Puna Bio
Bioinoculants and biostimulants derived from extremophile bacteria to enhance crop performance and soil regeneration
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $16.8M, Mar 2025
- Total capital
- $16.8M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $16.8M
- 1 Form D · last Mar 2025
- 19 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 3 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$16.8M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Carolina Violeta BelfioreExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dario Violeta MaffeiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Elisa Violeta BertiniExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Franco Martinez LevisExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Fred Martinez GruisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Laurie Martinez MenoudDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
- Maria Eugenia FariasExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul Violeta EtenbergDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 3- PendingMicroorganisms Compositions For Improvement Of Plant Traits And Methods Of Use ThereofUSPTOApplication PCTUS2025019745
- PendingCompositions For Improving Nutrition, Growth And Performance, And Methods Of Use ThereofUSPTOApplication 63564844
- PendingSeed Treatment Formulations And Methods Of UseUSPTOApplication PCTUS2023027283
Related companies, and why
- Dalan Animal Health, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Ohmic BiosciencesSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- BindwellSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Rumin8Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- BABYLON MICRO-FARMS INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.
Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .