# Bernardita Araya

> Bernardita Araya is a seed investor at Aurus (Santiago) backing Energy and CleanTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aurus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurus)
- Location: Santiago, Chile
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernarditaaraya

Bernardita Araya is a seed investor at Aurus in Santiago focused on Energy and CleanTech. Bernardita Araya - Senior Asociate @ Aurus

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Automotive | 1 | 33% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 33% |
| Wind Energy | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 33% |
| Finland | 1 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Modvion | Modvion is a Swedish/ American Engineering and Industrial Design company developing modular designs in renewable engineered wood product materials to simplify and improve construction logistics.Their current area of focus is in wind tower technology. Modvion´s patented module technology enables significantly decreased cost, efficienttransportation and streamlined installation of towers exceeding 120 m. Ultimately, this results in increased cost efficiency in the harvesting of wind resources. | $6.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Strong by Form | Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility. | $5.2M | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Woamy | Woamy creates innovative biomaterials, such as foam derived from wood and agricultural waste that is reusable and biodegradable. Woamy foam can be made from organic fibres, from wood or agricultural waste and our technology makes the foam superior in strength and lightness. In addition to this our production process is easily scalable. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 20, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Symbia VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/symbia-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Almi Invest GreenTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almi-invest-greentech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chalmers Ventures AB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chalmers-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ciri Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ciri-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Citi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Insiders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-insiders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aurus

VC Fund · Lo Barnechea, Chile

Aurus is a Chilean investment firm that manages funds in the venture capital, real estate, and capital markets.We are pioneers in Latin America’s Venture Capital industry, dedicated to developing the ecosystem and investing in the region’s most impressive talent, and scalable technologies. We believe that Chile is the best platform in which toinvest in our region because of its investment friendly policies, commitment to innovation, and industry leadership.As local investors, we realize where the biggest transformations are occurring. We add value to our portfolio companies through experience, insights, best practices, and network. Our investment decisions are aided by the advice of outstanding advisory committees for each of the funds. All of them are also LPs in the fund and a valuable resource to Aurus and our investees, both in evaluating a prospective investment and later adding value to them through our mentoring program.

5 contacts available at Aurus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alejandro Furman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-furman |
| Bernardita Araya | Senior Asociate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernardita-araya |
| Cesar Munoz | Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cesar-munoz |
| Raquel Maetschl | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raquel-maetschl |
| Sergio Furman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergio-furman |

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## FAQ

### What does Bernardita Araya invest in?

Bernardita Araya invests primarily in Energy, CleanTech and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bernardita Araya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bernardita Araya closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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