HealthAtom

Small healthcare clinics in Latin America suffer from manual record-keeping and outdated processes. The lack of streamlined data storage and sharing mechanisms often leads to duplicated efforts, misplaced patient information, and compromised patient safety. Resolving these challenges is crucial for equitable and effective healthcare delivery.

HealthAtom, a leading vertical SaaS platform, optimizes dental and medical clinic operations through modular solutions. Its innovative offerings, from electronic records to regulatory support, now extend to previously unavailable dental insurance, marking a significant step towards enhancing healthcare services and patient experiences across Latin America.

Country
Santiago, Chile.
Founders
Roberto León
Guillermo Medel
Daniel Guajardo
Web site
https://www.healthatom.com/
Xepelin

Xepelin offers digital financial services to mid-market corporations and SMEs helping them"manage their working capital. Xepelin leverages technology to offer the best possible conditions and user experience, simplifying and automating decision-making and processes for all in the supply chain financial ecosystem.

Xepelin helps corporations manage and support their suppliers with financial services and technological tools that allow companies to have better control of their working capital. Due to its efficient distribution model, Xepelin’s solutions reach not only the large suppliers, but even the smallest ones, those that have not been served by traditional financial institutions. The proprietary risk model evaluates an operation in seconds, which allows any client to secure financing the same day.

Once the supplier is enrolled in the platform, Xepelin delivers capital, education, and free software to manage their finances, all in a simple, secure, and transparent way.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Nicolás De Camino
Sebastián Kreis
Web site
https://www.xepelin.com
Foodology

Foodology is a Colombian startup dedicated 100% to the delivery business. Through the intensive use of data and technology, Foodology creates virtual restaurant brands and operates them from dark kitchens.

Country
Bogotá, Colombia
Founders
Daniela Izquierdo
Juan Guillermo Azuero
Web site
https://www.foodology.com.co
Fairplay

Fairplay is a revenue-based financing platform that supports entrepreneurs´ growth by fueling working capital for their performance marketing campaigns, inventory and logistics costs with a flexible, fast and accessible product.

For fast-growing businesses reliably earning sales from their marketing spend and/or their inventories, Fairplay offers a sales advance as funding in exchange for a flat fee and a steady revenue share of earnings until the capital is paid back.

The company has also created a technological platform that helps entrepreneurs manage their e-commerce businesses more efficiently through data and financial insights.

Country
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Founders
Manolo Atala
Andrew James Devlyn
Web site
https://getfairplay.com/
Marco

Most exporters in emerging markets lack access to credit, and financial institutions aren’t equipped to service them. This $1.5T global financing gap is stifling growth and job creation as traditional lenders are not adapting to new digital business trends and the requirement to move quickly with the pace of trade. This leads to 50% of SMEs being rejected by banks while they make up 40% of international trade.

Marco addresses the $350 billion financing gap in Latin America by developing an innovative and proprietary risk model that processes data in real-time to dynamically assess risk and mitigate capital loss. Its factoring approach to trade finance reduces risk and frees up cash, enabling underserved SME exporters to continue operations and invest in growth. Founded in 2019 by Peter D. Spradling and Jacob Shoihet, Marco is headquartered in Miami, FL, with offices in New York, Dallas, and across Latin America.

Country
Miami, U.S.A.
Founders
Jacob Shoihet
Peter D. Spradling
Web site
https://www.marcofi.com/
Galgo

As "Migrante", Galgo built a solid track record for over 4 years, where teamwork and the trust of its customers enabled the granting of over 30,000 loans and the delivery of over 24,000 vehicles in Chile, Peru, and Mexico. Leveraging on the experience gained in the support of migrants, Galgo took on the challenge of evolving and addressing a broader demographic, composed of segments of the population that are not well served by the traditional financial sector.

With its products and services, Galgo contributes every day to improve the lives of thousands of people by empowering them to take control of their progress and growth. The improvement in the quality of life of its customers is Galgo’s success.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Diego Fleischmann
Ignacio Canals
Salvador Porta
Sebastián Ayub
Benjamin Izikson
Web site
https://www.galgo.com
Webdox

Webdox is a Software as a Service that automates and digitizes the contracts of medium and large companies in Latin America and the World. Webdox is a platform for teams, clients, and suppliers. It enables them to work interconnectedly in the creation, negotiation, approval, signing, and management of contracts.

The tool generates a high impact on time and costs, along with promoting better, more transparent, and lasting relationships among all stakeholders. Contracts are created and administered according to the purpose and sense of business, in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
José Manuel Jiménez
Web site
https://www.webdoxclm.com
Henry

Henry is an online tech academy that invests in people’s education. The academy trains students with zero upfront costs for a share of their future incomes.

Henry creates opportunities to empower digital talent and change lives. In Latin America there is a high demand for workers in the tech industry. However, there are only a small number of coding schools and a lack of technical talent.

Henry's zero cost model provides opportunities for people to land high-paying jobs - jobs that pay on average 3x more -providing life changing opportunities in a region that has the world's highest income inequality rates.

Country
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founders
Martín Borchardt
Luz Borchardt
Federico Hernández
Manuel Barna
Leonardo Maglia
Web site
https://www.soyhenry.com/
1DOC3

1DOC3 was founded in Colombia in 2014 by Javier Cardona and Nicolás Durán when they became aware of the enormous market opportunity that existed in the world of health access through the digitization of services.

1DOC3 offers immediate and quality medical access. It combines the benefits of new technology which deliver a high quality service and are able to scale and guarantee precision more efficiently with a certified medical team that provides warmth and trust in all their interactions.

Its technology allows them to provide effective, low cost primary medical care online. This has a direct impact because it eases the burden faced by the public and private health system in Latin America.

Country
Bogotá, Colombia
Founders
Javier Cardona
Nicolás Durán
Web site
https://www.1doc3.com/
WherEx

WherEX is an e-sourcing enterprise software for request for proposals and requests for information. The startup was born in the fishing industry and soon expanded to cover other verticals in industrials, materials and services. Through its digital tool, WherEX offers a solution to request products and services and receive bids from qualified suppliers across the globe. This practice brings competition and transparency to every purchase and allows suppliers the opportunity to bid through the platform to potential buyers. Furthermore, this cloud-based software is quick to implement and easy to adopt for companies thus providing the best return on investment in the market.

Country
Santiago, Chile.
Founders
Juan Carlos Hurtado
Benjamín Garcia
Francisco Puente
Felipe Manterola
Web site
https://www.wherex.com/
AgendaPro

AgendaPro provides bookings and payment solutions for small businesses and independent professionals in the beauty, health and wellness industry in Latin America.

The software enables clients to manage appointments through an online agenda that can be linked to social networks, Whatsapp or web page; a payment processing tool where business clients can pay for their services and marketing tools which allow SMBs to generate automatic campaigns for their clients.

AgendaPro already has customers from 17 countries around the world, including Chile, Colombia, México, Perú and Argentina.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Julio Guzmán
Nicolás Rossi
Matías Ulloa
Sebastián Hevia
Web site
https://agendapro.com/
F4F

F4F transforms organic waste into high quality ingredients for animal feed by rearing insects. The company was created to find new ways of producing protein in order to help feed a growing global demand. Insects, as a source of feed, have enormous nutritional and sustainable benefits, being the natural food of several animal species and 2 billion people worldwide.

F4F has developed an insect rearing technology capable of transforming organic waste into high value ingredients for animal feed and also for organic fertilizer. Its business model is based on waste management services and selling feed ingredients and fertilizer. Its products have a positive environmental footprint, are carbon negative and can replace non-sustainable sources like fishmeal and soy. Its process avoids methane emissions associated with food waste. For each kg of insect protein their process has a negative footprint of 40 kg CO2eq.

Country
Chile
Founders
Cristián Emhart
Web site
https://truchacircular.cl/
Aptuno

Aptuno is the next generation proptech company focused on revolutionizing the burdensome property rental process across Latin America. With 80 percent faster closings for landlords and brokerages, three times more weekly qualified listings to search for than the nearest competitor, and two-hour digital credit verification, Aptuno provides a fast, seamless, and digital process for tenants and landlords from search to signing.

Country
Bogotá, Colombia
Founders
Alejandro Gomez de Greiff
Juan Martin Delgado
Brian Requarth
Cristina Palacios
Web site
https://www.aptuno.com/
Cargamos

Cargamos is building a “full-stack” cloud-based logistics platform for businesses of any size. It enables businesses to store, manage and fulfill their inventory from a network of distribution centers digitally, ready for quick delivery across the region. The Mexican company repurposes unused spaces in empty parking garages and shopping malls as mini distribution centers, providing a hyper proximity delivery network that’s fast and accessible. The company implements in-house technology, data science, machine learning, and other AI tools in the logistics industry for merchants to achieve the highest efficiency in their operations and deliver a top-quality experience to its customers and delivery partners. Cargamos gives brands, retailers and 3PLs world-class fulfillment and software solutions. Cargamos was founded in Mexico City in 2019 by Ivan Ariza, Éverton Viana, and Fabián Antorveza.

Country
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Founders
Ivan Ariza
Fabián Antorveza
Éverton Viana
Web site
https://www.cargamos.com/
Miroculus

The three Miroculus co-founders, Alejandro Tocigl, Fay Christodoulou and Jorge Soto met at Singularity University Global Solutions Program in 2013. With their diverse backgrounds, they were drawn together by a shared desire to develop tools that facilitate high quality, advanced scientific research in their home countries. They began working on microRNA for early cancer detection and in the process of developing this technology, the trio realized they were building a flexible, intelligent solution for innumerable applications. With Miro technology Alejandro, Fay and Jorge are completing their initial vision of making complex protocols easy and accessible to scientists everywhere.

Miro technology uses electromechanical forces to actuate droplets on the surfaces of insulated electrodes, without requiring immersion in oil or direct contact with system electronics. In Miro technology, nanoliter to microliter droplets containing samples and reagents are manipulated by applying a series of electrical potentials to an array of patterned electrodes which are coated with a hydrophobic insulator. This technology is distinct from microchannel-based fluidics as it enables precise control of reagents without the need for complex channels, microvalves, or pumps.

Because the system is compatible with a wide range of reagents, and also allows for an interface with conventional microfluidic channels, a wide range of applications is enabled on the system such as NGS library prep, synthetic biology, DNA extraction and combinatorial synthesis.

Country
San Francisco, USA
Founders
Alejandro Tocigl
Fay Christodoulou
Jorge Soto
Web site
https://www.miroculus.com/
Wheel The World

The company was founded by two Chileans who, after making history by becoming the first wheelchair user expedition to complete the famous W Circuit in Torres del Paine in Patagonia, decided to start a company to help people with disabilities travel the world.

WTW worked to make travel seamless and easy for people with disabilities and seniors, allowing travelers to find and book places to stay, things to do, and multi-day trips around the world. Users build their profiles online, stating what are their accessibility needs, for the platform to recommend the listing that satisfies that specific need. Upfront information, height of hotel beds or terrain descriptions covered on a tour, are key to the company hands-on approach. Through their accessibility Mapping System Technology (AMS), populated by a global network of “mappers” the Start Up is collecting more than 200 accessibility data points to inform the site listings. It is already the most comprehensive database of its kind. Wheel the World targets a large and poorly served market, as people with disabilities spend $120 billion on travel a year and more than 50% encounter accommodation obstacles when traveling.

Country
Chile
Founders
Alvaro Silberstein
Camilo Navarro
Web site
https://gowheeltheworld.com/
AgroUrbana

AgroUrbana is the first vertical farming company in Latin America. It comprises a new generation of farmers that seek to give answers to the major challenges of agriculture and a new, demanding and better-informed consumer.

AgroUrbana integrates and develops technology in order to do more with less and to bring farming to the table which has proved impossible until now. They’re committed to growing plants in a resilient and consistent way, every day regardless of the season or the weather conditions. They produce vegetables of the highest quality, generating the least possible impact by consuming 95% less water, using 99% less soil, without using any synthetic pesticides and by reducing the carbon footprint associated with transportation.

AgroUrbana´s work, talent and technology serve both the community and the environment.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Cristián Sjogren
Pablo Bunster
Web site
https://www.agrourbana.ag
Pulsar

Pulsar makes best-in-class productivity analytics simple and affordable for traditional mid-market factories in North America.

The reduction in the cost of sensors and hardware, cellular data and streaming data systems have created a fertile ground for the adoption of artificial intelligence in traditional and overlooked industries. Pulsar combines sensor technology with artificial intelligence to provide real-time performance analytics for any factory, with same-day deployment and at a fraction of the cost of legacy vendors.

Its platform gives immediate visibility of factory operations, exposing human inefficiencies and machinery problems on the factory floor. Additionally, it improves communications among managers, operators and other employees.

Pulsar represents a cost-effective option for manufacturers to manage their production processes, significantly impacting their productivity and use of resources, by reducing waste, energy, labor inefficiencies and machinery failures.

Country
Palo Alto, USA
Founders
Matias Castillo
Juan Cristobal Ruiz Tagle
Cristian Bartolome
Web site
https://www.pulsarml.com/
Colektia

Colektia is the first debt collection company based on artificial intelligence in Latin America. Founded by Gabriel and Oswaldo Monroy in 2018 it aims to change the debt collection industry with technology, using AI to empower humans. Colektia developed a new method called “Intelligent Debt collection 4.0” where its own methodology and technology, data science, and operations are improving debt collection results by up to 80%.

Colektia reinvented critical processes of the mass debt collection process chain with AI and Machine Learning, developing more than ten algorithms to predict debtors behavior, improve debt collection strategy and automate processes thereby achieving greater effectiveness and efficiency in debt collection while making it less invasive and more humane.

Nowadays, Colektia is expanding nationwide and it’s well known as one of the most innovative fintech in the region.

Country
Ciudad de México, México
Founders
Gabriel Monroy
Oswaldo Monroy
Web site
https://colektia.com/
Destácame

Destácame is an open digital bank that helps people in Latam better understand their personal finances, improve their financial wellness and have access to more and better financial products.

On the one hand, it empowers people to take control of their personal finances. By providing accessibility to financial tools and products, it helps people improve financial wellness, achieve their dreams and improve their quality of life.

All of this is done through the use of technology, which enhances the clients´ experiences, integrating alternative information and technology resources to offer efficient and safe solutions.

On the other hand, Destácame allows banks to increase their capacity to serve their customers, customizing and improving their clients' experiences.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Jorge Camus
Augusto Ruiz Tagle
Sebastián Ugarte
Web site
https://www.destacame.cl
Chipax

Founded in 2016, Chipax is a SME SaaS solution that helps business owners manage their biggest source of pain: cash flow. Chipax automatically synchronizes a company’s financial information (assets receivable, billing, taxes, etc.) and gives business owners tools to automate day-to-day management (collection, billing, bank reconciliation, reporting, etc.) so that they can focus on growing their business with the peace of mind that their finances are under control. Chipax achieves this by integrating automatically with the local Internal Revenue Service, banks, and POS thereby consolidating all the financial information in one place.

Country
Santiago, Chile.
Founders
Antonio Correa
Felipe Urzúa
Francois Gueneau de Mussy
Joaquin Brenner
Web site
https://www.chipax.com/
Co-Work Latam

Co-Work Latam is a pioneer company in the industry of flexible spaces. It has built a platform based on the curation, design, build and operations of world class office spaces that catalyze collaboration, productivity and culture.

Co-Work Latam adapts to the size of its clients, providing options from shared spaces to private offices, all of which are sustained by a proven business model of collaboration, cost optimization and versatility. Co-work Latam brings the tools and infrastructure, so that people only have to focus on growing their businesses.

Co-work Latam is committed to providing its clients with the best working circumstances in an environment of inclusivity, shared experience and community.

Country
Santiago, Chile
Founders
Sebastián O´Ryan
Horacio Justiniano
Antonio Garcia
Web site
https://www.coworklatam.com

Profile

Cristóbal Silva - Partner

Throughout my professional life, I have worked in investing, mainly in public markets. After earning an MBA at Columbia Business School, I joined Orbis Investment Management, a global fund based in San Francisco, CA. My experience taught me that a long-term investor's true competitive advantage lies outside the spreadsheet - it comes from understanding human behavior and a company’s culture. This realization led me to want to contribute to and invest in superior cultures from the beginning, and it's why I started advising startups and angel investing during my time in public markets.

As I became more familiar with the entrepreneurial ecosystem, I discovered that there is a huge opportunity in LatAm venture capital. Our best talent is no longer going to work for large corporations; instead, they are starting up companies to solve real challenges. This is both creating an excellent supply of companies to invest in and improving the economic and social fabric of the region. As part of my desire to contribute to this change, I joined Kayyak's founding team with the goal of creating a firm that strives to be the benchmark in LatAm venture capital and helps mobilize capital to solve the problems we face as a society.

Country
Santiago, Chile
E-mail Address
cristobal@kayyakventures.com

Profile

Sofía Grez - CFO & Partner

Since the very beginning of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with early-stage startups. First, I spent 18 years in Fundación Chile, an amazing innovation platform which has been pioneering VC and Impact Investing in our continent since 1982.

There, I experienced first-hand the development of the industry in Chile as we managed our spin-off portfolio companies and built our angel investment network, seed fund, early-stage fund and open innovation initiatives supporting hundreds of founders. I learnt that VC is about people, trust, purpose and passion.

I directly witnessed the transformative power that entrepreneurs have in society to improve people’s lives, regenerate our planet, create new quality jobs, promote meritocracy and generate social mobility, a purpose which I want to devote the rest of my career to. I learnt that in order to unleash that transformative power of entrepreneurs, we need to match their talent with adequate capital. This is why I joined Kayyak, to mobilize private capital at scale to this industry and do my bit to improve the lives of millions of Latin Americans.

Country
Santiago, Chile
E-mail Address
sofia@kayyakventures.com

Profile

Tomás Irarrázabal - Investment Analyst

After studying engineering, I sought an opportunity that would challenge me to grow both personally and professionally. I enjoy solving tough problems and I want to make a meaningful impact on the world. My curiosity drives me to explore the potential of new technologies and how they can drive transformative change. Joining the Kayyak team, with its focus on purpose driven long term investment and the support of visionary entrepreneurs, felt like a natural fit for my aspirations. I’m eager to work with a team passionate about performance and contributing to our region. I firmly believe that Latin America is a thriving hub for technological entrepreneurship, harboring exceptional local talent and innovative ideas that will become an example of sustainable development for the world. I want to be part of this, hands on. With humility and enthusiasm, I am ready to embrace the challenges ahead and be an active participant in shaping a brighter future.

Country
Santiago, Chile
E-mail Address
tomas@kayyakventures.com

Profile

Andrés Pesce - CEO & Partner

Before joining the founding team of Kayyak, I had the privilege to work for over a decade in Fundación Chile, where I helped foster innovation and entrepreneurship as a driver of sustainable development for Chile. I think we need to mobilize more private financing into innovation and impact investment to support exceptional entrepreneurs that hold the key to solve many old challenges with new answers. That is why I am in Kayyak now; I want to contribute to a new wave of progress in Latam that will be driven by innovation and entrepreneurs. I embrace this challenge with humility and the conviction that VC will make a big change in Latam.

Country
Santiago, Chile
E-mail Address
andres@kayyakventures.com