
Corfo
Moneda 921, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, 8320250, Chile
Overview
CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Government
- Service Industry
- Social Impact
Investment portfolio
- MisCausas.io
Participated · Equity · May 2026
Founded in 2019, MisCausas.io operates a freemium LegalTech marketplace that uses AI to match users to lawyers with a reported 90% matching accuracy. The platform handles civil, labor and family legal cases and reports 150,000 registered users across Chile, Peru and Colombia. Its hybrid revenue model includes individual subscriptions ($9–49/month), SME plans ($99/month) and 15–20% commissions for lawyers. In 2025 it reported $2.8M in revenue with 150% year-over-year growth and projects over $5M for 2026. Strategic partnerships—including API integration with the Chilean Poder Judicial (2024) and collaborations like BancoEstado credits for legal services—have driven significant user acquisition and created regulatory moats. The company positions itself for regional expansion and continued monetization of volume-driven subscription and commission revenue.
- AgroUrbana
Participated · Seed · Jul 2020
Agrourbana operates vertical farming facilities producing high-quality vegetables year-round with a strong focus on sustainability. The company uses 99% less soil and 95% less water and grows without pesticides. It currently supplies major chains and restaurants but is operating at maximum capacity. Management says the business is not yet profitable and is raising capital to scale production and expand facilities. Agrourbana occupies 400 m² of a 4,000 m² site and plans to utilize the entire space and expand its Quilicura plant to five times current capacity. The team aims to multiply production 20 times within three years and describes the planned output as 'lettuce forests' equivalent to 20 hectares within a market of at least 70,000 cultivated hectares. AgroUrbana, founded in 2018 in Chile by Pablo Bunster and Cristian Sjögren, operates climate-controlled hydroponic vertical farms growing lettuce and is trialing crops such as strawberries. The company runs a 3,000-square-foot pilot facility in Santiago using precise spectrum lighting and supplies supermarkets including Cencosud and Walmart, as well as restaurants, catering channels, and a direct-to-consumer subscription box. It closed a $4 million Series A to fund construction of its first large-scale plant, a replication of the pilot that will be ten times larger and is expected to increase output roughly twentyfold. Management emphasizes a technology-agnostic, off-the-shelf approach informed by the founders’ renewable-energy experience rather than developing proprietary systems. AgroUrbana plans to use the new facility to prove a profitable large-scale model and then expand across Latin America, targeting major cities such as Sao Paolo, Bogota, Lima, and Mexico City. AgroUrbana operates a 3,000 sq ft pilot vertical farm in the suburbs of Santiago, growing layered, hydroponically produced leafy greens and fruits under LED lighting. The team plans to use the recent seed funds to advance pilot testing and scale operations. They describe themselves as South America’s first vertical farm according to the Association for Vertical Farming. AgroUrbana has inked a first offtake deal with a major Chilean grocery retailer and is exploring distributed scaling versus larger centralized plant models. Management plans a 30,000 sq ft facility and aims to pursue Series A funding later in the year to bankroll that expansion. The founders are evaluating renewable energy options for scaling, including power purchase agreements, financing a power plant, or building on‑site solar.
- SimpliRoute
Participated · Series A · May 2020
SimpliRoute is a SaaS logistics platform founded in 2015 that uses advanced machine learning and route‑optimization engines to manage urban last‑mile deliveries and real‑time tracking. Its platform has reduced client logistics costs by up to 30% and was inspired by an academic model that cut emergency response times by 40%. The company serves customers including Walmart and Unilever and operates in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. Led by Álvaro Echevarría and Eyal Shats, SimpliRoute employs 47 people and plans to grow the team to about 65 following the new funding. The startup intends to use the investment to expand in Europe and the U.S., improve its AI‑driven logistics platform, and strengthen engineering, IT, machine‑learning and sales teams in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. Prior disclosed funding over the last five years totals $1.5M, with the most recent prior injection in September 2018.
Team
Felipe Larraín Bascuñan
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Finance
Rocio Fonseca
Chief Innovation Officer
LinkedInHernán Valenzuela Cheyre
Council Vice CORFO Executive Vice President of CORFO
Bruno Baranda
Council Member on CORFO Minister of Social Development