About
Brings 12+ years backing early-stage startups across Latin America and the U.S. Led a top Chilean accelerator with 100+ investments and several exits including Zyght, was an early employee at Mercado Pago, and co-founded an SMB consultancy in LatAm.
Experience
- Driven VCCo-founder and General Partnercurrent2022 — presentChile
- Global Women in VCMembercurrent2024 — present
- WeInvest LatAmMembercurrent2023 — present
- ChileGlobal VenturesPortfolio Manager2019 — 2022
- ChileGlobal VenturesPortfolio Business Developer2018 — 2019Provincia de Santiago, Chile
- MercadoPago.comBusiness Developer2017 — 2018
- COMPITE SpAProject Manager - Growth and Innovation2016 — 2017Galicia 539, Las Condes
- COMPITE SpAProject Manager2015 — 2016
- Universidad Adolfo IbáñezFacilitator in Innovation Processes Executive MBA2016
- Centro de Innovación, Emprendimiento y Tecnología UAIAnalyst2014 — 2015
- DeloitteInternship2012
Skills & more
English1Spanish1Market Research2Social Media2Marketing Strategy2Business Strategy4Digital Marketing2Microsoft Excel10SPSS1Team Leadership2Capital de riesgo1Modelo de negocio1
Languages Español · Inglés
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Macarena Liu?
- Brings 12+ years backing early-stage startups across Latin America and the U.S. Led a top Chilean accelerator with 100+ investments and several exits including Zyght, was an early employee at Mercado Pago, and co-founded an SMB consultancy in LatAm.
- Where does Macarena Liu work?
- Macarena Liu is Co-Founder and General Partner at Driven.
- Where did Macarena Liu go to school?
- Macarena Liu studied at Universidad de Chile (Master's degree, Marketing); Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Venture Capital Executive Program); Universidad de Chile (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)).
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Shared employers
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