Certifikate

What Certifikate does

Certifikate is a Chilean EdTech company that provides modular digital platforms for academic administration, student services, and institutional workflows to higher education institutions in Latin America. Founded approximately in 2009 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the company operates with 1-10 employees and currently serves institutions in Chile and Peru. Its core product, the Ingenio platform, integrates the full student lifecycle through modules for online admission and enrollment, academic management, digital certificate and document workflows, degree titulation with legally valid electronic signatures, surveys, and alumni/community engagement. The platform is compliant with Chilean Law No. 19.799 on advanced electronic signatures, runs on AWS infrastructure, and integrates with Webpay for payment processing and institutional Student Information Systems for data synchronization.

Certifikate generates revenue primarily through annual enterprise software subscriptions, with custom quote-based pricing tied to institution size and module selection, supplemented by progressive implementation and ongoing support services. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, engaging decision-makers such as Directors of Academic Records and Vice Rectors through a consultative, relationship-driven motion. Notable customers include Universidad Andrés Bello, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Privada del Norte (Peru), Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad Central, Universidad del Desarrollo, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Santo Tomás, UNIACC, Universidad de San Sebastián, several technical institutes (CFT Ecole, Instituto Profesional Gabriela Mistral, Instituto Profesional EVG, Instituto Profesional Santo Tomás), and the Chilean Ministry of Education.

The company has been bootstrapped with no disclosed funding rounds or external investors identified in the source data. Its principal competitive advantages are domain specialization in Latin American higher education (12+ years of experience), regulatory-grade electronic signature compliance, deep workflow integration with institutional SIS and payment rails, and an established reference base of flagship universities in Chile and Peru. No AI or machine learning capabilities are evidenced in the product or technology disclosures.

Name

Certifikate

Legal name

Certifikate

Website

https://certifikate.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Certifikate provides the modular Ingenio EdTech platform for digital academic administration, student lifecycle workflows, and electronically signed certificates to higher education institutions in Chile and Peru.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enrollment Yield, Matriculation & Onboarding Platforms (EDAFAMAG)

Keywords

• Education technology software
• Academic management platform
• Student lifecycle software
• Digital certificate issuance
• Electronic signature solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Software Licensing and Implementation: Certifikate provides specialized software solutions for educational institutions, implementing their platforms progressively and scalably. Revenue appears to come from software licensing, implementation services, and ongoing support for their academic management and student service platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Certifikate develops and licenses the Ingenio academic management and student services platform for higher education institutions in Latin America. The platform digitizes the full student lifecycle through modules covering online admission and enrollment, academic administration, workflow-based certificate and document requests, digital degree and titulation processing with advanced electronic signatures, surveys, and alumni/community engagement. The modules are sold progressively and implemented in partnership with each institution's technology team, with optional integrations to Student Information Systems and Webpay online payments.

Product overview

Certifikate is an education technology company that offers a modular platform solution for higher education institutions. The core product is the Ingenio platform, which provides a comprehensive ecosystem of integrated modules covering the full student lifecycle: Admission and Enrollment (Admisión y Matrícula) for online postulation and matriculation; Academic Management (Gestión Académica) for administering careers, programs, courses, and student records; Workflows and Requests (Flujos de Trabajo y Solicitudes) for digital document and certificate requests with configurable approval processes; Digital File and Certification (Expediente y Titulación Digital) for degree and graduation management with electronic signatures; Surveys (Encuestas) for course and service feedback collection; and Community Engagement and Alumni (Vinculación con el Medio y Egresados) for tracking alumni activities. The modules are designed to work together within the Ingenio platform but can be implemented progressively and scaled according to institutional needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ingenio: Academic platform and student services solution that allows educational institutions to resolve their main academic and student service processes. Includes modules for student/teacher intranet, online admission and enrollment, high school diplomas, online course enrollment, workflow-based requests and certificates, study programs, online courses and assessments, student attendance, degrees and titles with advanced electronic signature, alumni, community engagement, operational management reports, and user administration.

Products and services

• Ingenio A comprehensive academic management and student services platform for higher education institutions that integrates modules for student and teacher intranets, online admission and matriculation, course enrollment, digital certificates with advanced electronic signatures, degree and titulation processing, alumni tracking, community engagement, operational reports, and user administration. It is sold to universities and training institutes in Chile and Peru and is implemented progressively and scalably.
• Admisión y Matrícula (Admission and Enrollment) Online application and enrollment module that enables 100% digital postulation and matriculation processes, including digital contract signing and web-based tuition payment, with administrative tracking and reporting capabilities. Designed for higher education institutions in Latin America seeking to digitize their admission and enrollment workflows.
• Gestión Académica (Academic Management) Academic administration module for managing the structure and development of institutional activities including careers, programs, subjects, courses, schedules, enrollment, documents, students, and professors, with rule-based administrative functionality. Targets higher education institutions managing complex academic catalogs.
• Flujos de Trabajo y Solicitudes (Workflows and Requests) Digital workflow management module enabling students and alumni to submit requests for certificates and documents online, with configurable approval workflows, administrative tracking, document verification portal, and support for academic and financial requests. Built for institutions seeking to eliminate in-person paper-based request handling.
• Expediente y Titulación Digital (Digital File and Certification) Digital degree and certification management system that administers, resolves, and tracks online graduation and titling processes, from digital document management and validation to generation and electronic signing of official resolutions and degree certificates using Advanced Electronic Signature compliant with Chilean Law No. 19.799.
• Encuestas (Surveys) Survey creation and execution module for collecting feedback on courses, teaching quality, and platform services, featuring a survey builder, activation controls, response collection, result analysis, and reporting with evidence generation for accreditation purposes. Integrates with Webpay for payment flows.
• Vinculación con el Medio y Egresados (Community Engagement and Alumni) Alumni tracking and community engagement module enabling online registration of alumni professional activities, work experience, and participation in institutional campaigns and community programs, with dedicated data entry schemas. Supports higher education institutions in tracking graduate outcomes and managing community outreach.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students can obtain documents from their own computers and receive them via email
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WebpaycoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Webpay for online payment processing within the Certifikate platform, enabling students to make payments for certificates, enrollment fees, and other services digitally.
• SIS (Student Information System)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with institutional Student Information Systems to synchronize student data and academic records, enabling seamless information flow between Certifikate modules and existing institutional systems.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS used for data and document custody, providing cloud infrastructure for secure storage of information and documents processed through the Certifikate platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Anthology: Provider of higher-education software including Campus Management (formerly Campus Management Solutions) and Blackboard, covering SIS, enrollment, and student services. Competes with Certifikate in the same institutional category with broader product breadth.
• Ellucian: Global leader in higher-education Student Information Systems (Banner, Colleague, PowerCampus) serving thousands of universities. Directly comparable to Certifikate as a SIS and academic management platform provider for higher education institutions.
• Jenzabar: Specialist higher-education SIS and student information platform serving small and mid-sized institutions. Directly comparable in product scope (admission, academic records, student services) to Certifikate's Ingenio modules.

Others

• DocuSign: Global leader in electronic signature and digital transaction management. Comparable to Certifikate's Firma Electrónica Avanzada capability, although DocuSign serves multiple verticals and lacks Certifikate's deep higher-education workflow integration.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Cloud enterprise software vendor whose Workday Student module targets higher-education academic and student lifecycle management. Represents the broader enterprise incumbent that could expand into Certifikate's markets.
• PowerSchool: Major K–12 and broader education technology platform with expanding higher-education capabilities. Adjacent competitor given Certifikate's institutional workflows and document management use cases.
• Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions: Oracle's higher-education SIS offering, widely deployed in Latin American universities. Serves the same student lifecycle and academic management use cases as Certifikate but as part of a much larger enterprise software portfolio.
• Salesforce Education Cloud: CRM-platform-based education offering covering student recruitment, advising, and alumni engagement. Overlaps with Certifikate's enrollment and alumni modules, though delivered via a horizontal CRM platform rather than a vertical SIS.

Regional players

• Tribal Group: Provider of student information systems (Tribal SITS) primarily serving UK, Australian, and other international higher-education markets. Comparable in vertical focus and product scope to Certifikate's SIS-style functionality.

Emerging players

• Open Apply: School admissions and enrollment platform popular with international and K–12 schools. Comparable to Certifikate's Admisión y Matrícula module, though oriented toward admissions workflows rather than full SIS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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