Puna Bio uses extremophiles – microorganisms 3.5 billion years old, sourced from La Puna, the highest and driest desert on Earth – to develop biological inputs for agriculture that increase yields, reduce carbon emissions, and restore degraded soil.
Location: Argentina, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $3.7M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | At One Ven... | atoneventu... |
| - | GLOCAL | glocalmana... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.09.2022 | Seed | $3.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.06.2026 | Deep innovation, limited capital define Argentina’s agrifoodtech opportunity | Bernardo Milesy is the founder and managing partner of GLOCAL, the Latin American agrifoodtech accelerator and investor, with a background in technology, investment and banking. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and d... |
| 26.08.2025 | Guest article: What the first half of 2025 tells us about agrifoodtech & climate tech in Latin America | Editor’s Note: Beatriz Ponce de León is partner and CFO at GLOCAL, the Latin American agrifoodtech accelerator and investor, with a background in technology, investment and banking. Florencia Solari is the firm’s dealflow and GLOCAL Game Ch... |
| 16.07.2025 | Gates Foundation invests in Puna Bio to bring extremophile-based ag biologicals to Africa | Argentine ag biologicals startup Puna Bio has closed its Series A round with an additional investment from the Gates Foundation, which will enable the startup to expand to markets beyond Latin America. This is the first investment for Gates... |
| 05.06.2025 | How Latin America is moving from a pioneer to a powerhouse in agricultural biologicals | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] Conversations about ag biologicals these days almost invariably mention Brazil, where more than half of farmers use bioinputs in some form, according to research from the Brazilian Agr... |
| 02.06.2025 | Guest article: Why we created a playbook for smarter agrifoodtech VC in Latin America | Editor’s Note: Beatriz Ponce de León is partner and CFO at GLOCAL, the Latin American agrifoodtech accelerator and investor, with a background in technology, investment and banking. The views expressed in this guest commentary are the autho... |
| 24.04.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Rebel Foods nets $25m, 51toCarbonZero secures $4m, GreenGrahi raises $3.8m | The week brought good news for India as IPO-bound Rebel Foods secured $25 million, insect-based animal feed developer GreenGrahi raised $3.8 million, and D2C nutrition brand Good Monk closed a $2 million pre-A deal. Elsewhere, British susta... |
| 23.04.2025 | The Rise of Agri-Tech: Puna Bio and UbiQD Lead the Charge | In the world of agriculture, innovation is the lifeblood. Two companies, Puna Bio and UbiQD, are emerging as beacons of progress. They are reshaping how we think about farming and sustainability. Their recent funding rounds highlight a grow... |
| 22.04.2025 | Puna Bio Receives Investment from Corteva Catalyst | Puna Bio, a Buenos Aires, Argentina-based agricultural technology company, received an investment from Corteva Catalyst. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Other investors included At One Ventures, SP Ventures, SOSV, Builders VC, and... |
| 29.04.2024 | BREAKING: Apps are open for 2024 GLOCAL Game Changers Latin America agrifoodtech accelerator! | After a momentous 2023 edition, the GLOCAL Game Changers program is back for another year and invites agrifoodtech startups to apply for participation. Agrifoodtech acceleration and investment fund GLOCAL focuses specifically on Latin Ameri... |
| 09.09.2022 | Brief: Brazil, US can expect a ‘healthier supply’ of fertilizers than last year, says Rabobank | Key commodity growing markets in the Americas, particularly Brazil and the US, can expect a “healthier supply” of fertilizers than last year, according to the latest Rabobank North American Agribusiness Review. Growers may also see “further... |
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