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Start-Up Chile (Corfo) · Pre-acceleration grant
$16KCLP 15,000,000 (~$16k) equity-free funding + 4-month pre-acceleration
Chile's government pre-accelerator: equity-free CLP 15M funding and a 4-month program for early teams going from validated idea/prototype to validated MVP, open to founders from any country.
Key terms
- Equity-free; funding is from Corfo and selected teams sign a contract with Corfo based on the program Terms & Conditions
- Applications not open at verification (Oct 2026): page says 'Applications opening soon'
- Two generations per year, up to 50 startups each
- At least 50% of each generation is women-led (Female Founder Factor)
- Top teams may access an extension into the Ignite program
- Visa processing support offered for working from Chile
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Validated idea to early prototype/MVP stage
- Technology-based, scalable startups from any country
How to apply
Apply online via the Start-Up Chile portal (startupchile.charly.io) when the next call opens; read the Build Terms & Conditions PDF first.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Twice-yearly calls (next call 'opening soon')
- Status
- Paused — next round TBA
Verified 2026-10-23 · source