Investment conversations

Invest in the work
behind better agriculture.

Cyrus C. Bautista welcomes conversations with partners who want to help develop practical, research-led agricultural innovation in the Philippines.

Focus areas
Agricultural biotechnology
Botanical crop protection
Farmer-centered innovation

The opportunity

Research, ideas, and enterprise in progress.

The portfolio brings together documented research and early-stage initiatives. Each has a different level of evidence and development.

Agricultural biotechnology venture

Phytosphere Agro-Biotech

A venture focused on botanical crop protection and agricultural inputs. The Department of Agriculture lists Phytosphere as the 2026 Young Farmers’ Challenge national first-place winner in Non-Food.

Department of Agriculture result ↗

Product under refinement

GolBi

A marigold-based crop-protection product associated with Phytosphere. Public coverage describes it as under further refinement; this page makes no claim of registration or commercial availability.

Agriculture Monthly profile ↗

Research foundation

Botanical crop protection

Published laboratory research examines marigold oil against eggplant fruit and shoot borer. The paper calls for field validation before regular-use recommendations.

Read the research summary ↗

Start a conversation

Let’s explore a thoughtful partnership.

Share your investment interests, questions, and what you would like to review. Cyrus can provide the current CV and discuss the portfolio directly.

Discuss an investment Request a CV ↗

This page invites discussion only. It does not present a formal securities offering, valuation, financial projection, or promise of return. Investment terms and project readiness would need to be reviewed directly.