Sociedad Quimica y Minera

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile, established in 1968, is a global chemical and mining company headquartered in Chile. It operates through five business lines: Specialty Plant Nutrition, Iodine and derivatives, Lithium and derivatives, Industrial Chemicals, and Potassium. SQM extracts these materials primarily from its high-quality salt brine deposits and caliche ore, serving diverse industries such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, energy storage systems, and solar power. Notably, the company is expanding its lithium refining assets in China and developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia to meet growing global demand for electric vehicle batteries.

Pablo Altimiras

General Manager / CEO Iodine, Plant Nutrition and Industrial Chemicals Division

2 past transactions

Adionics

Series B in 2023
Adionics is a technology provider based in Paris, France, specializing in saline water treatment and desalination supply chains. Founded in 2012, the company focuses on developing innovative technologies for the selective extraction of salts from brine, seawater, and other salty waters. Its AquaOmnes technology effectively removes salt from water, while Flionex is an ion-absorbing liquid technology designed to bind salts, including lithium. Adionics serves various industries, including municipal water, power, oil and gas, and chemicals. The company is also engaged in research and development to enhance its processes and enable lithium recycling from batteries, aiming to provide efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for extracting valuable minerals.

Instacrops

Venture Round in 2022
Instacrops is an AgTech company based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing a management and forecasting platform that provides farmers with tailored information derived from various agro-climatic data. The platform offers real-time monitoring of soil and microclimatic conditions, enabling farmers to optimize irrigation, manage pest and disease detection, and maximize fertilizer use. Through a combination of advanced software and IoT technologies, Instacrops delivers actionable insights and critical decision support to enhance crop yields. The system generates preventive alerts and online reports in graphical formats, along with forecasts communicated via email and SMS, ensuring that farmers receive timely and relevant information for effective farm management.
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