Kayyak I
Kayyak Ventures, founded in 2020 and based in Santiago, Chile, is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments. The firm focuses on mission-driven entrepreneurs who possess innovative visions for addressing social and environmental challenges. Kayyak Ventures selectively invests in a limited number of companies each year, allowing for a dedicated and personalized approach to support. It typically targets companies in sectors such as information technology, financial services, consumer products, and business services, emphasizing those with strong revenue generation and efficient business models. Investments generally range from $1.5 million to $5 million, with a focus on Seed, Series A, and Series B funding rounds. While primarily investing in Latin American companies, Kayyak Ventures also considers businesses led by Latin founders outside the region. The firm values the importance of people, teams, and culture as key competitive advantages in its investment strategy.
Past deals in Andes
Enerlink
Seed Round in 2023
Enerlink, founded in 2018 in Chile, specializes in smart energy management services, focusing primarily on software technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The company developed a hardware-agnostic Charge Management Software (CMS) that enhances the charging experience and profitability for businesses. With over 150 paying B2B customers across Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico, Enerlink aims to facilitate the transition to e-mobility in Latin America by providing innovative solutions that help organizations reduce energy costs and carbon footprints. In addition to smart charging, Enerlink offers smart metering and energy consulting services, further promoting energy efficiency among its clients. The company's vision is to become the leading operating system for EV charging infrastructure in the region.
Destacame
Private Equity Round in 2023
Destácame SpA is a Chilean company based in Santiago that specializes in developing and marketing a behavior-based credit-ranking service, making it the first of its kind in Latin America. The company offers an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and improve overall financial 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 these tools, Destácame empowers individuals to effectively handle and enhance their financial wellbeing.
Destacame
Series B in 2022
Destácame SpA is a Chilean company based in Santiago that specializes in developing and marketing a behavior-based credit-ranking service, making it the first of its kind in Latin America. The company offers an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and improve overall financial 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 these tools, Destácame empowers individuals to effectively handle and enhance their financial wellbeing.
Foodology
Series B in 2022
Foodology operates delivery-focused digital restaurant brands across Latin America, specializing in scaling these brands via cloud kitchen networks. With over 80 kitchens in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru, the company leverages technology and infrastructure to streamline food processing, enabling brands to rapidly iterate concepts without substantial setup costs.
Webdox
Series A in 2022
Webdox Legal Informatics & Data SPA is a software company based in Santiago, Chile, specializing in cloud-based solutions for legal document management. Established in 2012, Webdox offers a comprehensive contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform tailored for medium to large enterprises in Latin America and the United States. The platform automates and streamlines various stages of the contract lifecycle, including contract requests, drafting, validation, e-signatures, execution, and change management. Additionally, it provides features such as a contract repository and reporting tools, empowering businesses, legal professionals, and startups to effectively manage their legal documents and information.
Chipax
Venture Round in 2022
Chipax is a Chilean web platform that simplifies financial management for small and medium-sized businesses through its Enterprise Resource Planning system. The platform offers tools for real-time data collection from financial institutions and integrates key financial processes such as sales and purchase invoices, expenses, and taxes. By automating tasks like bank reconciliation, cash flow forecasting, and debt collection, Chipax enhances operational efficiency and transparency, allowing businesses to maintain control over their cash flow and financial statements. This approach aims to make everyday accounting tasks significantly easier for users.
Foodology
Series A in 2021
Foodology operates delivery-focused digital restaurant brands across Latin America, specializing in scaling these brands via cloud kitchen networks. With over 80 kitchens in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru, the company leverages technology and infrastructure to streamline food processing, enabling brands to rapidly iterate concepts without substantial setup costs.
Food For the Future
Venture Round in 2021
F4F transforms organic waste into products with a high nutritional level for feeding birds, mammals, and fish. It turns black soldier fly into protein meal for animal nutrition in the salmon, poultry, swine, and pet industries. Along with animal feed, the startup says its insect farming technology holds promise in the human food and cosmetics industries as well, and that its protein is significantly less water-intensive and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional protein sources. It also makes an organic fertilizer byproduct at its industrial plant in Chile’s Maule region.
Colektia
Series A in 2021
Colektia is a digital collection management company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It offers a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to optimize communication strategies for financial institutions when interacting with debtors. The platform employs predictive models to determine the most effective channels, times, and frequencies for contact, enhancing the efficiency of collection efforts. Colektia's services include real-time analytics, omnichannel management, and automation through collection bots. It also supports self-management options for users, allowing them to make payments, refinance, and schedule payment promises through integrated digital portals. The company serves various sectors, including banking, retail, fintech, insurance, and telecommunications, aiming to improve collection effectiveness while minimizing the need for human intervention.
Destacame
Series A in 2020
Destácame SpA is a Chilean company based in Santiago that specializes in developing and marketing a behavior-based credit-ranking service, making it the first of its kind in Latin America. The company offers an online financial management platform designed to enhance financial inclusion and improve overall financial 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 these tools, Destácame empowers individuals to effectively handle and enhance their financial wellbeing.
Webdox
Seed Round in 2020
Webdox Legal Informatics & Data SPA is a software company based in Santiago, Chile, specializing in cloud-based solutions for legal document management. Established in 2012, Webdox offers a comprehensive contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform tailored for medium to large enterprises in Latin America and the United States. The platform automates and streamlines various stages of the contract lifecycle, including contract requests, drafting, validation, e-signatures, execution, and change management. Additionally, it provides features such as a contract repository and reporting tools, empowering businesses, legal professionals, and startups to effectively manage their legal documents and information.
Foodology
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Foodology operates delivery-focused digital restaurant brands across Latin America, specializing in scaling these brands via cloud kitchen networks. With over 80 kitchens in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru, the company leverages technology and infrastructure to streamline food processing, enabling brands to rapidly iterate concepts without substantial setup costs.
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