Start-Up Chile
AcceleratorSantiago · Pre-Seed–Growth · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Start-Up Chile focuses on empowering founders and their startups to create impact from Chile toward global markets, regardless of the company's development stage. Over a decade its portfolio entrepreneurs have generated more than two billion dollars in sales worldwide and have collectively raised over US$2 billion in capital. The program emphasizes strengthening the Latin American ecosystem, pointing to the emergence of unicorns and other high-growth companies within its portfolio, whose combined valuation has surpassed US$5.8 billion. It positions itself as a launchpad helping entrepreneurs conquer competitive international markets.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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Founder mafia
The Start-Up Chile mafia →21 people who came through Start-Up Chile went on to found or lead other companies.
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What they invest in
from 40 of 51 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24AI & Machine Learning ×22EdTech ×6Fintech ×6AgTech ×5Healthtech ×5Biotech ×4Digital Health ×4
HQs:Chile×15Argentina×2United States×2Colombia×1Germany×1Italy×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×33 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ×8Colegio del Verbo Divino ×2Universidad de Chile ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×6Computer Science ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 18 founders with career history
Banco Falabella Chile ×2Tazki ×2
Portfolio companies · 51 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really like
Altitud 100K is a Chilean applied-science company offering AI, automation, engineering, and STEM training services, along with R&D in oncology, medical engineering, and aerospace engineering (CubeSats).
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTechPuente Alto, CL
Amnova Biotech develops injectable therapies derived from amniotic biomaterials to promote heart regeneration following ischemic injury.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBuenos Aires, AR
Pilar Ferrer(CEO and Co-Founder)inMariano Berra(Co-Founder and CTO)Daniela Olea(Scientific Founder)
Co-investorsCITES
Batwise is an AI search optimization platform that tracks how large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews represent a brand, measuring visibility, position, sentiment, citations and competitor performance per business category.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Gary Velasquez(Founder)in
Boe is a telemedicine platform that connects men experiencing hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) with dermatologists who review a digital medical questionnaire and prescribe personalized treatments combining finasteride, minoxidil, dutasteride, and biotin.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtech
Co-investorsTantauco
Check Auditor is a SaaS due diligence platform that turns public and regulatory data into risk intelligence for third-party and supplier evaluation, integrating sources like SII, Poder Judicial, Dirección del Trabajo, financial bureaus and restrictive lists via platform and API.
ConMaestría TP is an AI platform for technical-professional secondary education (EMTP) teachers that generates lesson plans, presentations, study guides, case studies, and assessments aligned to the Chilean MINEDUC curriculum.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Dip Your Trip is a travel booking service that connects travelers with local experts to plan custom adventures such as trekking in Patagonia, skiing the Andes, and visiting Machu Picchu.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Felipe Gazmuri Barker(Founder)in
EVJA develops technological solutions for crop monitoring and protection to support growers in managing agricultural challenges including climate change and sustainable resource use.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechIoTNaples, IT
Co-investorsCDP Venture Capital
Fiordo is a multi-agent GRC platform that automates regulatory reporting to Chile's Sernapesca (SIFA) and certification bodies for salmon farming operations, letting technicians report via WhatsApp voice or text while the system validates data and generates the exact XLSX files required.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
FlowNex AI builds AI products for businesses, including Agentia, a customer service agent for WhatsApp and Webchat that automates responses and integrates with CRM, ERP and ecommerce platforms, and FlowOps, a decision intelligence tool with an AI copilot ("Flowy") that analyzes data from ERP, CRM and spreadsheets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Frust is a FinOps service that reduces companies' AWS bills by up to 30% by managing Reserved Instances and Savings Plans on their behalf at the billing layer, using read-only Cost Explorer access without changes to infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Carlos Alvarado(Founder)inFreddy Cea(Founder)in
Glampi offers curated boutique hotel and nature-based lodging experiences in scenic locations across Chile.
MarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Tomás Collados(Founder)in
Glya provides a remote patient monitoring platform that captures clinical data, vital signs, and biomarkers at home for chronic and acute patients, using an optional Bluetooth IoT gateway connected to biomedical devices and a WhatsApp-based AI assistant.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthIoT
Ximena Ruget(Founder)in
GU Trade provides execution visibility and key performance indicators for consumer product companies and retailers at the point of sale to support business decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSMontevideo, UY
Agustín Hernández Bonaglia(Founder)in
HousePricing provides AI-supported automated property valuations and market analysis for the Chilean real estate market, using official data from the CBR, SII and property portals.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Idesify provides a trust-and-compliance infrastructure platform combining biometric verification, risk scoring, and regulatory reporting to help businesses automate identity onboarding and fraud detection.
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Kenbi-Akademie offers online continuing education courses for nursing teams and healthcare professionals in Germany, with mandatory training packages for medical director audits and specialized certifications in wound management.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtech
Clemens Raemy(Founder)in
Leo Mejor develops and sells digital educational resources focused on supporting reading acquisition, reading enjoyment, and reading comprehension for children.
EdTech
Leydedatos offers a data-protection compliance platform that uses AI to help organizations meet Chile's Ley 21.719, digitizing tasks such as the record of processing activities (RAT), data inventory and classification, impact assessments (EIPD), consent management, and ARCO+ data-subject rights requests.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Mentoru offers an AI-based virtual mentor that trains and assesses sales, customer service, and leadership teams through practical simulations and personalized feedback.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of Work
Paulina Vittini(Founder)in
Obra Maestra is an AI-powered mobile app for construction tradespeople that builds professional job quotes from text, voice, or photo inputs, generating materials lists with real local store prices.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Oxygen offers an industrial platform for manufacturing and plant operations teams in Latin America, combining a CMMS module (OxyPulse) for maintenance, asset and work-order management, an AI-based production planning tool (OxyPlanner) with real-time rescheduling, and an advisory service for continuous improvement.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Prozer is a B2B prospecting platform that combines verified corporate email data with AI agents to write personalized one-to-one outbound emails targeting decision-makers, with a focus on Latin America.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Cristobal Rodillo Correa(Founder)inSantiago Abugarade(Founder)in
Puramente is a wellness and personal development platform offering self-paced courses, live group sessions, audiobooks, and in-person retreats across Latin America focused on meditation, emotional regulation, and personal transformation.
ConsumerCreator EconomyEdTechMental HealthWellness & FitnessMiddletown, US
Germán GrisottoinMartín BecerrainNahuel Becerrainjuan hardoyin
Co-investors500 GlobalGG CapitalDux CapitalGoodwater CapitalNewtopia VCNewtype Ventures
Relvo is an AI-agent-driven revenue operations platform that reads contract pricing terms, generates billing rules, connects to customer usage via API, sends pre-invoices, manages approvals and purchase orders, and automates payment collection and bank reconciliation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Riela provides an AI-powered payment recovery layer that sits above subscription payment platforms and automatically retries failed charges at optimal times using predictive scoring, without directly accessing payment data or funds.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Nicole Neuenschwander(Founder)in
SearchBrand.ai provides Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) solutions to help brands appear in responses from AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSantiago, CL
Hussam Sufan(CEO)inFelipe Almeida(CRO)in
Squair offers an IoT platform that unifies energy, water, and temperature data to monitor and control industrial assets in real time using protocols such as Modbus and BACnet.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Nataly Parga(Founder)in
Surphage develops specific bacteriophage combinations (branded NeoPhage) to control pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes in animal and plant production without the use of antibiotics.
AgTechBiotechFoodTech
Tazki provides AI-assisted accident investigation software for occupational safety teams, helping to document witness accounts, identify root causes, and propose corrective measures.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Matías Eynaudi Ruiz(Founder)inNicolás Donoso(Founder)inTomás Echeniquein
Terrabiom works on soil restoration by reestablishing microbial communities (mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria) so that native vegetation can take root and self-sustaining forest ecosystems can regenerate.
AgTechBiotechClimate Tech
TesmoTech is building an interoperable electronic clinical records platform for health centers (public, private, and NGO) and independent healthcare professionals, letting them view patients and log each consultation.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Francisca Rubio Leiva(Founder)in
TrustOps adds cryptographic verifiability to software development pipelines, signing every build, test, approval and deployment inside trusted hardware and anchoring them in an append-only transparency log to produce tamper-evident audit evidence.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Urbanamente offers FRANK, a data platform that draws on official public sources such as census data, the Chilean tax authority's (SII) property registry and Form 2890 real estate transfer filings, and municipal urban regulations.
Construction TechData & InfrastructurePropTech
Vera is an AI platform that automates commercial credit analysis for corporate banking teams, ingesting financial documents (PDFs, spreadsheets, statements) to standardize data and generate credit ratings, risk flags, and credit memos in minutes using a bank's own risk parameters.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Wava is a payments platform that lets merchants accept payments through Colombian digital wallets and the Bre-B system—including Nequi and DaviPlata—via checkout, payment links, and API, with tools for collection, centralized accounts, and disbursements.
E-commerceFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBuenTrip Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Archicheck Xi.VercelEmpujoneducativoKiniKuhltrackMedrabiotechNandumuonNyxlabPlak
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Start-Up Chile made?
- Start-Up Chile has 51 tracked investments.
- What stage does Start-Up Chile invest at?
- Start-Up Chile invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Start-Up Chile focus on?
- Start-Up Chile focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Start-Up Chile located?
- Start-Up Chile is headquartered in Santiago, CL.
- Does Start-Up Chile lead rounds?
- Yes, Start-Up Chile leads investment rounds.
- Who does Start-Up Chile co-invest with?
- Start-Up Chile most often shares deals with BuenTrip Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, CITES, among 4 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
from their channelDemo Day: All AIs on you
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Convocatoria BIG 12: Next BIG steps [Chilenos]
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BIG 12 application process: Next BIG steps [Foreign Entrepreneurs]
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BIG 12 application process: Why Start-Up Chile? [Foreign Entrepreneurs]
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Convocatoria BIG 12: ¿Por qué Start-Up Chile? [Chilenos]
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Catch-Up with Start-Up Chile: Cómo emprendí desde la ciencia
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