- Sector: Finance
- Company: Empresas CMPC
- Country: Chile
Bernardita Araya is one of the most influential figures in the business environment. As manager of the first Corporate Venture Capital of CMPC, created in 2020, her mission is to build bridges between the pulp company and startups through the purchase and financing of projects. She is in charge of a branch that headed a seed capital round in may of USD 240,000 for Strong-by-Form. An Enviromental Chemist with a Doctorate in Biotechnology, the entrepeneur is propelling the centenial CMPC, a world leader in production and commercialization of forestry products with industrial operations in Chile, Aregentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.