CITES invested US$1.75m in each of three Argentine early-stage startups: Stradot, a hardware startup building drones to lift and organize parked vehicles in outdoor parking lots; Clover, a biotech startup…
Biotech
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CITES and Others Invest US$2.7m in Biotech Eolo Pharma (en español)
December 31, 2019Uruguay-based biotech Eolo Pharma raised a US$2.7m Series A from CITES and a group of international investors to fund preclinical trials for an obesity treatment. Eolo Pharma is run by…
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Interview with Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Unima
December 3, 2019Unima is a Mexico-based healthtech startup developing fast and low-cost diagnostics and infectious disease surveillance for limited resource settings. LAVCA interviewed Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & CPO about biotechnology, impact of winning WeXchange’s pitch competition…
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Aurus Capital Leads a Series A Investment in Aguamarina
August 8, 2019Aurus Capital led an undisclosed Series A investment in Aguamarina, a Chilean industrial biotech company focused on sustainable solutions for the mining industry, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Endeavor…
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Invermaster Ventures co-led a US$1m investment in Chilean biotech Levita Magnetics. Existing investors include Alex Seelenberger from Aurus Capital (co-founder and first investor), FEN Ventures (Cristóbal Silva and José Antonio…
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Carao Ventures Leads US$2m Follow-on Investment in Costa Rican Biotech Startup Speratum
January 16, 2019Carao Ventures led a US$2m follow-on investment in Speratum, a Costa Rican biotech focused on microRNA-directed oncology therapies primarily for pancreatic and ovarian cancers. Carao previously invested US$800k when Speratum…
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Draper Cygnus Invests US$3m in Space and Biotech Industry (en español)
November 15, 2018The Draper Cygnus fund, invested US$3m in Alxerion, Skyloom, and Stamm The three Argentine companies are focused on the space and biotechnology industries.
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SP Ventures exited Bug Agentes Biológicos, a Brazilian biotech firm, though a sale to Dutch biochemical company Koppert Biological Systems. (Valor Econômico) A holandesa Koppert fechou a aquisição, por meio…
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Tim Draper & Cygnus Capital Partner to Launch Draper Cygnus (en español)
September 17, 2017Tim Draper and Cygnus capital have partnered to launch the Draper Cygnus VC Fund to invest in Argentinian startups. (La Nacion) Tim Draper, que invirtió en 30 proyectos que se…
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Finep Startup (formerly Startup Brasil) announced it will invest R$400m in startups over the next four years. (Baguete) O Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações acaba de ressuscitar o…