Recently, 28 Chilean tech companies, 9 industry associations, and government officials traveled across four U.S. cities as part of ProChile USA’s ChileTechTour, a strategic mission to accelerate the internationalization of Chile’s technology sector.
The San Francisco leg brought Chilean entrepreneurs face-to-face with leading VCs, accelerators, and universities for pitch sessions and strategic conversations about scaling sustainability-driven ventures. We shared our experiences in the LATAM impact investing market, focusing on how mission-driven companies can measure impact creation and position themselves to attract additional capital.
What we learned: Chilean founders are hungry for impact capital, but hesitant to invest in extensive impact reporting during early growth stages, which sparked productive dialogue.
We explored a critical distinction often blurred in practice: ESG compliance versus impact creation through core products and services. Both matter. Both play different roles. Understanding which is which changes how you build and fund companies.
Fewer, standardized impact metrics can deliver more value than dozens of disconnected KPIs. We prefer measuring what matters, not everything that moves.
The Chilean government emphasized a two-way education challenge: helping startups speak the language of impact investors, while simultaneously preparing Latin American foundations, family offices, and institutions to deploy capital effectively and locally; circulating and growing wealth within the region rather than flowing exclusively north.
The takeaway: Chile’s tech ecosystem is growing with intention. The entrepreneurs we met are building companies rooted in purpose and innovation, and prepared to compete on the global stage.
