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 company based in Paris, France, specializing in desalination and saline water valorization. Founded in 2012, the company develops innovative solutions to selectively remove salts from brine, seawater, and other salty waters. Its flagship technology, AquaOmnes, effectively separates salt from water, while Flionex is a selective extractant composition designed for the extraction of lithium salts. Adionics focuses on providing its services to various sectors, including municipal water, power, oil and gas, and chemicals. The company is also engaged in research and development to enhance its processes, particularly in the area of lithium recycling from batteries, aiming to deliver efficient, economical solutions with minimal environmental impact.

Instacrops

Venture Round in 2022
Instacrops is an AgTech company based in Santiago, Chile, that specializes in developing a management and forecasting platform tailored for farmers. Founded in 2014, the company harnesses a combination of advanced software and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to create an integrated system for real-time monitoring of agro-climatic parameters at farm fields. This platform provides farmers with valuable insights by generating preventive alerts regarding frost events, optimizing irrigation practices, and offering guidance on pest and disease detection. Through data analytics, Instacrops delivers actionable recommendations and critical decision support, enabling agricultural producers to enhance crop management and maximize yields.
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