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What is

the Early Stage Tech Fund

With the objective of enhancing the development of venture capital funds aimed at early stage tech start-ups, the following complementary programs are introduced:

A line of credit

to investment funds, in a 3:1 ratio between CORFO and private compromised resources.

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A risk coverage

to the fund, which allows distributing proportionally the possible negative outcomes of the fund between the different inverstors.

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An operational grant

to the fund administrator, allowing to co-finance costs associated to the administration and acceleration of the start-up companies in the portfolio.

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Process

of Application
Application submission

submit the respective application through CORFO Records Office, including:

  • Business Plan
  • Fund Bylaws
  • Legal documentation
  • Contribution pledges
Fund eligibility and evaluation

The Unit of Investment of Corfo, together with the Legal Area, will conduct an evaluation of application, in the following phases:

  • Review of eligibility of the application.
  • Preparation of a preliminary report for the Committee.
Presentation to the committee

The Venture Capital Committee (“CCR”, acronym in Spanish for Comité de Capital de Riesgo) decides the approval or rejection of the proposal made by the Investment Fund.

Contract and beginning of operation

In case of approval, it shall be signed a Line of Credit Opening Contract with CORFO, prior to constitutional review by the General Comptroller Office of the Republic.

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ecosystem of entrepreneurship

Chile is a safe and reliable place to do business. This is supported by the rating agencies, which have maintained our country risk rating high, highlighting its low level of public debt, a healthier financial system and its solid institutions.

+100 Seed Capital proposals per year
Corfo Ecosystem

Angel Investors

55 investments
50 benefited enterprises
Total investment: USD 17.076.725

Business Accelerators

+6.228 jobs created
+100M USD in sales of incubated companies
+87M USD in raised private capital

+18.000 applications
Raised capital: +120M USD
Acquisitions: 14 entrepreneurships

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