Michael Lee

Managing Director at Syngenta Group

Basel Metropolitan Area

Overview

Michael Lee is the Managing Director at Syngenta Group Ventures, with a background in startups, R&D, and venture capital. His career highlights include leading investments in emerging markets and playing key roles as a Non-Executive Director in various companies, such as BioPhero.

Work Experience

Syngenta Group

Syngenta Group Ventures, Managing Director
2013 - Current
Syngenta Group Ventures identifies early stage food and agriculture-related companies with a strong technology base or new business model. I look after the full range of investment activities outside the Americas.

Sayurbox

Board Observer
2021
Sayurbox is bringing a more efficient middlestream to benefit farmers with faster payments and better market access at one end and a digitally-accessible product to consumers at the other.

Phytech

Non Executive Director
2015
Phytech offers corn, cotton, and perennial fruit/nut growers increased yields with reduced water consumption. Used by some of the largest growers in the world.

Biognosys AG

Non Executive Director
2015 - 2023
Biognosys is the leading proteomics company offering innovative services and products for highly multiplexed protein quantification. Sold to Bruker.

BioPhero

Non Executive Director
2018 - 2022
BioPhero is a pioneer in providing low-cost bio-based pheromones for pest management. Its mission is to provide sustainable agriculture, via safe pheromone-based products. Sold to FMC.

WeedOUT-ibs

Non Executive Director
2020 - 2022
WeedOUT is developing a biological species specific herbicide to help farmers manage resistant weeds.

Stable

Board Observer
2019 - 2021
Stable is a risk management platform that helps businesses around the world protect themselves from volatile commodity prices.

Arecor Limited

Board Observer
2007 - 2009
Arecor Therapeutics has developed protein and peptide stabilization technology, useful for extending the shelf life of biopharmaceuticals. IPO-ed on London AIM [AREC].