Draper Cygnus

Founded in 2017, Draper Cygnus is a venture capital firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It focuses on investing in early-stage, high-impact companies with global potential, specializing in deep tech sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, materials science, and cybersecurity.

Daniel Salvucci

Managing Partner

Valentina Terranova

Managing Partner

31 past transactions

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.

Ayuvant

Seed Round in 2024
Ayuvant is a biotechnology company specializing in the research and development of RNA-based immunotherapies for cancer patients. Its core business involves creating RNA nanoparticles that instruct the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, aiming to enhance the effectiveness of RNA medicines and improve patient outcomes.

Splight

Seed Round in 2024
Splight harnesses AI and digital solutions to generate 'Artificial Energy', maximizing grid capacity for increased revenues and reduced costs. Its platform combines big data, machine learning, blockchain, and cloud computing to optimize energy infrastructure, contributing to the decarbonization of the industry.

OneInfinite

Seed Round in 2024
OneInfinite offers an online payments platform for cross-border transactions. Designed for creators and entrepreneurs in Latin America, the platform consolidates international collections across cryptocurrencies, international credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash payments. It enables users to withdraw sales proceeds and convert them into a stable cryptocurrency.

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.

IOF Company

Seed Round in 2023
The first DIGITAL REGISTER for agro assets (Agro Digital Assets Register-ADAR). Combining IoT + Blockchain, we provide CONNECTIVITY, VISIBILITY and AVAILABILITY for the food and agro assets in field, creating a new MARKET on an economy of millions of tons and billions of dollars.

SiloReal

Seed Round in 2023
SiloReal offers real-time remote monitoring and security of silo bags, as well as credit, to assist agricultural farmers in better managing their produce stored in silo bags.

Falcomm

Seed Round in 2023
Falcomm is a fabless integrated circuit design startup focused on providing energy-efficient power amplifier and front-end module products for the 5G mmWave market. The company addresses a critical challenge in 5G communication—enhancing transmitter power and efficiency—by developing a patented technology known as the Dual-Drive power amplifier (PA). This innovative design surpasses the long-standing theoretical efficiency limit of 78.5%, achieving drain efficiencies that are 20% higher than existing state-of-the-art power amplifiers in the mmWave frequency range. Fully tested and verified, Falcomm's technology is compatible with the latest 5G NR modulation standards, delivering Gb/s data rates with remarkable efficiency. By improving the efficiency and thermal performance of power amplifiers, Falcomm's products can significantly reduce thermal management costs and simplify system requirements for various manufacturers, including those in base stations, mobile devices, and radar systems.

Splight

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Splight harnesses AI and digital solutions to generate 'Artificial Energy', maximizing grid capacity for increased revenues and reduced costs. Its platform combines big data, machine learning, blockchain, and cloud computing to optimize energy infrastructure, contributing to the decarbonization of the industry.

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.

Menta Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Menta Tech is a company focused on enhancing ticket inventory management through advanced infrastructure solutions. It specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to optimize ticket security, traceability, and distribution. By integrating tokenization into its systems, Menta Tech enables companies to regain control over tickets from the point of purchase through resale and access management. The firm provides intelligence tools that allow businesses to transform traditional tickets into digital collectibles, thereby gaining a competitive edge in the market.

VMind AI

Pre Seed Round in 2022
VMind AI is a generative AI Technology company in stealth mode.

Cargo Produce

Seed Round in 2022
Cargo Produce develops a real-time supply chain platform for managing international trade. It integrates export and import processes, offering enterprise-level resource planning capabilities. The platform collects data on factors like port congestion and weather to provide live arrival estimates, helping clients enhance efficiency and drive long-term improvements.

TravelX

Seed Round in 2022
TravelX develops blockchain infrastructure for the travel industry to tokenize airline inventory and tokenize tickets, enabling secure, decentralized distribution and flexible use of tokenized assets. Its platform supports NFTickets, designed to improve customer experience and expand retailers' capabilities while creating incremental revenues and reducing airline costs. The technology enables airlines and travel suppliers to tokenize inventory, manage changes, cancellations, transfers, and sales of tokenized inventory through a streamlined workflow, contributing to a more efficient, digital-first travel marketplace.

Stämm Biotech

Series A in 2022
Stämm Biotech is a San Francisco-based company specializing in advanced bioproduction systems designed to address the scaling challenges in the biotech industry. Founded in 2014, Stämm has developed an innovative biomanufacturing solution that integrates microfluidics, electroporation, and robotics, resulting in a compact, all-in-one Bioprocessor. This system has demonstrated productivity levels at least 70 times greater than traditional bioreactors, enabling clients to miniaturize bioreactors and optimize conditions more efficiently. Stämm's technology incorporates various sensors to monitor biological, physical, and chemical variations throughout the bioprocess, facilitating a streamlined approach to microbial growth and monoclonal cell line development. By transforming large-scale biotech operations into a more manageable micro-factory network, Stämm aims to unlock significant market potential in the coming years.

Agrofy

Series C in 2021
Agrofy operates an online platform facilitating transactions between agricultural industry participants. Established in 2015, it offers a wide range of products and services for farmers, including machinery, inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insurance, loans, farmlands, jobs, and vehicles.

microTERRA

Seed Round in 2021
microTERRA harnesses Lemna, an aquatic plant with water-cleaning capabilities, to produce sustainable functional ingredients for the food industry. Its flagship product, Flora, enhances sweetness perception while reducing sugar and masking unwanted notes from high-intensity sweeteners.

Lemon Cash

Series A in 2021
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.

Codiga

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Codiga is a coding assistant focused on enhancing code quality and managing technical debt through its code analysis platform. The platform provides static code analysis and automates code reviews, enabling developers to identify security vulnerabilities, code violations, and duplicates. Additionally, Codiga monitors trends within the codebase, highlights code hotspots, and offers insights into bottlenecks in the source code. By facilitating a comprehensive overview of technical debt, Codiga assists developers in formulating effective repayment plans and streamlining their code review processes.

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.

Heimdall Technologies Corp.

Seed Round in 2021
Heimdall Technologies Corp. is the holding company of Nideport and Heimdall Technologies OU from Estonia. Nideport: land management and development of nature-based carbon credit projects. Heimdall Technologies OU: develops technology for traceablity, streamlining certification processes through AI and automation. It also develops agreements for the development of Biotechnology, GIS, IOT, Blockchain and strategic partners. All of that, under the name GBM.

Dynami Battery Corp

Seed Round in 2021
Dynami Battery Corp is a technology company focused on developing customized battery solutions tailored to specific product designs rather than adapting products to fit standard battery sizes. Founded in March 2017 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an office in Washington, DC, Dynami specializes in creating batteries for a variety of applications, including the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable technology, sensors, and medical devices. The company utilizes regional resources and advanced engineering to develop proprietary battery technologies and manufacturing processes. Dynami's innovations offer scalable, cost-effective solutions, enabling industries such as electric vehicles, aerospace, and consumer electronics to benefit from fast-charging batteries with extended lifecycles.

Panarum

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Panarum is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes the Proteoral excipient for oral delivery of protein therapeutics, replacing injections. The company provides a pharmaceutical technology that protects active ingredients in capsules, enables their release in the small intestine, and allows absorption into the bloodstream. This approach supports clients in accelerating the development of oral biologic medicines and broadening the routes of administration for protein therapies.

Egg

Seed Round in 2021
Egg is an education company founded by women, driven by its mission to enhance human cooperation through science and artificial intelligence. It develops a co-op-powered online training system that teaches programming using a unique scientific methodology. Egg offers a seven-week scholarship program for beginners, enabling individuals to validate their interest in programming before investing significant time, and helping them develop professional profiles in the tech industry by learning digital skills such as programming and testing.

Lemon Cash

Seed Round in 2020
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.

iComply Investor Services

Seed Round in 2019
iComply Investor Services provides a global regulatory technology platform for digital finance and cryptocurrencies, delivering turnkey compliance automation, record keeping, reporting, and transaction monitoring. The company's products include iComplyICO, a governance tool for secondary trading of tokens on open blockchains, and iComplyKYC, a KYC, AML, and risk platform for decentralized finance and crypto applications. It serves investors, regulators, securities issuers, and capital markets service providers by automating onboarding, verification, transaction monitoring, and risk screening, helping clients automate compliance workflows and improve operational efficiency. The platform uses AI to automate data validation, including facial biometrics and document authentication, to reduce the total cost of compliance. Founded in 2017 and based in Vancouver, Canada.

Skyloom Global

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Dynami Battery Corp

Seed Round in 2018
Dynami Battery Corp is a technology company focused on developing customized battery solutions tailored to specific product designs rather than adapting products to fit standard battery sizes. Founded in March 2017 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an office in Washington, DC, Dynami specializes in creating batteries for a variety of applications, including the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable technology, sensors, and medical devices. The company utilizes regional resources and advanced engineering to develop proprietary battery technologies and manufacturing processes. Dynami's innovations offer scalable, cost-effective solutions, enabling industries such as electric vehicles, aerospace, and consumer electronics to benefit from fast-charging batteries with extended lifecycles.

NidePort

Venture Round in 2018
NidePort is a provider of environmental services, specializing in restoring natural capital through nature-based solutions. The company integrates nature, communities, and technology to deliver services that support the transition to net-zero emissions. NidePort produces high-quality carbon credits, ensuring robust community and biodiversity standards.

Auth0

Venture Round in 2017
Auth0, Inc. is a cloud-based identity platform that specializes in providing authentication and authorization solutions for developers and security professionals. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a comprehensive suite of APIs and tools that streamline the process of user authentication across various applications and platforms. The platform supports single sign-on capabilities, allowing users to authenticate via multiple identity providers while enabling developers to customize the authentication pipeline. Auth0's services also include multi-factor authentication and passwordless login options, enhancing security and user experience. Additionally, the company offers Auth0 Signals, a set of threat intelligence tools designed to protect against identity attacks by leveraging information from the dark web. With a global presence that includes offices in London, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Sydney, and Tokyo, Auth0 serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises.

Satellogic

Seed Round in 2013
Satellogic is a company that designs and operates a constellation of nano satellites for high-resolution Earth observation. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, Satellogic provides real-time data streams that support decision-making across various sectors, including government, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. The company's innovative platform allows for the frequent remapping of the planet, delivering detailed imagery for applications such as disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, border security, and illegal logging detection. With a global operational presence across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, Satellogic primarily generates its revenue from the Asia Pacific region, catering to both governmental and commercial clients.
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