What Ladera Sur does

Ladera Sur is a Chilean-headquartered, Spanish-language multi-platform media company founded in March 2015 and operating from Providencia in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is positioned as the largest environmental and nature media platform in Chile and a leading voice in Latin America, producing articles, infographics, podcasts (a family of nine series), videos, photography, and in-person events. The underlying technology is a conventional digital media stack — a website (laderasur.com) with more than 7,000 publications, podcast hosting on major audio platforms, a weekly email newsletter system ('Zarapito al Día' to 30,000+ subscribers), and social media distribution — supplemented by OOH digital screens in the Santiago Metro and Airport. The product portfolio extends beyond editorial into Festival Ladera Sur and the Festival de Cine Santiago Wild film festival, a Marketplace e-commerce property, an Adventure tourism/experiences service, an in-house Creative Studio offering design, audiovisual production, web development, and editorial services for third parties, and a linked non-profit, Fundación Ladera Sur.

The business model is a hybrid media/services mix with three primary revenue streams: (1) branded content and advertising — publirreportajes, banners, and content partnerships that connect 'conscious' or sustainability-oriented brands with Ladera Sur's environmentally engaged audience; (2) event production and ticketing — ticket sales, sponsorships, and experiential revenue from Festival Ladera Sur and Festival de Cine Santiago Wild; and (3) Creative Studio services — design, audiovisual production, web development, and publishing services delivered to third-party clients and partner organizations. The company sells no consumer subscription tiers; the consumer-side product is free, monetized indirectly through advertising and events. The customer base is hybrid: a large, non-paying general-public audience interested in nature, conservation, science, travel, and outdoor lifestyle (500,000+ monthly web visits from 120+ countries, 1M+ social followers), and a smaller B2B base of conscious/sustainable brands purchasing branded content and event sponsorships. GTM is product-led growth — organic content, SEO, social, newsletter, and event marketing — with no disclosed pricing tiers. Operations span Chile (HQ) and Mexico (regional HQ in Mexico City).

Name

Ladera Sur

Legal name

Ladera Sur

Website

https://laderasur.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ladera Sur is a Chilean-founded, Spanish-language multi-platform media company producing environmental journalism, podcasts, video, photography, and events across Latin America, serving nature-conscious consumers and sustainability-oriented brand partners through advertising, events, and creative services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Media

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Tour Operators (56152)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Outdoor Guiding Services (Hiking, Trekking, Mountaineering) (THAAALAA)

Keywords

• Environmental media
• Nature journalism
• Branded content
• Content marketing
• Event production

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Branded Content / Advertising: Publirreportajes, banners, and branded content that connect conscious brands with Ladera Sur's engaged environmental audience.
2. Event Production and Ticketing: Revenue from Festival Ladera Sur and Festival de Cine Santiago Wild events, including ticket sales and sponsorships.
3. Creative Studio Services: Design, audiovisual production, web development, and publishing services for third parties and partner organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ladera Sur is a Chilean independent environmental media platform that produces and distributes Spanish-language journalism, podcasts, videos, photography, and infographics on nature, biodiversity, conservation, science, outdoor life, and travel. The company complements its editorial platform with ticketed in-person events (Festival Ladera Sur and the Santiago Wild Film Festival), an e-commerce marketplace for nature-related products (Ladera Sur Market), an adventure tourism offering (Ladera Sur Adventure), and a B2B Creative Studio that delivers design, audiovisual, web development, and publishing services to conscious brands and partner organizations.

Product overview

Ladera Sur es una multiplataforma de medios de comunicación y ecosistema creativo chileno especializada en contenido ambiental, de naturaleza y conservación. El portafolio incluye la plataforma digital Ladera Sur como producto central, complementada por el Festival Ladera Sur y el Festival de Cine Santiago Wild como eventos presenciales insignia, Ladera Sur Market como plataforma de comercio, y la familia de podcasts (Inspirados por la naturaleza, Maestra Naturaleza, Historias de Montaña, Cuando la tierra habla, Vivir para contarlo, Patagonia: Tierra Mar y Ciencia, Filántropos amantes de la Tierra, La naturaleza primero, ¿Y después qué?). El Estudio Creativo ofrece servicios de diseño, desarrollo web y producción audiovisual, mientras que Producción de Eventos brinda curaduría y producción integral. La operación se expande con Ladera Sur México y cuenta con el respaldo de Fundación Ladera Sur. Together, they provide complete solutions spanning digital publishing, event production, creative services, and community engagement for the environmental sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Festival Ladera Sur: Annual festival celebrating nature, conservation, and outdoor culture
• Santiago Wild
• Ladera Sur Market
• Zarapito al Día

Products and services

• Ladera Sur Digital Media Platform Multi-platform digital media outlet specializing in articles, infographics, podcasts, videos, and photography about the environment, nature, science, travel, and outdoor life in Latin America. Free consumer access, organized by categories including Science and Biodiversity, Travel and Destinations, Environment, Outdoor Sports, and Art, Culture and Heritage. Targets Spanish-speaking audiences across Latin America and globally.
• Festival Ladera Sur Annual festival that brings together the community of nature lovers with in-person activities, talks, and experiences of connection with the environment. Ticketed consumer event serving as a major brand visibility, sponsorship, and ticketing revenue driver.
• Santiago Wild Film Festival (Festival de Cine Santiago Wild) Film festival specialized in films and documentaries about wildlife, biodiversity, and conservation. Ticketed event that complements Ladera Sur's editorial coverage of biodiversity and environmental storytelling through cinema.
• Ladera Sur Market E-commerce platform offering products related to nature and sustainable lifestyle, enabling consumer purchases of nature- and outdoor-related goods.
• Zarapito al Día Newsletter (Boletín Zarapito al Día) Weekly newsletter that sends the most important news about nature and environment directly to subscribers' email; provides early access to festival ticket presales. Free subscription product with 30,000+ subscribers.
• Ladera Sur Podcast Family Family of podcast series covering environmental storytelling, conservation, mountain stories, philanthropy for the Earth, and the co-produced ¿Y después qué? series with the Chile California Council. Free audio content distributed through major podcast platforms.
• Ladera Sur Adventure Paid product oriented to adventure tourism and outdoor experiences linked to nature, including guided outdoor activities and nature-based travel experiences.
• Ladera Sur Creative Studio (Estudio Creativo) B2B service offering graphic design, editorial design, web development, audiovisual production, and podcast production that transforms technical information into visual stories to connect science with audiences. Serves conscious brands, NGOs, and partner organizations as a contracted creative services line of business.
• Event Production Service (Producción de Eventos) End-to-end design and production of environmental events for third parties, including content curation, keyvisual development, and executive production. B2B contracted service for organizations seeking to develop purpose-driven environmental events.
• Journalism and Content Services (Periodismo y Contenidos) B2B content services offering investigative journalism, reporting, infographics, microdocumentaries, branded content (advertorials), and photographic and audiovisual coverage. Serves brands and partner organizations seeking editorial-grade environmental content production.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Climate Reality ProjectcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Ladera Sur served as host and presenter for the Climate Reality Project's climate leadership training in Santiago (July 2026), featuring Al Gore. Founder Martín del Río presented the event and introduced Al Gore. Ladera Sur leveraged this to position itself as a key player in the Latin American climate action ecosystem, attracting ~700 climate leaders.
• Chile California CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Chile California Council co-organized the webinar cycle '¿Y después qué? Construyendo un planeta resiliente' (post-pandemic sustainable planet). This resulted in the '¿Y después qué?' podcast series featuring cross-border conversations between Chile and California experts on sustainability topics including water management, coastal policy, food systems, and philanthropy.
• Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad (CAPES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAPES co-produces the 'Maestra Naturaleza' podcast with Ladera Sur, exploring how nature is an ally in facing environmental crises and healing planet damage. This is a co-development content partnership that brings academic scientific rigor to a popular media audience.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EcoWatch: EcoWatch is a digital environmental news and information platform publishing articles, infographics, and video on climate, conservation, and sustainability. It competes with Ladera Sur for the same conscious-consumer audience and brand sponsorship dollars.
• Conservation Magazine / The Revelator: The Revelator is an environmental news and opinion platform published by the Center for Biological Diversity, covering conservation, climate, and policy. It is a direct peer in purpose-driven environmental journalism competing for audience attention and foundation/NGO sponsorship.
• Mongabay: Mongabay is an independent environmental science and conservation news platform producing multilingual journalism on nature and biodiversity. It is the closest direct competitor to Ladera Sur in the environmental/environmental journalism space, though Mongabay is U.S.-headquartered and English-led.
• Treehugger: Treehugger is a digital media platform covering sustainability, environmental news, and green living. It overlaps with Ladera Sur's branded content model and environmental journalism focus, serving conscious consumers through articles and multimedia.
• Yale Environment 360: Yale e360 is an online magazine reporting on environmental issues published by the Yale School of the Environment. It is a direct peer in long-form environmental journalism and competes for high-quality sustainability content readership and editorial talent.

Emerging players

• Atmos Magazine: Atmos is an independent magazine and media platform covering climate, culture, and the environment with high-production editorial and branded content. It is an emerging peer in the conscience-driven, design-forward environmental media space, smaller than Ladera Sur but with similar brand-partnership economics.

Broad incumbents

• El Diario.es (Verde / Cambio Climático): El Diario's environmental sections provide Spanish-language environmental journalism. It is a broad incumbent in Spanish-language environmental media that competes for engaged sustainability audiences, though it is a general news outlet rather than a nature specialist.
• National Geographic (Spanish / Latam): National Geographic's Spanish-language edition covers nature, science, conservation, and travel worldwide. It is a broad incumbent that competes for environmental and travel content audiences in Latin America but operates across a much wider portfolio beyond nature-only coverage.

Regional players

• BioBioChile: BioBioChile is one of Chile's largest independent digital news outlets, covering general news with strong environmental and climate sections. It is a regional peer competing for Chilean environmental news audiences and digital advertising budgets.
• Wilderness Magazine (New Zealand): Wilderness Magazine is a New Zealand outdoors and nature publication with articles, photography, and conservation content. It is a regional peer with comparable content formats (articles, photography, conservation) but operates in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/laderasur
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laderasur

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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