Investment Climate Podcast: Massimo Portincaso of Arsenale BioYards, How to Get Funded in 2025

In this podcast episode, Alex Shandrovsky interviews Massimo Portincaso, CEO and co-founder of Arsenale BioYards, who recently raised a €10M seed round to make biomanufacturing economically viable at scale. Massimo discusses how his team is redesigning the scale-up process by bringing industrial conditions into the lab, using smart cap table construction, and tapping into project finance. This conversation provides insight into how deeptech founders can blend science, storytelling, and leadership to attract top-tier VCs.

Key takeaways from Arsenale BioYards include their goal to reduce the cost of biomanufacturing by an order of magnitude and their recent successful fundraising round co-led by Planet A and By Founders. Massimo emphasizes the importance of early scaling for infrastructure-heavy biotech industries, convincing VCs of more than just hardware, and strategically building a cap table with a mix of institutional investors and industry experts. This episode offers a masterclass in turning vision into executable industrial strategy within the biotech sector.