# Simon Barnes

> Simon Barnes is a funding round investor at Circadia Ventures backing Biofuel and Agriculture. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Circadia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circadia-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Simon Barnes is a funding round investor at Circadia Ventures focused on Biofuel and Agriculture. Dr. Barnes is a founder of Circadia Ventures LLP and managing partner of Tate & Lyle Ventures LP, a London-based fund backed by the global food ingredients company Tate & Lyle. He has extensive prior experience in life sciences venture capital with Atlas Venture and GIMV Venture Capital and is a plant biochemist by training.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biofuel | 1 | 100% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allylix | Allylix, Inc., an early stage biotechnology company, develops terpene products and their derivatives for the flavor and fragrance, food ingredient, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and biofuel markets. Its products comprise nootkatone, which is a grapefruit flavor that is used in fruit juices and citrus flavored sodas. The company also developssesquiterpenes that are part of aroma chemical segment of the flavor and fragrance market; and production platforms for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and agricultural markets. Allylix, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in San Diego, California with research and development laboratories in Lexington, Kentucky. | $18.2M |  | Mar 12, 2012 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avrio Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avrio-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sandbox Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandbox-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Circadia Ventures

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Circadia Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Barnes | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-barnes-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Barnes invest in?

Simon Barnes invests primarily in Biofuel, Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 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 Simon Barnes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Barnes closed in Mar 2012. 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?

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