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Accelerators

Start-Up Chile Build

Status

Usually opens in May and November

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
15,000,000 CLP

Equity-free funding of CLP 15 million (about USD 15,000) for a four-month pre-acceleration programme, per the official Build page. Applications are not open now.

Funder

Start-Up Chile (CORFO)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Applications are not currently open; the official page says 'Stay tuned for the next application process'.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Open to founders of any nationality; the startup must be under three years old and founders must relocate to Chile for the programme duration. Equity-free.

How to apply

  1. Watch startupchile.org for the next generation window.
  2. Submit the online application in English within the window.
  3. Evaluation by external judges.
  4. Selection, then relocate to Chile, incorporate or register locally and sign the CORFO contract.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://startupchile.org/en/apply/build/

"Annually we receive 2 Build generations of up to 50 startups each"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: startupchile.org

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