7 Reasons why I think

Chile is Awesome

George CadenaCTO, Lastarria

Founder, Studiosnaps

Co-Founder, De-Pe

but first….

….Let’s talk about

myself (briefly)

A Nerd B.S. EE

PhD Dropout M.S. EE

Consultant

A Year in

Afghanistan

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Curiosity

Interest

Real

Business

Start-Up Chile

Business & Tech Opportunities

Stuff gets done here fast!, well kinda

Best sun in the world

There’s talent here

I matter here

1 The beauty of the Country & the People

1The beauty of the Country & the People

Simply stating a fact

we all know

2Start-Up Chile

We’re writing History

3Business & Tech Opportunities

There is no better place to

start a business

Chile as a launching pad

for all of South America.

The U.S. Chile

4There’s Talent Here

Across the board

We all feel the same way

1. Walk up

2. Touch screen

3. Takes four photos

4. Prints photo strip

5. Live streams the photos to an in-room projector and/or website

5Stuff get’s done here fast

Well kinda…

For me to you

6Best sun in the world

Chile needs to tap

Into this resource

Global

Horizontal

Irradiance

kWh/m2/day

Race to the bottom

Tremendous Solar

Resource

Chile’s Solar Dilemma

Aeterna Sol.An Aeterna Company

A virtual private equity fund that

brings emerging technologies in

water & renewable energy to

emerging markets

Source: Definitive Technical Report, Price Range Establishment April 2008; Own forecast for 2018-2025

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sChile’s Energy Demand Trend in SIC (GW)

5-6% Annual Increase in the

Energy Demand

Holographic Optical

Wedge (HOW)

Windows

RooftopsPV Panels

HOW PV & Rooftop

Operating Principle

Reflection

Hologram

Transmission

Hologram

PV Cell

Total Internal

Reflection

50-75% Less Silicone

65-80% Peak Power Added

Let’s consider

the Financials

• Conventional:

• $1.16 / Wp

• HOW:

• $0.76 / Wp

Power Module

• Conventional:

• $1.16 / Wp

• HOW:

• $0.70 / Wp

Rooftop Module

Manufacture Cost

15-30% More

35-40% Less

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Power

ModulePower Modulle

Fixed TiltRooftop

Module

HOW Window Module

Holographic

Film

PV Cells

Generates

Heat

View thru

Window

100% Peak Power Added

10-15% Added Manufacture

Cost to the Window

Manufacture

here in Chile

6MM to build

full Plant

The Point

Phase 1: 500k for Pilot Plant

Time frame: 6-12 months

7I matter here

I left Silicone Valley

to be a part of this movement

Thank you