As far as I know it's needed (we had submitted it). Don't leave out anything in the application form, the last thing you need is getting rejected because your application was incomplete.

All the best and the start-up chile folks are super helpful. You can always direct your questions to http://twitter.com/startupchile and expect a response.

Here's how it was last round:

You need two for the entire team - can be zero, one or two per founder.

The recommendation can come from anywhere. I used a happy client for this.

i would like to know that too.. i don't have any :(