Marcelo Vsquez

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Marcelo Vásquez VP Business Development
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What Business Are We In?

• We are in the business of innovation
• We believe innovation realises its value in the
  market
  
• Creating new companies is the most effective way
  to bring this value to the market

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About Fundación Chile
Who we are Fundación Chile is a non-profit, priv
ately owned corporation, created in 1976 by an
agreement between the Chilean Government and ITT
Corporation (U.S.A.).In 2005 BHP Billiton became
a co founder.
Our Mission To increase the competitivity of hum
an resources and productive sectors and services,
by promoting and developing high impact
innovations, technology transfer and management
for the country.
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Fundación Chile
Technologies
Sectors

• Biotechnology
• Environmental Technologies
• Fine chemistry
• ICTs
• Financial engineering
• Food technology

• Marine Resources
• Agribusiness
• Forestry
• Human Capital
• Environment
• ICTs

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Fundacion Chiles Operations
Strateg. Alliances with Comp./ Partners
External Sources of Technology
Companies in Expansion
Company scale-ups /Spin-offs (Seed Capital)
Management of Innovation (Competitive Funds)
Sales Tech. Licensing Wide dissemination
Technology services and certification
Internal Sources of Technology
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Outcomes
The Outcomes
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Generating Social Benefits
Over US1.3 Billion attributed to Fundación Chile
in 7 selected projects
Introduction of berry cultivation, salmon
farming, quality control of export fruits, boxed
beef, forestry technology transfer group,
forestry certification, and forestry
securitization
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Measuring Impact Developing Clusters
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Case Study Oleotop

• Salmon farming needs protein
• Fish meal and oil prices are record high and
  demand is still rising
  
• Canola is an excellent source of vegetable protein

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Case Study Oleotop (2)

• Canola fields are excellent rotational crops
• Entrepreneur with the vision of bringing back
  canola into the chilean agriculture
  
• Now we need to make salmon vegetarian

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Case Study Oleotop (3)
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Main Obstacles
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Role of incubator networks / Knowledge Exchange
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Critical Succes Factors
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Thank you

• Marcelo Vásquez
• Gerente de Nuevos Negocios
• Fundación Chile
• Av. Parque Antonio Rabat Sur 6165
• Vitacura, Santiago - CHILE
• mvasquez_at_fundacionchile.cl

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