Investors / Argentina / Grid Exponential
Grid Exponential
Venture capital · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Latin America
Grid Exponential is a fund that helps scientists and entrepreneurs build bioeconomy startups, turning bioscience knowledge and talent in Latin America into companies. It runs cohorts and has founded over 90 startups across 8 LATAM countries, with two funds and $41 million in assets under management.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsbiotechbioeconomyagrifoodhuman healthbiomaterialssynthetic biology
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Or find every investor that fitsGrid Exponential lists 76 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (43%), AI & Machine Learning (36%) and Food & Agriculture (9%). 36% of its companies are based in Argentina. It invests most often alongside AIR Capital, IndieBio and SOSV.
No funding round on record names Grid Exponential yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Grid Exponential's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 76. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 43% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 36% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 9% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 3% |
| Education | 1% | 7% |
| Other | 1% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 1% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| AIR Capital | 16 |
| IndieBio | 12 |
| SOSV | 12 |
| Innventure Food & Agtech | 4 |
| Draper Associates | 3 |
| Amplifica Capital | 2 |
| Atento Capital | 2 |
| Blue Horizon | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 92th | 76 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 76th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers76100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Grid Exponential head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
76 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Alkemio delivers a high-purity separation platform for rare earth refining | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Antarka develops skincare products using a breakthrough enzyme that repairs UV-induced DNA damage at the molecular level | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apasomics develops advanced biomedical solutions, combining nanotechnology and biotechnology to revolutionize drug delivery and the treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquit replaces antibiotics in aquaculture with effective, science-based treatments that enhance fish immunity, protect human health, and sustain the planet's resources | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arakion develops mini-protein insecticides from arachnid venom using AI-enabled design and biotechnology | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ArgenTag provides single-cell long read sequencing solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AVaTAR MedTech designs and develops medical devices for reconstructing the aortic or pulmonary valve in children and adults with autologous tissue. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Beeflow provides crop pollination services and technologies to farmers and growers. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and produces bioplastics using engineered bacteria and artificial intelligence | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| BioBlends develops gas-based bio-preservatives to extend the shelf life of food | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| BioClé develops a delivery platform for bioactives to enhance their performance in the body | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company uses science and technology to monitor biodiversity with precision | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bioeutectics designs Natural Deep Eutectic Systems that replace petrochemical solvents and improve industrial performance | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BioPlaster Research develops and produces biodegradable packaging products, such as bags and films, from seaweed extracts. | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Bitgenia develops and provides genetic testing services and technological products for diagnosis and research. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is involved in biological control in agriculture. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ByBug develops biological additives administered through daily feed to prevent the main pathogens in shrimp and salmon | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Caspr provides analytical AI for business analysis, offering market research and analysis services to various industries and professionals. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CellRep uses AI to discover small molecules that rejuvenate immune cells, with no genetic modification, to enhance health and fight disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gridexponential.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 76
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