Applications

are OPEN!

Over the next few months, we will be announcing new challenges from different LATAM companies.

The first company with active challenges is Falabella Chile, get to know them and apply here.

APPLY HERE

What is Spark?

Spark is an Open Innovation Program with a work methodology to accelerate the collaboration process between startups and corporations. We aim to improve the learning process, accelerate disruptive innovation in companies and expand the interaction mechanisms in the ecosystem.

We currently collaborate with 14 large corporations in Latin America.

Our challenges

Self-management
in the store

It seeks to empower store workers to meet their goals autonomously.

Team communication

It seeks to favor communication in the store of workers and managers towards them in real time.

Clienteling

It seeks to find technological solutions that provide significant information based on the analysis of data in stores.

Open Calls

Corporate Venturing

At Spark, we use a set of strategies/tools together with big corporations to find disruptive innovation beyond their capacity. The model allows them to diversify their offer and continue generating value

We facilitate the connection between startups and the corporate world. The relationship between both helps to create together and add value to their clients. As Startup, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate the innovation potential of your solution and generate instances of collaboration with the company.

Our process consists of 4 stages. In the process, we work hand in hand with startups and corporations. Learn how we do it below

Define

First, we define and design the innovation challenges together with companies or corporations. You can find them in the Open Calls section.

Scouting

With the challenges already defined, we begin an active search for startups with high potential to solve the company’s problems.

Select

With the call ended, We will evaluate the startups according to the selection and prioritization criteria previously defined with the company.

Validate

The selected startups go through a support process together with the corporations. Our job is to identify the best match between the challenges and the proposals to build the initial business cases. This stage ends with a committee that defines which startups will advance to an implementation stage.