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 9
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| 29.04.2024 | BREAKING: Apps are open for 2024 GLOCAL Game Changers Latin ... | After a momentous 2023 edition, the GLOCAL Game Changers program is back for another year and invite... | agfunderne... |
| 09.09.2022 | Brief: Brazil, US can expect a ‘healthier supply’ of fertili... | Key commodity growing markets in the Americas, particularly Brazil and the US, can expect a “healthi... | agfunderne... |
| 05.09.2022 | Argentina-based soil treatment startup Puna Bio raises USD 3... | Argentina’s BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 1, 2022 — Puna Bio today announced the receipt of USD 3.7 million in... | vcbay.news... |
| 01.09.2022 | BREAKING: Biologicals startup Puna Bio lands $3.7m to fight ... | Argentina’s Puna Bio has raised $3.7 million for its seed treatment that leverages the power of extr... | agfunderne... |
| 01.09.2022 | Puna Bio’s extremophile microbe menagerie survives and reviv... | The farming industry spends tons of money on artificial means of reinvigorating soil, but an all-nat... | techcrunch... |
| 01.09.2022 | Puna Bio Raises $3.7M Seed Funding to Restore Soil Health wi... | Researchers in the remote Puna Desert of Argentina discover “extremophiles” that make plant growth p... | esgnews.co... |
| 01.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Planted’s $72m for whole-cut ‘chic... | Swiss alt-protein startup Planted raised Series B funding to expand its line of whole-cut plant-base... | agfunderne... |
| 01.09.2022 | Puna Bio Raises $3.7M Seed Funding to Restore Soil Health wi... | Researchers in the remote Puna Desert of Argentina discover "extremophiles" that make plan... | einpresswi... |
| 10.02.2021 | Puna raid nets Hawaii County police meth worth $21K, plus he... | Hawaii County police on Monday seized nearly a pound of methamphetamine with a street value of more ... | staradvert... |