# Pablo Pla

> Pablo Pla is a seed investor at YPO backing Biopharma, Biotechnology and Food Processing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [YPO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ypo-los-angeles)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablopla

Pablo Pla is a seed investor at YPO focused on Biopharma and Biotechnology. Pablo Pla is the Chief Executive Officer of San Miguel. He Previously worked at Ingredion Incorporated as a President and General Manager. Pablo Pla attended Columbia Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biopharma | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michroma | Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Be8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/be8-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boro Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boro-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CJ CheilJedang Corp.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-cheiljedang-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fen-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HackCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foodhack) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Groundswell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groundswell-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About YPO

VC Fund · Irving, United States

Founded in 1950, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) connects young chief executives and presidents of companies around the globe for mutual exchange of ideas and expertise.

5 contacts available at YPO.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nitin Jain | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nitin-jain-2 |
| Pablo Pla | YPO Gold Chapter Chair Argentina | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pablo-pla |
| Alex Lawton | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-lawton-f8ce |
| Ali Shekofti | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-shekofti |
| Andrew Sturner | Member - Fort Lauderdale Miami Gold | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-sturner |

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## FAQ

### What does Pablo Pla invest in?

Pablo Pla invests primarily in Biopharma, Biotechnology and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Pablo Pla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pablo Pla closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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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