COSTA RICA;
WHERE SUSTAINABILITY
IS NOT A PRACTICE
BUT A WAY OF LIFE
WHERE SUSTAINABILITY
IS NOT A PRACTICE
BUT A WAY OF LIFE
Where

Founded in 2018 by brothers Gabriel, Miguel, and Alexandre, ProNuvo set out to create Latin America’s first industrial-sized insect company.
Operations are based out of Costa Rica, where sustainability is not a practice but a way of life. In fact, its objective is to become the first carbon neutral country in the world. At ProNuvo we like to think we’re doing our part to help achieve this goal by harnessing the innate biological qualities of the Black Soldier Fly in its natural environment.
Who

Miguel Carmona
President

Gabriel Carmona
CEO

Alexandre Carmona
CMO

Fabio Zamora
Head Biologist

Luis Salgueiro
Head Engineer
ProNuvo’s team offers a unique mixture of youth and experience that has come together to work on the common goal of creating a more sustainable planet.

Miguel Carmona
President
President
As the most senior member of the founding team, Miguel brings over 25 years of professional experience to the table. He has served as managing director of Aurora Ventures since 1999 and sits on the board of companies like Martec Industries, Speratum, BildTEK and Bionnovation Biomedical. After graduating with a bachelor of arts in international relations and affairs from Tufts University, Miguel built a vast business acumen that has made him the backbone to ProNuvo’s vision.

Gabriel Carmona
CEO
CEO
After graduating with a bachelor of science in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Gabriel went on to work for BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America based out of Sao Paulo (Brazil). He was there for 4 years, working in the finance and private equity departments before deciding to leave the banking world for good to co-found ProNuvo with his brothers Miguel and Alexandre. Gabriel is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has proven himself as the leader of the sustainable protein movement in Latin America.

Alexandre Carmona
CMO
CMO
Alex, the youngest of the Carmona brothers, graduated from the University of Miami (FL) with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a minor in music. He worked as a Sales Manager for the Norwegian SaaS company, Meltwater, managing teams out of their Miami and Sao Paulo offices. Alex eventually ended up in Bogota where he helped run the largest Asian food distributor in Colombia. He is now CMO and the third co-founder of ProNuvo, overlooking all aspects of the company’s sales, marketing and communications.

Fabio Zamora
Head Biologist
Head Biologist
A true bug-lover, Fabio was ProNuvo’s first official hire and plays a key role in the company’s day-to-day operations. He focuses on all biological aspects of the BSF, improving reproduction and growth. Fabio has a bachelor’s and master's degree in biology from the Universidad de Costa Rica, specializing in entomology. His thesis focused on controlling reproduction of flies as part of a pest control study.

Luis Salgueiro
Head Engineer
Head Engineer
Luis is a mechanical engineer with a degree from the Universidade de Coimbra in
Portugal as well as a specialization in industrial and product design from the Brunel University in London. Luis took charge of ProNuvo’s industrial designs after years of personal experience in machine optimization to improve processes and workflow in different types of industrial facilities. Thanks to Luis, we have managed to create a completely automated and scalable plant design for BSFL production.
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