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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
25,000,000 CLP

Equity-free grant plus a soft-landing package and one-year work visa support. Build has historically awarded around CLP 25 million (roughly USD 25,000-30,000) to each of up to 50 startups per generation, with two generations a year.

Funder

Start-Up Chile (CORFO)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — The Start-Up Chile website currently shows applications as closed between generations. Results from the most recent cycle were published in January 2026.

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"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: startupchile.org

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