AIR Capital
Venture capitalBuenos Aires · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Also known as AIR Capital VC
Investment thesis
AIR Capital focuses on backing disruptive technological innovations it considers relevant for humanity, positioning itself to capitalize on rapid, transformative technology waves. Its portfolio reflects a strong emphasis on deep tech and science-driven ventures, including biotechnology, therapeutics, space technology, food technology, and energy/climate solutions. The firm frames its mission around leveraging emerging technologies to build a better future for everyone.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 36 of 67 portfolio companiesBiotech ×18AI & Machine Learning ×13Deep Tech ×10Space Tech ×7Cleantech ×6AgTech ×5Healthtech ×5Climate Tech ×4
HQs:United States×8Argentina×3United Kingdom×2Brazil×1
Investments · 67 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12019 · 12 dated
Ammobia develops a novel ammonia production process that operates at low pressure and low temperature, achieving record-setting conversion rates.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergySan Francisco, US
Karen Baert(Co-founder & CEO)inTristan Gilbert(Co-founder & CTO)in
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Antarka develops a skin-permeable enzyme derived from Antarctic organisms that repairs UV-induced DNA damage, offered as a high-purity active ingredient for cosmetic brands to formulate into anti-aging creams, sunscreens, and repair serums.
BiotechConsumerDeep Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Aptos Orbital develops a hardware device that integrates computing, communications, and cloud connectivity for satellites and spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSpace TechMountain View, US
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
The page suggests a life sciences focus on single-cell analysis and disease research, but provides no concrete details about the product or services offered.
BiotechDeep Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Argospace provides launch and transportation services for spacecraft and satellites beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), including cislunar and interplanetary missions.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Ayuvant is developing an RNA-nanoparticle immunotherapy designed to direct the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells.
BiotechHealthtech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Beeflow provides pollination services and consulting to optimize crop pollination and harvest outcomes.
AgTech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
BioOrbit produces pharmaceutical-grade crystals in microgravity environments via space-based facilities, enabling development of biologic drugs and treatments for patients.
BiotechDeep TechSpace TechLondon, GB
Katie King(CEO)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Bio Eutectics develops Natural Deep Eutectic Systems, bio-sourced solvents made from natural acids, amino acids, alcohols, and sugars to replace petrochemical solvents in industrial processes.
BiotechCleantechNew Materials
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Blerify provides technology for issuing, verifying, and using cryptographic identity credentials through identity wallets with post-quantum and deepfake-resistant verification.
CybersecurityGovTechPanamá
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Accelerating green energy with tech-powered retail solutions.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Calice builds models that analyze agricultural environmental signals—including climate event timing, soil dynamics, and crop cycle interactions—to explain why agricultural products succeed or fail across different seasons and planting dates.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Designing programmable biomolecular systems with AI to accelerate therapeutic discovery.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
CellRep uses AI to discover small molecules that rejuvenate immune cells without genetic modification, with a lead application enhancing CAR-T therapy against solid tumors.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevity
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Cellva develops natural coffee-fruit ingredients and microencapsulation formats for food and beverage brands, providing chocolate and caramel flavor, color, and functionality with traceable Brazilian origin.
BiotechFoodTechNew Materials
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Creating AI-designed minimalist glycans to enhance protein therapeutic performance.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Santiago De Chile
Eduardo Javier Zavala Pulgar(Executive Officer)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Egg offers synchronous "LIVE" training sessions and an AI-driven platform that assembles and guides teams to work on real business challenges, automate recurring tasks with AI agents, and measure team cooperation in real time.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of Work
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Epiliquid develops blood-based molecular tests for cancer detection and differential diagnosis using a platform that combines AI-driven methylation biomarker discovery, patented native-DNA assay chemistry, and PCR-based readout.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Leveraging the power of plant cells to reshape the food industry.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
FeedVax develops a platform of oral vaccines for fish aimed at aquaculture producers, reducing the need to handle animals and avoiding antibiotic use.
AgTechBiotechFoodTech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Fork & Good develops cultivated meat technology using a hydroponic system approach that integrates cell biology with farming principles to produce real meat from cells at scale.
BiotechDeep TechFoodTechNutley, US
Gabor Forgacs(Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder)Andras Forgacs(Partner and co-founder)Niya Sharma(Co-founder)Niyati Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Lauren Loktev(Director)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Gigablue develops microalgae carbon fixation and sinking technology for ocean-based carbon removal.
AI & Machine LearningClimate Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Giraffe Bio develops custom biomolecules using microfabrication and microfluidics to improve metal extraction from low-grade ores and mining waste for mining companies.
BiotechCleantechClimate Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
GlycoX develops a food ingredient derived from a native plant oil that aims to reduce post-meal blood-sugar spikes and support metabolic health.
BiotechFoodTechLongevity
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Inner Cosmos develops a minimally invasive brain-computer interface, described as a "digital pill," aimed at treating depression.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMental HealthScotts Valley, US
Meron Gribetz(Executive Officer)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
menta provides an API-first, white-label ticket resale infrastructure that ticketing platforms embed into their own checkout, event pages, and user accounts to run official fan-to-fan resale in-house.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBuenos Aires, AR
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Applying AI and biosensing to predict animal disease outbreaks and protect livestock health.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Advancing therapeutics that restore neuronal connectivity and improve cognitive resilience.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Momentum TX develops therapeutics targeting the aging process to treat age-related conditions of the central and peripheral nervous systems, with a focus on neurodegeneration.
BiotechHealthtechLongevity
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
NODI is a plug-in home battery that stores cheap or surplus solar electricity and discharges it during expensive peak periods, with automatic backup power during grid outages.
CleantechEnergyHardwareCambridge, GB
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Novo Space develops high-performance, rad-tolerant, modular electronics for space missions.
HardwareSpace TechCambridge, US
Rodrigo Diez(CEO & Founder)inFacundo Jorge(CTO & Founder)inPete Amaro(Director)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
OncoPrecision develops precision oncology medicines, including antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies, for blood cancers and hard-to-treat solid tumors.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Gastón Soria(Co-Founder & CSO)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Oncoliq develops early cancer detection technology that combines molecular biology and machine learning to offer a non-toxic, non-invasive, and low-cost diagnostic approach.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Openwater develops an imaging platform using two optical modalities designed to diagnose and monitor diseases at the size and cost of a smartphone.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen(Executive Chairman & Founder)in
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Outpost provides advisory and operational support to space companies, helping them scale from early stage through IPO and acquisition.
Deep TechSpace Tech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
San Francisco, US
Maria Eugenia Farias(Executive Officer)Carolina Belfiore(Executive Officer)Elisa Violeta Bertini(Executive Officer, Director)Franco Martinez Levis(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDario Maffei(Director)Laurie Menoud(Director)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Q99 offers a quantum-classical AI platform that acts as a middle layer to connect fragmented enterprise data, recover lost context across silos, and produce probabilistic predictions for real-time decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareQuantum Computing
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Satellites on Fire combines satellite data and tower-mounted cameras with artificial intelligence to detect and monitor wildfires earlier than traditional satellite systems.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechSpace TechMartínez, AR
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Activating innate plant defenses to protect crops without pesticides or genetic modification.
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Semion Bio works on restoring natural pest-defense traits in crops that were lost during domestication when plants were bred for yield and size over resilience.
AgTechBiotech
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Skyloom provides optical data relay and telecommunications services for satellite constellations, enabling high-capacity bidirectional connections for satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-earth transmissions in low Earth orbit.
Data & InfrastructureSpace TechBroomfield, US
Catharine Parnell(Executive Officer)Santiago Tempone(Executive Officer, Director)Marcos Franceschini(Executive Officer, Director)Flavio Guidotti(Director)Matias Mosse(Director)
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
PartnerIgnacio Peña· solo GP
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesArgo Space · fortuneindia.com · Jul 17, 2026
Outpost · finance.yahoo.com · May 7, 2026
Ammobia · ammoniaenergy.org · Feb 26, 2026
Skyloom · investing.com · Jan 28, 2026
Fork & Good · greenqueen.com.hk · Feb 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does AIR Capital invest at?
- AIR Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does AIR Capital focus on?
- AIR Capital focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Robotics, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is AIR Capital located?
- AIR Capital is headquartered in Buenos Aires, AR.
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