Start-Up Chile

Start-Up Chile, founded in 2010 and based in Santiago, is a public business accelerator designed to attract world-class entrepreneurs to establish their startups in Chile. It is recognized as one of the largest and most diverse accelerators globally, accommodating up to 160 startups annually through two distinct programs: TSF, which focuses on pre-acceleration for startups with female founders, and Seed, aimed at startups with less than three years of development. The accelerator supports a wide range of sectors, including e-commerce, software, social media, education, clean technology, advertising, applications, and information technology. Additionally, Start-Up Chile manages a venture capital fund, Start-Up Chile SCALE, which invests in Latin American startups primarily in the software and technology sectors.

Patricia Hansen

Director, Acceleration

Agustín Huneeus

Partner

Past deals in Tourism

Wheel the World

Grant in 2019
Wheel the World Inc. provides tour services for people with disabilities, their friends, and family worldwide. The company provides destinations, tours packages, tours and activities, and accommodation services through its online portal. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Berkeley, California.

TuPase

Pre Seed Round in 2018
TuPase is a movie ticket subscription that allows you to enjoy the movies that you like, whenever and wherever you want, without any restriction. TuPase wants that everybody can go as much as they like to cinema and watch all the films they want.

Wheel the World

Grant in 2018
Wheel the World is an online travel agency for travelers with disabilities and seniors to travel the world. By digitizing the accessibility information to the cloud and a specialized user experience, our company allows users to book hotels and tours that match their accessibility needs. Through www.wheeltheworld.com, people with disabilities and seniors can find and book places to stay, things to do, and multi-day trips worldwide. Users build their profiles online, stating what their specific accessibility needs are when traveling, and our recommendation system matches what travel listings satisfy their requirements for them to book them online. We created the Accessibility Mapping System (AMS), a crowdsourced software application to raise accessibility tourism service data from travel operators worldwide (Hotels & Tour Operators). We collect more than +250 Data Points per listing with all the relevant information that users with disabilities need before making a booking decision.

Keteka

Seed Round in 2016
Keteka, LLC is an online adventure travel platform that connects travelers with local guides in developing communities across Panama, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Founded by two former Peace Corps volunteers, Keteka aims to provide unique and authentic travel experiences while promoting economic opportunities for marginalized communities. The platform features a diverse database of tours and activities that allow travelers to explore off-the-beaten-path destinations safely and meaningfully. By validating the local guides and their offerings, Keteka ensures that travelers can book genuine experiences that reflect the culture and history of each location. This model not only enriches the travel experience for visitors but also empowers local communities by giving them direct access to the tourism market.

HostTonight

Grant in 2015
HostTonight is an Airbnb listing management company based in Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 2014. The company specializes in managing short-term rentals, providing a range of services including housekeeping, key exchange, and communication with guests. HostTonight aims to enhance the guest experience while helping hosts supplement their income through efficient management of their properties. The platform optimizes listings and improves response rates, ensuring that both hosts and guests receive comprehensive support throughout the rental process. By handling essential tasks such as reservation confirmation and providing tips and recommendations, HostTonight enables hosts to focus on delivering exceptional hospitality without the burden of day-to-day management.

HostTonight

Grant in 2015
HostTonight is an Airbnb listing management company based in Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 2014. The company specializes in managing short-term rentals, providing a range of services including housekeeping, key exchange, and communication with guests. HostTonight aims to enhance the guest experience while helping hosts supplement their income through efficient management of their properties. The platform optimizes listings and improves response rates, ensuring that both hosts and guests receive comprehensive support throughout the rental process. By handling essential tasks such as reservation confirmation and providing tips and recommendations, HostTonight enables hosts to focus on delivering exceptional hospitality without the burden of day-to-day management.

Recorrido

Grant in 2015
Recorrido Latin America SpA operates an online platform that facilitates the comparison and booking of intercity bus tickets in Chile. Based in Providencia, the company enables users to access accurate travel information, compare prices and schedules from various bus operators, and make informed purchasing decisions. The platform includes a rating system that empowers travelers to evaluate their options while providing bus operators with tools to showcase and optimize their services. This approach not only enhances convenience and transparency for users but also supports bus companies in increasing profitability and operational efficiency.

TourNative

Seed Round in 2014
TourNative helps tourists reach natives and share a true and organic local experience – creating jobs locally and connecting people worldwide. Tired of touristy things when you travel? Get a local to offer you a unique tour or experience. Think of TourNative as an uber or airbnb for local tours and experiences. It's insured and is available on desktop, tablet and as an app on iOS & Android.

Wonders

Seed Round in 2014
Wonders is a mobile journal app for premium quality visual stories about travel and outdoors. They source these stories from hand-picked community of photographers, publishers and brands. With Wonders 2.0 (November 2015) users can also purchase featured photographs as premium-quality prints or digital wallpapers, allowing featured photographers to earn income traveling full-time. Download Wonders now at: http://apple.co/1L3tZA3 Visit our site at: www.wndrs.com

Recorrido

Grant in 2014
Recorrido Latin America SpA operates an online platform that facilitates the comparison and booking of intercity bus tickets in Chile. Based in Providencia, the company enables users to access accurate travel information, compare prices and schedules from various bus operators, and make informed purchasing decisions. The platform includes a rating system that empowers travelers to evaluate their options while providing bus operators with tools to showcase and optimize their services. This approach not only enhances convenience and transparency for users but also supports bus companies in increasing profitability and operational efficiency.

PoshPacker

Grant in 2014
☆ Recognized as the poshtel site by National Geographic ☆ PoshPacker created a new travel category in the lodging travel space, by blending the concepts of "posh”+social+budget. Through a vetting process that combines human curation and technological algorithms, they offer a curated selection of poshtel (posh/modern hostels), themed hotels, and stylish and affordable travel accommodation. They currently have over 1500 properties in 460 cities across 60 countries. They provide the security and reliability of a trusted OTA with the uniqueness of off the beaten path lodging experience. Users can search by their interest, and find inspirational travel blogs. For hoteliers PoshPacker is a marketing solution, enabling them to reach and resonate with millennials through their digital innovations including their geolocation instagram technology, and vibes tagging system. They offer hoteliers a brand to differentiate themselves among the budget lodging sector.

Pinocular

Seed Round in 2013
Pinocular is an online vacation rental platform designed for travelers by travelers. Founded by individuals who sought to enhance their quality of life through travel and leisure activities, Pinocular facilitates connections between vacation rental owners and travelers. The platform enables users to search for and book vacation homes in various destinations, catering to those looking to engage in activities they love while on holiday. By sharing their passion for travel and supporting fellow vacation rental owners, Pinocular aims to create a community that promotes memorable travel experiences.

Sighter

Seed Round in 2013
Sighter Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland, is a developer of a photography-based treasure hunting mobile game designed to enhance the experience of tourists and site visitors. Incorporated in 2013, Sighter's application combines elements of urban exploration and gaming, allowing players to discover interesting sights by taking and sharing photos with their smartphones. The mobile game is tailored for families, travelers, and anyone who enjoys walking and engaging with their surroundings in a playful manner. By integrating gamification into the tourism and events sectors, Sighter aims to make sightseeing an enjoyable and interactive experience. The company has received recognition through various accelerators and funding programs, positioning itself as an innovative player in the mobile application market.

Epiclist

Seed Round in 2013
Epiclist is a visual discovery app, helping people to explore, plan and share curated activities and travel experiences around the world or just around the corner. Follow adventure heroes, get inspired from lifestyle and travel brands, and book curated activities right from the palm of your hand. - Massive demand: 50 Million people plan their travel on their phone in 2013 - Huge market = $100 Billion: Global Tours and Activities market in 2013 - Fragmented supply: 250.000 SMEs in Travel Business, 95% without any mobile presence - Lots of money: Average spending per adventure trip in 2013, from $593 in 2009.

Fugate

Seed Round in 2013
Diariamente conocemos la disponibilidad de habitaciones en los mejores hoteles a lo largo del país, y te entregamos las mejores ofertas para que puedas realizar reservas de último minuto por la misma noche.

GlampingHub

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Glamping is a developer of an online booking platform designed to offer camping and alternative accommodations for travelers. The company's platform provides the guests the worldwide access to the curated collection of unique outdoor accommodations with nature based adventures, enabling travelers to stay in camps with the amnesties of a hotel.

Viajala

Grant in 2013
Viajala is a travel search and booking platform that assists travelers in Latin America by providing access to a comprehensive inventory of local airlines and online travel agencies. The platform allows users to compare various travel options simultaneously, facilitating efficient trip planning. Additionally, Viajala sends email alerts to users, enabling them to make reservations directly with providers, thereby avoiding intermediaries and additional costs. This approach ensures that travelers can book flights and hotels at competitive rates, streamlining the overall travel experience.

GlampingHub

Seed Round in 2012
Glamping is a developer of an online booking platform designed to offer camping and alternative accommodations for travelers. The company's platform provides the guests the worldwide access to the curated collection of unique outdoor accommodations with nature based adventures, enabling travelers to stay in camps with the amnesties of a hotel.

Worldrat

Grant in 2012
Worldrat is an online platform based in Peru that specializes in creating customized tourism routes. The company offers a web and mobile application designed to help users discover and share social travel content, enhancing the travel experience through user-generated insights and recommendations. By combining route planning with social interaction, Worldrat aims to facilitate meaningful travel experiences for its users.

treadalong

Seed Round in 2012
treadalong allows travelers to connect, share and discover travel experiences on an interactive and visual platform. Our application will simplify the entire process of sharing and discovery for a user. No more searching through thousands of blogs or websites or paid reviews for places to visit. No more spending hours setting up your blog and creating social media campaigns to share your adventures. Spend more time on the road and less time on the internet.

Expediciones.mx

Seed Round in 2012
EXPEDICIONES.MX is an online platform for booking nature and adventure traveling. We group tour operators to make searching and purchasing easy and safe for our customers.

Sinbad travel

Seed Round in 2012
Sinbad is an online travellers club that allows its users to find various lodgings in Latin America.

Touristlink

Seed Round in 2012
Touristlink.com is a social platform dedicated to enhancing travel experiences through community engagement and local insights. It allows travelers to connect with locals, facilitating authentic cultural exchanges such as meeting for coffee or arranging tours with independent guides. Users can post queries about their travel plans and access reviews from other travelers, enabling them to make informed decisions about local tour operators, travel agents, and accommodations. By fostering connections and providing valuable information, Touristlink aims to enrich the journey of travelers seeking genuine experiences and companionship during their trips.

OneSeed Expeditions

Seed Round in 2012
OneSeed Expeditions operates on the idea that travel can accomplish real and meaningful good. Founded by a group of former teachers, researchers, and guides, OneSeed uses the power of exploration to fund creative solutions to poverty. The OneSeed model is pretty simple: you take an amazing trip and a local entrepreneur gets the capital needed to grow their business.

1d4

Seed Round in 2012
1d4 Pty is an Australian Proprietary Company that operates a website called Immortal Outdoors, which serves as a resource for outdoor enthusiasts. The platform provides detailed information on camping grounds and various outdoor locations suitable for leisure and sports activities. By offering a comprehensive mapping service, 1d4 enables users to discover and access exciting outdoor destinations, enhancing their recreational experiences. Based in Australia, the company aims to promote outdoor activities and facilitate exploration of the natural environment.

Kuotus

Seed Round in 2012
Kuotus makes it possible to sell tours and activities the same way flights and accommodation are sold. It's a reservation management system for local tour providers that also connects them in real time with multiple sales channels, be it online travel outlets or hotels and hostels

Ailola

Seed Round in 2012
Ailola Latino was founded in 2004 in Santiago de Chile. As an online travel agency, we specialize in Spanish and Portuguese language trips to Latin America, Spain and Portugal because we love the languages. You can expect the best possible consultation from Ailola Latino, allowing you to prepare for your trip in the best possible way. Our aim is to become the world’s Number 1 Internet booking platform for Spanish and Portuguese language trips.

DoTheGlobe

Seed Round in 2012
DoTheGlobe is an online c2c community marketplace connecting travelers and unique experiences.. DoTheGlobe was formed out of a love for travel by travelers. The company's more robust and in-depth website will relaunch in summer 2011 and is excited for a big future helping people explore like locals all around the globe. The company was founded in 2009 with the hopes of helping set up small scale renewable energy plants in developing countries. In early 2011, DTG shifted its focus to connecting people around the world by helping them share their experiences.

Localguiding

Seed Round in 2012
Experience unique tours and local activities! Book from local people in hundreds of cities worldwide... or offer your own unique experiences.

Maptia

Seed Round in 2012
Maptia is dedicated to fostering empathy through storytelling. They aim to provide a platform for those who document and capture the world around them, bringing them together to create a lasting record of life on Earth; so that people everywhere can experience the cultural and natural wonders of our planet, can feel more connected to the biggest issues facing the world today, and can be empowered to create a better future.

Kodkod

Seed Round in 2011
Kodkod is not just a restaurant. We are a green business that aims to help improve awareness about our environment, and about our own selves. The restaurant was the first in Chile to gain certification from the Smart Voyager Sustainable Tourism programme. We did this because we seek to offer a service that is coherent with our values as a business, so that our activities contribute to a healthy development of our community and region. We aim to support a balance coexistence with wildlife, educate to improve relationships between us, and with our surroundings, and to participate in the sustainable development of our community. If you are the organizer of a course and seek a place for it that is safe, natural, inspiring, and together with excelent food and friendly service, why not bring it to our Woodland Pavilion? We would particularly like to promote sautainable tourism, sustainable community development and wildlife conservation, so if your course is along one of these lines, then get in touch right away! This site contains quite a bit of information about the many activities that we have been involved with over the years. Enter and enjoy

OwnersAbroad.org

Seed Round in 2011
OwnersAbroad comprises a portfolio of travel and holiday websites promoting homes for holiday-makers to rent direct from the owners. The flagship website, http://www.ownersabroad.org is currently ranked by Alexa as one of the top 100,000 in the UK.

Frontierre

Seed Round in 2011
Frontierre is something that is not explored … yet. The last and farthermost limit of knowledge or settlement beyond which lies the vast, wild and unknown. Frontierre is the new found land for the first-comers and adventurous. This is what Frontierre is all about- your springboard into new ventures, experiences, friendships and alliances across distances and cultures. Frontierre is the new found land of social eMarket, connecting travellers and Travel and Tourism organisations and powered by the two forces: social network and eMarket. With our family and friends scattered all over the world, we have long dreamt of a consolidated web platform that will make it possible to plan the entire travel, including places to stay and visit, in one go. To get to see and meet local people and explore local tourism opportunities. To share the experiences with our old friends and keep connections with the new ones that we meet on our journeys. To get inspired, and importantly, to connect to service providers directly to get better deals surpassing the intermediaries and language barriers. Equally the T&T industry is seeking to improve and increase direct contact with their customers, as well as direct booking and marketing. To streamline their information and channel it towards their guests, uplift and maintain customer loyalty and satisfaction. Reach out to new audiences. Ultimately- to get closer and more social with travellers. On Frontierre travellers and T&T organisations and businesses are equals in their social interaction with each other, pursuing the common goal of discovering and providing better, unique travel deals and opportunities. The vision is to have all sorts of T&T organisations onboard – national tourism organisations and consulates, hotels, B&Bs and hostels, restaurants and cafes, museums and clubs, local guides and global travel guide services and databases interacting casually and socially with various travellers. Frontierre is all about direct information sharing and connectivity in the pursuit of global travelling and tourism.

WeHostels

Seed Round in 2011
WeHostels is a mobile app that helps young and budget-conscious travelers find and book value accommodations around the world, while also helping them connecting with other travelers right from their mobile devices.

Bungolow

Seed Round in 2011
Bungolow, Inc. is an online travel deal club that specializes in providing discounted tourism and hotel packages in Latin America. Founded in 2011 and based in Rockville, Maryland, the company operates as a members-only service, offering access to exclusive deals at boutique hotels across South America. By focusing on a curated selection of accommodations, Bungolow aims to enhance the travel experience for its members while ensuring cost savings on their stays.

CruiseWise

Seed Round in 2011
CruiseWise is an online platform designed to simplify the cruise booking process. Founded in 2010 by Amit Aharoni, Steve Davis, and Nicolas Meunier, the company emerged during a challenging period for the cruise industry, characterized by a noticeable decline in bookings. CruiseWise provides users with comprehensive information about various cruise options, including details on ship sizes, service levels, construction dates, and visual content showcasing cabins and entertainment facilities. The platform allows customers to compare prices, routes, and cabin choices across multiple cruise lines while displaying the total cost for the cruise, including taxes, for all passengers. This approach enables users to make informed decisions and book cruises conveniently and at competitive rates.

CruiseWise

Seed Round in 2010
CruiseWise is an online platform designed to simplify the cruise booking process. Founded in 2010 by Amit Aharoni, Steve Davis, and Nicolas Meunier, the company emerged during a challenging period for the cruise industry, characterized by a noticeable decline in bookings. CruiseWise provides users with comprehensive information about various cruise options, including details on ship sizes, service levels, construction dates, and visual content showcasing cabins and entertainment facilities. The platform allows customers to compare prices, routes, and cabin choices across multiple cruise lines while displaying the total cost for the cruise, including taxes, for all passengers. This approach enables users to make informed decisions and book cruises conveniently and at competitive rates.
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