# Mark Smith

> Mark Smith is a funding round investor at Amazon (Toronto) backing AgTech and Farming. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amazon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithamark/

Mark Smith is a funding round investor at Amazon in Toronto focused on AgTech and Farming. Mark Smith is the Partner & Team Lead, Seed Venture Fund at BDC.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 100% |
| Farming | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Picketa Systems | Picketa Systems Precision develops a leaf-evaluated-nutrient system for real-time plant tissue analysis. Its platform removes any turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples, allowing growers to make data-oriented decisions on time without obstructing their workflow. It tracks the performance of fields and helps measure the impact ofdifferent varieties, fertilizer products, and techniques, season after season. | $1.5M |  | Jun 15, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-valley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Koan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koan-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-brunswick-innovation-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Skull Diamond And Heart Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skull-diamond-and-heart-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tall Grass Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tall-grass-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verdex Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verdex-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amazon

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Amazon operates a vast online marketplace where customers can purchase a wide variety of products, including electronics, books, apparel, household goods, and more. The company has a robust logistics and delivery network, allowing efficient shipping and on-time delivery to customers.

5 contacts available at Amazon.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Domenic Merenda | Head of Science and Engineering for Sponsored Display Non-Endemic | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domenic-merenda |
| Jonathan Rubinstein | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-rubinstein |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-21 |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-5bd4 |
| Ned Curic | Vice President of Alexa Automotive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ned-curic |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Smith invest in?

Mark Smith invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Analytics startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Smith closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 1 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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