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FOCUS Karina von Baer COMPANY Agrotop INDUSTRY Industrials YEAR SELECTED 2006 EMPLOYEES AT SELECTION 19 EMPLOYEES 2014 180 REVENUE AT SELECTION $3.7m REVENUE 2013 $99m HAILING FROM a traditional farming family in southern Chile, Karina demonstrates a rare success story of high-impact entrepreneurship outside of the capital city of Santiago. Her company, Agrotop, processes and markets canola oil. Karina has demonstrated her commitment to building the ecosys- tem in one of Chile's less developed regions by basing her operations there, stimulating a revival of the area's depressed agricultural sector. Most recently, Agrotop was named a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company in Latin America and Karina joined Endeavor Chile's Board of Directors for a two-year term. ENDEAVOR MAIN OFFICE Santiago (1998) ATACAMA: ANTOFAGASTA (2011) PATAGONIA: PUERTO VARAS (2008) IN 2014 , Endeavor Chile held its first-ever Experiencia Endeavor at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile. Attended by over 1,000 people, the Experiencia consisted of a series of workshops, round- table conversations and keynote talks that high- lighted the importance of high-impact entrepre- neurship and promoted interest in investment and growth in Chile. FOR THE FIRST TIME , the Endeavor Chile net- work elected two entre- preneurs, Karina von Baer and Jorge Nazer, to serve as Board Members of the organization. TO SUPPORT ITS expansion through- out Latin America, ComparaOnline.com raised $1 1m in a Series B investment round. Ribbit capital led the round. Endeavor Catalyst, Rise Capital, and Kaszek Ventures also participated. FROM JANUARY 2013 – JUNE 2014 , almost 275 articles about Endeavor Chile were published in high-profile publications such as El Mercurio. THREE ENDEAVOR COMPANIES —ForexChile, Woodtech, and Atakama Labs—were included on Best Place to Work's 2013 ranking. Alto, founded by Endeavor Entrepreneur and new Endeavor Chile Board Member Jorge Nazer, was included in the 2014 list. Endeavor Chile supports 126 entrepreneurs from 77 companies. 42 ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2013–14