# Jurg Eckhardt

> Jurg Eckhardt is a Series A investor at Bayer (Basel) backing Biotechnology and Machine Learning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bayer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayer-ag-germany)
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juerg-eckhardt-700987

Jurg Eckhardt is a Series A investor at Bayer in Basel focused on Biotechnology and Machine Learning. Jurg Eckhardt - SVP and Head of Leaps by Bayer @ Bayer

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metagenomi | Metagenomi is using the power of metagenomics and machine learning to discover novel genome editing systems. | $100M | Series B | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Metagenomi | Metagenomi is using the power of metagenomics and machine learning to discover novel genome editing systems. | $175M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Metagenomi | Metagenomi is using the power of metagenomics and machine learning to discover novel genome editing systems. | $75M | Series A | Nov 12, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Farallon Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farallon-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Humboldt Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/humboldt-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Moderna](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moderna-therapeutics) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Novo Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novo-a-s) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PFM Health Sciences](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pfm-health-sciences) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Bayer

VC Fund · Leverkusen, Germany

Bayer is an enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition. They design their products and services to help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to address unprecedented challenges. Their businesses include pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and crop science. They focus on developing andcommercializing products and solutions based on scientific knowledge.

5 contacts available at Bayer.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juergen Eckhardt | Head at Bayer Venture Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juergen-eckhardt |
| Jurg Eckhardt | SVP and Head of Leaps by Bayer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jurg-eckhardt |
| Paul Achleitner | Member of the Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-achleitner |
| Andrew Chapple | Crop Science Division, representing SETAC DRAW | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-chapple |
| Antoine Bernet | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-bernet |

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## FAQ

### What does Jurg Eckhardt invest in?

Jurg Eckhardt invests primarily in Biotechnology, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jurg Eckhardt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jurg Eckhardt closed in Jan 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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