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Who We Are

Rooted in agriculture.
Focused on investment.

Innventure Food & Agtech brings together investment professionals, producers, scientists and industry leaders to back early-stage companies transforming the agrifood economy across the Americas.

Our perspective has been shaped by proximity to the environments where technologies are tested, valued and adopted: farms, cooperatives, agribusinesses, scientific institutions, commercial networks and capital markets.

Seedlings with visible roots growing in soil inside a glowing transparent tray

We have a network that understands agriculture and food production from the inside.

Innventure Food & Agtech was built on Aapresid, a network of 1,800 innovative producers—the pioneers behind no-till farming practices now used across 85% of the Southern Cone—together with deep agronomic, biological and business expertise. They have been leaders in regenerative agriculture since 1989 and are founders of the American Confederation of Farmers’ Associations.

Founders & Board

Sector expertise at the center of every investment decision

Mayco Mansilla

Managing Partner

Master’s in Agribusiness. Postgraduate studies in Bioeconomy, Finance, and AgriFoodTech. Led Innventure Fund I, building strategic partnerships and growing the investor network to 100+ LPs.

Fernando Vilella

Former National Secretary of Agriculture and former Dean of the School of Agronomy at UBA. Brings deep expertise in bioeconomy and strong connections with international institutions and organizations.

José Luis Alonso

Specialist in dairy production and management. Pioneer in regenerative agricultural systems. Partner in a biological inputs company. Leads Innventure’s Agtech Validation Network.

Lucrecia Salgado

Holds diplomas in Sustainable Bio-Business and Venture Capital. Drives new business models and digital innovation at Bayer Southern Cone. Leads Aapresid’s International Program, connecting with leading producer networks worldwide.

Sebastián Bordenave

Master’s in Plant Production and postgraduate studies in Precision Agriculture at Purdue. Director of Maipué; agricultural and livestock producer. Oversees Innventure’s financial resources.

Investment Committee

Martín Etchegaray

Finance specialist. Led more than 200 international M&A transactions. Angel investor in companies including Despegar (unicorn) and DeepAgro. AnimalTech businessman.

Carlos Becco

Postgraduate studies in Business IAE and Harvard. Held senior leadership roles at leading multinational companies: Monsanto, Syngenta, and Bayer. Former Country Manager of Indigo, agriculture’s first unicorn. Investor.

Anna Toness

Advisor

M.S. in Forestry, Ph.D. in Agricultural Education. +25 years leading over $250 M in sustainable development programs across four continents. Former USAID Economic Development Director, now with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Facundo Avellaneda

Agricultural Engineer and farmer. Partner at Grupo Avellaneda Huergo. Former member of the Investment Committee of Innventure Food & Agtech – Fund I.

Staff Team

Federico Mazzón

Master’s in Innovation (Spain). Over 15 years of experience working within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Mentor. Evaluated more than 300 startups.

Ana Suhl

Master’s in Law and Economics. Postgraduate studies in Finance. More than 15 years in private lending and private equity. Managed portfolios exceeding USD 1.5 billion.

Arturo Torres

Master’s in Finance. Evaluated more than 1,500 startups. Former Managing Partner at Draper Cygnus. Investor in Latin American unicorns.

José Gobbée

Master’s in Agricultural Economics & Management from Cornell University. Over 30 years of experience in international agribusiness. Led leading management consulting firms.

Nicolás Reinoso

MBA from MIT. Advisor to Ag, Food & Bio startups. CEO of The NetZero Project. Business Developer at First Flight Venture Center.

Jéssica Gimenes

Agronomist, ESALQ/USP. Founder of Pequi Innovation Hub. Former FAO/UN innovation consultant. Network of 1,000+ rural producers across Brazil.

Alain Marques

15+ years in Venture Capital and Agrifood innovation. Co-Founder of AgFoodVentures. Member of the AgroDigital Innovation Committee of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and the World Agriculture Forum Council.

Alba Carunchio

Marketing and strategic communications professional, specializing in innovation. Over 20 years of experience across LATAM and Europe, working with global organizations and scale-ups.

Manuel Tanoira

MBA from UC Berkeley and postgraduate studies in Capital Markets. Co-Founder Partner of TANOIRA CASSAGNE, a regional leader in VC and CVC.