The Yield Lab Latam

The Yield Lab Latam, established in 2017 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, operates as a prominent AgriFoodTech venture capital firm with a significant footprint in Latin America. With additional offices in Brazil and Chile, the firm focuses on investing in companies throughout the food and agriculture innovation spectrum, addressing challenges from farm to fork. The Yield Lab Latam is part of a broader global network of venture capital funds that extend across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, reflecting its commitment to fostering agricultural advancements and sustainability in the region.

Graciela Budinich Villanelo

Principal

Kieran Gartlan

Managing Director

Santiago Murtagh

Managing Director

Camila Petignat

Partner

Tomás Peña

Managing Director

39 past transactions

PhageLab

Venture Round in 2025
PhageLab, established in 2009 by three biotechnology-focused engineers from Universidad Andrés Bello, specializes in developing antibiotic alternatives for the livestock industry. Their products are bacterial viruses (phages) engineered as food-grade additives, capable of selectively targeting and eliminating harmful pathogens without disrupting beneficial gut flora. This innovative approach aims to enhance productivity and safety in food industries while mitigating antibiotic resistance.

AgriCapital

Venture Round in 2025
AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services.

Kigüi

Seed Round in 2024
Kigüi is a company focused on enhancing the food supply chain through artificial intelligence. It specializes in managing expiration dates and stock levels in supermarkets, ensuring efficient replenishment of products while minimizing food waste. The company's platform incentivizes consumers to purchase items nearing their expiration, thereby lowering food waste and contributing to a reduced environmental footprint. By improving inventory management and encouraging responsible purchasing behavior, Kigüi supports supermarkets in optimizing sales and enhancing sustainability efforts.

Courageous Land

Venture Round in 2024
Courageous Land is a company dedicated to combating climate change and enhancing biodiversity. It specializes in designing and operating multi-strata agroforestry systems, which mimic natural forests and promote carbon sequestration. Additionally, the company develops technologies to support its operations and benefits land stewards and buyers.

Kilimo

Series A in 2024
Kilimo is a company specializing in water management solutions for agriculture, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina. It offers an irrigation management tool that simplifies farm management and enhances efficiency by utilizing big data. The company's technology integrates climate monitoring with satellite and site-specific soil data, allowing it to provide tailored irrigation prescriptions for various crops. By analyzing soil conditions and leveraging advanced algorithms, Kilimo enables farmers to optimize water usage, ultimately improving crop yields while conserving water resources.

goFlux

Series A in 2024
GoFlux is a SaaS platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2015, that facilitates connections between companies and service providers, including carriers and logistics operators. The platform enhances transparency in the quotation and hiring processes for transportation services. By utilizing a cloud-based solution, GoFlux enables shippers to manage the entire carrier hiring process efficiently, thereby streamlining operations and improving business outcomes for all parties involved. The company's innovative approach aims to simplify the logistics landscape and foster better collaboration between shippers, transporters, and suppliers.

umgrauemeio

Venture Round in 2024
Umgrauemeio is a climate technology company focused on advancing forest fire prevention and overall environmental protection. It has developed a comprehensive methodology aimed at addressing wildfires in their early stages, incorporating specific technologies that enhance the core operational aspects of wildfire management. This encompasses prevention, detection, communication, mobilization, and fire combat planning. The company operates a centralized platform supported by a multidisciplinary team of experts in engineering, data science, forestry, and law. Through this collaborative approach, Umgrauemeio enables clients to effectively mitigate the risk of forest fires and reduce their environmental impact, contributing to sustainable ecological practices.

Symbiomics

Venture Round in 2023
Symbiomics is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing next-generation biological products that utilize robust-colonizing microbes to enhance plant growth. By leveraging advanced sequencing technologies, machine learning, and genome editing tools, the company translates cutting-edge scientific research into practical applications for agriculture and environmental sustainability. Symbiomics aims to improve plant performance and mitigate environmental degradation through innovative products and technologies. Its focus on sustainable agricultural practices enables farmers to adopt organic solutions, positioning the company as a significant player in the biological market on a global scale.

Solena

Seed Round in 2023
Solena is a biotechnology company focused on studying the microbiome of agricultural soils to enhance farming profitability through tailored biological inputs. The company develops technologies that measure, appraise, and improve farmers' biological capital by offering sampling kits to assess soil health. This enables farmers to adopt sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural practices, ultimately increasing production efficiency.

The Climate Box

Pre Seed Round in 2023
The Climate Box is a company focused on providing agricultural businesses and farmers with essential tools for managing frost risks. It offers a comprehensive toolkit that includes educational resources and specialized software for frost forecasting. The software employs numerical modeling of cold air flows to generate actionable insights, such as microclimatic maps and risk assessments. By equipping farmers with these resources, The Climate Box helps them mitigate the adverse effects of temperature fluctuations and water stress, ultimately enhancing agricultural productivity and resilience.

Symbiomics

Venture Round in 2023
Symbiomics is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing next-generation biological products that utilize robust-colonizing microbes to enhance plant growth. By leveraging advanced sequencing technologies, machine learning, and genome editing tools, the company translates cutting-edge scientific research into practical applications for agriculture and environmental sustainability. Symbiomics aims to improve plant performance and mitigate environmental degradation through innovative products and technologies. Its focus on sustainable agricultural practices enables farmers to adopt organic solutions, positioning the company as a significant player in the biological market on a global scale.

Seedz

Series A in 2022
Seedz is an agri-business platform that connects farmers with various stakeholders in the agricultural industry, including companies, distributors, resellers, and cooperatives. The company develops comprehensive solutions aimed at enhancing the profitability of rural producers and agricultural enterprises. Seedz offers a loyalty program that allows farmers to convert their purchases into points and cashback, which can be redeemed for products and services that further improve their operations. Additionally, Seedz provides a range of software solutions, including incentive program management, crop mapping, financial service systems, and ERP software, all designed to empower agricultural entrepreneurs and optimize their business activities. Through these initiatives, Seedz fosters collaboration and value creation within the agricultural ecosystem.

Ucrop.it

Seed Round in 2022
Ucrop.it operates a blockchain-based agricultural management platform that focuses on enhancing transparency and accessibility in monitoring sustainable farming practices. The platform facilitates collaboration between farmers and companies by providing tools for data governance, evidence collection, and traceability of sustainability efforts. Through its services, Ucrop.it enables stakeholders to effectively manage and verify sustainable agricultural practices, such as carbon footprint reduction and the transition to regenerative agriculture. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform allows for the secure sharing and tracing of sustainable goals, helping farmers and organizations communicate their achievements in sustainability clearly and accurately. Ucrop.it aims to support sustainability initiatives on a global scale, impacting millions of acres of farmland.

Sioma

Seed Round in 2022
Sioma is a software development company focused on precision agriculture, Internet of Things (IoT), and big data, primarily serving the agribusiness sector. The company specializes in enhancing the productivity of tropical farmers, particularly in the cultivation of bananas and palm oil. Sioma's precision agriculture system provides tools that optimize the efficiency of field operations, enabling farmers to track the movement of workers and manage inventory effectively. The integrated control system ensures that the boxes prepared for export meet weight specifications, thereby improving internal processes and overall crop management. Through its technological ecosystem, Sioma aims to significantly increase agricultural yields and support sustainable farming practices.

Ucrop.it

Seed Round in 2022
Ucrop.it operates a blockchain-based agricultural management platform that focuses on enhancing transparency and accessibility in monitoring sustainable farming practices. The platform facilitates collaboration between farmers and companies by providing tools for data governance, evidence collection, and traceability of sustainability efforts. Through its services, Ucrop.it enables stakeholders to effectively manage and verify sustainable agricultural practices, such as carbon footprint reduction and the transition to regenerative agriculture. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform allows for the secure sharing and tracing of sustainable goals, helping farmers and organizations communicate their achievements in sustainability clearly and accurately. Ucrop.it aims to support sustainability initiatives on a global scale, impacting millions of acres of farmland.

AgroForte

Seed Round in 2022
AgroForte is a digital credit service aimed at supporting rural producers by enhancing their financial accessibility. The company has developed an online platform that provides personal credit lines specifically tailored for small farmers, promoting financial inclusion in the countryside. By utilizing data such as production volume, batch quality, and debt history, AgroForte conducts credit analyses that enable it to offer loans without collateral. This approach allows rural producers to secure credit at lower interest rates, with funds deposited directly into their accounts. Borrowers benefit from the flexibility of repaying the loans within a few months, thereby improving their financial management and operational potential.

Botanical Solution

Series A in 2022
Botanical Solution Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Chula Vista, California, that specializes in the discovery, development, and sale of botanical products. Founded in 2019, the company focuses on manufacturing plant-based active ingredients, particularly biopesticides, to support sustainable agriculture. One of its key innovations is ABM-01, derived from a specific plant, which serves as the foundation for its biopesticide, BotriStop, and the adjuvant QS-21 used in modern vaccine development. Botanical Solution's products are designed to protect crops against pests such as Botrytis without leaving harmful residues, thus prioritizing the safety of field workers and enabling growers to adopt integrated pest management practices. The company aims to address the growing demand for quality and healthy food while contributing to environmental sustainability.

AgroForte

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AgroForte is a digital credit service aimed at supporting rural producers by enhancing their financial accessibility. The company has developed an online platform that provides personal credit lines specifically tailored for small farmers, promoting financial inclusion in the countryside. By utilizing data such as production volume, batch quality, and debt history, AgroForte conducts credit analyses that enable it to offer loans without collateral. This approach allows rural producers to secure credit at lower interest rates, with funds deposited directly into their accounts. Borrowers benefit from the flexibility of repaying the loans within a few months, thereby improving their financial management and operational potential.

Circular

Seed Round in 2021
Circular is a Buenos Aires-based company that develops an application for order and documentation management specifically designed for the transportation and logistics sector. Its platform facilitates the management of travel history and real-time monitoring of fleet status, effectively reducing and planning waiting times at ports. Additionally, it helps coordinate the flow of trucks to ports and addresses incidents through direct communication with truckers, thereby streamlining the cargo dispatch process. Circular primarily serves truckers, transport coordinators, ports, and agricultural producers, focusing on enhancing the efficiency of cereal logistics through improved collaboration and integrated process management.

microTERRA

Seed Round in 2021
microTERRA is a company dedicated to developing sustainable food ingredients by utilizing Lemna, an aquatic plant known for its water-cleaning properties and ability to produce valuable functional ingredients. Their flagship product, Flora, enhances sweetness perception while reducing sugar content in formulations, effectively masking unwanted notes from high-intensity sweeteners without compromising texture or taste. This innovation addresses a significant market opportunity within the food industry. microTERRA operates as an ingredient platform, focusing on creating specialty ingredients through sustainable methods.

Seedz

Venture Round in 2021
Seedz is an agri-business platform that connects farmers with various stakeholders in the agricultural industry, including companies, distributors, resellers, and cooperatives. The company develops comprehensive solutions aimed at enhancing the profitability of rural producers and agricultural enterprises. Seedz offers a loyalty program that allows farmers to convert their purchases into points and cashback, which can be redeemed for products and services that further improve their operations. Additionally, Seedz provides a range of software solutions, including incentive program management, crop mapping, financial service systems, and ERP software, all designed to empower agricultural entrepreneurs and optimize their business activities. Through these initiatives, Seedz fosters collaboration and value creation within the agricultural ecosystem.

Heartbest

Seed Round in 2021
Heartbest Foods, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, specializes in the production of plant-based cheese and milk alternatives. Utilizing ingredients such as peas, amaranth, rice, and soybeans, the company aims to innovate within the food industry by offering healthier and more sustainable options. Heartbest's products are designed to be gluten-free, allergen-free, and cholesterol-free, allowing consumers to enjoy fully plant-based foods without compromising their health. By focusing on food innovation, Heartbest aspires to make a positive impact on both individual well-being and the environment.

Auravant

Seed Round in 2021
Auravant is a Buenos Aires-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in enhancing agricultural productivity through precision farming solutions. It offers a decision support tool designed for farmers and agronomists, utilizing satellite and drone imagery to facilitate aerial monitoring and data analysis. This technology enables field zoning, variable rate sowing, and targeted fertilization, which optimizes the use of seeds, fertilizers, and herbicides. By improving efficiency in agricultural practices, Auravant helps agricultural producers increase their yields and profitability.

Auravant

Seed Round in 2021
Auravant is a Buenos Aires-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in enhancing agricultural productivity through precision farming solutions. It offers a decision support tool designed for farmers and agronomists, utilizing satellite and drone imagery to facilitate aerial monitoring and data analysis. This technology enables field zoning, variable rate sowing, and targeted fertilization, which optimizes the use of seeds, fertilizers, and herbicides. By improving efficiency in agricultural practices, Auravant helps agricultural producers increase their yields and profitability.

Space AG

Seed Round in 2021
Space AG is a technology company based in Lima, Peru, founded in 2017, that specializes in the agricultural sector. It offers an integrated platform for the analysis and management of specialty crops, utilizing data captured from drones equipped with infrared and thermal cameras, as well as mobile sensors attached to tractors. The company has developed artificial intelligence models that assist farmers in making informed decisions, ultimately maximizing crop yields and optimizing the use of essential resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides. By leveraging advanced technology, Space AG aims to enhance productivity and reduce operational costs for agribusinesses.

Ucrop.it

Seed Round in 2020
Ucrop.it operates a blockchain-based agricultural management platform that focuses on enhancing transparency and accessibility in monitoring sustainable farming practices. The platform facilitates collaboration between farmers and companies by providing tools for data governance, evidence collection, and traceability of sustainability efforts. Through its services, Ucrop.it enables stakeholders to effectively manage and verify sustainable agricultural practices, such as carbon footprint reduction and the transition to regenerative agriculture. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform allows for the secure sharing and tracing of sustainable goals, helping farmers and organizations communicate their achievements in sustainability clearly and accurately. Ucrop.it aims to support sustainability initiatives on a global scale, impacting millions of acres of farmland.

VOA

Pre Seed Round in 2020
VOA is a company based in Dover, Delaware, founded in 2012. It operates a marketplace that connects farmers with drone pilots, facilitating services such as the delivery of biological agents, fertilizers, and chemical products. The platform matches users based on geographic location, availability, and technical capacity, offering fully automated drone service delivery. Additionally, VOA develops agroforestry technology aimed at sustainable crop treatment by connecting supply and demand. It collects data on pests and diseases affecting crops, enabling farmers to protect their fields effectively.

@Tech

Seed Round in 2020
@Tech is a company that specializes in the application of artificial intelligence, data science, and Internet of Things technologies to enhance supply chain integration and value creation within the animal protein sector. Founded in 2013 by Tiago Albertini in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, the company focuses on developing technological solutions for agriculture, with an emphasis on improving sustainable food production. Central to its offerings is BeefTrader, a market intelligence platform designed to assist producers and slaughterhouses in determining the optimal time to trade cattle. This platform utilizes real-time monitoring and market data to construct an individual profit curve for each animal, thereby maximizing trading efficiency for stakeholders in the agricultural network. Through continuous research, development, and innovation, @Tech aims to deliver significant value to the agriculture industry.

Botanical Solution

Seed Round in 2020
Botanical Solution Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Chula Vista, California, that specializes in the discovery, development, and sale of botanical products. Founded in 2019, the company focuses on manufacturing plant-based active ingredients, particularly biopesticides, to support sustainable agriculture. One of its key innovations is ABM-01, derived from a specific plant, which serves as the foundation for its biopesticide, BotriStop, and the adjuvant QS-21 used in modern vaccine development. Botanical Solution's products are designed to protect crops against pests such as Botrytis without leaving harmful residues, thus prioritizing the safety of field workers and enabling growers to adopt integrated pest management practices. The company aims to address the growing demand for quality and healthy food while contributing to environmental sustainability.

EIWA

Seed Round in 2020
Eiwa, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with additional offices in Londrina, Brazil, and Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, specializes in AgTech solutions for the agricultural sector. The company provides terrestrial and aerial systems designed for plant breeding programs and seed production, including services for colorimetric analysis and morphological detection. Eiwa enables clients to conduct multiple flights throughout the growing season, facilitating the upload and processing of data in the cloud. The company's offerings focus on providing analytics for crops such as soybean, corn, and wheat, aiming to enhance the efficiency of field information management and accelerate the development cycles of agricultural inputs.

PolyNatural

Seed Round in 2020
PolyNatural is a pioneering company focused on advancing the fruticulture industry through innovative research and the development of natural products. Drawing inspiration from traditional South American agriculture, the company creates applications that utilize 100% natural components to enhance food quality globally. One of its flagship products, Shel-Life, is an edible biopolymer coating made exclusively from natural extracts, lipids, and plant polymers. This coating forms a protective layer on fruits, significantly reducing food waste by minimizing dehydration and microbial growth. Shel-Life stands out in the agribusiness market, as it replaces synthetic waxes commonly used by fruit exporters, which are derived from petroleum. PolyNatural is committed to improving quality of life while prioritizing environmental sustainability in its operations.

Circular

Seed Round in 2019
Circular is a Buenos Aires-based company that develops an application for order and documentation management specifically designed for the transportation and logistics sector. Its platform facilitates the management of travel history and real-time monitoring of fleet status, effectively reducing and planning waiting times at ports. Additionally, it helps coordinate the flow of trucks to ports and addresses incidents through direct communication with truckers, thereby streamlining the cargo dispatch process. Circular primarily serves truckers, transport coordinators, ports, and agricultural producers, focusing on enhancing the efficiency of cereal logistics through improved collaboration and integrated process management.

TerraMagna

Seed Round in 2019
TerraMagna is a Brazil-based digital lender focused on addressing the specific challenges and opportunities within the agricultural sector in Latin America. The company provides a comprehensive suite of financial products, including personal loans, Canadian Forces base lending, embedded buy now pay later options for agricultural inputs, and crop-collateralized financing. These offerings are accessible through an online platform designed to enhance user experience. TerraMagna aims to not only provide credit but also to contribute to the transformation of agriculture by strengthening all links in the agricultural value chain and encouraging sustainable food security practices.

Space AG

Seed Round in 2019
Space AG is a technology company based in Lima, Peru, founded in 2017, that specializes in the agricultural sector. It offers an integrated platform for the analysis and management of specialty crops, utilizing data captured from drones equipped with infrared and thermal cameras, as well as mobile sensors attached to tractors. The company has developed artificial intelligence models that assist farmers in making informed decisions, ultimately maximizing crop yields and optimizing the use of essential resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides. By leveraging advanced technology, Space AG aims to enhance productivity and reduce operational costs for agribusinesses.

DigiRodeo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Digirodeo S.A. is an AgTech company based in Vicente López, Argentina, specializing in innovative technological solutions for livestock vaccination. Founded in 2017, the company manufactures digital syringes that not only administer vaccines but also capture essential information during the process. This data is integrated into a mobile application, allowing users to manage contacts, track treatments, and generate comprehensive digital reports. The platform enhances the efficiency of veterinarians and producers by automating the submission of vaccination records and incorporating geolocation and climatic data related to treatments. Digirodeo's products are sold through an internet-based platform, catering to the needs of the agricultural field industry.

Kilimo

Seed Round in 2018
Kilimo is a company specializing in water management solutions for agriculture, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina. It offers an irrigation management tool that simplifies farm management and enhances efficiency by utilizing big data. The company's technology integrates climate monitoring with satellite and site-specific soil data, allowing it to provide tailored irrigation prescriptions for various crops. By analyzing soil conditions and leveraging advanced algorithms, Kilimo enables farmers to optimize water usage, ultimately improving crop yields while conserving water resources.

EIWA

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Eiwa, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with additional offices in Londrina, Brazil, and Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, specializes in AgTech solutions for the agricultural sector. The company provides terrestrial and aerial systems designed for plant breeding programs and seed production, including services for colorimetric analysis and morphological detection. Eiwa enables clients to conduct multiple flights throughout the growing season, facilitating the upload and processing of data in the cloud. The company's offerings focus on providing analytics for crops such as soybean, corn, and wheat, aiming to enhance the efficiency of field information management and accelerate the development cycles of agricultural inputs.

Auravant

Series A in 2018
Auravant is a Buenos Aires-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in enhancing agricultural productivity through precision farming solutions. It offers a decision support tool designed for farmers and agronomists, utilizing satellite and drone imagery to facilitate aerial monitoring and data analysis. This technology enables field zoning, variable rate sowing, and targeted fertilization, which optimizes the use of seeds, fertilizers, and herbicides. By improving efficiency in agricultural practices, Auravant helps agricultural producers increase their yields and profitability.

Agree Market

Seed Round in 2018
Agree Market is a global agri commodities marketplace based in San Isidro, Argentina, with operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. The company facilitates the buying and selling of grains, oilseeds, and other commodities through its user-friendly platform, accessible via mobile and desktop. Additionally, Agree Market offers a comprehensive fintech solution designed to decentralize access to capital in the agricultural sector. By leveraging artificial intelligence and big data, the company aims to create an inclusive and efficient financing ecosystem for agri-food businesses. This technology enhances operational efficiency, enabling users to optimize costs, reduce workloads, and maximize trading opportunities within a transparent and interconnected framework.
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