on statistical analysis for optimized irrigation, reduced water consumption, and increased fruit production and quality. The Saturas precision agriculturesensing system components: miniature implanted sensors, in-orchard communications and transponders, and control unit. Saturas’ automatic SWP sensing system collects accurate data using a minimal number of sensors per hectare, and transmits the data to a central control system connected to irrigation controllers for automated irrigation. The farmer receives information in an easy-to-read report. The Saturas technology tailors irrigation to real-time needs, resulting in more efficient water use while increasing yields, fruit size, and sugar content (e.g., vineyards). | $3M | Series B | May 27, 2020 |  |
| Insectta | Insectta was founded in 2017 and produces materials from insects which can be applied across industries such as agrifood, pharmaceutical and electronics. |  | Seed | May 04, 2020 |  |
| Saturas | Saturas is developing a miniature SWP sensor that is part of an automatic SWP sensing system. Embedded in the trunks of trees, vines, and plants, the sensor provides accurate information based on statistical analysis for optimized irrigation, reduced water consumption, and increased fruit production and quality. The Saturas precision agriculturesensing system components: miniature implanted sensors, in-orchard communications and transponders, and control unit. Saturas’ automatic SWP sensing system collects accurate data using a minimal number of sensors per hectare, and transmits the data to a central control system connected to irrigation controllers for automated irrigation. The farmer receives information in an easy-to-read report. The Saturas technology tailors irrigation to real-time needs, resulting in more efficient water use while increasing yields, fruit size, and sugar content (e.g., vineyards). | $4M | Series A | Feb 26, 2018 |  |
| Saturas | Saturas is developing a miniature SWP sensor that is part of an automatic SWP sensing system. Embedded in the trunks of trees, vines, and plants, the sensor provides accurate information based on statistical analysis for optimized irrigation, reduced water consumption, and increased fruit production and quality. The Saturas precision agriculturesensing system components: miniature implanted sensors, in-orchard communications and transponders, and control unit. Saturas’ automatic SWP sensing system collects accurate data using a minimal number of sensors per hectare, and transmits the data to a central control system connected to irrigation controllers for automated irrigation. The farmer receives information in an easy-to-read report. The Saturas technology tailors irrigation to real-time needs, resulting in more efficient water use while increasing yields, fruit size, and sugar content (e.g., vineyards). | $1M | Seed | Feb 25, 2016 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Barrel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barrel-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gefen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gefen-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hubei Forbon Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hubei-forbon-technology-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Regba Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regba-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Consensus Business Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-business-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creative Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Technion Seed

VC Fund · Haifa, Israel

Technion Seed is a seed-stage investment firm, owned jointly by four top-tier Venture Capital funds – Vertex Venture Capital, Battery Ventures (US-based), SCP-Vitalife and ProSeed – and the Technion Research & Development Foundation. Through Technion Seed, these funds invest in high market potential technological ideas and ventures, thatare still at an early stage and with very high uncertainty. The investment in such ventures – initially up to about $1,000,000 – is made both directly by the funds and indirectly through Technion Seed. The purpose of the initial investment is to enable the entrepreneurs to prove the viability of their idea. Success in the initial phase will then lead to a large round of financing by the funds, for continued growth of the venture. Technion Seed and its owners invest in a wide variety of areas, including communications, IT, internet, medical devices, renewable energy, new materials and more.

3 contacts available at Technion Seed.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dalia Mor | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dalia-mor |
| Moshe Katzenelson | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moshe-katzenelson |
| Nitza Kardish | VP Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-nitza-kardish |

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## FAQ

### What does Nitza Kardish invest in?

Nitza Kardish invests primarily in AgTech, Sensor and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nitza Kardish last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nitza Kardish closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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