Instituciones apoyando la industria Biotech en Latinoamérica

La biotecnología está desempeñando un papel fundamental en la transformación de múltiples industrias, desde la salud y los alimentos hasta la sostenibilidad ambiental. En América Latina y a nivel internacional, hay un creciente número de inversionistas reconociendo el poder disruptivo de la biotecnología y están comprometidos con respaldar a los emprendedores que buscan revolucionar estos sectores.

En el siguiente mapeo, listamos a inversionistas y aceleradoras que invierten y apoyan a startups en esta vertical. 

Inversionistas y aceleradoras especializadas en biotecnología para startups de Latinoamérica

1. IndieBio. Our business is to turn scientists into entrepreneurs who can save lives and save the planet (we call this “human and planetary health”). It was not that long ago (2014) that IndieBio exploded on the scene. We were the first VC to put a $2 million biotech lab in our office. We were the first accelerator to systematically write small checks into radical ideas using biology as a technology to disrupt markets outside healthcare. 
2. Gridx. GRIDX a science-based company builder creating and investing in startups from LATAM to the world. In the last 4 years we invested and created more than 30 biotech startups such a Beeflow, Stamm, Caspr, Microgenesis, Michroma and more!
3. The Ganesha Lab. The Ganesha Lab is a Global Biotech Scale up for science and technology-based startups in Latam. We aim to inspire a better understanding of culture and responsiveness of evolving humans, connecting the world of science, biotech, entrepreneurs and people. 
4. Draper Cygnus. Draper Cygnus is a +$50 Million Early Stage Fund for pre-Seed to Series A investing in the next generation of converging technology companies. Our thesis is to back latinamerican entrepreneurs executing on innovation platforms that are the building blocks of the next paradigms, leveraging deep tech and innovation to shift our society towards sustainability and decentralization.
5. BioLaunch. BioLaunch es un grupo sin fines de lucro integrado por profesionales y estudiantes de biotecnología que busca desarrollar e impulsar el ecosistema de bioemprendimiento en Latinoamérica!
6. Zentynel. Zentynel es un fondo de capital privado, enfocado en invertir en startups en etapa temprana con vinculación a LATAM, en áreas de biotech, foodtech, healthtech y agrotech.