Cristobal Silva Bengolea, Managing Partner at Fen Ventures, Santiago, Region Metropolitana. See sector focus and contact routes.
Cristóbal Silva Bengolea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm he established in 2012 in Santiago, Chile, after earning degrees from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Northwestern University School of Law. His investment thesis targets technology-based startups founded by Latin American, specifically Spanish-speaking, entrepreneurs across sectors including fintech, SaaS, biotechnology, logistics, proptech, healthcare, and climatech. The firm typically invests check sizes ranging from $200,000 to $1.5 million in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, often acting as a lead investor taking 10–25% equity. Notable portfolio companies where Silva serves on the board include Destacame and Colektia, reflecting his focus on scalable Latin American tech ventures. Fen Ventures has expanded its regional presence with recent investments in Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, and Mexico, maintaining its status as one of Chile’s oldest cooperative venture capital funds. Silva emphasizes an agnostic, generalist philosophy that prioritizes founders with at least one Latin American team member and aims to connect them
Details on this investor come from filing and round data held in the StartupFundraising directory, refreshed on ingest. Founders use profiles like this one to qualify fit and to shortlist investors in Santiago.
Investors like Cristobal Silva Bengolea · Full investor directory · Investor access · Company funding database