Greg Young

Venture Partner at SVG Ventures

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Biography

Greg Young is listed as Venture Partner on the SVG Ventures team page, with his bio stating that he heads up SVG's venture investing and is currently deploying capital from the SVG Ventures Pioneer Fund to startups across the agrifood value chain. The bio states he has over twenty years of experience in the biotech industry, that his investment focus covers agrifood as well as biological tools and processes that promote sustainability, and that he continues as co-founder and Managing Partner of Spruce Capital Partners, manager of the MLS Capital Fund II. Before co-founding Spruce he was an investor for a life science firm, having started his career as a molecular biologist at a San Diego biotech startup. His bio states that he serves on several company boards but does not name any of them, so no board seat is recorded. He received a BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego and an MS in Biotechnology from Northwestern University.

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SVG Ventures - Team (current roster, checked 7 September 2026) ↗SVG Ventures - Greg Young bio ↗THRIVE Agrifood - Greg Young bio ↗