# Arsenale Bioyards Srl

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/arsenale-bioyards

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Milano, Italy
- Website: www.arsenale.bio/
- Total disclosed funding: $9.9M
- Latest round: Seed (Feb 25, 2025)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Milano, Italy, and founded in 2023 by its founder and CEO Massimo Portincaso, Arsenale Bioyards Srl develops technology that helps companies make bio-based products instead of relying on petrochemicals or animal materials. In February 2025, Arsenale Bioyards Srl raised EUR 9.5 million in seed funding co-led by Planet A Ventures and byFounders, including Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Ventures, Acequia Capital, and Grey Silo Ventures.

Arsenale is developing an integrated biomanufacturing platform that leverages artificial intelligence, data, and hardware to enable scalable production. The company’s approach, known as nature co-design, works with the complexity of biological systems rather than forcing rigid engineering methods, ensuring precision and efficiency from lab-scale organism design to large-scale industrial manufacturing. The firm’s core is its end-to-end platform, which includes micro-scale reactors for precision fermentation, AI-powered software (Design@Scale) to optimize bioreactor performance, and large-scale BioYards featuring Goliath reactors exceeding 50,000 litres in capacity. This system continuously learns and evolves through real-time data integration, reducing risk and accelerating time-to-market for biomanufactured products.

The organization plans to use the funding to expand infrastructure, accelerate its commercialization in the food and cosmetics industries, and support the development of sustainable biomanufacturing.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Feb 25, 2025, $9.9M — Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play, Acequia Capital, byFounders, Planet A Ventures, Grey Silo Ventures

## Investors

- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti — Seed
- Plug and Play (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/plug-and-play) — Seed
- Acequia Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/acequia-capital) — Seed
- byFounders (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/byfounders) — Seed
- Planet A Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/planet-a-ventures) — Seed
- Grey Silo Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/grey-silo-ventures) — Seed