# Syngenta Ventures

> Syngenta Ventures is a VC fund in Basel backing Agriculture and Biotechnology. See 59 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Total investments: 59
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.syngentaventures.com

Syngenta Ventures is a VC fund in Basel focused on Agriculture and Biotechnology. Syngenta Ventures is the corporate venture capital (VC) team of Syngenta, a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling farmers to make better use of available resources.Created in 2009, Syngenta Ventures was one of the first venture capital teams dedicated to agriculture. With an experienced team of investmentprofessionals possessing more than 45 collective years of VC experience, Syngenta Ventures has established itself as one of the most active and knowledgeable agricultural investors.Syngenta Ventures is stage agnostic, from investing in seed rounds to larger growth equity rounds. They typically invest alongside other financial and corporate VC investors, and they avoid asking for any rights or options for Syngenta as they recognize the importance of having the interests of all shareholders aligned.They use their deep experience as investors and running commercial Ag businesses to work with their portfolio companies to help them maximize their potential value. They often take board or board observer roles, spending the time needed with the company and management to help them achieve their goals. Finally, they are connected into Syngenta, ranging from R&D to commercial teams, around the world. They can help their portfolio companies validate new products in field trials, increase market visibility, and share industry knowledge and contacts.While they encourage technical and/or commercial collaboration with Syngenta, these are negotiated by Syngenta and not connected to their investment. Linked to this, they maintain a strict firewall with Syngenta to protect any confidential information from being shared. They take this responsibility seriously and can provide references from their portfolio companies to demonstrate this.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$22M |
| Series B | $2.6M–$35M |
| Series C | $9.5M–$93M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 18 | 31% |
| Biotechnology | 13 | 22% |
| AgTech | 11 | 19% |
| Farming | 9 | 15% |
| Software | 7 | 12% |

60 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 14 | 24% |
| Series A | 12 | 20% |
| Series B | 9 | 15% |
| Series D | 5 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 29% |
| Israel | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Argentina | 2 | 3% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Pierson | Managing Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-pierson |
| Michael Lee | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lee-12 |
| Erik Fyrwald | Founder&CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-fyrwald-4a4c |
| J. Erik Fyrwald | Founder&CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-erik-fyrwald |
| Katrin Burt | Managing Director | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katrin-burt |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ascribe Bioscience | Ascribe Bioscience develops products that enable farmers to combat crop pathogens without negative impacts on the environment. The company is currently developing a seed treatment product that acts by boosting crops’ natural defenses. Ascribe Bioscience was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $12M | Series A | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Greeneye Technology | Greeneye utilizes Artificial Intelligence to disrupt the agricultural pest control process, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying to precise and selective spraying of herbicides. Greeneye developed a proprietary selective spraying (SPP) system that turns every sprayer into a smart machine with seamlessintegration, Greeneye’s SSP system can detect weeds and spray them precisely in real-time, reducing up to 90% of herbicide usage. Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOuTemX_cc&feature=youtu.beGreeneye is a leading technology company with a focus in precision agriculture, established in 2017 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Greeneye has a multidisciplinary team with expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence, agronomy, mechanical engineering, spraying applications, etc. We work with an extraordinary group of talented and visionary people who are committed to provide sustainable solutions for farmers around the world. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Greeneye Technology | Greeneye utilizes Artificial Intelligence to disrupt the agricultural pest control process, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying to precise and selective spraying of herbicides. Greeneye developed a proprietary selective spraying (SPP) system that turns every sprayer into a smart machine with seamlessintegration, Greeneye’s SSP system can detect weeds and spray them precisely in real-time, reducing up to 90% of herbicide usage. Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOuTemX_cc&feature=youtu.beGreeneye is a leading technology company with a focus in precision agriculture, established in 2017 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Greeneye has a multidisciplinary team with expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence, agronomy, mechanical engineering, spraying applications, etc. We work with an extraordinary group of talented and visionary people who are committed to provide sustainable solutions for farmers around the world. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| ProducePay | Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque, and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providingunprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry. | $38M | Series D | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| ProducePay | Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque, and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providingunprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry. | $38M | Series D | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Arado | Clicampo is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions. | $11.9M | Series A | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Vestaron | Vestaron produces insecticides for agriculture, animal health, non-crop, and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation develops and produces insecticides by employing peptides sourced from spiders in the United States. Its products are used in agriculture, animal health, and specialty non-crop applications, as well as in-householdinsects and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation was formerly known as Venomix, Inc. and changed its name to Vestaron Corporation in August 2009. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. | $10M | Series C | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Vestaron | Vestaron produces insecticides for agriculture, animal health, non-crop, and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation develops and produces insecticides by employing peptides sourced from spiders in the United States. Its products are used in agriculture, animal health, and specialty non-crop applications, as well as in-householdinsects and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation was formerly known as Venomix, Inc. and changed its name to Vestaron Corporation in August 2009. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. | $82M | Series C | May 16, 2022 |  |
| Sayurbox | Sayurbox is a web-based platform that offers fruits and vegetables for healthy living. Its platform allows its users to buy vegetables online. Sayurbox was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bandung, Indonesia. | $118.5M | Series C | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Greeneye Technology | Greeneye utilizes Artificial Intelligence to disrupt the agricultural pest control process, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying to precise and selective spraying of herbicides. Greeneye developed a proprietary selective spraying (SPP) system that turns every sprayer into a smart machine with seamlessintegration, Greeneye’s SSP system can detect weeds and spray them precisely in real-time, reducing up to 90% of herbicide usage. Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOuTemX_cc&feature=youtu.beGreeneye is a leading technology company with a focus in precision agriculture, established in 2017 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Greeneye has a multidisciplinary team with expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence, agronomy, mechanical engineering, spraying applications, etc. We work with an extraordinary group of talented and visionary people who are committed to provide sustainable solutions for farmers around the world. | $22M | Series A | Dec 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 59 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Syngenta Ventures invest in?

Syngenta Ventures invests primarily in Agriculture, Biotechnology and AgTech startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Syngenta Ventures's check size?

Syngenta Ventures typically joins rounds of $5M–$22M at Series A, $2.6M–$35M at Series B and $9.5M–$93M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Syngenta Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Syngenta Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Syngenta Ventures?

The team at Syngenta Ventures includes David Pierson (Managing Director), Michael Lee (Managing Director) and Erik Fyrwald (Founder&CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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