# Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo

> Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo is a VC fund backing Farming and Security. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santiago, Chile
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agencia-nacional-de-investigaci%C3%B3n-y-desarrollo/
- Website: https://www.anid.cl/

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo is a VC fund in Santiago focused on Farming and Security. La Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID)3​ es el servicio encargado de administrar y ejecutar los programas e instrumentos destinados a promover, fomentar y desarrollar la investigación en todas las áreas del conocimiento, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación de base científico-tecnológica, de acuerdo a las políticas definidaspor el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación de Chile. La Agencia es la continuadora de la antigua Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 1 | 17% |
| Security | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 17% |
| Aquaculture | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Innovagreen Alimentos | We want to revolutionize fruit waste. More than 40% of the fruits end up in the garbage generating problems to the environment and expenses in the transfer. This is why we ask ourselves, how is it possible that this nutritional potential ends up in the garbage? So we develop a technology that allows us to recover the nutrients from fruits beforethey reach the garbage and create a superfood, very high in dietary fiber, prebiotics, antioxidants, and phytosterols. The liquid waste is transformed into juice without additives. We avoid causing negative impacts on the environment and make a better world, with better food. | $130K | Pre-Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Exacta BioScience | Exacta Bioscience is a pioneering biotechnology company at the forefront of biological crop protection, specializing in bacteriophage-based solutions that offer a sustainable and effective alternative to chemical pesticides and copper-based controls. Our core mission is to deliver high-efficacy, shelf-stable biological products that addressbacterial resistance, promote plant and soil health, and meet global demands for residue-free agriculture. With a robust pipeline and growing network of commercial partners across the Americas, we are scaling up to become a global leader in biocontrol innovation. | $250K | Grant | Apr 20, 2024 |  |
| Candel Medical Company | Candel combines conventional therapy with neuromodulation techniques and offers personalized remote therapy through a neurorehabilitation device (tES) and a multi-device mobile application. The devices are plug&play, have real time monitoring, and the possibility of remote access by professionals to follow up the therapy in their patients. | $134K | Grant | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Drovid | Software Platform as a Service (PaaS), which integrates a new methodology for protection against forest fires, with the ability to prevent human incidents at their origin. In this way we offer a technology to reduce the net cost of monitoring each hectare of forest, and also increase its effectiveness. Our objective is to make the continuousmonitoring of forests with artificial intelligence economically viable and effective, to deliver a sustainable solution with global reach. | $151.2K | Grant | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| SafetyMind | SafetyMind is revolutionizing industrial safety and operational efficiency in Latin America's most demanding sectors, including mining, steel manufacturing, and logistics. The problem is critical: traditional safety methods are reactive, costly, and unable to prevent serious accidents and unplanned operational shutdowns that cost the industrybillions annually. Human supervision, by its nature, cannot provide continuous and objective 24/7 monitoring in high-risk environments.Our SaaS platform transforms clients' existing security camera infrastructure into a proactive and intelligent prevention system. Using an advanced Artificial Vision architecture, which includes Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Edge Computing, we detect incident precursors in real-time—such as dangerous human-machine interactions or the non-use of critical PPE—with a precision and speed unattainable by the human eye.SafetyMind's clients achieve a tangible ROI. We have demonstrated a 30% increase in the reporting of unsafe acts in mining operations with Gold Fields and 100% effectiveness in detecting PPE use and access to high-risk zones in pilots with Ferrostaal. Our vision is to become the standard operating system for risk management in Latin America, a market with an urgent need for proven technology. The founding team combines over 17 years of on-the-ground risk prevention experience (Mario Villalobos, COO) with deep expertise in AI development since 2016 (Gloria Aburto, CMO). | $12.5K | Pre-Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Innovagreen Alimentos | We want to revolutionize fruit waste. More than 40% of the fruits end up in the garbage generating problems to the environment and expenses in the transfer. This is why we ask ourselves, how is it possible that this nutritional potential ends up in the garbage? So we develop a technology that allows us to recover the nutrients from fruits beforethey reach the garbage and create a superfood, very high in dietary fiber, prebiotics, antioxidants, and phytosterols. The liquid waste is transformed into juice without additives. We avoid causing negative impacts on the environment and make a better world, with better food. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-111d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CORFO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corfo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Sercotec — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StartUp Perú](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-per%C3%BA) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo invest in?

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo invests primarily in Farming, Security and Software startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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