Aurus
VC Fund
Lo Barnechea, Chile
Aurus is a Chilean investment firm that manages funds in the venture capital, real estate, and capital markets.We are pioneers in Latin America’s Venture Capital industry, dedicated to developing the ecosystem and investing in the region’s most impressive talent, and scalable technologies. We believe that Chile is the best platform in which toinvest in our region because of its investment friendly policies, commitment to innovation, and industry leadership.As local investors, we realize where the biggest transformations are occurring. We add value to our portfolio companies through experience, insights, best practices, and network. Our investment decisions are aided by the advice of outstanding advisory committees for each of the funds. All of them are also LPs in the fund and a valuable resource to Aurus and our investees, both in evaluating a prospective investment and later adding value to them through our mentoring program.
- Total investments:
- 62
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Aurus invests in
Stages Aurus invests in
Countries Aurus invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 7 (11%)
- Software 5 (8%)
- E-Commerce 5 (8%)
- Retail 3 (5%)
- Medical 3 (5%)
Stage
- Funding Round 21 (34%)
- Series A 8 (13%)
- Seed 5 (8%)
- Series B 4 (6%)
- Series C 1 (2%)
Country
- Chile 15 (24%)
- United States 8 (13%)
- Brazil 1 (2%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- Austria 1 (2%)
Team
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Alejandro Furman
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Bernardita Araya
Senior Asociate
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Senior Asociate | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
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Cesar Munoz
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Raquel Maetschl
COO
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COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Sergio Furman
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
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Build, Publish and Manage APIs at lightning speed. A no-code API Platform that will help you accelerate your business integrations with a complete API lifecycle and Management application. | Seed / Sep 01, 2023 | |
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Aguamarina Biomineria specializes in solutions based on green mining technology. Pamela Chavez Crooker founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Antofagasta in Chile. | $30M / Series B / Jun 01, 2023 | |
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Holo enables digital manufacturing at scale for high-quality, pure copper and other metals. Their patented technology excels at 3D printing complex geometries with specialized materials for a wide range of performance driven applications. | Series B / Aug 25, 2021 | |
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Sunamp is a company that provides industrial and residential heat battery storage systems using phase change materials. Its heat battery technologies are cost-effective, highly compact, stable, non-toxic, and IoT-enabled and are designed to provide a clean and efficient thermal energy storage solution.It was founded in 2006 by Andrew Bissell andis headquartered in Macmerry, East Lothian, Scotland. | Series A / Aug 10, 2020 | |
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TIMining is offers state-of-the-art software for the mining industry, from load and haul simulation to holographic technology. We provide mining simulation and data analysis solutions that assist in making better Operational, Planning, Geotechnical and Continuous Improvement decisions. | $3.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 09, 2020 | |
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Sunamp is a company that provides industrial and residential heat battery storage systems using phase change materials. Its heat battery technologies are cost-effective, highly compact, stable, non-toxic, and IoT-enabled and are designed to provide a clean and efficient thermal energy storage solution.It was founded in 2006 by Andrew Bissell andis headquartered in Macmerry, East Lothian, Scotland. | Oct 18, 2019 | |
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Aguamarina Biomineria specializes in solutions based on green mining technology. Pamela Chavez Crooker founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Antofagasta in Chile. | Series A / Aug 08, 2019 | |
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TIMining is offers state-of-the-art software for the mining industry, from load and haul simulation to holographic technology. We provide mining simulation and data analysis solutions that assist in making better Operational, Planning, Geotechnical and Continuous Improvement decisions. | Jul 12, 2019 | |
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Scarab is a mining tech company reducing waste material environmental impact. It develops a proprietary chemistry for selectively extracting valuable elements from the mining industry waste materials making it more stable in the process and reducing its environmental impact. Scarab aims to promote the sustainable development of environmentalliabilities of the mining industry in a sustainable and profitable way. | Series A / Sep 10, 2018 | |
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MineSense Technologies is a developer of a data analytics platform intended to monitor and improve the productivity and recovery of mines. The company's platform provides businesses with real-time, sensor-based sorting of low-grade ore to a level of sensitivity and to identify differences in mineralogy, enabling the mining industry to sortores easily and enhance mineral planning.MineSense Technologies was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | $16.3M / Series D / Aug 08, 2018 | |
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FAQ
What does Aurus invest in?
Aurus invests primarily in Biotechnology, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Aurus's check size?
Aurus typically joins rounds of $1M–$3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aurus participates in.
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Who are the partners at Aurus?
The team at Aurus includes Alejandro Furman (Partner), Bernardita Araya (Senior Asociate) and Cesar Munoz (Team Member), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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