Latin American start-ups are thriving. Let’s help them cross borders

Mar 12, 2018

Participants of the "Start Up Chile" program work at their headquarters in Santiago, August 10, 2015. Drawn in by equity-free financing and promises of hands-on mentorship, dozens of female entrepreneurs will head to Chile in the coming weeks to participate in what the government says is the world's first state-run start-up program aimed exclusively at women. It's not the first attempt by Chile to catalyze its start-up scene. Since 2010, the government has awarded over $40 million in seed capital to thousands of up-and-coming innovators, according to its own statistics. Picture taken August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado - GF10000174915

Chile has been dubbed “Chilecon Valley” for its accelerators, which have attracted foreign entrepreneurs. Image: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Georgina Baker

Vicepresidente, IFC para Latinoamérica

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