VujaDe Ventures
VujaDe Ventures

Hedge the Future: Innovating Agriculture for Earth, Space, and Beyond

VujaDe Ventures is at the forefront of redefining agriculture, leveraging the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert as a testing ground for scalable innovations that extend to space exploration and beyond. By integrating cutting-edge technologies such as agtech, spacetech, and deeptech, we are building the next-generation supply chain to secure food and nutrition security for a rapidly changing world.

About the Firm

"Agtech Innovation for the Future: Turning Extreme Challenges into Sustainable Solutions."

"We invest in groundbreaking agtech solutions to secure sustainable food systems in extreme environments like the Atacama Desert."

"VujaDe Ventures is a forward-thinking investment firm dedicated to pioneering agtech innovations that address global food security and sustainability challenges. Our flagship fund, Future Food X, focuses on developing cutting-edge agricultural technologies designed for extreme environments, including deserts and space. By leveraging advancements in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), we aim to revolutionize food production while minimizing environmental impact. With a strong presence in the Atacama Desert, we connect science, technology, and entrepreneurship to build resilient supply chains that serve industries such as mining, energy, defense, and space exploration. At VujaDe Ventures, we are shaping the future of sustainable nutrition for Earth and beyond."
Our focus areas
  • AgTech
  • SpaceTech
  • DeepTech
  • HealthTech

Meet Our Team

Eduardo Paolo Minguzzi

Managing Partner
   

Miguel Medell Ramos

Director

María Fernanda Juppet Ewing

General Partner

Roy A. Zderich

Managing Partner

Ricardo-Franco Mendoza-Garcia

Venture Partner

Carlos Fernando Perez Muñoz

Venture Partner
Empowering Growth: Pioneering the Future of Agriculture

"Driving sustainable agtech solutions to feed the future, from deserts to outer space."

"VujaDe Ventures is revolutionizing the agri-food supply chain, starting from the harsh Atacama Desert and extending to the frontier of space, empowering smallholder farmers with ultra-affordable robotics and cutting-edge technology.

Our mission is to scale the Future Food X portfolio ecosystem, seamlessly integrating agtech, spacetech, deeptech, and healthtech to create a resilient, green, and space-ready supply chain. This initiative addresses the critical need for global food and nutrition security, both on Earth and beyond.

Through advanced agricultural practices—like intensive production units, low-tech desert farming, high-density field mapping, and AI-driven precision agriculture—we are uniting technologies to tackle the food and nutrition crisis head-on.

In just two years, VujaDe Ventures has delivered not only impressive net returns and markups but also meaningful societal impact. We are paving the way for the next generation of sustainable agricultural innovation, transforming even the most unforgiving environments into thriving hubs of production.

By investing in the future, we ensure food and nutrition security for generations to come, turning challenges into opportunities and harsh terrains into life-supporting ecosystems for the world’s most demanding markets.

And this is just the beginning—imagine what we can achieve together as we reach new frontiers."**


Our Portfolio

AKU

The sustainable marketplace for the mining industry.

ALKALI DIGITAL

We create meaningful digital strategies, content, social networks management, online sales, and marketing campaigns.

Arica Hedge Fund

Arica Hedge Fund, integrated into VujaDe Ventures, specializes in financial operations in the agricultural sector, offering hedging strategies, commodity trading, futures, and forex.

AURA PAY FINTECH IBERIA S.L.

AURA PAY® changes the rules of the game for the finances of migrants and their families with products that respond to their primary economic and social problems.

MISECOP

We offer the implementation of highly efficient technological solutions for industrial maintenance. And we deliver a comprehensive service with adequate and innovative products for each customer process, which allow reducing intervention times and increasing the useful life of equipment and components.

Patagonian Spirits

Patagonian Spirit was born from our passion for tea and from the southernmost tip of our country. We have selected the best tea, the best herbs, flowers and fruits, to make that overwhelming experience of Patagonia you can live every day, because you deserve it and we know it.

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QUILAGRO

SOL DEL VALLE

UltraCropCare Inc.

We provide an UltraCropCare service to ensure the constant improvement of Food and Raw material Production Security system by optimize the management of crops inside greenhouses, based on super-detailed data and automatable/recommended actions, without the need for complex infrastructure.

Uper.co

UPER is a crowdfunding and captable management platform based in Chile. UPER aims to connect startups and private projects with their communities, allowing them to become real investors and providing a centralized platform for managing investments.

Waki Labs

Innovation laboratory founded in 2016 in the Arica and Parinacota Region – Chile, which seeks to improve industrial processes through scalable technological solutions, developing traditional suppliers and Start-Ups. Linking entrepreneurs and businessmen to real problems of industries located in extreme areas, articulating joint business offers and implementation of methodologies. Valuing its national and international collaboration networks.

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