Launch a Company in Chile! Santiago Founder Institute Now Accepting Applications

Since launching in Santiago in 2012, the Founder Institute has graduated over 30 companies in the region, including some of the area's fastest-growing startups like girltank, GoPlaceIt, Hppy, I-Go, Voyhoy, Passionistas, Terviu, and many others.

Today, the Founder Institute is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Chile 2026 Semester!

If you could benefit from expert training and advice to launch a technology startup in Santiago, click here to apply today.

Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (abr 19, 2026) will have their application fees waived (typically $50) and are eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.

The Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, with over 9,000 graduate companies spanning 200+ cities worldwide. In our four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit you day job to participate, so you can begin testing and developing your startup ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.

In order to celebrate the launch, the Santiago Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:

Chile Events:

¿Por qué tu producto no vende? (y no es culpa de ventas): 6:00pm, jun 18, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/400257

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Think Like a Founder and Take Action: 8:00pm, jun 15, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/393187
How to Get Your First 10 Customers Without a Marketing Team or Budget: 12:30pm, jun 22, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/400856
Economic Development: How to Build Entrepreneurial Communities: 11:00am, jun 23, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/401019
[Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Pitch Live and Get Feedback from Investors & Advisors: 12:00pm, jun 30, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/401210
Stop Guessing, Start Raising: An Investor Q&A : 8:00pm, jul 06, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/392815
Meet FI Alumni Founders: High-Growth Startups Panel : 12:00pm, jul 07, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/391133
Stop Overthinking and Build a Great Startup Idea: 12:00pm, jul 20, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/390581
From Idea to Action: The Startup Mindset : 8:30am, ago 10, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/393310
Build a Startup Idea Investors Won’t Ignore: 8:00pm, ago 18, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/391251
FounderX Silicon Valley 2026: Global Conference in San Francisco: 8:00pm, ago 25, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/399779
What Makes Investors Say Yes: Startup Funding AMA: 12:00pm, sep 01, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/392927
How to Build a Strong Pipeline of Entrepreneurs for your Innovation Hub: 1:00pm, sep 15, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/398328
Break the Idea Loop and Decide What to Build: 9:00pm, sep 21, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/391531
From Idea to Traction: Lessons From Global FI Alumni: 9:30pm, oct 05, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/390857
From Dreamer to Doer: Build the Founder Mindset: 1:00pm, oct 13, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/393440
From Founder to Funded: Interactive Q&A with Top Startup Investor: 2:00pm, nov 03, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/393065
From “Maybe” to Momentum: Building a Great Startup Idea: 10:00pm, nov 17, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/391397
From First Idea to First Funding: Global Alumni Stories: 2:00pm, dic 01, 2026 (America/Santiago): https://FI.co/e/390994

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The Santiago Chapter will be led by local leaders Allan Jarry (Co Founder & Managing Partner JarryIP SpA) and Pablo Ambram (Founder & CEO of AgentPiggy) Maria Sandoval.

In addition, some of Santiago's top entrepreneurs will help teach founders in the program, including:

Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Alejandra Ganter: Founder, Chucao Consultores
Alejandro Pantoja: Director ejecutivo / CEO, OpenBeauchef
Alex Harasic: Business Development Manager - Startups & Venture Capital, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Alexandra Fontalba C.: Estrategia Comercial B2B, Customer Journey | Marketing
Alfredo Zepeda: Consultor Estratégico, Director Independiente
Allan Jarry: Founder, JarryIP SpA & Dadneo VC
Alois Bencina Kusmanic: CEO, Inversiones Atardecer
Andres Gallardo: Director Ejecutivo, Desafío Latam
Andres Ginestar: Director Ejecutivo, Talentoso
Andrés Leiva: CEO, Videsk
Andrés Arce Maillard: Tecnología / Políticas Públicas / Govtech, VcM USS
Beatriz Cereceda Caneo: CEO, Ordenar.me
Boris Gonzalez Ojeda: Director | Presidente de ARIA Los Ríos, EfectoVisual
Bruno Villalobos: Director de Inteligencia Artificial , SUBE IA
Camila Navia: CEO, Berking Biotechnology
Carla Donoso Christiansen: Directora, Comunicaciones estratégicas, marketing y asuntos corporativos
Carlos Sandoval Castillo: Consultor Estratégico, Innovación y Transformación Digital
Catalina De La Parra: Dra. en Artes, Facilitadora de capacitaciones para equipos.
Christian Ohnes: Head Chile, Squads Venture
Christian Cáceres Fuentes: Consultor Estrategia & Finanzas Startup, Mentor Triple Impacto
Claudia Barriga Carrera: Founder, Clo & Co
Cristhian Vasquez: CEO, NovaMind
Cristian Frenkel: CEO, Metaversia: Marketing para eCommerce y Negocios B2B
Cristian Tala: Inversionista VC, Ángel y Emprendedor | , El Ecosistema Startup
Cristian Varas: Co-Founder, ADDAM
Cristian Amunategui: Senior Legal Adviser, EMS Chile
Cristian Zepeda Vera: Director - Advisor , Startups
Cristian Campomanes Gutiérrez: Head de Ecosistemas e Impacto, Maxxa
Cristian Leal Durbahn: Asesor Estratégico en Desarrollo de Negocios, Gestión tecnológica
Cristobal Henríquez: Director General, VC Group
Cristobal Leturia: Co-Founder, Laura Inc - IA
Cristóbal Camino: CEO, Nube Cowork
Daniel Ibarra: CEO, GOPLACEIT.COM
Daniel Gómez: CEO, Centech
Daniel Schwarze Fraile: Strategy & operations lead, Stablecoin & Blockchain
Derie Fuentes Messina: CSO, Berking Biotechnology
Eduardo Steffens: Director de empresas, Inversionista
Eilyn Roca: Proyectos e innovación, Franquicias Internacionales
Elena Vega Opazo: CEO, Marketing Simple LAB
Enrique Villarroel: Founder, La Ruta Silver
Eric Tureo: CEO, TureosGroup
Esteban Fernandez: Founder, Palo Negro Biotech
Esteban Valenzuela Villena: Emprendedor y Mentor, M-Sport
Evelio Gonzalez: CEO, Symatech
Evelyn Patricia R. U.: CEO, Lex Work
Fabian Mella Lukacs: Founder, NeoVC
Fabian Acuña Hernandez: Founder, 9punto5
Fernando Hoffmann Rencoret: 🚀 Brand Manager | Marketing, Branding y Negocios Digitales | +8 años conectando marcas con personas | MBA, Café Marketero
Francisca Castillo Castro: Founder and CEO, Neocrop Technologies
Francisco Musso: CEO, Sales World
Francisco (Chopan) Catrileo: Co-Founder, Palta Labs
Francisco Salas Correa: CEO & Founder, Innovantgroup.io
Gabriel Cid: Founder & Excecutive Chairman, Capitalizarme
Gerardo Lagger: CTO & Product, Siembro
German Velasco Perez: CEO, E-Mov
German Alberto Godoy: Máster en Evaluación de Proyectos, Mentor de Impacto
Gonzalo Ortega Diaz: CEO, KININ
Gustavo Cortinez Aure: Founder, SweetSpot
Héctor Jorquera: Director, Vinculamos Latam
Héctor Troquian Sandoval: Founder and CEO, AuroCar
Hernan Sebastian Bustos Toledo: Líder en Innovación, Educativa y EdTech
Hussam Sufan: CEO, SearchBrand.ai
Isabel Torres Vidal: Directora Innovación Abierta, Socialab
Ivan Pino Saavedra: CEO, Plant Based Biotech
Ivan Fierro: CEO, Casa W
Javier Hasbun: Managing Partner, VC Group
Javier Caruso: Founder & CEO , Webstarted
Javier Cortes: Socio Fundador | Tax & Legal | IA Tech, Cortés Del Río
Jorge Pizarro: Director Comercial | Experto en Comercialización Tecnológica | FINTECH | Profesor Adjunto MBA UC | Automatización de cobranza y recaudación B2B & B2C | Reducción de morosidad | Pagos sin fricción | Open Finance, UPAGO
Jose Kont: Director Ejecutivo, Cuantico VP
José García Herz: Managing Partner, MKF Ventures
José Coloma Canales: Co-Founder, Vendify
José Ricardo Muñoz Mansilla: CEO, XConsultores
Juan Carlos Silva: Co-Founder, Roombeast
Juan Eduardo Fantini: Partner & Chief Investment Officer, CIO Invest
Juan I. Reimann: Director | Recruitment Expert, Founder & Investor
Juan Luis Larroucau: Co-Founder, AIM Manager
Juan Pablo Cappello: Principal, Greenberg Traurig
Juan Pablo Merino: Founder, REX Labs
Juan Pablo Valenzuela Guerrero: Líder Ecosistema y Herramientas , Hubtec Chile
Karina López Fuentealba: Founder & CEO, ENACTIVA + NUMIQUBIA
Katherine Olguín Gómez: CEO, Patagonia Startups
Kim Maturana, UPGirl
Konrad Peschka: Founder, Konredus
Leyla Cardenas Tavie: Decana Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile
Lorena Quiroz: Comunicación Estratégica, Hubtec Chile
Lorena Martinez Parra: Gestora Tecnológica Comercialización y Desarrollo Spin-Offs, Universidad de Concepción
Luis Mourgues: Corporate Venture Lead, Transelec
Luis Jara Guillén: Start Up Specialist, Banco BCI
Luis Alberto Alvarado: CEO, Surpay
Luis Felipe Meneses Faúndez: Dirección Estratégica como Servicio DaaS | Especialista en Crecimiento #Growth y Arquitectura Estratégica desde el #Nosotros | Creador de #humanb #ProductPeopleLedGrowth #CompraLocal y el Trébol de la Buena Suerte , humanB
Manuel Fernandez: CEO , GoVentas
Manuel Rengifo: CEO, Emprende-T
Marcelo Guital: CEO and Founder, Guital & Partners
Marco Antonio Alvarez: Chairman of the Board, CCAF La Araucana
Maria Ines Miranda: CEO, Innovature
Mario Godoy Zanni: Estratega y business intelligence, M&A
Matías Gonzalez Duarte: CEO & Founder, Brincus.com
Mauricio Espinoza Quilodran: Co founder - Director, Mentor.IA Creativa
Mauricio Ovando: CEO, SET
Mauricio Gonzalez: Consultor y profesor de finanzas, Conductor de Capital en Juego
Maximilian Klapp: CEO, Turingo
Micaela Di Julio: Head of Marketing at Cromodata, Founder of Areté
Neudo Buelvas: Co-Founder, Infood Protein
Oscar Casal: Founding Partner, Mondios Partners & CFO Rebel Factory
Pablo Gonzalez Rogers: CEO, GUX Technologies
Pablo Chandía Bascuñan: Articulador de Innovación Estratégica, IA Aplicada
Pablo Diaz: Co-Founder, Multivendor Network Academy
Pablo Ramirez Montes: Socio, Dalgarrando & Cía
Paolo Ottaviani: Sr. Program Manager - Southern Europe | Program Director - Visa Innovation Program Europe | Venture Partner Biometric Ventures, Tenity | Biometric Ventures | Visa Innovation Program Europe
Patricia Vera Barrientos: Estrategia e Innovación, Deportista de montaña
Patricio Pizarro: Founder, Nube Cowork | Trinity Partners
Patricio Villegas Rehbein: Director, Verifika
Paula Broitman: Assistant Professor, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Paula Bertone: Co-Founder & CRO, GROW
Pilar Valenzuela Toledo: Consultura Estratégica en Innovación, Valiente Consultores
Raimundo Mujica Sotomayor: CEO, Quimun
Ramon Gutiérrez: CEO, Be You
Raymundo Diaz Flores: Founder, Ventaja
Ricardo Ibañez Villaroel: Fundador, Grupo Defensa
Ricardo Icarte C.: Managing Partner, Austral Angels
Roberto Camhi: CEO, Mapcity
Roberto Musso: President, Digevo
Robinson Soto Fuentes: Director, VC Group
Rocio Azparren: CEO, Webstarted
Rodrigo Covarrubias, NOMADE Foodtech
Rodrigo Carrillo: Mentor y Asesor Internacional en Innovación e IA Generativa, Sube IA
Rodrigo Ibañez Coronado: Gestor de Redes, Innovación y Transformación Digital
Rodrigo Sainz: Founder and CEO, Blockchain Summit Latam
Rodrigo Aravena Muñoz: Director de proyectos, Economía Circular
Sebastián Felipe Antimán García: CEO, TechBio Innovations
Tim Delhaes: CEO, Restacked.ai
Tomas Bercovich: CEO and Founder, Zhetapricing
Tomás Vial Tagle: CEO, Nova Agro
Tomás Ortega: Founder, Mushroom Protocol
Veronika Fischer: Experta, Desarrollo de Negocios y Mentoría