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Best Auto Tech Companies in Santiago, Chile

The 32 best Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Awto.

32companies tracked
$13.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO TECH × SANTIAGO

Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies

$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

223companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
36unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Santiago

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Awto
App-based self-drive car rental platform
$6M60 mo agoSeries A—2016WordPressMySQLPHP+22—
2Jooycar
Provider of OBD-based plug-and-play device
$4M76 mo agoSeed—2014WordPressMySQLPHP+13—
3Movener E-power
Provider of electric conversion kits for trucks
$2M30 mo agoSeedGonzalo Pacheco
Founder & CEO
2015WordPressMySQLPHP+18—
4TransaTuAuto
Platform providing online services for vehicle buying and selling transactions
$1M47 mo agoSeedNicolas Schultz
Founder
2016——
5Autofact
Used car information portal
$135K142 mo agoSeedCristobal De Solminihac
Founder
2012Apple iCloud MailNode.jsYouTube+21—
6DesRueda
Online portal to discover auto workshops
$130K134 mo agoDeadpooledSebastian Quiroga
Founder & CEO
2014——
7Joldit
Find and rent parking
$65K157 mo agoDeadpooledAlejandro Harcha
Co-Founder & CEO
2012——
8Travoid
Fleet management & navigation solutions for the transport and logistics industry
$35K106 mo agoDeadpooledJibin Jose
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——

Top 10 Auto Tech companies in Santiago

#1
Seed · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2015
$2Mraised
▾

Provider of electric conversion kits for trucks

Founders & team
Gonzalo PachecoFounder & CEO
Investors
SQM
#2
Seed · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2016
$1.2Mraised
▾

Platform providing online services for vehicle buying and selling transactions. It offers services such as vehicle history reports, financing, secure payments, and digital transfers. Pre-purchase inspections, automotive insurance, and mechanical guarantees are also available. The platform provides solutions for both individual customers and automotive dealerships.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 17.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Seed$1.2M
  • Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$30K
Founders & team
Nicolas SchultzFounderRafael PereiraFounder
Investors
Start-Up Chile
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubHubspotSlickJquery CdnJqueryGoogle Tag Manager
#3
Series A · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2016 · 75 employees
$6Mraised
▾

App-based self-drive car rental platform. The company allows users to book cars for short term using their mobile application and pay online for their booking. Users can pick up cars from dedicated stations by providing driver details, payment details, and more.

Investors
Kauffman Fellows, Güil, Indumotora, Chile Ventures, güil Ventures
#4
Seed · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2014 · 45 employees
$3.9Mraised
▾

Provider of OBD-based plug-and-play device. It provides connected car services. Its device along with the smartphone application allows users to track the car status in real-time, driving behavior, trip history, emergency and damage alerts, and geofence alerts. It helps insurance companies in creating usage-based policies and generates prices. It also facilitates claim processing for automobile companies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 20.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Seed$700K
  • Oct 2018Seed$3M
  • 2017Seed$200K
Investors
Magma Partners, HCS Capital Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpMaterial Design LiteWpbakeryWpml
#5
Deadpooled · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2014 · 5 employees
$130Kraised
▾

Provider of an online marketplace intended to connect users with mechanics. The company's platform offers information about certified and trustworthy mechanical workshops, enabling users to rendering services in a hassle free way.

Founders & team
Sebastian QuirogaFounder & CEO
Investors
Start-Up Chile, Dadneo
Tech stack
CloudflareHttp/3
#6
Seed · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2012 · 154 employees
$135Kraised
▾

Provider of vehicle information services intended to reduce risks and make better decisions regarding used vehicles. The company's services offer to connect with hundreds of sources of information and generate reports, enabling clients to purchase old vehicles in a safe and informative manner.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 18.5% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Cristobal De SolminihacFounderFrancisco EcheverríaCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Wayra, Start-Up Chile
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud Mail
#7
Deadpooled · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2015 · 9 employees
$35Kraised
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Travoid provides a suite of software solutions for fleet management & navigation for the transport and logistics industry. The solution is compatible with EV, semi and autonomous vehicle fleets. Product offerings include a routing/navigation solution for the logistics industry to improve the fleet efficiency, an EV charge scheduling solution that provides optimal time/place to charge EVs based on power usage & real-time traffic, a priority-based multi-point routing solution for ride-share & transit operators and a cloud-based solution to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$30K
  • Aug 2015Grant (prize money)$100K
  • Mar 2015Seed$35K
Founders & team
Jibin JoseCo-Founder & CEOAbimanyu NairCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Start-Up Chile, Qualcomm Ventures, Accel, Zone Startups India, Flat6Labs
#8
Deadpooled · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2012
$65Kraised
▾

Find and rent parking

Founders & team
Alejandro HarchaCo-Founder & CEORodrigo Aliste PrietoCo-Founder
Investors
Start-Up Chile, NXTP Labs
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerRss
#9
Deadpooled · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2018
$15Kraised
▾

Gringo develops contactless ticketing solutions for public transport. Leverages NFC technology to enable clients in booking public transport from multiple operators via a single app.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$15K
Founders & team
Martyna WujasCo-FounderAntonino LondonoCo-Founder
Investors
Start-Up Chile
#10
Seed · Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region · founded 2018
—raised
▾

Online platform offering multi-category vehicles for on-demand ride-hailing. The platform enables users to book electric cars, vans, buses, vans, tricycles, and trucks. The platform uses AI-enabled software for route management. It offers features like real-time tracking, eco-friendly cost-effective ride, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Jason ScherpenisseCo-FounderOlivier PrintsCo-FounderGerman VelascoCo-Founder
Investors
Orange, ENGIE Factory, Dadneo
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle Font ApiGoogle MapsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3

Funding & investor landscape

$13.5Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
9disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Start-Up Chile7 rounds
Chile Ventures2 rounds
Dadneo2 rounds
ENGIE Factory2 rounds
Imagine Lab2 rounds
3IE1 rounds
Accel1 rounds
Flat6Labs1 rounds
Güil1 rounds
HCS Capital Partners1 rounds

Notable founders

Gonzalo Pacheco
Founder & CEO · Movener E-power
Nicolas Schultz
Founder · TransaTuAuto
Rafael Pereira
Founder · TransaTuAuto
Sebastian Quiroga
Founder & CEO · DesRueda
Cristobal De Solminihac
Founder · Autofact
Francisco Echeverría
Co-Founder & CTO · Autofact
Jibin Jose
Co-Founder & CEO · Travoid
Abimanyu Nair
Co-Founder & CTO · Travoid
Alejandro Harcha
Co-Founder & CEO · Joldit
Rodrigo Aliste Prieto
Co-Founder · Joldit
Martyna Wujas
Co-Founder · Gringo
Antonino Londono
Co-Founder · Gringo
Prism market signals · Chile · country-scoped Prism corpus, 245,140 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Auto Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN SANTIAGO · Mobility

How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Santiago is moving

A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Santiago — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 95 papers.

95 papers · stance -0.04 · 2% breakthrough · 72% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela31
  • Universidad de Santiago de Chile28
  • Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil12
  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago9
  • Universidad Santiago de Cali7
leading researchers
Almendras, Katerin · Antonio Rial Boubeta · Briones Lascano, Tamara Liriana · Carmen Barreiro · Cobos Muñoz, Alexander · Cándida María Domínguez-Valerio
prism intelligence · tone & topics
78% positive · 15% critical tone
HealthBusinessEducationPoliticsSocietyCulture
▲ Breakthroughs1 · 1%
▲ 0%→1% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→1% of field), led by Cadastre.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Cadastre1
  • Flood myth1
  • Earth observation1
  • Hydrometeorology1
  • Interoperability1
◆ Advancements15 · 16%
▲ 0%→16% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→16% of field), led by Context (archaeology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Context (archaeology)5
  • Internal medicine3
  • Rheumatoid arthritis3
  • Cadastre2
  • Psoriatic arthritis2
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→5
Landmark Factors associated with long-term retention of treatment with golimumab in a real-world setting: an analysis of the Span · 39 cites
▼ Concerns42 · 44%
▼ 50%→43% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (50%→43% of field), led by Humanities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Humanities2→20
  • Philosophy2→9
Newly emergingContext (archaeology) 0→8
Landmark Reconciliación Social como estrategia para la transformación de los conflictos socio-políticos, variables asociadas e in · 67 cites

Common questions

How many Auto Tech companies are there in Santiago, Chile?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Auto Tech companies headquartered in Santiago, Chile that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile?
The Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile on this list have raised a combined $13.5M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto Tech company in Santiago, Chile?
Awto is the highest-funded Auto Tech company in Santiago, Chile, with $6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile are funded?
9 of the 32 Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto Tech unicorns are there in Santiago, Chile?
None of the Auto Tech companies in Santiago, Chile on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Santiago, Chile Auto Tech companies?
The most active investors in Santiago, Chile Auto Tech companies on this list include Start-Up Chile, Chile Ventures, Dadneo, ENGIE Factory, Imagine Lab.
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