VujaDe Ventures
VujaDe Ventures

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

Empowering pioneers in high-intensity agriculture with strategic investments to secure sustainable profits and expand the frontiers of food production to space and beyond.

About the Firm

"Growing the Future: Advanced Solutions for Modern Agriculture"

We deliver innovative, sustainable agricultural technologies that maximize yields, optimize resources, and secure the future of farming in this world and beyond.

VujaDe Ventures's Alpha 1 Agtech Future Food X Fund or FFX is focused on evolving the food industry from first principles, it encompasses innovative approaches to food production, sustainability, and distribution. Here are several "unfair advantages" of our portfolio.

Advanced Technology Integration, Proprietary Technologies, Automation and Robotics, Sustainable and Scalable Solutions, Efficient Space Controlled Farming, Renewable Energy Utilization, Exclusive Partnerships and Collaborations, Strategic Alliances, Supply Chain Control, Intellectual Property Portfolio, Patents and Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Regulatory and Market Expertise, Navigating Regulations, Localized Adaptation, Niche Consumer Engagement and Quality Brands, Direct-to-Consumer Sales Channels, Educational Initiatives, Data-Driven Decision Intelligence, Prescriptive Intelligence, Personalized Nutrition for Space. 

Each of these unfair advantages are the pillars to keep establishing Future Food X as a leader in the future of food, aligning innovative approaches with sustainable practices and market needs. These strengths differentiate the FFX from traditional competitors and position itself to lead the food industry towards a more sustainable and technologically advanced future in this planet and the next.
Our focus areas
  • AgTech
  • DeepTech
  • HealthTech

Meet Our Team

Eduardo Paolo Minguzzi

Managing Partner
   

Miguel Medell Ramos

Venture Partner

María Fernanda Juppet Ewing

Managing Partner

Roy A. Zderich

Managing Partner
Empowering Growth: Pioneering the Future of Agriculture

Harvesting Stellar Returns from Earth to Space – VujaDe Ventures, where innovation meets sustainability in the frontier of Space Agriculture.

Future Food X Venture Capital Portfolio
  • Objective: To establish a robust venture capital portfolio focused on funding innovative companies that will pioneer food production in extreme environments on Earth, in space, and on Mars.
  • Mission: Align investments with forward-thinking enterprises developing scalable solutions for agricultural challenges in non-traditional environments.
  • Vision: Create a sustainable ecosystem of food production that supports human expansion and survival in frontier locations.
Investment Thesis
  • Need for Innovation in Extreme Environments: Addressing the critical need for sustainable food production solutions in challenging environments due to climate change, space exploration, and planetary colonization.
  • Strategic Alignment: Each selected company holds a piece of the puzzle for revolutionizing food production – from seed to table – in environments previously deemed unsuitable or impossible for agriculture.
  • Financial Potential: Leveraging high-growth potential technologies that promise generational returns due to pioneering first-mover advantages and scalability in untapped markets.
  • Hedging Operations
    • Leveraging hedging operations into Future Food X venture capital portfolio, focused on extreme environment agriculture, offers strategic advantages that can significantly enhance the portfolio's stability and attractiveness to our investors. Our hedging strategies are designed to mitigate risks associated with market volatility, currency fluctuations, and commodity price changes, which are particularly pertinent in the agriculture sector. Here’s how hedging adds the biggest unfair advantage to Future Food X Portfolio.
  1. Risk Mitigation
    1. Commodity Price Fluctuations
    2. Currency Exchange Risks
  2. Cost Stability
    1. Input Cost Hedging
    2. Fuel and Energy Costs
  3. Revenue Predictability
    1. Futures Contracts for Crop Sales
    2. Weather Derivatives
  4. Investment Leverage
    1. Leveraging Market Insights
    2. Enhanced Investor Confidence
  5. Strategic Flexibility
    1. Adaptability to Market Conditions
    2. Financial Resource Allocation
  6. Competitive Advantage
    1. Barrier to Entry
    2. Partnership and Supply Chain Assurance

Future Food X keeps demonstrating predictable financial returns and strategic foresight, underscoring its commitment to creating a sustainable, profitable, and resilient agricultural ecosystem that can thrive under the most challenging conditions.

Our Portfolio

AKU

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ALKALI DIGITAL

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Arica Hedge Fund

Arica Hedge Fund, integrado en VujaDe Ventures, se especializa en operaciones financieras en el sector agropecuario, ofreciendo estrategias de cobertura, trading de commodities, futuros y forex. Con un enfoque único en sostenibilidad y tecnología agrotecnológica, Arica proporciona soluciones avanzadas para proteger y maximizar los rendimientos de agroempresas y compradores de productos agrícolas contra las fluctuaciones del mercado. Su misión es garantizar la estabilidad financiera y promover prácticas agrícolas sustentables, alineando las metas de inversión con el impacto positivo en el sector agrícola y el medio ambiente.

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.

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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