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Puna Bio Funding Round

Puna Bio closed a $3.7 million Seed financing round on 9/1/2022. Investors included At One Ventures, BuildersVC and AIR Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/1/2022
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,700,000
Round
Seed
Investors

At One Ventures (Lead Investor) (Laurie Menoud)

BuildersVC (Lead Investor) (Mark Goldstein)

AIR Capital

GLOCAL

Grid Exponential

IndieBio

SP Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
We will be used to commercially launch its first soybean seed treatment in Argentina that is cost competitive to existing biological solutions, expand field trials for wheat and corn, and pursue the regulatory pathway in the United States and Brazil.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
479 Jessie St
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
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.
Profile
Puna Bio LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Puna Bio Company Twitter Account
Company News
Puna Bio News
Facebook
Puna Bio on Facebook
YouTube
Puna Bio on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Franco Levis
  Franco Levis LinkedIn Profile  Franco Levis Twitter Account  Franco Levis News  Franco Levis on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Carolina Belfiore
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Co-Founder
Elisa Bertini
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Founder
María Farías
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