Agriculture chemicals group Syngenta invests in Chamelic's $1.5m round.

Chamelic, a UK-based maker of dust-repellent products, has raised £1m ($1.5m) from an investment consortium including the corporate venturing unit of agriculture chemicals group Syngenta in its third deal since launch.

The spin out from the University of Leeds was backed by intellectual property asset manager IP Group and Syngenta Ventures.

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.