Fen Ventures

Fen Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in technology-enabled companies that aim to create a positive impact in Latin America. Fen Ventures targets a diverse array of sectors, including healthcare, information technology, financial technology, artificial intelligence, climate technology, education technology, and more. By investing in innovative B2C and B2B solutions, the firm seeks to support the development of a better future in the region. Fen Ventures has a strong commitment to fostering growth in the South America and Mexico markets through its strategic investments in promising startups.

Cristobal Silva Bengolea

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Olivia Valdés

Bio Venture Partner

53 past transactions

Fecundis

Seed Round in 2024
Fecundis is a company based in Rosario, Argentina, focused on advancing reproductive biology. It develops innovative solutions aimed at improving sperm competence and enhancing the success rates of assisted reproductive technologies. By utilizing precise technology grounded in scientific research, Fecundis enhances sperm functionality, leading to the generation of more viable embryos. The company’s tools are designed to optimize fertility treatments, ultimately enabling patients to achieve successful pregnancies.

Xeptiva Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2024
Xeptiva Therapeutics is a veterinary biotechnology company that focuses on developing therapies for chronic inflammation conditions in companion animals. Its main products target chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis and atopic dermatitis in dogs. In addition, the company is developing therapies for the treatment of pain in horses and asthma in cats. Xeptiva's goal is to allow pets to live longer and healthier by targeting the underlying source of many chronic diseases.

diio

Pre Seed Round in 2024
diio, un asistente artificial para que vendas más.

Splight

Seed Round in 2024
Splight is an artificial intelligence company focused on creating Artificial Energy, a revolutionary form of green energy generated by leveraging the unused capacity of existing power infrastructure. By employing a powerful digital platform, Splight combines big data analysis with advanced technologies such as machine learning, blockchain, and cloud computing to optimize energy production. The company's innovative solutions aim to enhance resource efficiency for stakeholders in the energy sector, resulting in increased revenues, reduced operating costs, and minimized environmental impact. Splight's commitment to sustainability contributes to the broader goal of decarbonizing the energy industry, providing clients with a pathway to optimize their energy operations while promoting a cleaner energy landscape.

Bioeutectics

Seed Round in 2024
Bioeutectics focuses on creating environmentally friendly industrial products by providing high-performance, natural solvents. Utilizing proprietary eutectic technology, the company produces solvents that mimic the natural processes of plants, using 100% renewable resources. This innovation allows Bioeutectics to replace traditional petrochemical solvents in various industrial applications, promoting sustainability. Their product line caters to diverse sectors, including food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care, and is designed to be non-toxic, biodegradable, and customizable to meet specific industry needs. Through these advancements, Bioeutectics aims to lead the market in offering sustainable alternatives that enhance environmental responsibility in industrial processes.

Dapta

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Dapta is a no-code platform designed to enable businesses to efficiently build, manage, and deliver content by streamlining API and AI integrations. The platform features a headless content management system (CMS) that connects various data sources and provides API endpoints. With its user-friendly tools, Dapta allows small and medium-sized businesses to create custom workflows and software applications more rapidly, helping them to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and resources. By simplifying the development process, Dapta aims to empower organizations to focus on their core objectives while enhancing their operational efficiency.

Forest

Series A in 2023
Forest is a dockless, shared, and ad-supported e-bike service company.

Kunzapp

Seed Round in 2023
Kunzapp, ayuda a las empresas a maximizar su presupuesto, eficiencia y seguridad, eliminando gastos innecesarios, haciendo visibles los “Shadow IT”, y consiguiendo ahorro de miles de dólares al año.

Augmental

Seed Round in 2023
Augmental Tech develops technology that integrates with the human body that enables to access information without the use of hands. The company actively developing discreet hands-free interfaces for people with both situational and severe motor impairment. They want to help others to overcome the physical and sensory limitations of the body and see the mouth as unexplored real-estate for human-computer interaction. Augmental Tech enabling access to computers and increased autonomy for those living with paralysis of the upper extremities. They allowing interaction with a mobile device when constraints imposed by context prevent the use of hands. Augmental Tech was founded in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Destacame

Private Equity Round in 2023
Destacame SpA, based in Santiago, Chile, is a pioneering company that offers a behavior-based credit scoring service, the first of its kind in Latin America. The firm develops an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and health. Its suite of products enables users to manage various aspects of their financial lives, including past-due debt repayment, credit history, consumer loans, credit cards, and savings. By providing tools that allow individuals to take control of their financial wellbeing, Destacame aims to improve access to credit and empower its customers to enhance their financial situations.

Kunzapp

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kunzapp, ayuda a las empresas a maximizar su presupuesto, eficiencia y seguridad, eliminando gastos innecesarios, haciendo visibles los “Shadow IT”, y consiguiendo ahorro de miles de dólares al año.

Michroma

Seed Round in 2023
Michroma Corporation is a biotechnology company that specializes in producing natural thermostable colorants derived from filamentous fungi through a fermentation process. Founded in 2019 and based in both San Francisco, California, and Rosario, Argentina, Michroma aims to replace synthetic pigments and those sourced from animals and plants with sustainable, naturally produced alternatives. The company harnesses synthetic biology to develop proprietary fungal strains that generate high-performance ingredients in bioreactors. Currently, Michroma is prototyping its innovative pH-stable and heat-stable food colorants in collaboration with leading food and beverage and cosmetic companies. Additionally, the company is exploring the production of mycoprotein and other ingredients, making strides in the sustainable ingredients market.

Destacame

Series B in 2022
Destacame SpA, based in Santiago, Chile, is a pioneering company that offers a behavior-based credit scoring service, the first of its kind in Latin America. The firm develops an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and health. Its suite of products enables users to manage various aspects of their financial lives, including past-due debt repayment, credit history, consumer loans, credit cards, and savings. By providing tools that allow individuals to take control of their financial wellbeing, Destacame aims to improve access to credit and empower its customers to enhance their financial situations.

Wynwood House

Seed Round in 2022
Wynwood House is a hospitality company based in Mexico City, founded in 2019, that specializes in providing a network of apartments and villas for both short and long-term stays. The company aims to develop new hospitality brands tailored for a modern generation of travelers in Latin America. It also operates a digital accommodation platform designed for the tourism industry, which includes a concierge service that assists guests with valuable local insights, such as restaurant reservations and transportation arrangements. This service is intended to enhance the travel experience, allowing guests to focus on enjoying their stay while receiving high-quality support tailored to their needs.

Leasity

Seed Round in 2022
Leasity is an online platform to manage properties online. They are the main data in the rental contract, and they automate it. They receive rental payments and stay updated at all times about properties.

Shinkansen

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Shinkansen is a financial services provider based in Santiago, Region Metropolitana, that specializes in facilitating automatic money transfers for fintechs and startups. The company offers a platform designed to streamline the movement of funds to consumers, suppliers, banks, and conventional networks, allowing businesses to operate at the speed of the internet. By automating treasury functions, Shinkansen helps reduce transfer costs and simplifies financial operations for its clients, thereby enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in their monetary transactions.

Galgo

Series A in 2022
Migrante is a fintech with the purpose that giving access to financing through technology, we seek to get to know them and thus give them loans for their ventures and improve their quality of life.

Philippo

Seed Round in 2022
Philippo is a technology company focused on transforming the real estate market by offering innovative solutions for property transactions. The company specializes in facilitating immediate liquidity for property sellers by managing legal procedures and providing a model where sellers can receive cash for their homes while continuing to live in them as renters. This approach allows individuals to access funds tied up in their properties without the pressure of incurring significant debt or rushing to sell. By enabling sellers to transition smoothly and at market value, Philippo addresses the challenges of traditional real estate transactions, ultimately helping people navigate the complexities of property sales.

AgendaPro

Series A in 2022
AgendaPro is a comprehensive web-based management platform tailored for aesthetic clinics, salons, barbershops, and spas in Latin America. It offers a range of features that streamline operations, including online appointment scheduling, cash management, inventory oversight, and customer relationship management. Additionally, AgendaPro facilitates the creation of marketing campaigns and loyalty programs, allowing businesses to enhance their customer service while efficiently managing daily tasks. By automating routine operations and providing valuable insights through commercial management reports, AgendaPro empowers beauty and health-related businesses to save time and reduce costs.

The Live Green Co

Seed Round in 2022
The Live Green Company, founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile, specializes in developing plant-based food products. The company offers a range of items, including live green burger mixes and pancake mixes. Utilizing advanced technology, The Live Green Company employs proprietary methods that combine big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and precision fermentation to enhance the functionality and sustainability of consumer packaged goods. This innovative approach allows the company to research and develop active functional ingredients efficiently, contributing to its mission of creating cleaner and more sustainable food options.

Vita Wallet

Seed Round in 2021
Vita Wallet is a fintech, which offers companies and individuals the possibility of sending or receiving internationals quickly and easily, we connect Chile with more than 35 destinations. Vita Wallet offers payment methods so that people can integrate into the digital world such as prepaid cards and we have payment of public services among others. We also integrate people to the world of cryptocurrencies in an easy, safe and simple way.

Lentesplus

Series E in 2021
Lentesplus.com brings the Latin American contact lens market online and into the 21st century, offering competitive prices between 20% and 30% below market standards. The company offers clients ease and efficiency, delivering the correct product straight to their homes or offices, in many cases on the same day as the order was placed. With a strong focus on customer service, Lentesplus makes reordering contact lenses as simple as two clicks. Currently have operations in Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Argentina

Houm

Series A in 2021
Houm is a digital property management platform focused on transforming the process of renting, buying, and selling properties in Latin America. By utilizing technology, data, and design, Houm aims to simplify and expedite the traditionally cumbersome and bureaucratic experience for both property owners and tenants or buyers. The platform allows users to engage in online leasing of houses and apartments without the need for traditional notaries and extensive paperwork. This innovation enables renters to find and move into new homes quickly and effortlessly, eliminating many of the challenges associated with conventional renting processes.

Flycrew

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flycrew is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed specifically for fitness creators and trainers. It offers a comprehensive client management tool that streamlines various business operations for fitness professionals. The platform facilitates online lesson setups, payment processing, and scheduling of fitness classes, allowing trainers to efficiently manage their services. Additionally, Flycrew integrates social media tools, enabling personal trainers and coaches to engage with customers and promote their offerings directly. By connecting fitness professionals with their clients, Flycrew empowers trainers to enhance their business capabilities and reach a broader audience.

AgendaPro

Series A in 2021
AgendaPro is a comprehensive web-based management platform tailored for aesthetic clinics, salons, barbershops, and spas in Latin America. It offers a range of features that streamline operations, including online appointment scheduling, cash management, inventory oversight, and customer relationship management. Additionally, AgendaPro facilitates the creation of marketing campaigns and loyalty programs, allowing businesses to enhance their customer service while efficiently managing daily tasks. By automating routine operations and providing valuable insights through commercial management reports, AgendaPro empowers beauty and health-related businesses to save time and reduce costs.

The Live Green Co

Seed Round in 2021
The Live Green Company, founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile, specializes in developing plant-based food products. The company offers a range of items, including live green burger mixes and pancake mixes. Utilizing advanced technology, The Live Green Company employs proprietary methods that combine big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and precision fermentation to enhance the functionality and sustainability of consumer packaged goods. This innovative approach allows the company to research and develop active functional ingredients efficiently, contributing to its mission of creating cleaner and more sustainable food options.

Andes

Series A in 2021
Andes develops an integrated microbial technology to help accelerate crop growth. Its technology is combined with artificial intelligence to develop its seeds while reducing input costs and environmental footprints and helps farmers to boost their agricultural output and income. Andes was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Alameda, California.

Enviame

Seed Round in 2021
Envíame is a web platform designed to streamline the shipping process for e-commerce businesses by connecting them with over 150 couriers. This platform enables companies to manage their order distribution through a multi-courier system from a single interface. By integrating an API, online stores can easily connect with various shipping service providers, allowing them to automatically utilize available delivery services without the need for technical expertise. Envíame focuses on simplifying logistics for its clients, ensuring efficient and successful deliveries.

Chipax

Seed Round in 2021
Chipax is a Chilean fintech company that offers a web platform designed to streamline financial management for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform enhances accounting efficiency by automating processes related to invoices, expenses, and taxes, while also connecting to bank accounts for real-time data collection. Chipax provides tools for bank reconciliation, cash flow forecasting, and debt collection, enabling businesses to maintain clear oversight of their financial health. By simplifying the day-to-day financial operations, Chipax allows users to focus on key metrics such as cash flow, income statements, and outstanding debts, ensuring a more organized and transparent approach to business finance management.

Reveniu

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Reveniu is a developer of a subscription management platform that assists businesses and individuals in processing payments through debit and credit cards. The platform offers a comprehensive set of tools designed to streamline market entry, helping users efficiently collect recurring payments. By focusing on ease of use and efficiency, Reveniu aims to save users time and money in their payment processing operations.

FINTUAL

Series A in 2021
Fintual is a digital investment platform based in Santiago, Chile, that focuses on managing investments for young professionals seeking to make informed financial decisions. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Pineda, Omar Larré, Agustín Feuerhake, and Andres Marinkovic, the company provides low-commission accounts that emphasize passive investment strategies. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Fintual assesses clients' risk profiles and offers personalized investment recommendations, making it easier for users to gain essential financial knowledge and invest online.

Poliglota

Seed Round in 2021
Poliglota, founded in 2012, is an innovative language learning platform that transforms traditional education by facilitating collaborative learning in informal settings, such as coffee shops, rather than conventional classrooms. The company organizes small social groups led by expert teachers, employing a methodology that emphasizes social interaction and practical activities to enhance language acquisition. Poliglota offers classes in multiple languages, including English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese, and aims to foster a community-oriented approach to learning. Recognized for its contributions to educational innovation, Poliglota has received accolades such as the Avonni award and has been identified by the IDB as a leading disruptive educational innovation in Latin America. With over $2 million in language plan sales, Poliglota continues to expand its unique model while promoting effective and engaging language learning experiences.

Galgo

Venture Round in 2021
Migrante is a fintech with the purpose that giving access to financing through technology, we seek to get to know them and thus give them loans for their ventures and improve their quality of life.

Mudango

Seed Round in 2021
Mudango is a technology-driven startup that offers on-demand moving and storage services across Latin America, currently operating in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, with plans for expansion into Brazil. The company's user-friendly platform allows customers to declare a budget and efficiently book and coordinate various services, including moving, bulky item delivery, and self-storage. By connecting clients with suitable moving services that align with their financial needs, Mudango aims to simplify the logistics of relocation and storage, making the process more accessible and affordable.

Colektia

Series A in 2021
Colektia is a digital collection management company based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to help financial institutions optimize their communication strategies with debtors. The platform predicts the most effective times, frequencies, and channels for contact, enhancing the efficiency of debt collection processes. It offers a range of services, including real-time analytics, omnichannel management, and automated strategies, allowing users to manage payments, refinance, and schedule payment promises through various digital channels like WhatsApp and Facebook. By utilizing predictive models during key stages of the collection process, Colektia aims to improve the effectiveness of debt recovery while minimizing the need for human intervention. The company serves diverse sectors, including banking, retail, fintech, insurance, and telecommunications.

publica.la

Venture Round in 2021
publica is an advanced and beautiful service enabling owners of the broadest range of publication types and formats to share, market, and sell directly, with complete ownership and control of the brand experience, customer relationship, pricing, access model, and more.

Lenk

Seed Round in 2021
Lenk powers the process mortgage origination in Latin America

publica.la

Seed Round in 2020
publica is an advanced and beautiful service enabling owners of the broadest range of publication types and formats to share, market, and sell directly, with complete ownership and control of the brand experience, customer relationship, pricing, access model, and more.

Andes

Seed Round in 2020
Andes develops an integrated microbial technology to help accelerate crop growth. Its technology is combined with artificial intelligence to develop its seeds while reducing input costs and environmental footprints and helps farmers to boost their agricultural output and income. Andes was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Alameda, California.

Finvox

Seed Round in 2020
Finvox is a Chilean company founded in 2012, specializing in the development of web platforms and applications tailored for the financial industry. The company aims to enhance the accessibility of financial services by creating user-friendly technological solutions that incorporate modern UX principles. Its flagship product includes a trading portal that facilitates the buying and selling of shares and other financial instruments, while also providing access to an active investor community. This platform is designed to simplify the trading experience for users and improve their access to investment-related information, thereby promoting the expansion of financial services.

Chattigo

Series A in 2020
Chattigo is the platform to manage all the chats of your company in one place.Chattigo offers a unique opportunity to incorporate new digital attention technologies into your business. They invite you to know how they strategically transform your care system.

Citysense

Seed Round in 2020
Citysense is an open platform for the development of Smart City solutions, comprised of an installed network of "Citysense Urban Monitors”. Through a Platform as a Service (PaaS) model, developers can use Citysense to create solutions in various sectors such as: security, transportation, environment, advertising, entertainment and public services. Currently operational and revenue-generating solutions developed internally by Citysense (SaaS) show the market potential of the platform.

Get on Board

Seed Round in 2020
Get on Board, LLC is an online job listing platform founded in 2011 and based in Santiago, Chile, specializing in connecting digital professionals with job opportunities in startups and tech companies worldwide. As the largest tech recruitment platform in Latin America, it facilitates hundreds of thousands of job applications and is trusted by numerous startups and enterprises in both Latin America and the United States. The platform provides modern tools for recruiters, along with a streamlined and curated experience for job seekers. By leveraging exclusive data on candidate performance, Get on Board enhances remote recruiting processes and significantly reduces sourcing costs for employers, while efficiently helping job seekers find positions that match their skills and preferences.

Houm

Seed Round in 2020
Houm is a digital property management platform focused on transforming the process of renting, buying, and selling properties in Latin America. By utilizing technology, data, and design, Houm aims to simplify and expedite the traditionally cumbersome and bureaucratic experience for both property owners and tenants or buyers. The platform allows users to engage in online leasing of houses and apartments without the need for traditional notaries and extensive paperwork. This innovation enables renters to find and move into new homes quickly and effortlessly, eliminating many of the challenges associated with conventional renting processes.

Spora

Venture Round in 2020
Spora Biotech is focused on researching and developing innovative bio-textile products that address animal welfare and humanitarian concerns. The company specializes in creating a mushroom-mycelium-based leather, which serves as a sustainable alternative to both animal and synthetic leather. By harnessing nature's intelligence, Spora Biotech aims to provide environmentally friendly solutions that align with contemporary ethical standards. Their products not only promote sustainability but also encourage the adoption of responsible practices in the textile industry.

Colektia

Funding Round in 2019
Colektia is a digital collection management company based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to help financial institutions optimize their communication strategies with debtors. The platform predicts the most effective times, frequencies, and channels for contact, enhancing the efficiency of debt collection processes. It offers a range of services, including real-time analytics, omnichannel management, and automated strategies, allowing users to manage payments, refinance, and schedule payment promises through various digital channels like WhatsApp and Facebook. By utilizing predictive models during key stages of the collection process, Colektia aims to improve the effectiveness of debt recovery while minimizing the need for human intervention. The company serves diverse sectors, including banking, retail, fintech, insurance, and telecommunications.

Levita Magnetics

Venture Round in 2019
Levita Magnetics SpA, established in January 2012 by Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, is a Chilean medical device start-up focused on advancing surgical procedures through innovative technology. The company has developed a unique magnetic surgical platform called Magnetic Surgery®, which facilitates single and reduced port procedures, thereby promoting less invasive surgical techniques. This system utilizes a traumatic, shaftless design that eliminates the need for traditional trocars and shafted instruments, resulting in a clearer operative field and minimizing surgical trauma. By enhancing patient outcomes across various indications, Levita Magnetics aims to transform the landscape of surgery for broader patient populations, emphasizing both reduced invasiveness and improved cosmetic results.

Destacame

Series A in 2019
Destacame SpA, based in Santiago, Chile, is a pioneering company that offers a behavior-based credit scoring service, the first of its kind in Latin America. The firm develops an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and health. Its suite of products enables users to manage various aspects of their financial lives, including past-due debt repayment, credit history, consumer loans, credit cards, and savings. By providing tools that allow individuals to take control of their financial wellbeing, Destacame aims to improve access to credit and empower its customers to enhance their financial situations.

AgendaPro

Convertible Note in 2019
AgendaPro is a comprehensive web-based management platform tailored for aesthetic clinics, salons, barbershops, and spas in Latin America. It offers a range of features that streamline operations, including online appointment scheduling, cash management, inventory oversight, and customer relationship management. Additionally, AgendaPro facilitates the creation of marketing campaigns and loyalty programs, allowing businesses to enhance their customer service while efficiently managing daily tasks. By automating routine operations and providing valuable insights through commercial management reports, AgendaPro empowers beauty and health-related businesses to save time and reduce costs.

Colektia

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Colektia is a digital collection management company based in Santiago, Chile, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to help financial institutions optimize their communication strategies with debtors. The platform predicts the most effective times, frequencies, and channels for contact, enhancing the efficiency of debt collection processes. It offers a range of services, including real-time analytics, omnichannel management, and automated strategies, allowing users to manage payments, refinance, and schedule payment promises through various digital channels like WhatsApp and Facebook. By utilizing predictive models during key stages of the collection process, Colektia aims to improve the effectiveness of debt recovery while minimizing the need for human intervention. The company serves diverse sectors, including banking, retail, fintech, insurance, and telecommunications.

AgendaPro

Seed Round in 2017
AgendaPro is a comprehensive web-based management platform tailored for aesthetic clinics, salons, barbershops, and spas in Latin America. It offers a range of features that streamline operations, including online appointment scheduling, cash management, inventory oversight, and customer relationship management. Additionally, AgendaPro facilitates the creation of marketing campaigns and loyalty programs, allowing businesses to enhance their customer service while efficiently managing daily tasks. By automating routine operations and providing valuable insights through commercial management reports, AgendaPro empowers beauty and health-related businesses to save time and reduce costs.

Capitalizarme

Venture Round in 2014
Capitalizarme operates as an end-to-end marketplace for real estate assets, such as apartments, land, and parking lots, similar to platforms like Amazon or MeLi. The company focuses on simplifying the investment process, making it more accessible for first-time investors, particularly Millennials and Gen-Z. Through its platform, Capitalizarme identifies promising investment opportunities and provides users with guidance and financial education. The technology allows users to discover, buy, and manage real estate investments online efficiently, minimizing transaction costs associated with purchasing and leasing properties. Additionally, it offers flexible payment options for down payments, accommodating the financial situations of individual investors.
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