Syngenta Group
VC Fund
Basel, Switzerland
Syngenta Group is an agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Its 48,000 people across more than 100 countries strive to transform agriculture through breakthrough products and technologies that play a vital role in enabling the food chain to feed the world safely, sustainably and with respect for our planet.Swiss headquartered and Chinese-owned, the Group draws strength from its four business units – Syngenta Crop Protection headquartered in Switzerland, Syngenta Seeds headquartered in the United States, ADAMA headquartered in Israel, and Syngenta Group China – that provide industry-leading ways to serve customers everywhere.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Syngenta Group invests in
Stages Syngenta Group invests in
Countries Syngenta Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Series D
- $1M–$75M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 3 (75%)
- Biotechnology 3 (75%)
- Farming 2 (50%)
- Food and Beverage 2 (50%)
- AgTech 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series D 2 (50%)
- Grant 1 (25%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 3 (75%)
- Turkey 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Brown
Executive Editor
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Executive Editor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Doron Gal
Strategic Digital Projects Lead
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Strategic Digital Projects Lead | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Erik Fyrwald
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Feroz Sheikh
Chief Information & Digital Officer
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Chief Information & Digital Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hengde Qin
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Agriculture uses molecular discovery to create climate-resilient crops, enhancing harvest yields for growers. They also use an innovative life science approach to sustainably increase farming productivity. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California. | $75M / Series D / Dec 07, 2022 | ||
| Using its cloud-based platform and smart algorithms, Tarfin provides underbanked farmers with high-quality farm inputs and competitive point-of-sale financing. Tarfin is the winner of EFSE's 2016 Financial Inclusion Challenge. | $8M / Series A / Dec 07, 2021 | ||
| BlueNalu is a cellular aquaculture company that satisfies the global appetite for seafood in a fresh, sustainable, and humane way. It offers consumers with great tasting, healthy, safe, and trusted seafood products, that support the sustainability and diversity of the oceans. | $250K / Grant / Nov 04, 2020 | ||
| MycoTechnology utilizes fungi-based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products. The platform can be used to solve a variety of challenges faced by the food, beverage, and flavor industries. MycoTechnology has released ClearTaste, an all-natural, GMO-free, organic bitter blocker that is Kosher and Halalcertified. ClearTaste improves the flavor of various agricultural products.MycoTechnology also engages in fermenting agricultural products with strains of gourmet fungi. The company offers myceliated chocolate as well as robusta and arabica coffee beans. It develops and licenses technology to the industry to naturally improve the flavor of robusta and arabica coffee. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Aurora, Colorado. | $1M / Series D / Nov 04, 2020 |
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FAQ
What does Syngenta Group invest in?
Syngenta Group invests primarily in Agriculture, Biotechnology and Farming startups, most often at Series D and Grant stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Syngenta Group invest in?
Syngenta Group typically joins rounds of $1M–$75M at Series D. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Syngenta Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Syngenta Group took part in.
How do I contact Syngenta Group?
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Who are the partners at Syngenta Group?
The team at Syngenta Group includes Ben Brown (Executive Editor), Doron Gal (Strategic Digital Projects Lead) and Erik Fyrwald (CEO), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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