# Federico D'Alvia Vegh

> Federico D'Alvia Vegh is the Argentine co-founder and COO of Stämm, a biomanufacturing company born after he and his cousin struggled to source liquid yeast for home-brewed beer. His route into biotech ran through filmmaking, tourism, hotel sales, and revenue management rather than a laboratory. At Stämm he has led finance, business development, communications, quality, IT, biofacilities, human resources, and multiple infrastructure expansions while the company developed compact, continuous, bubble-free bioprocessing systems.

- **Role:** Co-founder and COO at Stämm
- **Organizations:** Stämm, Endeavor, IndieBio, SOSV
- **Nationality:** Argentine
- **Education:** Director of Audiovisual Arts, cinematography and film/video production, Universidad del Cine, Hospitality administration and management studies, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
- **Known for:** Co-founded Stämm and has served as its COO from the company's early years., Led finance, business development, communications, quality, IT, biofacilities, and human resources at Stämm., Led at least four infrastructure expansions for the company.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2010** — Worked first as an assistant tourist guide and office junior, then as a sales associate at Sayco-Aike.
- **2010-2012** — Held corporate sales and account roles at Gran Hotel Buenos Aires and Galerías Hotel Boutique Concept.
- **2013-2015** — Worked in contract management and revenue at Best Day Travel while the project that became Stämm was taking shape.
- **2013** — Began making beer with his cousin Yuyo Llamazares Vegh, continuing a family tradition and encountering the difficulty of sourcing liquid yeast.
- **2015-2016** — The cousins focused on the biomanufacturing bottleneck and established Stämm as a biotechnology company.
- **2018** — Joined IndieBio's San Francisco accelerator program with Stämm.
- **2019** — Stämm raised a $2 million seed round led by Draper Associates.
- **2020-2022** — Helped lead successive Stämm office, laboratory, workshop, and pilot biofacility expansions in Buenos Aires.
- **2023** — Selected with his co-founder as an Endeavor Entrepreneur; Stämm also reported third-party validation of two bioprocessor prototypes at BioArk in Switzerland.
- **2024** — Stämm opened an R&D facility at BioArk in Monthey, Switzerland.
- **2026** — Stämm launched its High-Throughput Bioprocessor for research-use process development and demonstrated it at BIO 2026 in San Diego.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Stämm and has served as its COO from the company's early years.
- Led finance, business development, communications, quality, IT, biofacilities, and human resources at Stämm.
- Led at least four infrastructure expansions for the company.
- Completed the IndieBio San Francisco accelerator program in 2018.
- Was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur with co-founder Yuyo Llamazares Vegh in 2023.
- Helped grow Stämm from a family-backed $5,000 start into a multi-country biotechnology operation that raised a $2 million seed round and a later Series A.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Stämm demonstrated its High-Throughput Bioprocessor live at BIO 2026 in San Diego.
- **2026-03** — Stämm launched the automated, single-use High-Throughput Bioprocessor for research-use applications.
- **2025-09** — Federico shared Stämm's origin and nature-inspired bioreactor strategy with Wharton MBA students at an event organized with Draper Cygnus.
- **2024-02** — Stämm detailed its expansion into Switzerland and commercial partnership strategy in a Forbes Argentina interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.stamm.bio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/federicodalviavegh
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dalviavegh

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Last updated: 2026-09-27