AIR Capital

Founded in 2021, AIR Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It invests in innovative startups focused on creating a future of abundance, inclusion, and regeneration across sectors such as space technology, food tech, blockchain, AI, robotics, biotech, and more.

Ignacio Peña

Managing Partner

30 past transactions

Giraffe Bio

Seed Round in 2024
Giraffe Bio specializes in developing biomolecular technology to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of critical mineral extraction. Their platform tailors biomolecules to the specific geology of each mine, boosting metal recovery, reducing water usage, and minimizing environmental impact. This is achieved by integrating biology, artificial intelligence, and hardware to optimize extraction processes, enabling clients to improve recovery rates and reduce extraction times.

Ergo Bioscience

Venture Round in 2024
Ergo Bioscience is a biotechnology company specializing in the precise fermentation of plant cells to produce animal proteins. Its mission is to innovate and provide environmentally friendly solutions for the food sector, focusing on flavors, aroma, color, and texture found in animal-derived products.

Argo Space

Seed Round in 2024
Argo Space operates an in-space transport service aimed at sustainable access to various orbital locations. The company utilizes reusable in-space vehicles to provide affordable and dependable payload transfers, enabling more frequent missions. It is exploring the harvesting of water from lunar regolith to manufacture an abundant propellant source, supporting a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Through these innovations, Argo Space seeks to expand practical access to space and improve scheduling and reliability of orbital transfers.

Calice

Seed Round in 2024
ounded in 2022, Calice is at the forefront of agricultural innovation. We specialize in computationally modeling biological and agronomic data of crops to predict and enhance their yield, quality, and adaptability across diverse environmental scenarios. Our flagship software, NODES™, leverages advanced artificial intelligence, data science, and bioinformatics to transform vast amounts of crop data into actionable insights. This enables agricultural companies to optimize their R&D programs, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and minimizing environmental impact. At Calice, we believe that the future of agriculture lies in harnessing the power of science and technology to create sustainable and resilient farming practices. Our mission is to contribute to a more sustainable world by helping our clients develop better crops and products, ensuring that natural and productive resources are universally accessible. Join us as we lead the next revolution in agriculture, fostering growth and resilience for a more prosperous and environmentally conscious future.

Ethos Space

Seed Round in 2024
Ethos Space Resources is a company focused on the space industry, specializing in in-space propellant refueling and ground services tailored for the burgeoning space economy. It particularly supports the Starship vehicle developed by SpaceX. The company also develops autonomous robotic systems designed to harvest and utilize solar system resources, including manufacturing solar cells from local lunar materials. By deploying robots on the moon, Ethos Space aims to enable space sector companies to generate abundant energy. Additionally, the company is involved in a geoengineering project that seeks to deploy a planetary sunshade, which would help cool Earth by reducing the sunlight that reaches its surface.

Sylvarum

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Sylvarum is an innovative biotech startup focused on plant electrostimulation technology designed to enhance crop metabolism. By employing external electric and magnetic fields, the company aims to improve the natural metabolic processes of plants. This approach leads to better germination rates, accelerated growth, and increased ion uptake capacity, resulting in significant yield improvements for agricultural producers. Sylvarum's technology represents a transformative solution for the agricultural sector, enabling sustainable and efficient crop production.

Cellva Ingredients

Seed Round in 2024
Cellva Ingredients is a biotechnology startup that harnesses the rich biodiversity of the Brazilian biome to craft novel flavor carriers, less saturated fats, and essential fatty acids through cellular cultivation and microencapsulation. The company has garnered recognition through its involvement in esteemed acceleration programs such as Proveg International and boasts the sole privately-owned development center in Brazil.

Blerify

Seed Round in 2024
Blerify is a digital platform that facilitates secure and convenient interactions between enterprises and individuals. It offers modular verification infrastructure, including wallet-based authentication, attestations, and asset management.

Novo Space

Venture Round in 2024
Novo Space specializes in developing high-performance, affordable electronics for satellites. Their platform enables customers to create custom subsystems quickly and efficiently, reducing time and costs while maintaining flexibility and reliability.

Oncoliq

Venture Round in 2024
Oncoliq is a startup focused on developing an innovative screening method for early cancer detection through liquid biopsy, which utilizes a small blood sample. The company is particularly concentrated on the early detection of breast and prostate cancer, while also exploring the potential for identifying additional cancer types. By employing a simple blood test that detects microRNAs, Oncoliq aims to create a comprehensive diagnostic tool capable of facilitating the early detection of up to 50 different types of cancer. This approach is designed to enable patients to identify cancer at an earlier stage, potentially improving treatment outcomes.

arcomedLab

Venture Round in 2024
arcomedLab, a Miami-based entity of Arcosystem Group, focuses on manufacturing customized craniofacial implants. Their product range includes synthetic bone implants tailored to individual patients, along with controlled drug release systems, facilitating personalized medical solutions.

Laurus

Venture Round in 2024
Urban farms reinvented. Carbon zero produce. Fully Autonomous, Laurus farms cost 10X less in upfront costs and 25X less in labour costs. They are set up in networks in cities’ spare spaces, and sell the produce B2C, B2B and through on-demand marketplaces with the capability of reaching the consumer in real time with a top-quality product at an extremely low price.

Feedvax

Venture Round in 2024
Feedvax is an innovative company based in Argentina, established in 2018, focused on developing a platform for oral vaccines aimed at improving animal health in aquaculture. Its primary product is an oral vaccine designed to protect farmed tilapia from streptococcosis, a common disease affecting this widely farmed species. Feedvax's platform not only delivers vaccines but also provides a smart feeder that ensures nutritional and health treatments are administered automatically and individually to each animal. The company's solution is environmentally safe, cost-effective, and easy for farmers to use, promoting greater efficiency in animal production while helping to eliminate the need for antibiotics and reducing stress on the fish. By transforming traditional aquaculture practices, Feedvax aims to make a sustainable impact on the industry.

Novo Space

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Novo Space specializes in developing high-performance, affordable electronics for satellites. Their platform enables customers to create custom subsystems quickly and efficiently, reducing time and costs while maintaining flexibility and reliability.

Satellites On Fire

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Satellites On Fire specializes in real-time forest fire detection, utilizing satellite imagery to provide early warnings and mitigate fire-related damages. Their platform, which combines advanced satellite imagery, enables organizations and individuals to monitor their areas effectively and respond promptly to potential threats.

Gigablue

Seed Round in 2023
Gigablue is dedicated to combating global warming through innovative technology. It focuses on enhancing the efficiency and feasibility of ocean fertilization as a means of carbon dioxide removal, directly addressing climate change for a more sustainable future.

Cellva Ingredients

Seed Round in 2023
Cellva Ingredients is a biotechnology startup that harnesses the rich biodiversity of the Brazilian biome to craft novel flavor carriers, less saturated fats, and essential fatty acids through cellular cultivation and microencapsulation. The company has garnered recognition through its involvement in esteemed acceleration programs such as Proveg International and boasts the sole privately-owned development center in Brazil.

ArgenTAG

Pre Seed Round in 2023
ArgenTAG is a biotechnology company specializing in genomic sequencing. It offers a proprietary technology designed to reduce the cost of long-read sequencing applications.

Done Properly

Debt Financing in 2023
Done Properly Company SpA is a food technology firm based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2017. The company specializes in the manufacture of vitamins and nutritional supplements, offering a range of products including probiotic drinks, protein powders, and ingredients designed to enhance gastrointestinal health. Done Properly focuses on developing innovative ingredients through advanced fermentation technologies, aiming to create healthier and more sustainable options for the food industry. The company collaborates closely with consumer packaged goods enterprises and major global food corporations, assisting them in reformulating products to align with emerging consumer preferences for healthier and environmentally friendly choices, all while maintaining the original consumer experience.

Egg

Venture Round in 2023
Egg is an education company that runs a co-op-powered online training system for programming and digital skills. It uses science-based methods and artificial intelligence to guide learning. Founded by women, Egg offers a seven-week scholarship to study programming, testing, and related digital skills, helping individuals with little or no prior experience quickly validate their interest and pursue opportunities in the technology sector.

Lemon Cash

Series A in 2022
Lemon Cash operates a digital financial platform offering instant currency exchange, contactless international VISA card with cashback rewards, access to decentralized finance investments, margin trading, lending market, and crypto management services in Latin America.

Puna Bio

Seed Round in 2022
Puna Bio specializes in developing biological products for the agricultural sector. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the company focuses on enhancing crop nutrition using extremophile microorganisms, aiming to improve yields and soil quality sustainably.

Outpost

Seed Round in 2022
Outpost Technologies is focused on advancing sustainable space exploration by developing reusable satellite technologies. The company aims to transform the space industry by providing efficient services for launching and returning payloads to Earth. By emphasizing reusable systems, Outpost seeks to reduce the costs and time associated with space missions, thereby fostering a more sustainable and iterative space economy. Their offerings include Earth return capabilities for satellites and support for orbital payload missions, catering to the needs of clients in the aviation and aerospace sectors. An inquiry form on their website facilitates customer engagement and service requests.

Menta Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Menta Tech develops a ticketing infrastructure and inventory management system that secures, tracks, and distributes tickets using tokenization and blockchain-inspired mechanisms to set its own rules and recover control over tickets from purchase through resale, including access and identification of the user behind each ticket. The platform also provides analytics and intelligence tools for companies to transform tickets into digital collectibles.

Inner Cosmos

Seed Round in 2022
Inner Cosmos LLC is a neurotechnology company based in New Haven, Connecticut, established in 2016. The company specializes in developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) aimed at treating mood disorders. Its innovative product, referred to as a digital pill, utilizes imperceptible microstimulation to rebalance brain networks through precise electrical activity. By targeting the prefrontal cortex with minimally invasive techniques, Inner Cosmos offers a hyper-personalized approach to neuromedicine that seeks to alleviate cognitive disorders. This technology aims to reduce the dependence on traditional antidepressants and neurological drugs, providing a potentially transformative solution for patients and healthcare providers.

Skyloom Global

Funding Round in 2022
Skyloom Global Corp. is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced communication technology for outer space. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Merritt Island, Florida, the company focuses on creating a spaceborne infrastructure that utilizes optical communication technology and relay satellites positioned in geostationary orbit. Skyloom's products are designed to significantly enhance space-to-Earth bandwidth, facilitating the efficient transfer of high-capacity data for satellite constellations. This capability enables low Earth orbit satellites to transmit vast amounts of information instantaneously, thereby supporting real-time insights and applications in various sectors.

Tissue Dynamics

Venture Round in 2022
Tissue Dynamics is a biotechnology company specializing in drug toxicity and efficacy screening for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. It employs proprietary high throughput kinetic screening platform using sensor-integrated organ-on-chip technology to monitor metabolic changes in real-time, minimizing false positives/negatives.

Aplife Biotech

Venture Round in 2022
Aplife Biotech is an Argentine biotechnology startup founded in 2018, based in Buenos Aires. The company focuses on developing innovative technologies for the high-throughput discovery of novel aptamers, which are synthetic DNA-derived molecules used in biosensors. Aplife Biotech's platform enables the manufacture of large combinatorial libraries of these aptamers in predefined locations, facilitating the mass screening of important biological molecules. This technology addresses global challenges in medical diagnostics by supporting the creation of novel biosensors and diagnostic assays, as well as therapeutic applications.

Branch Energy

Seed Round in 2021
Branch Energy specializes in renewable energy provision, supporting local wind and solar projects. It leverages data analytics and smart home technology to help customers reduce power consumption and promote clean energy initiatives.

Novo Space

Venture Round in 2021
Novo Space specializes in developing high-performance, affordable electronics for satellites. Their platform enables customers to create custom subsystems quickly and efficiently, reducing time and costs while maintaining flexibility and reliability.
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