Chile

Angel Ventures, Fondo Alerce and CLIN invested US$1.7m in CitySense, a Chilean open platform to develop smart city solutions. Angel Ventures invested US$1.3m in 2018 through its Pacific Alliance Fund…

Chile Ventures invested US$200k in ZeroQ, a Chilean startup with a “smart line” customer service app for corporate clients.  (Economía y Negocios) La startup, que permite conseguir números de atención…

Manutara Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Barracks, a Chilean analytics software for gaming. (Iberian Lawyer) Manutara Ventures, through their venture capital tech fund, on an investment in Barracks, a…

Scale Capital led a US$5m investment in U-Planner, a Chilean edtech platform for higher education.  Press Release: u-planner raised 5 million USD of investment in a venture round led by…

HCS Capital Partners invested US$3m in Jooycar, a Chilean insurance tech platform for real-time automotive data. 

Chilean VC Genesis Ventures announced plans to raise a new US$100m VC fund.

Linzor Capital’s Komax reached an agreement with Wave Park SpA to acquire Stoked, a brand of clothing and equipment for water sports.

Aurus Capital made a US$3.5m Series A investment in Scarab, a Chilean mining tech company reducing waste material environmental impact. 

The Chilean government announced it will extend the limit of property values in which a special VAT credit can be used to buy houses from 2,000 UF (US$85,543) to 4,000 UF (US$171,086).

Arroyo Energy Investors invested US$70.5m in the Chilean operations of Pattern Energy Group, which consists of its 81 megawatt (“MW”) owned interest in the 115MW Arrayán Wind project.