Top 5 Biotechnology VC Funds & Investors in Costa Rica (June 2026)

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• Loopa Finance — Qanlex provides litigation financing with a focus on continental law countries. Qanlex was founded by Yago Zavalia Gahan and Fernando Folgueiro.
• boxful — Boxful provides ultra-fast fulfillment, shipping management, and a network of smart lockers to enable same-day or next-day deliveries for e-commerce brands and online sellers in Latin America.
• Crabi — Full stack, digital car insurance

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• LUCAI BIO — LUCAI designs custom AI algorithms to accelerate biotech R&D. We partner with research teams to build tailored computational solutions — from target identification to lead optimization — turning complex biological data into actionable scientific decisions.Every biotech program has its own data, its own constraints, and its own scientificquestions. Off-the-shelf AI rarely fits. LUCAI works directly with research and discovery teams to design algorithms built around their specific workflows, integrating seamlessly with existing pipelines.We currently collaborate with 35+ biotech and pharma partners across discovery, preclinical, and translational programs, operating at the convergence of AI and biology.
• ALKEMIO — ALKEMIO is a developer of a bio-magnetic technology intended to transform electronic waste into quality battery-grade metals.
• Strong by Form — Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility.

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• ALKEMIO — ALKEMIO is a developer of a bio-magnetic technology intended to transform electronic waste into quality battery-grade metals.
• Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• JumpStart Fertility — Jumpstart Fertility is investigating novel techniques to aid patients in starting or continuing to increase their families, including approaches that address the effects of biological aging on assisted reproduction. We want to increase IVF success rates so that patients need fewer cycles to get a healthy pregnancy. Our research focuses onenhancing egg quality and embryo development in IVF cycles in later age groups, where IVF success rates tend to drop, necessitating repeated rounds under existing standards of care.

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• Ayenda Hotels — Ayenda is the fastest-growing hotel chain in Latin America, with a presence in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. Ayenda franchises independent hotels in main cities to ensure quality on the basics needs for travelers.Ayenda is a tech-based company that enables run the chain by proprietary software in all areas, from hotel software, pricing algorithms,and user-facing experience.
• Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
• Xertica — We revolutionize Latin America with responsible artificial intelligence, improving lives and building a sustainable future.

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• Fudata — Fudata develops data-driven virtual restaurants that are scalable by using the untapped capacity of third-party restaurants. Fudata helps restaurants to create additional revenue by running a virtual brand of Fudata's restaurant from their kitchen. Fudata is headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal.
• Moffin — Moffin is an integration platform of KYC data providers that enables customers to collect and evaluate data. It can be used via API or no code.
• Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.