Activa is one of the region's pioneering companies in alternative assets. We have 20 years of experience developing attractive investment strategies and currently manage around USD 1.8 billion in alternative asset funds. We are known for being an innovative and committed team that has achieved a solid track record with the mission to offer our customers new investment opportunities through a wide range of vehicles focused on different investment horizons and risk/return profiles.
Activa's Values
Innovation
Trust
Integrity
Commitment
Team
José Antonio Jiménez
Founding Partner of Activa Alternative Assets
Business Administration, Catholic University of Chile
José is former CEO of Viña Santa Carolina and has experience in companies in the Food, Energy and Airline industries. He was director of LarrainVial Administradora de Fondos for 11 years and founded Activa in 2005. He actively participates in Board and Investment Committee meetings for the different vehicles and companies in the portfolio.
José Gabriel Mena R.
Founding Partner of Activa Private Debt
Civil Industrial Engineering, University of Chile
José has over 30 years of experience. He has held managerial positions at Independencia and Tanner Merchant SA, in addition to having worked at Watt's Alimentos SA, Banco Edwards and Banco de Santiago. He was also CEO of Transa Securitizadora SA for 6 years.
José Correa
CEO of Activa Private Debt
Business Administration, University of Chile
MBA, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), United States.
Eduardo has over 20 years of experience. He joined LarrainVial in 2009 as assistant manager of Institutional Distribution. He moved to the United States in 2012 to open LarrainVial's office in New York, where he spent four years at the head of the sales team for foreign institutional clients. He then took over as Equity Capital Markets Manager at LarrainVial Corredora de Bolsa. He joined Activa in 2018 as CEO of Private Debt.
Gabriela Farías
Risk and Operations Manager
Agronomy with a mention in Economics, Catholic University of Chile.
She holds an MBA from the Catholic University of Chile.
Gabriela has over 10 years of experience. She joined LarrainVial in 2017 as assistant manager of risk and operations. She previously worked in corporate and business credit risk at the banks Itaú and Corpbanca.
Gabriela Nallar
Automotive Loans Manager
Business Administration, Universidad Diego Portales.
MBA, Oxford Brookes University (UK) and PGD in Corporate Finance from the University of California, Berkeley, United States.
Gabriela has 20 years of experience in the automotive finance market in multinational companies such as Ford, General Motors and Porsche. She joined Activa in 2015.
Jorge Ríos
Assistant Manager of Mortgage Financing
Business Administration, Universidad de los Andes
Jorge has over 20 years of experience. He has worked in deputy manager positions at Stitchkin Corredores Asociados SA, Reciclajes Ecológicos de Chile Limitada, Asintolab Limitada and Centro Médico Español. He joined Activa in 2010.
Jenny Fernández
Head of Operations
Accounting and Auditing, Universidad Diego Portales
Jenny has over 4 years of experience. She joined LarrainVial in 2018 as an Operations Analyst.
Leonidas Larraín
Administration and Finance Manager
Business Administration, Universidad de los Andes
MBA, IESE Business School, Barcelona,
Leonidas has over 6 years of experience. He worked as an analyst and then a Banker at the Banco Consorcio Structuring Department. He joined Activa in 2018 as part of the Mater Private Equity investment team. During his MBA, he worked in the Investor Relations department at AltamarCam Partners in Madrid. He rejoined Activa in 2022.
Eduardo Beffermann
Head of Private Equity & Venture Capital
Civil Industrial Engineering and Astronomy, Catholic University of Chile
MBA, Kellogg School of Management, USA.
Eduardo has over 15 years of experience. He is former Chief Investment Officer at Banchile AGF, Revenue Management and Commercial PPM Director at AB InBev and was previously International Private Equity CIO at Bancard, after serving as Portfolio Manager and Deputy CFO at the same company. He took over as Head of Private Equity & Venture Capital at Activa in 2023.
Elisa Miquel Prado
Private Debt Analyst
Business Administration, Catholic University of Chile
She joined Activa in 2023 as a Private Debt Analyst.
Santiago Ramirez
Senior Analyst
Economist, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru
He joined Activa in 2022 as a Private Debt Analyst.
Camila Mendoza
Operations Analyst
Accounting and Auditing, University of Santiago de Chile
She joined Activa in 2024 as Operations Analyst and has over 9 years of experience.
Trinidad Herrera
Activa Sales
Business Administration, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
MFin, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
Trinidad has over 4 years of experience.
Sofia Neumann
Communications Lead
Journalism, Catholic University of Chile
She has extensive experience in the media, specializing in the coverage of startups, venture capital and digital transformation after working at El Mercurio and Diario Financiero.
Mathias Katscher
VP Private Equity
Civil Industrial Engineering, Catholic University of Chile
MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Mathias has over 6 years of experience in the capital and alternative assets markets. He began his career in the LatAm M&A and ECM teams at Itaú BBA, before working as a Private Equity Infrastructure Associate at CMB Prime. He obtained an MBA from The Wharton School, where he specialized in Finance and Management, and worked at Brookfield Asset Management. He joined Activa Alternative Assets in 2025 as VP of Private Equity.
+USD 1.8 billion in AUM
With 20 years of experience, Activa has positioned itself as one of the most important Alternative Asset fund managers in Latin America, adapting to our customers' different circumstances and demands and always seeking to forge long-term relationships.
It has a presence in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and the United States.
We are part of ACAFI and LarrainVial