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Check out the 21 startups that will rock the Start-Up Chile Demo Day on March 21stTRANSCRIPT
THURSDAY MARCH 21th
ENTREPRENEURS GUIDEDemoDay March 21
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2013 Año de la Innovación
SPRAYABLE ENERGYSprayable Energy is a liquid you spray on your skin to get the energy you would from co!ee or energy drinks. We aim to disrupt the $40bn energy products market with a patent-pending product that is safer, more e!ective, and more convenient than other ca!einated products.We are launching in April 2013 and are primary looking for PR opportunities & business development o!ers as a part of our demo day participation.
Contact: [email protected]: www.sprayableenergy.com
VIRALICAViralica is a set of tools for E-commerce that helps stores boost their online sales. We convert those shoppers who wouldn’t otherwise purchase into buyers and attract customers' friends by giving benefits & rewards in exchange for a tweet or a share on Facebook.Looking for investment: $USD 500.000, To be used in product improvement and further development of features, and especially in client acquisition.Contact: [email protected]: www.virali.ca
PACE4LIFEPace4Life is a Non Profit Organisation that addresses this by reusing “previously loved” pacemakers in the developing world for impoverished individuals.
Contact: [email protected]: www.pace4life.org
Looking for investment: $USD 200.000
Looking for investment: $USD500, 000
WORKSURFERSWorksurfers.com matches creative travelers with short-term projects at their travel destination. It’s like Airbnb for short-term creative projects. We are developing a job site to help creative professionals who travel (designers, software developers, photographers, film-makers etc.), extend their travel time, with the opportunity to work on short-term freelance projets at their travel destinations, in exchange for in-kind contribution.
Contact: [email protected]: worksurfers.com
NUBELONubelo.com is the leading freelance marketplace of Latin America. Companies can hire independent freelancers and use online collaboration tools to manage remote teams and projects. Nubelo has presence in more than 10 countries, with 60,000 registered users and already 2.5 million dollars in posted projects.Looking for investment: $USD 1.5 million.Contact: [email protected]: www.nubelo.com
BACKYARD BRAINSBackyard Brains enables everyone to learn how the brain works! We make a!ordable experiment kits for students to learn hands-on about the electrical signals of brain cells. Now everyone can use tools used by real scientists. Join the NeuroRevolution! with schools already using our equipment all over the world.We are looking to raise USD 1.8 million dollars to expand our professional team (educators, scientists, engineers, and designers) to grow more in the domestic and international high school and university market over the next three years. To date, over the past three years, we have raised USD $650,000 from government and grant agencies.Contact: [email protected] Website: backyardbrains.com
SCARP TECHNOLOGIESScarp is applying the generic pharmaceutical business model to Class 2 and 3 medical devices with the objective of addressing the rising cost and barriers to quality healthcare. The initial product is a core biopsy needle with a $200M global.
Looking for investment: $USD 500,000 to take southamerican livestock market.Contact: [email protected]: www.scarptechnologies.com
Looking for investment: $USD 500,000 angel round, convertible debt term sheet from WSGR.
OROECOOroeco.com is revolutionizing the global economy for sustainability with a one-stop platform that rewards you for aligning your personal values with your everyday life. Oroeco automatically tracks spending and investment data (via Mint.com), then adds environmental, societal and health impacts, incentivizing improvements with social games, prizes and real world deals.
Contact: [email protected]: www.oroeco.com
MELIUZMeliuz is a website that helps e-consumers save money and assist online stores to increase sales and drive loyalty. We provide discount coupon codes and a cash reward (part of the shop expenses back) everytime our user shop at a a"liated store.Looking for investment: $USD 500,000Contact: [email protected]: meliuz.com.br
THE CROWDSOURCED TESTING COMPANYThe Crowdsourced Testing company operates a fully-automated crowdsourcing platform that connects web and software developers with a crowd of expert software testers available to test their interactive projects on short notice and at all hours of the day.
Looking for investment: $USD 400,000Contact: [email protected]: www.crowdsourcedtesting.co
POSTEDINIs a social community of content providers. A dynamic marketplace for requesting quality content on demand: From blog posts to pictures; all inside an easy-to-manage platform, with powerful editor tools.Get posted in amazing sites. GET PAID TO DEVELOP NEW CONTENT!Series A por 10%: Looking for 5 investors for USD$30.000 each. Smart Money, should be able to contribute with contacts, support and strategy.Series B for 20%: The 5 investors from Series A have first choice, they can invest USD$90.000 each. If none of them are interested, it can be sold to the market.
Looking for investment: $USD $600.000Contact: [email protected]@thebrandingbrothers.com
RAZIENTRazient tracks global disasters on a daily basis and maps to an enterprise supply chain. Companies can reduce downtime with the Razient application.
Looking for investment: $USD 500,000Contact: [email protected]: www.razient.com
DIABETODiabeto is a non-intrusive hardware device which wirelessly transmits data from Glucometer into a smartphone for easy manageability of diabetes
Looking for investment: $ 300,000 Contact: [email protected]: www.diabe.to
KHIPUkhipu is a new way to collect and pay on Internet, using local bank accounts, without the need of special agreements with local banks. We have the potential of reaching more users, at a global scope, than PayPal, a company earning more than 4 billion dollars per year.
Looking for investment: $USD 120.000 for 5% in shares, but we’ll have more rounds coming soon.Contact: [email protected]: www.khipu.com
CRANBERRY CHICCranberry Chic is a web and mobile fashion social network that helps women get inspired, find clothes online, share their looks and get rewarded by the brands they love, with an holistic approach that helps and eases fashion consuming for their users.
BENCHBANKINGBenchbanking is an online lending marketplace with presence in Chile and Peru that lets users quote and get the right loan, from the right bank, in only one place.
Looking for investment: $USD 1.5 million. Contact: [email protected]: www.cranberrychic.com
Looking for investment: $USD 490,000Contact: [email protected]: www.benchbanking.com
KID BUNCHKid Bunch is a team of artist and parents, creating mobile adventures for kids. With more than 240,000 users, Apple has chosen our apps to show o! their iPads in Apple retail stores. Kids enjoy them so much, that they use them 2:30 hours daily.We are not looking for funding at this moment, but we are aiming to get more exposure for our project and apps, specially before the launch of "Bean Bag Kids Go To The Moon", our new app. With this, we want to increase our traction, engagement and possibly find new opportunities to develop apps for children as a third party. These e!orts should establish Kid Bunch in a better position to look for investment from July 2013 onwards.Contact: [email protected]: www.kidbunch.com
FLOQQFloqq is the biggest search engine for Spanish-speaking courses. We o!er courses in the form of videos focused on maximizing the quality for a very low price for people who want to perfect or update any professional or personal ability online.Looking for investment: $USD 1 million. Contact: [email protected]: www.floqq.com
Looking for investment: $USD 250,000
ECOSWARMEcoSwarm is the only purpose-built platform for the global Green Economy - a $3.3 trillion industry. Our SwarmEngine technology helps consumers discover their green interests; professionals with showcasing their skills & experience; organizations with marketing their products & services; and advertisers with connecting to a niche audience - all for a sustainable future.We are seeking $250,000 to sustain our development e!orts and to expand our marketing team. With this seed investment, we will reach profitability and su"cient user traction to attract further funding for aggressive growth.
Contact: [email protected]: www.ecoswarm.com
Looking for investment: $USD 500.000 (retail platform launch / one year operation / start developing platform in Peru and Colombia)
AUTOFACTAutofact helps people to buy good used cars in South America. Connections established with many sources (institutions, auto importers, car dealers and workshops among others), allow Autofact to gather information of any plate requested. Any person can enter a plate number, wait 40 seconds and access the AUTOFACT REPORT.
Contact: [email protected]: www.autofact.cl
THE WRITING BEESWriting Bees is the market place of writers; we connect good quality writers, with businesses that are in need of branded content for the spanish speaking market.In WB we make freelance writers succeed, and businesses achieve their results through content.At the moment we are not looking for funding, but we are looking for strategic alliances with important players in Latin America communication industry, such as media conglomerates, media networks (TV), important newspapers, publishers and magazines.Contact: [email protected]: www.writingbees.net
THURSDAY MARCH 21th
2013 Año de la Innovación
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