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Santiago: The Latin American capital for investors, venture capital and fast grow tech enterprises

The Latam Venture Capital Forum (LVCF) took Panel,  Latam Venture Capital Forum en el congreso latinoamericano Chile Digitalplace within the context of the Latam Tech and Business Congress Chile Digital 2015. It congregated Investors, lawyers, consultants, managers, angels, VCs, family offices and professionals from the institutional investment world. The latest technologies and trends on investing and raising funds were shared. Interesting topics for the digital era, especially nowadays where investing in the next Facebook, Google, Spotify or Uber can turn in to profits of 1000x or more, compared to traditional investments.

You can access the conferences in the Online Networking Platform: Latam Digital. To create your personal profile follow this link: http://club.chile-digital.com/membrecia-latam-digital/.


 

«The LVCF Chile Digital  helps strength ties with Silicon Valley, accelerate the Venture Capital Industry and Investments in Fast Grow Tech Companies in Latin America. «


Conferences

The LVCF featured two days of specialized conferences, with international experts that visited Latin America for the first time. Some of the keynote speakers were:

  • Ron Weissman (USA), ronChairman of Band of Angels,  the oldest institutional angel group from Silicon Valley, with 150 members and more than USD 231M invested in companies from different industries. He did two conferences during the LVCF. In the first one he analyzed the key factors and trends that angel network management is experiencing in the world, particularly in Silicon Valley. During the last decade the number of angel networks in USA has increased in 60% while the incomes have grown in 40%. He explored the way an angel network works, investment strategies and the roles of an investor. He also analyzed the incentives for building an angel network and explained the best practices for managing one. During the 2nd day he talked specifically about Venture Capital, and its beginning in the US and Europe after the creation of the first Family Offices. 45% of the global VC are in US and Ronald analyzed specifically the conditions that makes the ecosystem in Silicon Valley propitious for innovation and economy. 2014 was a an iconic year for the VC industry, reaching the highest investment amounts since the 2000 internet bubble, however, only 20% of the VC firms generated the 80% of the total revenue. He finished his 2nd presentation with specific tips to investors, entrepreneurs and lawyers in the new trends of investment.

  • Kris Brigham (USA) , krisprivate investor and entrepreuner, owner of KB Investment, gave a conference about how to execute a successful Management Buy Out (MBO) in Latin America. He highlighted the 3 L´s: Leadership, Leverage and Liquidity. Kristopher divided the MBO process in 5 steps:
     
    1. Feasibility: When you get a “Gut Feel”, have an expert check your feeling and challenge it.  
    2. Business Plan: Develope a solid plan and define negotiation strategy with seller.
    3. Financing: How to raise funds and choose the right debt/equity mix.
    4. Negotiations: Timing, positioning and emotional intelligence to get the right price
    5. Due Diligence and closing documentation.  
He also talked about risks and returns related to MBO´s according to his recent experience executing Nextel´s MBO with an Islander investment group.




  •  Alfonso Yañez (Chile) patrDirector of BanChile Citi Global Markets did a conference where he explained the Exit Strategies mechanisms used by entrepreuners and venture capital funds. The amount of exits in Latin America (58M USD in exits v/s 425M USD in investments from 2008 to 2013) reflect the incipient status of the VC industry in the region. He addressed the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies and considerations when planning or negotiating such arrangements with a partner, entrepreneur or investment fund. All this, based on case studies and practical examples of transactions in Latin America. In the future, the volume of “exits” should increase significantly converging to the levels of investments. Alfonso talked about exit strategies: IPO, M&A and sales to partners, the pros and cons of each one and the considerations you should take when negotiating with a potential partner, entrepreneur or investment fund. In Latin America the M&A outweigh the IPO´s and 70% of the M&A executed in Latin America during 2013-2014 was by international buyers.

  •  Juan José de La Torre (Dubai) jjDigital Expert, Angel Investor and entrepreneur talked about the valuation of Fast Grow Tech Companies in the new economy. The wave of digital innovation is transforming how we invest, create, source and operate new products & services to market, real innovation can transform your company and give you a substantial competitive edge. The traditional valuation methods don´t fit with this companies, during this presentation Juan José showed his own Digital Business Valuation Method based in 3 pilars: Team, Network and Traction.

  • Luis Felipe Oliva (Chile), from the Investment and Financing Division of the Governmental Development Corporation (CORFO), gave a conference about the incentives that chilean government offers to promote the creation of Investment Funds. He explained the Early Stage Fund for Tech companies (Fondo de Etapas Tempranas – FET) which is a program designed to promote the creation of Investment Funds that finance Chilean companies in an early stage presenting potential of growth and innovation in sectors related to technology.  FET counts with funds that go from 1M USD to 12M USD, a leverage 3:1 and timing of 12 years to use the fund.
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  • Matt Cole (USA) matAdvisor of Riverwood Capital, told us firsthand the story of the transformation of Synapsis from being the in-house IT Department of a large utility, to becoming a dynamic, Top-10 “multi-latina” IT Services business in Latin America and being sold to APAX investment groups for more than 150 M USD. Matt shared lessons learned and best practices from his experience.

  • Patricio Arrau (Chile),  President of Gerens Capital explained the Unique Funds Law (UFL) and the status of Venture Capital Industry in Chile. The evolution of a patriciocompany and the funds chain go hand to hand: Seed Capital to fund the Beginning, Venture Capital and Private equity for growing the company and IPO or M&A to Consolidate. Key for the development of venture capital in Chile are the matching funds of Corfo and the modifications in the regulatory framework. Patricio did a detailed analysis of the UFL and talked about the challenges for entrepreneurs, administrators and investors to develop an apropiated ecosystem in the country.

  • Lisandro Bril (Argentina)lisapartner de Axventures-Pymar and co founder of Endeavor Argentina, with more than 30 years of experience in the government, civil associations, entrepreneurship and capital management, did a conference about innovation, entrepreneurship and VC in Latin America. Some important facts about entrepreneurship in LATAM are:
    • Chile leads the region for its Institutions
    • Brasil and Mexico leads for the size of the their market
    • Argentina leads for having the best cluster of entrepreuners
However the LAVCA scorecard places LATAM unfavorable in the radar of international investors of Venture Capital. With 580 million people, a general PIB of USD 5,15 trillions and an entrepreuner culture with global vision, Latin America needs to valuate it´s inner and outside market. Lisandro analysed the market and the opportunities inherent to it.

  • Pablo Traub (Chile), pabloPresident of Imagine Lab, explained the evolution of  the venture capital through analytical data. According to LAVCA in Chile during 2013 there where investments in venture capital for USD 27 MM and during 2014 that amount decreased to 22,1 MM. In Chile the majority of VC investments corresponde to Early Stage, different from more developed countries where most of VC investments go to companies in middle and late stages.

  • José Antonio Berríos (Chile), joseantonioManager and founder of Broota, did a conference about Crowdfunding and how collaborative economies changed the way people invest in Tech Companies. José Antonio talked about the 5 kinds of crowdfunding:
    • Reward
    • Lending
    • Donations
    • Equity
    • Royalty.
He talked abour Broota (Chilean crowdfunding equity platform) and its benefits. Crowdfunding is growing exponentially around the world: In south America, 2014, the annual growth was of 167% with 57.2 M USD funded, in Asia 320% with 3.4 B USD and in North America 145% with 9.56 B USD.

  • Panel of Angel Networks: During the first day of the LVCF we had a Panel of Inverstors and Angel networks in Latin America discussing Opportunities and Challenges. The panel was led by Felipe Jara, from the Entrepreneurship department of CORFO, and the members of the panel were:
    • Jamie Riggs (President of Chile Global Angels)
    • Carolina Eterovic (President of Mujeres Empresarias)
    • Ron Weissman (Charman of Band of Angels).

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Fast Grow Tech Companies

All of these seminars where enriched by the presentation of 8 investment opportunities in fast grow tech companies, seeking for first or second investment round in the range of US$0,03- 50 millions. The companies were previously selected by the investment committee of Chile Digital from over 500 companies from 22 countries. The companies were: Admetricks, Khipu, Purplu, ReStudio, WeHaus, Babytuto, Becual and Unilink, allowing the investors to identify good investment opportunities in just one day and place.

FAST grow tech companies

  • UNILINK SOLUTIONS


    B2B e-commerce platform for natural resources industries in Latin America, with an online catalog, integrated to buyers and suppliers. It is located in Chile, Colombia and Mexico with partners in Peru, Argentina and Brasil. It was created 2 years ago with sales of USD$700.000 during 2014 in 8 countries. 

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    BECUAL


    Becual is a crowdfunding Enterprise (P2P Lending) that will connect Latin-America. People with money lends money to small and medium enterprises that need funding. The result is that people will earn more from their investments and enterprises will pay less for their credits.

    The credits have different guarantees, which will assure the correct payment of the money to the investors

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    PURPLU LOGISTICS


    Purplu is an app and a web platform. Their app is available on iOS and Android, it reads barcodes and NFC professionally. When your field guys read barcodes, you know in real time the delivery indicators your company cares most about. Purplu turns your company into a DHL in 24 hours.

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    ADMETRICKS

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    Admetricks is an online tracking and intelligence tool for online advertisment. They help agencies create better reports and campaign proposals, publishers discover lost opportunities and potential clients, and advertisers compare against competition and verify their investment. Admetricks mission is to increase transparency and benefit the industry. They sell access to updated intelligence information for a monthly fee.

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    BABYTUTO


    Babytuto provides an online sales channel to sellers of the industry, so they can offer their products and maximize their sales approaching more potential clients. The clients save time and money finding everything they need in just one stop-shop.


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    KHIPU


    Is a simple, safe and economic payment Gateway. Khipu will be more massive than Paypal in a global level, because it uses local banks, without the existence of special arrangements, which makes it cheaper and less restrictive than the payments with credit card

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    RESTUDIO


    ReStudio adds value through its tech platform – Cloud Big Data- that allows the reduction of waste in industrial mining/energetic and infrastructural processes, through the documentation and 4D monitoring of actives. Their actual clients are companies like Glencore-Xstrata, BHP Billiton, Codelco, Barrick, ENAMI, PacificHydro and AES Gener.


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    PATAGONIC LABS (WEHAUS)


    Patagonic Labs is an M2M Software & Hardware Lab. They create New Value Added Service for the Telecommunication’s Industry. They bring easy to use install-sell Home Automation for Telcos. Patagonic Labs are shifting the value proposition of the home automation industry; form hardware to a service provided by an unexplored distribution channel.



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Testimonials of the Latam Venture Capital Forum 2015
  • The 2015  LATAM Venture Capital Forum was an excellent event, with top-tier planning, execution and a diverse cross-section of players from across Latin America’s startup, angel and venture communities. As someone relatively new to Latin America’s many startup ecosystems, I found the conference to be immensely helpful in making contacts, understanding the issues and opportunities in key startup centers such as Santiago and Buenos Aires, and developing potential partnerships between these centers and Silicon Valley. All in all, an extremely beneficial event.

    – RONALD WEISSMAN. –

    CHAIRMAN BAND OF ANGELS SOFTWARE GROUP, RED INVERSIONISTAS ÁNGELES MÁS ANTIGUA DE SILICON VALLEY.

  • Un evento bien organizado y con un grato ambiente de compartir experiencias y generar nuevos negocios. Creo que los proyectos presentados fueron buenos y en una etapa de inversión apropiado para el nivel de inversionista presente.

    – KRISTOPHER BRIGHAM. –

    CEO INVERSIONES KB”.

  • La Conferencia fue para mi una gran oportunidad para escuchar expertos internacionales que se encuentran en más recientes tendencias en los temas de capital de riesgo (Venture Capital). En particular, estamos en un momento donde las nuevas tecnologías están las transformando muy profundamente todos las formas de relacionarse, tanto entre las personas, al interior de las empresas y organizaciones así como la forma en que las empresas se están adaptando a las nuevas demandas de los consumidores.

    Pude hacer nuevos contactos y networking de gran utilidad para mi actividad profesional y ponerme al día en nuevas oportunidades que se abren con las nuevas tecnologías, especialmente en el mundo Fintech

    – PATRICIO ARRAU. –

    PRESIDENTE GERENS CAPITAL S.A..

  • Disfruté de la conversación con Ron, Carolina y Felipe respecto a las inversiones de ángel. Pensé que era útil para aquellos que están considerando convertirse en un inversionista ángel. Fue útil para que conozca a otros en la comunidad de inversores en Latam.

    – JAMIE RIGGS –

    PRESIDENTE FUNDACIÓN CHILE (PARTICIPANTE PANEL REDES ÁNGELES EN LATINOAMÉRICA)
  • Gran convocatoria de la industria tecnológica chilena y muy valioso para mi en el network con colegas de América Latina, y EEUU. Algunos KeyNote Speakers fueron sensacionales

    – LISANDRO BRIL. –

    FUNDADOR Y MANAGING PARTNER DE AXVENTURES-PYMAR Y HOLDINVEST TECHNOLOGY VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS. COFUNDADOR DE ENDEAVOR.

  • El Latam Venture Capital Forum fue una muy buena oportunidad de entender en mayor profundidad el «estado del arte» del Venture Capital en Chile, conocer algunas start ups nuevas y fondos de venture capital latinoamericanos. Además, fue interesante tener una perspectiva de cómo plantean los VCs latinoamericanos sus estrategias de salida.

    – ALFONSO YÁÑEZ. –

    DIRECTOR DE BANCHILE CITI GLOBAL MARKETS..

  • The LVCF was a great opportunity to have real insights into the venture and entrepreneurship ecosystem in latin america. The opportunities are REAL and EXCITING!”

    – JUAN JOSÉ DE LA TORRE. –

    EXPERTO DIGITAL, MENTOR, INVERSOR ÁNGEL Y EMPRENDEDOR.

  • Me brindó importantes insights sobre la industria de capital de riesgo en el mundo, lo que tiene implicancias directas en las tareas de diseño de políticas pro emprendimiento que estamos generando. La presentación de Ron W fue clave para entender la evolución de esta industria en Silicon Valley y así poder tomar las lecciones aprendidas se su vasta experiencia.

    – FELIPE JARA. –

    GERENTE DE EMPRENDIMIENTO CORFO.

  • Tuve la grata sorpresa de encontrar con un evento relacionado al Venture Capital que realmente agregaba valor con la calidad de los expositores presentes y el contenido expuesto, creo que dejo claro los desafíos del Venture Capital en Chile y propuso herramientas para su evolución»

    – JOSÉ ANTONIO BERRIOS. –

    FUNDADOR Y GERENTE GENERAL BROOTA.




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4 new companies selected to present at the Venture Capital Forum

We’ve got the second batch of companies selected to participate in the Venture Capital Forum.

The investors participating in the VCF have made their choice from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd batch. And 4 new companies have been added to the list of startups presenting on June, 19th.


If your company has not been selected, it doesn’t mean you’ve been desqualified. There are still some companies under “observation”, so we would encourage you all to review and improved your application to make it more appealing and show the progress during the last weeks.

If you’ve not applied yet you can do it HERE: Aplications are open until May, 19th.

And now, congratulations to the following companies:

GEO PAGOS






GeoPagos is a mobile app allowing to accept debit/credit card payments through mobile devices.


NEO SITIOS


Neosites lets anyone and their grandmother build professional websites and online stores in just minutes.
 

THE MASS MEDIA









Company dedicated to research and development of projects, products and interactive technological solutions applied to different fields.

360




Virtualmob transforms real-world newspapers, magazines, products and posters to Life! specialising in exciting augmented reality experiences

And to the companies which were selected in the first batch:

ADCDEXPERTS




abcdexperts connects businesses to trusted service providers in any field worldwide, who are exclusive members of a community built to generate leads.

KEDZOH







KEDZOH is an enterprise platform solution that lets you easily and quickly, create and take, short, 3 to 5 minute lessons on your smartphone/tablet.

CLICK MEDIA




ClickMedia Advertising builds the most efficient, on-line, advertising media on the world.

LEAF





LEAF Lawyer is a management solution in the cloud that lets you know the health status of a professional company through best management practices.

PAONDE





paOnde is a platform that connects leisure businesses with customers, providing an effective and low-cost communication channel.

RE STUDIO



ReStudio reduces the risks and uncertainties of mining and energy facilities using 4D technology.

ZONATEC







ZonaTec is an online retailer of consumer electronics offering the benefits of online shopping and the convenience of offline payments.

 

Open 2nd Application Venture Capital Forum, 19 Jan 2013

Has been opened the 2nd application round for the venture capital forum  Chile Digital, where companies with scalable business models seeking first or second rounds of investment in the range of $ 0.05 to 10 million can apply to present at the Venture Capital Forum in front of qualified investors. Sigue leyendo