José Ignacio Marín

Associate

Jose Ignacio Marin has extensive knowledge in venture capital. He knows how to guide us, providing the information we need and outlining the timeframes for each process.

— Chambers and Partners Latin America, Guide 2026

Emailjoséignacio.marin@us.dlapiper.com

Call+56 2 2798 2686

Santiago

About

Areas of FocusEmerging Growth and Venture Capital Corporate Technology Energy and Natural Resources

Bar admissionsChile, 2019

EXPERIENCE

Comunidad Feliz Holdings, Inc., a startup that provides building management software, and its shareholders, on the sale of 100% of the shares of Comunidad Feliz Chile, including its two subsidiaries, Comunidad Feliz Mexico and CF Corredora, to Visma, one of the leading global software consolidators
AgendaPro, a Chilean startup that offers a digital platform to manage and optimize appointment-based service businesses, in the negotiation and preparation of a Series B financing round and a secondary share sale lead by Riverwood Capital, a US-based private equity fund
Admetricks SpA, a Chilean company specialized in competitive intelligence for online advertising, in the M&A process to sell 100% of the shares owned by the company's shareholders to Similarweb UK Ltd., a subsidiary of the leading data analytics company Similarweb Ltd
FEN Ventures in the negotiation and preparation for investments in: Xeptiva Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing therapies to treat chronic diseases in pets, as part of a Series Seed round of US$2.5 million; diio, an artificial assistance platform, through a SAFE; Augmental, a company incorporated in the USA, in a seed round of US$4 million through SAFE; Splight, a company incorporated in the USA that has developed digital technology to increase the transmission capacity of the power grid, with an equity investment of US$500,000 and an additional investment of US$250,000 in a seed round of US$3 million; Leasity, a company that has developed software for property management, with an investment of US$391,000; an electromobility company based in the UK, through an equity investment; a US technology company, through the negotiation, structuring, and execution of a secondary sale of Series A-6 Shares; an English ad-tech spin-off company, through an Advance Subscription Agreement; a Chilean technology company developing software and mobile applications for fault diagnosis, optimizing the use of AI to reduce costs and maximize business performance, through SAFE; a US company focused on real estate project management through the use of artificial intelligence, through SAFE; Kunzapp LLC, with an investment of US$350,000 via SAFE in a seed investment round, including negotiation, due diligence, and drafting of investment and ancillary documents; Human Forest, a UK-based company, as part of its Series A round of £17,000,000 (US$21.3 million), through an equity investment; and Wynwood House, with an investment through SAFE in a seed round of US$7 million
Vestúa, a Chilean startup that allows buying and selling second-hand clothes online, in the acquisition by H&M Fashion AB, one of the largest companies in the fashion industry. Additionally, in the investment documentation for an aggregate investment of US$2.1 million through equity in the UK
Wild Foods, a Chilean company developing healthy food products, in the negotiation and preparation of a Series A financing round of US$25 million led by Glisco, a Mexican private investment fund
SQM Lithium in the negotiation and preparation for investments in: Electric Era Technologies, with an equity investment of US$3 million as part of a Series A round of US$13 million led by HSBC Climate Tech Venture Capital Fund SCSp; Altilium Metals Limited, with an equity investment of US$3 million that included a guarantee to invest an additional US$9 million before December 31, 2023, in a Series A investment round, and the subsequent equity investment of US$9.43 million in Altilium Metals Limited through the execution of the guarantee; Instacrops, in a SAFE and ancillary documentation for a total investment of US$1 million; Remote Waters, a Chilean water treatment company, in the preparation of the term sheet and drafting of a SAFE for an investment of US$200,000; Salinity Solutions, a UK company that has developed reverse osmosis water treatment technology, in the preparation of the term sheet, due diligence, and drafting of relevant documentation for an investment of US$1.27 million; Terraline, a US-based electromobility company, in the negotiation and preparation of an equity investment of US$3 million in a Series A investment round; Chass, a Chilean company that has developed a shared charging solution for the electromobility industry, in the negotiation and preparation of documentation for an investment of US$200,000 through SAFE; Movener, a Chilean electromobility company, in the preparation of the term sheet, due diligence, and drafting of relevant documentation for an investment of US$2 million; and Kite Magnetics, Ltd, an Australian company that develops advanced technologies to improve the efficiency of electric motors, especially in the electric aviation sector in drafting and negotiating a US$2.2 million equity investment
Destácame SpA in its Series B financing round for an approximate investment of US$10 million
A multinational Chilean business consortium operating in several countries in the Americas in the negotiation and preparation of an investment in a US-incorporated company, which developed a platform that, through artificial intelligence, allows retailers to create their own advertising networks for small businesses
A platform that uses space in private homes for the storage and delivery of products to e-commerce, in the negotiation and preparation of investment documents for a capital financing round totaling US$2 million in new capital
Andes STR in the structuring and establishment of a private equity investment fund with a real estate focus with WEG Capital, with the aim of investing in properties in Orlando, Florida, through short-term rentals
Voltera in a Framework Agreement and its respective annexes with Ameris for the structuring of a venture debt of US$50 million through which Ameris will finance the acquisition of electric vehicles to be operated in Chile through a commercial relationship with TuCar and Uber