# The S Factory

> The S Factory is a VC fund in Philadelphia backing Education, EdTech and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1404873
- Website: https://x.com/thesfactorycl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesfactorychile

The S Factory is a VC fund in Philadelphia focused on Education and EdTech. The female founder must be a 100% dedicated to the project. This means that she cannot be employed in any other company or studying while participating in the program. She also must be willing to relocate to Santiago, Chile for the entire 12 weeks program.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $15k–$15k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 3 | 30% |
| EdTech | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 20% |
| Catering | 1 | 10% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 90% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 5 | 50% |
| Peru | 2 | 20% |
| Mexico | 1 | 10% |
| Argentina | 1 | 10% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valnux | Valnux creates a healthy, environmentally friendly, and naturally antibacterial material from walnut shell residue. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Valparaso, Valparaso. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://www.valnux.com |
| CaoPack | CaoPack is a food recycling company that reuses food by-products and turns them into bio-materials. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 |  |
| NeeKids | NeeKids is a tool that performs psychopedagogical, neurocognitive, and neuropsychological tests to create a neurodidactic profile, and with machine learning techniques they recommend the best educational program adapted to the special educational needs (S.E.N) of the child. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://x.com/neekidsapp |
| AprendeHoy | AprendeHoy is an edtech company that offers skill development and one on one mentoring for people looking to advance careers. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://www.aprendehoy.info |
| Banquetealo | Banquetealo connects companies with the best catering services. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://www.banquetealo.com/ |
| Timplus | We develop a unique learning system that changes the rules on the market prioritizing the teachers' creativity. Through our intelligent platform, we empower teachers to facilitate the creation of gamified projects, activities, and strategies using video games as our measuring tools and a global community as our database. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://timplus.io/ |
| SharpShark | We’re promoting a blockchain-powered tool that helps to protect intellectual property — namely, all kinds of public content, — and monitor copyright violations. How it works Blockchain saves the timestamp and the IPFS saves the content, making the data immutable. On saving, the system delivers a digital certificate that becomes the piece ofdigital evidence of authorship.If somebody tries to save another writer's content, our AI won't allow them to do it: before saving, it would check the internet for reverse content.When saved, if the protected content gets published with no copyright, there'll be an alert.Also, we resolve blockchain-backed copyright issues. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2019 | https://sharpshark.io/ |
| Minuta | Minuta is a HR tech company that offers recruitment and employment services for the gastronomic sector. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2019 | https://www.minuta.io/ |
| Wibo | Wibo is an on-site digital ordering platform. They digitize the customers shopping and consumption processes within a store. They provide marketing tools that can boost sales in the face-to-face digital channel. Using technology and software to streamline, optimize, and personalize each stage of the purchase process. | $15K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2019 | https://soywibo.com |
| Kubey Machine - KUAD System | We offer a turnkey service for your online business. In just 3 simple steps you will have your business online. In the first step, we recommend a pack with a series of modules that meets your current need. Then you complete a form where you provide us with all the information about your business and finally, we deliver your functional digitalwindow with animations and a design based on modern templates, fully adaptable to any type of screen. Generation of QR codes for automatic payment. eCommerce with integrated payment and shipping gateway, stock management, product publication, promotion management, coupons and / or discounts. Reservation of Queries or Services with online payment and calendar with configurable availability so that your client can reserve and pay for your service online. Blog with news to have a good SEO of your website, Contact Form and Newsletter Subscriptions, Fully configurable Smart Chatbot, WhatsApp Contact connected to your cell phone with the WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business app, notifications by email and saved within the platform KUAD System of all communication channels so that you can get in touch with your potential client very quickly. Connected with Google Maps to have a map that shows the location and how to get to your place. Integrated with Google Analytics so that you know in real time what is happening on your website. KUAD System provides everything you need in one place, in a very easy-to-use platform, at a fixed monthly price and without the need to incorporate code or design. Our goal is to reduce the digital divide and be a key service in digital transformation. | $25K | Non-equity Assistance | Aug 11, 2019 | https://kuadsystem.com/ |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Start-Up Chile](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-up-chile) — VC Fund, 10 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The S Factory invest in?

The S Factory invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is The S Factory's check size?

The S Factory typically joins rounds of $15k–$15k 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 The S Factory participates in.

### When did The S Factory last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The S Factory closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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