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.
Enerlink, founded in 2018 in Chile, specializes in providing B2B smart energy management services aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and reducing costs. Initially focused on smart metering software, the company shifted its emphasis in 2020 to developing Charge Management Software (CMS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging, which is hardware-agnostic and versatile. With over 150 paying customers across Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico, Enerlink is dedicated to accelerating the transition to e-mobility by offering advanced software solutions that improve the charging experience and profitability for businesses. The company's ambition is to establish itself as the primary operating system for EV charging infrastructure throughout Latin America.
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.
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.
Webdox
Series A in 2022
Webdox is a cloud-based software company based in Santiago, Chile, that specializes in contract lifecycle management (CLM) for medium and large enterprises in Latin America and the United States. Founded in 2017, Webdox offers an online platform that automates and streamlines the entire lifecycle of contracts, encompassing contract requests, drafting, validation, e-signature, execution, change management, and repository functions. The software is designed to empower businesses, lawyers, and startups to efficiently manage their legal documents and information, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and control over legal processes.
Chipax
Venture Round in 2022
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.
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 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.
Destacame
Series A in 2020
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.
Webdox
Seed Round in 2020
Webdox is a cloud-based software company based in Santiago, Chile, that specializes in contract lifecycle management (CLM) for medium and large enterprises in Latin America and the United States. Founded in 2017, Webdox offers an online platform that automates and streamlines the entire lifecycle of contracts, encompassing contract requests, drafting, validation, e-signature, execution, change management, and repository functions. The software is designed to empower businesses, lawyers, and startups to efficiently manage their legal documents and information, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and control over legal processes.
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