# Arancia International

> Arancia International is a VC fund backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.arancia.com.mx

Arancia International is a VC fund in Guadalajara focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Arancia International Inc is a part of Arancia Group in Mexico. We are long term investors in food, nutrition and biotechnology companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$17M |
| Series B | $7.5M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 44% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 44% |
| Life Science | 2 | 22% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 22% |
| Pet | 1 | 11% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 4 | 44% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ignacio Aranguren Castiell | Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignacio-aranguren-castiell |
| Luis Aranguren-Trellez | Vice President of the board and Executive President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luis-aranguren-trellez |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Mediterranean Food Lab | The Mediterranean Food Lab uses solid-state fermentation to produce natural flavor bases for plant-based meat that increase the taste. | $17M | Series A | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| iwi Life | Iwi Life is a rural-focused manufacturer of algae-based nutrition that is advantageous to any living organism. | $10M | Series A | Dec 10, 2022 |  |
| NextFerm | NextFerm is a science oriented industrial company, representing a new era in fermentation and fermentation-derived nutrients for supplements, food, infant nutrition and animal feed.The world is striving for better nutrition. Nutrition which is less artificial and more natural, sustainable and cost effective - with a much higher nutritional value.At Nextferm, they aim to use their capabilities to lead this new and exciting world of better nutrition. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 09, 2022 |  |
| Qualitas Health | Qualitas Health offers primary healthcare services and solutions. | $10M | Series A | Dec 11, 2021 |  |
| iwi Life | Iwi Life is a rural-focused manufacturer of algae-based nutrition that is advantageous to any living organism. | $10M |  | Jan 11, 2021 |  |
| Qualitas Health | Qualitas Health offers primary healthcare services and solutions. | $10M |  | Jan 11, 2021 |  |
| GrubMarket | GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California. | $25M | Series C | Apr 04, 2019 |  |
| Enzymotec | Enzymotec is a biotechnology company that develops and produces biofunctional ingredients to address health needs associated with the human life cycle, starting from babies up to seniors. | $11M | Series B | Feb 02, 2009 |  |
| Advanced BioNutrition | Advanced BioNutrition develops functional ingredients to improve animal health and functional nutrition in the aquaculture area. The company focused on offering environmentally sustainable and science-based bioactive stabilization and delivery solutions to a variety of industries, spanning from human nutrition and health and human biologics toagriculture, food ingredients, and food safety. It continues to explore new verticals based on technologies available with over 40 patents.Since the company’s inception in 2001, ABN’s visionary scientists and engineers have helped the company grow into a diversified provider of solutions that better stabilize, protect, and deliver bio-actives to their targeted sites. | $7.5M | Series B | Jan 14, 2005 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PeakBridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peakbridge) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Minrav](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minrav) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Arancia International invest in?

Arancia International invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Life Science startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Arancia International's check size?

Arancia International typically joins rounds of $10M–$17M at Series A and $7.5M–$11M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Arancia International participates in.

### How do I contact Arancia International?

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### Who are the partners at Arancia International?

The team at Arancia International includes Ignacio Aranguren Castiell (Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) and Luis Aranguren-Trellez (Vice President of the board and Executive President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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