Business Dev mentors

Alex is the co-founder of Boost, a B2B platform that measures the impact of training in big companies. He is also the co-founder of Fruta Con Sentido, a platform that connects small businesses with customers and optimizes their sales and logistics.

Alvaro is an entrepreneur, researcher, and angel investor. He is the founder of Simpliroute, a 500 Startup alumni and a researcher at Universidad de Chile. He specializes in product development, marketing, fundraising, and internationalization.

Amit is a former investment tech banker (Credit Suisse) and is currently a serial entrepreneur with startups in India & Chile. His current project is MobileHut. He has experiences in most areas of building a startup, but specializes in fundraising, sales, and marketing.

He worked on a social innovation project supported by CORFO and implemented by Un Techo para Chile in Coquimbo. He returned to Santiago to join the INACAP Business Incubator. He then assumed as Senior Consultant in TRANSFORME managing corporate innovation programs in large corporations. He is currently COO at UDD Ventures. He also taught innovation and entrepreneurship since three years at the Universidad Santo Tomás.

Entrepreneur, CEO at Exalitica (Next Generation Cloud Analytics), previously high executive in several international companies in the areas such as Management consulting, Technology, Analytics and Biotech.

Brian is a Product Manager at InsightSquared, the leading SaaS solution for sales and marketing analytics. He has experience with product management, sales, and SaaS models and metrics.

Clemente is an entrepreneur and a business director. He co-founded Nearway (a b2b app) and Simple (a cellphone business). He worked 14 years at Movistar and is currently the director and a mentor at Chrysalis. His strengths include negotiation and strategy.

Cristián is the CEO of Tecnova in the US, a company that focuses on software development. His other company, SK Godelius, worked with optimizing mining processes. He has 14 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and is a civil industrial engineer from the Universidad de Chile.

Cristian is an entrepreneur and investor in the technology industry. He is the Managing Partner at Manutara Ventures. Previously, he was the cofounder of technology companies like Ionix Mobile Payments and Qin Technology.

Cristian is the business development manager at Merck pharmaceuticals. He has prior experience working in marketing and product management.

Dan is a serial Entrepreneur, with experience in fundraising processes for startups. He is the Director for PartyShop.cl, Cofounder of Wisebark, and has lead teams of Sales & Marketing strategists. He also is a mentor for several startups from all around the world.

Eñaut is the founder of GERTUKO, consultant, coaching and entrepreneurship university teacher. Previously, he was the general manager of a company with 50 employees. His specialties are strategy, negotiation, human resources, and coaching.

Esteban is the founder of the digital agency, Brainup.cl, an entrepreneur, and an industrial engineer with more than 13 years of experience in marketing, business development, as well as digital strategy. Over six years leading and co-founding startups.

Eugenio is a business advisor. Before AceleraLatam, he was senior business development manager for DuPont Chile and Mining Industry leader for the same company in Latin America.

Jack is a start-up builder with deep capital markets expertise. He studied Operations Research and Engineering at Cornell, ex-fixed income trader at Barclays, and now works at ClaraLending.

Justin is an entrepreneur, investor and mentor. He is currently Founder & CEO of Lateral Labs. Previously, Managing Partner of Emergo Partners, Managing Partner of Tau Partners and head of global investment at Sovereign Wealth Fund in Abu Dhabi.

Ken is an entrepreneur who had two other startups before. His recent gig was to help a small business scale from about $3.5 million to $15 million in revenue in about two and a half year. His skill sets are operations, finance, FP&A, IT security, and advisory board.

Kim is an entrepreneur in China. Previously, he was a quality manager and a general manager.

Lee is the Director of the MIT Sloan Latin America Office. Previously, he worked as a consultant in the e-learning sector. He has experience in artificial intelligence software.

Leo is a software developer and has a MBA. He is the COO at Continuumhq and an Advisor/Director at GetOnBoard and Haus_app. He is also a Start-Up Chile Alumni. His specialties include execution and user experience.

Marcelo is General Partner at InverSurCapital, Advisor at IbtikarFund (Palestine), and a serial entrepreneur (8 companies). He is the former CEO at IncubaUC and President of ChileIncuba. His specialties include fundraising, sales, marketing, team building, and IP.

Matias is Segment Manager at Bci Bank, with experience in entrepreneurship, business models, finance and customer experience.

Néstor is a project manager and he currently works in Imagine Lab, incubator and accelerator sponsoring by Microsoft. His skills are: Regulatory Affairs, Intellectual Property, Project Management and Innovation. He has been working in the entrepreneurship ecosystem for three years. His interests are: Biotechnology, e-Health and Digital Platforms

Paolo Colonnello is CEO and founder of Blue Company. One of the Blue Company’s top projects is Bigloo nominated by Stanford University as one of the top 250 most promising companies. Founding member of the Chilean Entrepreneur Association (ASECH).

Ricardo has 5 years of experience working with product launches in the private sector. This has made him proficient when it comes to product development. For 4 years, he has been an entrepreneur and will be able to assist with the various struggles early on startups face.

Sapna is a Global Executive specialized in Strategy and Business Development. She is an expert in Transportation, Logistics, and International Trade.

Sumi is the COO & GM Americas at a software startup and an Angel Investor at Connector. She is an experienced and passionate technology professional that can direct global partnerships and platform ecosystem building. She is very effective in leading and motivating cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.

Taro is the Founder of DoggyDoc, GoodsCloud, and Petsicon. He is interested in deep belief networks, machine learning, and evolutionary computing. He has networks within Silicon Valley and Berlin. He has experience with product management and fundraising.

He has done hardware and product development since he started his startup. Also, as a CEO, he is in charge of the business side of his company, which is closing deals with clients and doing fundraising.

Victor is an international trade specialist with over 10 years of academic and professional experience. He is focused on innovation and development of new markets in Latin America and the Caribbean and has built strong distributorship throughout 15 countries and 300 stores in Latin America. His specialty assembling logistic solutions to meet distributors needs and generating value to our business partners.

Felipe is an engineer in business and co-founded TT Group (IoT,M2M). He has experience in business development and in creating businesses. He succeeds in introducing companies and digital services into mature markets.

Francisco is Head Of Innovation in everis Chile, with more than 15 years in Latin American Markets [Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Banking and Telecommunication Market]. Fields of expertise: Innovation, New Technologies, Business Strategy, Implementations, Project Management, Design Thinking, Agile & Lean, Branding Strategy, Mentoring for Entrepreneurs and StartUps. Education: Master in Business Administration, Computer Science Degree. Specialties: Business Development, Product Marketing, Internet, Sales, Cloud and Mobile Applications and Solutions, Creative Services, Change Management, People Management, Artificial Intelligence. Books: “Innovación: de la idea al éxito”.

Martin Gontovnikas, a.k.a Gonto, is a software engineer at heart that moved to the “dark side” and is now VP of Growth and Marketing at Auth0. With this career transition, he found a way to combine his 2 passions by applying his “engineering thinking” model to Marketing. You can follow him on Twitter (@mgonto) or read his (not so frequent) blog posts on his website.

Entrepreneur, Software Engineer. Founder of Clandescuento sold to GRPN. Now founder and CTO at Cornershop, the largest grocery delivery service in LATAM

Sean is an entrepreneur, marketer, and fanatic of team building. Previously participated in @startupchile, scale, @techstars, from South Korea, lived in Canada & Chile.

Carlos bets on the talent of entrepreneurs, personal brands and Startups. I am dedicated to boosting business models as Mentor. Social networks and innovation are my tools. My company is proemprendimiento.com

Carlos Luque, MSc. in Management, entrepreneur and speaker. Previously: consultant in business development and strategic management, Founder of LUQUE Business Rescue @lbusinessrescue and AMINTON Construcciones. Specialist in business models, costs, marketing and sales."

A charismatic leader with over 8 years of experience in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and project management in public and private sector. Trilingual (English, French and Spanish), I have a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in economics and public policy. I was the Smart City coordinator of Santiago, Chile during 2015-2016 and actually I am living and studding Innovation in Montreal. I want to contribute to the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem in Quebec, and develop international business with Latin America.

Deniz is an entrepreneur and a innovation/business manager. His experience is mainly on B2B sales, negotiation, team management, and digital marketing, with wide experience working with big companies.

Entrepeneur, organisational psychologyst. Co founder at rankmi.com, a HR Saas, Startup Chile Gen 9, Founder.org alumni.

Alvaro is a serial entrepreneur and investor. + 8 years of professional experience. Has lived in 3 different continents, before BePretty he had already lead 2 other startups

CEO @ Autofact. Sales, product, organization, and business strategy.

General advice (I have founded many companies), online markeplaces (I have build 2), business advice, management, customer relationships, recruiting, team building, sales, accounting (Chile), ideas validation, customer acquisiton

Nicolas is a Strategist and Business Developer who has more than 13 years of Sales & Marketing experience in international markets. He is an electronic engineer, MBA from IESE Business School and has worked in different industries such as Biotech, Telco, eHealth, Fintech, and Industrial Automation.

General Advice, Strategy, Business Development, Commercial Planning, Product management, internationalization.

Alfonso has more than six years of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation. He can give advice on business models, client understanding and retention, need identification, prototyping, and validation.

Jesús is an entrepreneur, industrial engineer, and urban cycling promoter. He is theCo-founder & CEO of Beelivery_cl and entrepreneurship professor at Universidad San Sebastian. His specialties include negotiation, strategy, business models, partnerships and sales.

Jorge Jardua is a businessman linked to aeronautical businesses. He is a founding partner of Aeroneed, the Manager of Leonardo Helicopters for South America, and representative of brands linked to aeronautics. His specialties include negotiation, sales, control, and development.

General Manager and mentor of an incubator and corporate venture capitalist. Board member in various companies. Previously General Manager in the Electricity and Gas sector (1000+ employees), in different continents and cultures with leadership, strategy and negotiation skills and a strong technical and financial background.

Marco is Brand Manager at Corona and Stella Artois (AbInBev). He previously has been a founder of his own start-up (t-Art) and also part of Start-Up Chile. His specialties include marketing, business strategy, and branding.

Nathan is currently the managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed stage venture capital fund based in Santiago, Chile and Los Angeles, CA. He has founded several other startups in the marketplace and fintech industries. He has authored books on startups and has had exits with his companies.

Raúl has more than nine years of experience with business development and international sales. He is the Executive of Partner Development LATAM for InterSystems. Previously he was the Business Development Manager at InterSystems, Complex Solution Manager at IBM, IT Operation & Sales Manager at Imaginex, and Key Account Manager at SONDA.

Todd is Director of Business Develop for Mission Produce, Inc., the world's largest year-around supplier of avocados. Previously he was an independent consultant to other multinational agriculture and produce companies.

Diego is an entrepreneur and angel investor graduated from MIT. He founded Global Garden Ventures and Testable SRL Inc., is a Managing Partner at Cartonlab Inc., Partner at HigherDreams Agency. He managed MIT’s Global Startup Lab in Mexico.

Dino is a business consultant, currently at Finalta, a subsidiary of McKinsey. Previously he was the CEO at INESA and the Engagement Manager at McKinsey London.

Manish is a technology engineer, people business leader and board member. He co-founded LetsVenture.com. Previously Country Manager at Sling Media in India and worked at Sling Media, Ittiam Systems, and Motorola. Founder and Mentor at “Women Entrepreneur Quest” and angel investor.

Sandro is a Product Strategist, Business Consultant and User-Centered Design Evangelist. Previously he built AT&T’s innovation strategy, was a member of the EdTech accelerator, and mentor in Silicon Valley.

Vasco is an entrepreneur & community business leader. He is focused on improving business operations. Currently, he is the CEO at www.janojustice.com. He previously was a Business Strategy Consultant at Deloitte.

Claudio is a specialist in organizational culture and an Information Technology Manager. He is President of GTISUL (www.gtisul.com.br), and Total Quality Program (www.comitedaproducao.com.br). He is a Mentor at IMED incubators and works with planning and strategy.

Mario is a pioneer in the LATAM video game industry. Director for Business Development in Emerging Markets at Electronic Arts. He received the award “Latino Role Model 2015”. Mario is mentor of startups, angel investor and author “Manage Your Passion. Latin America 2050: One Gamer At A Time”.

Milan is the Managing Director at the AngelHack HACkcelerator, a VC at Base Ventures. He designs innovation initiatives for various Fortune 500 companies and is a Dealflow Partner at Start-Up Chile. He serves as a Mentor for various startups in several different accelerators.

Daniel is an entrepreneur. He co-developed Expenews.com (2007), Zappedy (2009) and Epistemonikos (2011), a foundation in the area of health, the world's largest systematic reviews search engine. His specialties include product launch, web development, lean startup methodology, and agile development.

David is an analyst at DFJ DragonFund, an early stage firm that invests in the US and China. Previously, he was an entrepreneur with 5.5 years of operational experience.

Anne is an architect, social and civic entrepreneur with more than 20 years of leadership experience in sustainable economic and community development. Currently is the Director of Transformative Development at MassDevelopment, a quasi-public economic development agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA.

David is an engineer with a masters in Business Engineering. Three time CEO (Lead generation for Telcos, eCommerce Agency and SaaS for car dealers). Previously worked in an incubator, graduated from Founder Institute, and has been invested and accelerated by Nxtp Labs. Currently he is Country Manager at NXTP Labs Chile.

Mathias is CFO at Enea, CEO at Aguas Poniente, and teaches LeanLaunchpad at UDD. Mathias holds an MBA from Columbia University and a Master in Finance from UAI. His companies are involved with sustainability and the food industries. His specialties include product-market fit and customer discovery.

Physician, General Manager and Organizational Mentor. 40 years of experience in different positions in pharmaceutical companies. The last 22 as General Manager, and the last 10 as General Manager and Vice President for Latin America of Synthon Laboratory. Excellent interpersonal and people management skills, with emphasis on the development and empowerment of people and teamwork. I am currently chair at Vistage, the CEOs worldwide organization

Pedro brings over 25 years experience working as consulting market IT-solutions, for cross-market industry,entrepreneur in BSC Consulting , Spherical Consulting.

"Entrepreneurial and Business oriented, with experience in mid projects and big companies.
Successfully helped building thriving companies for start-ups and entrepreneurs in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts . And helped multiples startups in Chile.
Background in marketing, business development, and project management.
Energetic self-starter, goal oriented with strong social and communication skills; work well independently or on a team."

My professional experiences, provides strategic vision and strong solutions in the quest to expand sales, profits and market share. Strong foundation dealing with local and international clients. Establishing international business operation in Chile, as a platform to address other markets in Andean Region and the Southern Cone.

Federico is a general manager. Previously: Business Manager @ Falabella Inversiones Financieras; MBA @ Darden University of Virginia; Product Manager @ T-Mobile US; Marketing, Ops & Strategy @ Telefonica

Gonzalo has been an entrepreneur for over 10 years. Recently became a speaker and a mentor. Community Leader for #StartupWeekend Chile, Founder of Elkare SpA and Innovation & Entrepreneurship teacher at DuocUC.