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B4-RNA won Pasaporte Emprendedor 2025
B4-RNA was one of the three winning startups of Pasaporte Emprendedor 2025. They had previously been selected—alongside Guska and nine other companies—to receive training sessions with regional mentors. The program concluded with a pitch from each startup, which led B4-RNA to place among the top three winners. Thanks to this, they will gain...
Guska awarded by SantanderX and PwC Uruguay
Guska received two awards that highlight innovation in Uruguay: the SantanderX Award Uruguay 2025 and the PwC Uruguay Innovation Award 2025. The SantanderX Award seeks to support and elevate the country’s best projects and startups in two categories: "Startup Award" and "University Award". Guska participated in the Startup category. It was...
National Pilot Vaccination Plan Against Cattle Ticks Begins
The National Pilot Vaccination Plan against the cattle tick has officially started. The trial will span seven departments and will support the validation of the vaccine developed by the startup Scaffold Biotech. The plan includes vaccinating more than 4,000 animals across farms in Salto, Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo,...
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LAB+ in the Media:
Local
Radio Sarandí – Interview with Matías Machado about Scaffold Biotech’s cattle tick vaccine
El País – The five key features of the Uruguayan vaccine that could change the fight against ticks
Radio Sarandí – Carlos Batthyány talks about Lab+, the vaccine developed by Scaffold Biotech, and the drug from Eolo Pharma
InfoNegocios – A Uruguayan startup dedicated to early cancer diagnosis adds a former dLocal member as CEO
Forbes Uruguay – Interview with Carlos Batthyány about LAB+ and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Búsqueda – International call for startups, interview with Carlos Batthyány and Paul Elberse
En Perspectiva – Agustín Correa and Matías Machado, from Scaffold Biotech: Uruguayan company works with protein engineering to reach a ‘new frontier in vaccination’
Modo País (Channel 5) – Guska, created by Pilar Moreno and Gonzalo Moratorio
En Perspectiva – Felipe Trajtenberg, from LoCBio: reprogramming bacteria to treat colorectal cancer
La Diaria – What do the first four start-ups of the LAB+ seek to develop?
Telemundo (Channel 12) – Scaffold Biotech: more efficient vaccines for animals
En Perspectiva – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about the LAB+ iniciative and Gonzalo Moratorio explains the science behind the start-up Guska
Subrayado (Channel 10) – LAB+ closed its first financing cycle
Radio Carve – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about LAB+
La Diaria – Conversations with the first four biotech start-ups funded by LAB+
El País (Business) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups
Uruguay XXI – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups
Telenoche (Channel 4) – Juan Pablo Tosar talks about the start-up B4-RNA
Ambito – The Institut Pasteur will invest US$25M in Uruguayan start-ups
El Observador – Four start-ups from the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo obtained financing for US$ 5 million: which are they?
Telenoche (Channel 4) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its LAB+ Company Builder initiative
Montevideo Portal – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presents a program to support scientific-technological companies
International
El Ecosistema Startup – Scaffold Biotech’s tick vaccine
Infobae – Uruguayan scientists develop a vaccine against cattle tick
Yale Podcasts – Interview with Gonzalo Moratorio, Guska’s founder
Tekios – LAB+ international call for scientific projects and start-ups
SwissInfo – LAB+ international call for scientific projects and start-ups
Latin American Post – LAB+ pioneers a new era of scientific start-ups in Uruguay and beyond.
Infobae – Closing of first round of financing for LAB+.
EFE – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presents LAB+, with four start-ups.
Investing – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo launches the LAB+ iniciative.
ABC (Paraguay) – With four start-ups, the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo launches the LAB+.
Bloomberg – New Venture Capital Fund Eyes Latin American Science Start-ups.
Bloomberg online – New venture capital fund sets its sights on Latin American scientific start-ups.
Perfil – A new venture capital fund targets Latin American science.
iProUP – Support for startups: Ficus Capital, biotech fund, looks for unicorns in Latin America.
Yahoo Finances – Biotech fund seeks unicorns in LatAm.