42S Group consolidates corporate experience, capital, technology and proprietary initiatives into a single controlled vehicle with multiple engines. One holding. One standard. Partners join projects — never the holding.
16+
Years senior
Enterprise telecom and B2B sales leadership, now deployed as an asset.
42°S
The parallel
A coordinate, not a metaphor. Where the group is built, and the line it exports along.
1
Holding, 100% held
Partners enter projects, not the holding. Control never fragments.
42
A personal signature. The parallel that crosses Chilean Patagonia — and the number that names the house.
S
Smith · South · Strategy · Scale. Four readings, one letter.
Group
A platform, not an isolated consultancy. Shared capital, back-office and commercial network.
42S Ventures does not coach from the stands. It operates inside the project with three engines of its own.
ENGINE 01
Seed capital and per-project financing with a defined waterfall and preferred recovery. Money enters with a contract and traceability.
ENGINE 02
B2B sales, go-to-market and the commercial network executing inside the project. Not advisory at a distance: real pipeline and closes.
ENGINE 03
42S Labs builds the product: software, SaaS, AI and infrastructure, from prototype to production with an in-house team.
That is why 42S comes in as a partner, not a vendor.
If you are a corporate
You need commercial results, not slides. Strategy, enterprise access and board-level presence — with someone who has carried the quota.
If you are a founder
You have a working prototype and no distribution. We bring capital, sales and an engineering team — and we keep you in the majority.
If you are a partner
You want exposure to built assets, not to a blind fund. Per-project vehicles, preferred recovery and defined governance.
Six role-based bands that always add up to 100. When a project opens, the split is calibrated by annex: who funds, who originates, who sells, who builds.
Reference framework
The ranges below are indicative. Each project is reviewed case by case and closed by annex.
Sample project · sums 100
Mixed mode: partial retainer from the project's capital plus upside in participation. Nobody builds for free; nobody charges full rate. Instrument: participation accounts managed by 42S Global, converting to shares at graduation.
The founder keeps the majority. 42S never goes above 35%.
Track 01
2–5% + success fee
You want commercial judgment and access without giving up structure. Defined scope, milestone-based fee.
Track 02
10–20% by milestones
Seed capital of CLP 10–50M, commercial structure and go-to-market. Participation vests against milestones, not promises.
Track 03
25–35% full stack
Labs builds with you, Ventures sells with you, Capital funds the run. The deepest track — and still your majority.
42°S · 73°W — full circle
HÉCTOR SMITH — FOUNDER & CEO
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