The Yield Lab LATAM

Founded in 2017 with offices in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, The Yield Lab LATAM is a venture capital firm investing in AgriFoodTech companies across Latin America, spanning the entire food and agriculture innovation spectrum.
https://crunchbase.com/organization/***
https://linkedin.com/company/***
https://signal.nfx.com/firms/***

Graciela Budinich Villanelo

Principal

Kieran Gartlan

Managing Director

Marcelo McGrech

Venture Partner

Santiago Murtagh

Managing Director

Guilherme Paiva

Principal

Camila Petignat

Partner

Tomás Peña

Managing Director

Past deals in Agriculture

PhageLab

Venture Round in 2025
Founded in 2009 by three biotechnology engineers from Universidad Andrés Bello, PhageLab develops antibiotic substitutes for use in the livestock industry. Their products are designed to selectively eliminate pathogenic bacteria without harming beneficial flora, enhancing productivity and food safety.

AgriCapital

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

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.

Symbiomics

Venture Round in 2023
Symbiomics specializes in developing next-generation biologicals using robust-colonizing microbes for enhancing plant growth. They employ sequencing technologies, machine learning, and genome editing tools to create innovative products that improve agricultural performance sustainably.

Solena

Seed Round in 2023
Solena is a biotechnology company focused on the microbiome of agricultural soils. It develops technologies to understand, preserve, and calibrate soil diversity with the goal of increasing agricultural production and farmer profitability through tailored biological inputs. The company offers tools to measure and assess soil biological capital, including a sampling kit that provides measurement and valuation results. By applying these insights, Solena aims to enable a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to farming, optimizing the biological capital of soils to support productive, resilient crops.

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 specializes in developing next-generation biologicals using robust-colonizing microbes for enhancing plant growth. They employ sequencing technologies, machine learning, and genome editing tools to create innovative products that improve agricultural performance sustainably.

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.

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.

Agroforte

Seed Round in 2022
Agroforte provides digital credit services tailored for rural producers. Its platform offers unsecured loans based on data such as production volume and debt history, enabling small farmers to access credit at lower interest rates.

Agroforte

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Agroforte provides digital credit services tailored for rural producers. Its platform offers unsecured loans based on data such as production volume and debt history, enabling small farmers to access credit at lower interest rates.

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.

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.

VOA

Pre Seed Round in 2020
VOA is a technology platform that connects farmers with drone pilots to enable automated drone service delivery of agricultural inputs, including biological agents, fertilisers and chemicals, based on geographic location, availability and technical capacity. The platform supports on-demand drone applications and data-driven crop management. It also develops agroforestry technology to promote sustainable crop treatment by linking supply and demand for agroforestry interventions, and it collects pest and crop data to feed into analysis that helps farmers protect crops from pests and diseases. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

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.

TerraMagna

Seed Round in 2019
TerraMagna is a Brazilian fintech company specializing in innovative financial solutions for the agriculture sector. It offers personal loans, CFB lending, embedded buy-now-pay-later services for agricultural inputs, and crop-collateralized financing, all accessible via its web platform. TerraMagna aims to strengthen the entire agricultural value chain by providing tailored credit options, reducing dependence on traditional financiers, and promoting sustainable food security.

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.

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 online marketplace facilitating the trade of grains, oilseeds, and other commodities. Headquartered in San Isidro, Argentina with operations in Montevideo, Uruguay, it enables registered users to buy or sell commodities via mobile or desktop platforms.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.