# Banco Santander-Chile

> Banco Santander-Chile is a VC fund in Santiago backing Energy and Mining. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santiago, Chile
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bancosantanderchile
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/santanderchile
- Website: https://www.santander.cl/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/santanderchile

Banco Santander-Chile is a VC fund in Santiago focused on Energy and Mining. Santander provides financial products that help our customers manage their money simply and quickly, such as life insurance, car insurance, credit cards, online payment portal, mobile recharge, digital news, and automatic bill payment services.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | $70k–$600M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 11% |
| Mining | 1 | 11% |
| QR Codes | 1 | 11% |
| Robotics | 1 | 11% |
| Software | 1 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Grant | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 5 | 56% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrés Buc | Chief Executive Officer and Country Head | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andr%C3%A9s-buc |
| Claudio Melandri | Chairman of the Board and Country Head | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudio-melandri |
| Daniela Espinosa | Santander StartUps Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-espinosa-66c8 |
| Miguel Huerta | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miguel-mata-huerta |
| Patricia Pérez | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patricia-p%C3%A9rez-c2fa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CODELCO | Codelco (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile or, in English, the National Copper Corporation of Chile) is a Chilean state-owned copper mining company. It was formed in 1976 from foreign-owned copper companies that were nationalized in 1971.The headquarters are in Santiago and the seven-man board of directors is appointed by the President ofthe Republic. It has the Minister of Mining as its president and six other members including the Minister of Finance and one representative each from the Copper Workers Federation and the National Association of Copper Supervisors.It is currently the largest copper producing company in the world and produced 1.66 million tonnes of copper in 2007, 11% of the world total. It owns the world's largest known copper reserves and resources. At the end of 2007, it had a total of reserves and resources of 118 million tonnes of copper in its mining plan, sufficient for more than 70 years of operation at current production rates. It also has additional identified resources of 208 million tonnes of copper, though one cannot say how much of this may prove economic.Codelco's principal product is cathode copper. It is also one of the world's largest molybdenum producers, producing 27,857 fine metric tons in 2007, and is a large producer of rhenium, of which Chile is the world's largest producer.[1][2] It also produces small amounts of gold and silver from refinery anode slimes, the residue from electro refining of copper. | $600M | Debt Financing | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| CODELCO | Codelco (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile or, in English, the National Copper Corporation of Chile) is a Chilean state-owned copper mining company. It was formed in 1976 from foreign-owned copper companies that were nationalized in 1971.The headquarters are in Santiago and the seven-man board of directors is appointed by the President ofthe Republic. It has the Minister of Mining as its president and six other members including the Minister of Finance and one representative each from the Copper Workers Federation and the National Association of Copper Supervisors.It is currently the largest copper producing company in the world and produced 1.66 million tonnes of copper in 2007, 11% of the world total. It owns the world's largest known copper reserves and resources. At the end of 2007, it had a total of reserves and resources of 118 million tonnes of copper in its mining plan, sufficient for more than 70 years of operation at current production rates. It also has additional identified resources of 208 million tonnes of copper, though one cannot say how much of this may prove economic.Codelco's principal product is cathode copper. It is also one of the world's largest molybdenum producers, producing 27,857 fine metric tons in 2007, and is a large producer of rhenium, of which Chile is the world's largest producer.[1][2] It also produces small amounts of gold and silver from refinery anode slimes, the residue from electro refining of copper. | $500M | Debt Financing | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Candel Medical Company | Candel combines conventional therapy with neuromodulation techniques and offers personalized remote therapy through a neurorehabilitation device (tES) and a multi-device mobile application. The devices are plug&play, have real time monitoring, and the possibility of remote access by professionals to follow up the therapy in their patients. | $17.5K | Grant | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| Eolian | Eolian, L.P. ("Eolian") owns and operates a growing portfolio of energy storage projects and invests in the most experienced renewable energy development teams in the U.S. For nearly 20 years, Eolian's founding management has worked together to build the assets at the core of the company, creating unique and proprietary structuresthat have directly funded the development of more than 25,000 MW of successfully operating energy storage, solar and wind generating capacity across the country. Eolian is owned by its employees and funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a global, independent infrastructure investor. | $515M | Debt Financing | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Datamart | Datamart is dedicated to promoting the automated and secure processing of data required to streamline business processes and contracts. | $6.6M | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Destácame | Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America. | $10M | Series B | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Destácame | Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America. | $10M | Series B | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Adentu | Adentu offers mobile robotics, data intelligence, information systems, and intelligent technological solutions. | $70K | Debt Financing | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Adentu | Adentu offers mobile robotics, data intelligence, information systems, and intelligent technological solutions. | $70K | Debt Financing | May 01, 2021 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Banco Santander-Chile invest in?

Banco Santander-Chile invests primarily in Energy, Mining and QR Codes startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Banco Santander-Chile's check size?

Banco Santander-Chile typically joins rounds of $70k–$600M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Banco Santander-Chile participates in.

### How do I contact Banco Santander-Chile?

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### Who are the partners at Banco Santander-Chile?

The team at Banco Santander-Chile includes Andrés Buc (Chief Executive Officer and Country Head), Claudio Melandri (Chairman of the Board and Country Head) and Daniela Espinosa (Santander StartUps Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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