Lifely VC
VC Fund
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Lifely VC is a VC fund in Rio De Janeiro focused on Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. Lifely VC is investing and supporting startups globally with game-changing teams in the food and materials space.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Lifely VC invests in
Stages Lifely VC invests in
Countries Lifely VC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$4.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 5 (83%)
- Food and Beverage 3 (50%)
- Manufacturing 2 (33%)
- Food Processing 2 (33%)
- Advanced Materials 2 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 4 (67%)
- Iceland 1 (17%)
- Indonesia 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandre Icaza
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucha Bio creates a novel biomaterial grown from infinitely renewable bacterial-nanocellulose. Strands of natural fibers interlock to form a high-performance textile with a luxuriously soft handfeel. Produced in weeks rather than months or years, use it in premium applications instead of animal leather, polyurethane, latex, vinyl, and so much more.Creating a reliable material is our goal, adding plastics and petrochemicals like PU polyurethane would make it easy, but we’ve never taken the easy way out. Committed to sustainability, Bucha Bio’s team is dedicated to creating a completely biodegradable textile that enables the next generation of designers to create products for a more sustainable future. Our biomaterial is water-resistant, scratch-resistant, sunlight-resistant, flame-resistant, and so many more reasons to test it out in your next product. | $1.1M / Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| MYCL | Mycotech Lab is a mining company that deals in future bio-material with agricultural waste to empower farmers. | $1.2M / Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| We're producing sustainable, plant-based foods from the Arctic. Iceland’s first plant-based cod and seafood! | $500K / Pre-Seed / Aug 09, 2022 | ||
| Bond Pet Foods makes pet food from real animal protein, without the animal by working with biotechnology. Bond Pet Foods develops meat proteins obtained from animal cells (no slaughter required) and natural microbes. It is fed a nutrient-rich broth of vitamins, sugars, and minerals in fermentation tanks, without the pharmaceuticals.Bond Pet Foodswas founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $17.5M / Series A / Jun 24, 2022 | ||
| Hyfé Foods is a biotech company producing ingredients by leveraging fungal fermentation to upcycle water byproducts from food manufacturers. | $2M / Pre-Seed / May 23, 2022 | ||
| NuCicer is unlocking chickpea’s full potential - transitioning it from “interesting ingredient” to “staple superfood” by launching new varieties with ground-breaking agronomic and quality traits that deliver better nutrition, improved flavor, and more economical ingredients. NuCicer’s technology combines the world's most diverse chickpeabreeding library and their proprietary breeding innovation platform, built on deep roots in plant genetics and machine learning, to create value across the agri-food system. | $4.5M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 |
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FAQ
What does Lifely VC invest in?
Lifely VC invests primarily in Biotechnology, Food and Beverage and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Lifely VC invest in?
Lifely VC typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$4.5M at Seed and $500k–$2M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lifely VC's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lifely VC took part in.
How do I contact Lifely VC?
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Who are the partners at Lifely VC?
The team at Lifely VC includes Alexandre Icaza (General Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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