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 to invest 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:
- 69
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $550k–$8.5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $520k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 8 (12%)
- Software 5 (7%)
- E-Commerce 5 (7%)
- Medical 4 (6%)
- Health Care 4 (6%)
Stage
- Funding Round 19 (28%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (19%)
- Series A 9 (13%)
- Seed 5 (7%)
- Series B 5 (7%)
Country
- Chile 17 (25%)
- United States 10 (14%)
- Brazil 1 (1%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- Austria 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alejandro Furman
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Alex Seelenberger
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Bernardita Araya
Senior Asociate
|
Senior Asociate | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Cesar Munoz
Team Member
|
Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Raimundo Cerda
Managing Partner & CEO
|
Managing Partner & CEO | Total investments: 33 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Ceibo has a unique and proprietary technology for leaching copper sulphide and has developed and deployed a set of technologies for suppressing dust in mining operations. Ceibo is currently operating in several large mining assets of some of the largest mining companies in the world. | $30M / Series B / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | $5.9M / Series A / Aug 10, 2020 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 18, 2019 | ||
| Ceibo has a unique and proprietary technology for leaching copper sulphide and has developed and deployed a set of technologies for suppressing dust in mining operations. Ceibo is currently operating in several large mining assets of some of the largest mining companies in the world. | $5M / Series A / Aug 08, 2019 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ecotr is a manufacturing company that specializes in recovered carbon black and TPO production that is used for rubber, plastics and ink. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| 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. | $3.5M / Series A / Sep 10, 2018 | ||
| See all 69 investments → | |||
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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 Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 69 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Aurus invest in?
Aurus typically joins rounds of $550k–$8.5M at Series A and $520k–$4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Aurus's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Aurus took part in.
How do I contact Aurus?
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Who are the partners at Aurus?
The team at Aurus includes Alejandro Furman (Partner), Alex Seelenberger (Partner) and Bernardita Araya (Senior Asociate), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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