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1 A place to generate innovation... A space to generate innovation... Carolina Rossi Director of

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3 Creation of an ecosystem Attraction & concentration of talent Connect poles of Innovation Isolation

4 Disruptive measurements for a disruptive goal Implementar nuevas ideas/tecnologías que agreguen valor

5 * Year of Entrepreneurship (Emprendete Chile) * Year of Innovation (ImaginaChile). * Companies in one day for zero cost (May 2013) New policy in Congress: making it easier to close a company. * Incentive companies to Innovate: Ley I+D Why?

6 * Centers of Innovation: Germany, Australia, France, Holland. * Internal Challenges: Desafío Chile Gestiona * Entrepreneurial Visa: first steps SUP Chile. Why?

7 We are seeking a cultural change!

8 So we can move from a... Local Mentality to a Global Mentality

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11 THE PROGRAM MISSION WE BELIEVE Position Chile as the leading innovation and entrepreneurship hub of LatAm. The Route to success is via expansion and connections, attract early stage, globally minded entrepreneurs from around the globe so they build their companies in Chile whilesharing their contacts and mindset with local entrepreneurs.

12 WHAT WE OFFER LIVE WORK PLAY One Year WORK Visa $40,000 seed Capital taking no equity Soft Landing and hospitality Latin America networking and market access Chilean cultural experience language learning historymaking opportunity

13 WHAT S THE PLAN Chile s Economy Entrepreneurs We need Chile s Economy is well doing. We have the chance to become a DEVELOPED NATION. We won t let that opportunity slip between our hands! Entrepreneurs are the key players so this dream comes true. - Create Jobs, build wealth -They have the fast-paced, flexible mentality that needs to be spread around Chileans. We need the entrepreneur s contribution to our economy and we need Chileans to think entrepreneurially.

14 ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB More Entrepreneurs Multicultural Startup community 23,4% Chileans Between reports having started a NEW business. HIGHEST number in the OECD Entrepreneurs 64 Countries Applicants In the past 5 MONTH, 6 FUNDS have started operations in Chile, 3 of them being international VC FOUNDS. No precedents.

15 ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB Recognition Media Studies by: GEM, OECD, World Economic Forum, Startup Genome and LAVCA. Identify CHILE as Entrepreneurial hub. Chile did not have such a reputation before Stories Published The Economist CNN International Forbes Exame Huffington Post Local Media reinvents itself: launching special sections to cover entrepreneurship and tech. El Mercurio La Segunda Estrategia Diario Financiero

16 MEDIA Press Coverage NACIONAL INTERNACIONAL

17 But the most important thing: Cultural Change

18 RVA Social Impact ENGAGED Entrepreneurial REVOLUTION Global CONNECTIONS NO EQUITY We ask all them to Engage in Social Imapct Activities. These activities are mean to show Chileans, they can join the Entrepreneurial Revolution. They can have all the Global Connections they need just by talking to SUP entrepreneurs, who can also help them work on specific skills. We take No equity from the startups we support: our currency is the time they devote to transform people s mindsets in Chile. ENTREPRENEURS ARE MINDSET

19 RVA Activities 1 Changing the world through Social Action Suppers are agents of change and Start Up Chile created a system to support them.

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23 RVA SUPNumbers Meetups Hours of Mentoring Workshops & Conferences Total Activities Total Assistants Impacted By Entrepreneurs Regional Activities

24 And today, after 3 years...

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26 Social Impact Long Term Activities De Emprendedores para emprendedores Hackaton Startup on Wheels Meetups Girls In Tech Women 2.0 Tedx Providencia Startup Weekend Santiago se Atreve Lean Startup Machine

27 Some Startups Safer Taxi KienVe Padlet re:3d $4.2 Millions VC Funding $250K Angel Investment 500K Active Users 3d Gigabot Kickstarter FORMAFINA Transportar online.com Kid Bunch Floqq $400K North American Fund Angel Investment 250K Active Users $500K Spanish Fund

28 Some startups Pick1 Gympact We Hostels Junar $1,35 Millions VC Funding $986K Funding $1,2 Millions VC Funding $1,2 Million Chile s Aurus & Austral Capital taggify Bableverse Cruisewise $1 Million Chile s Aurus & Copesa 500 Startups $1.6 Million VC Funding

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31 CHILE OCDE 23.4% 8% Chileans between years old that state that have began a new business, CHILE 3 times higher than the OCDE. OCDE

32 And we are just begging

33 meetup.com/startupchile startupchile.org/apply

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