# Syenta funding: rounds and investors > Syenta has raised $32M across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Investible, In-Q-Tel and Blackbird Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/syenta (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Syenta* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Hardware & Electronics Manufacturing Semiconductors Raised 7 months ago Follow Syenta and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fsyenta) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$32M** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 5 sources **$5.7M** Seed **$26M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $26M Apr 2026 - **Led by:** Playground Global and National Reconstruction Fund - **Step-up i:** 4.5× - **Investors:** 15 (3 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2026 **$5.7M** Seed **?** Pre-Series A **$26M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $5.7M - **Biggest round:** $26M - **Between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2026** Series A **$26M** *4 new* *5 returning* [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) Lead [National Reconstruction Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-reconstruction-fund) Lead [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) [Jelix Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jelix-ventures) [Salus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salus-ventures) [Wollemi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wollemi-capital) Reported by TechStartups and 2 others - **Aug 2025** Pre-Series A **$8.8 million** *7 new* *2 returning* [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) Lead [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures) [Jelix Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jelix-ventures) [OIF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif) [Salus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salus) [Wollemi Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wollemi-capital-group) [Brindabella Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brindabella-capital) Reported by Startup Daily - **Aug 2025** Seed **$5.7M** *4 new* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) Source recorded ## Founders and team From Syenta's own website: 3 founders, 5 on the team. **Dr. Jekaterina Viktorova** CEO, Founder **Ben Wilkinson** CtO, co-founder **Prof Luke Connal** Co-founder - **Rachael Sharp** Head of Operations - **Sebastiaan Muller** Head of Business Development - **Steven Sosa** Head of Process Development - **Niki Scevak** Board director - **Patrick P. Gelsinger** Board Director Advisers *Oreste Donzella* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2025 **Pre-Series A** 2025 **Series A** 2026 [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) L [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) [Jelix Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jelix-ventures) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) L [National Reconstruction Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-reconstruction-fund) L [SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures) [Salus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salus-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1 [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **3** rounds [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Jelix Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jelix-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [National Reconstruction Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-reconstruction-fund) Growth equity **1** round, led 1 [SGInnovate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sginnovate) VC firm **1** round [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Salus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [OIF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif) VC firm **1** round [Salus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salus) Investment firm **1** round [Wollemi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wollemi-capital) VC firm **1** round [Wollemi Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wollemi-capital-group) Investment firm **1** round [Brindabella Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brindabella-capital) Investment firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=syenta). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Syenta as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [EnergyLab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energylab) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Syenta ### Who invested in Syenta? Syenta's investors include Investible, In-Q-Tel, Blackbird Ventures, OIF Ventures and Jelix Ventures, and 10 more on record. Playground Global led its latest round. ### How much has Syenta raised? Syenta has raised $32M across 3 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Syenta last raise? Syenta's most recent round was a Series A of $26M in Apr 2026, led by Playground Global. ### What was Syenta's biggest round? Its most recent round, $26M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Syenta first? Syenta's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by In-Q-Tel, Blackbird Ventures and Investible and 1 others. ### What stage is Syenta at? Syenta's latest named round is a Series A, in Apr 2026. ### Where is Syenta based? Syenta is based in Australia. ### Who led Syenta's rounds? Investible led the Pre-Series A in 2025; Playground Global led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like Syenta In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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