CORFO
VC Fund
Santiago, Chile
CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities.
- Total investments:
- 125
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 41%
- Fund size:
- $100k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries CORFO invests in
Stages CORFO invests in
Countries CORFO invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
Round size
- Seed
- $20k–$200k
- Grant
- $20k–$273k
- Pre-Seed
- $20k–$280k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 29 (23%)
- SaaS 16 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 16 (13%)
- Information Technology 13 (10%)
- E-Commerce 11 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (26%)
- Grant 32 (26%)
- Pre-Seed 24 (19%)
- Non-equity Assistance 5 (4%)
- Funding Round 3 (2%)
Country
- Chile 76 (61%)
- Argentina 5 (4%)
- Peru 1 (1%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
- Brazil 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfredo Moreno Charme
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Foreign Affairs
|
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Foreign Affairs | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Bruno Baranda
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Social Development
|
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Social Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Felipe Larraín Bascuñan
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Finance
|
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Felix de Vicente Mingo
President of CORFO Council Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism
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President of CORFO Council Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Fernando Gouveia
Judge/ Selection Committee
|
Judge/ Selection Committee | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | $162K / Grant / Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| DataRoot provides data science and AI solutions, helping businesses leverage data for growth and optimization. | $1.2M / Seed / Jul 28, 2025 | ||
| Califix Compliance is a SaaS platform that automates contractor audits for industries like mining, energy, and the environment. By aggregating financial, legal, and regulatory data in real time, Califix reduces compliance processes from months to seconds, enabling sustainable operations and helping companies avoid risks, fines, and operationaldelays. | $120K / Seed / Jun 01, 2025 | ||
| Luyef is a Deep Biotech startup pioneering next-gen solutions in precision fermentation and cell-based technology. By developing cutting-edge technology to produce high value animal-derived compounds directly from cell cultures, we deliver sustainable, animal-free, and cost-effective solutions in food, cosmetics, and biomedicine. | $1.3M / Grant / Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Weelock is a vertical AI agent and SaaS platform that triples nutritionists' capacity while increasing their monthly income. Founded in 2022 and based in Santiago, Chile, Weelock addresses the critical inefficiencies in nutrition healthcare delivery across Latin America, where 82% of the adult population is projected to be overweight by 2030.What We Do: Weelock automates the administrative burden for nutrition professionals through AI-powered diet creation (reducing creation time from 3-5 hours to seconds), seamless integration with health insurance systems (FONASA/ISAPRES), automated appointment scheduling, wearable device integration, and online blood test management. Our platform enables nutritionists to focus on patient care rather than paperwork. Business Model: We operate a hybrid monetization model combining monthly SaaS subscriptions (tiered from $25-$120 USD based on patient capacity), transaction fees on insurance claims (7% commission), and future revenue streams including laboratory services and white-label solutions. | $25K / Grant / Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| EMMA is software that, through data analysis, helps companies reduce their energy consumption. Collects and analyzes consumption and production data to provide information on the energy efficiency of the operation and personalized recommendations so that users can reduce energy consumption in a sustained manner, managing to lower the costassociated with energy and also reduce the footprint. carbon by at least 15%. | $29.4K / Grant / Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| DataRoot provides data science and AI solutions, helping businesses leverage data for growth and optimization. | $280K / Pre-Seed / Feb 06, 2024 | ||
| Bifidice develops and sells ice creams for children and adults that keeps away from allergies and chronic diseases. They also sell their products online. The company's contact modes are by mail, phone, and physical address. | $350K / Grant / Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| At BrandLex we are a LegalTech company, founded in 2023 and the HQ are located in Santiago de Chile, Region Metropolitana. We are aimed to provide technological legal services with artificial intelligence. | $25K / Seed / Dec 26, 2023 | ||
| G-Strata is a geoscience and engineering company specializing in subsurface investigation and resource exploration. The company delivers advanced geophysical and hydrogeological solutions to support industries such as mining, energy, and environmental management. G-Strata applies a combination of field surveys, data analysis, and proprietarymodeling techniques to map underground structures and groundwater systems. | Grant / Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| See all 125 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does CORFO invest in?
CORFO invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 125 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is CORFO's check size?
CORFO typically joins rounds of $20k–$200k at Seed, $20k–$273k at Grant and $20k–$280k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CORFO participates in.
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Who are the partners at CORFO?
The team at CORFO includes Alfredo Moreno Charme (Council Member on CORFO Minister of Foreign Affairs), Bruno Baranda (Council Member on CORFO Minister of Social Development) and Felipe Larraín Bascuñan (Council Member on CORFO Minister of Finance), among 11 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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