# Matias Sjögren

> Matias Sjögren is the Chilean co-founder and CEO of BioFiltro, which uses earthworms and microbes to treat organic wastewater. An industrial engineer with an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, he previously worked in agribusiness. He helped build BioFiltro from its 2010 founding into an international treatment business, represented it at the 2011 Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition, and leads its expansion following a $35 million strategic investment announced in November 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at BioFiltro
- **Organizations:** BioFiltro, Endeavor
- **Nationality:** Chilean
- **Education:** Civil Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, MBA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- **Known for:** Represented BioFiltro in its 2011 Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition win., Selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur in 2014., Received the MBA Spirit award at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, according to a Chile California Council speaker biography.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Worked in agribusiness involving beef, fruit and organic fertilizer; his official biography identifies a project-management role at a fruit processor.
- **Before 2010** — Partnered with Rafael Concha in a made-to-measure tailoring business.
- **2010** — Co-founded BioFiltro with Rafael Concha and Alex Villagra.
- **2011** — BioFiltro won GreenStartUp in Chile and the Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition in Silicon Valley.
- **2013-2014** — BioFiltro worked with ProChile Los Angeles on US market entry and California installations.
- **2014** — Selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur.
- **2018** — BioFiltro began exploring a dairy model financed through carbon credits, as described retrospectively in November 2025.
- **2025** — BioFiltro announced $35 million from Jordanelle Capital on November 20.
- **2026** — Participated in Climatech Innovation Summit 2026 in Santiago.

## Achievements

- Represented BioFiltro in its 2011 Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition win.
- Selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur in 2014.
- Received the MBA Spirit award at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, according to a Chile California Council speaker biography.
- Led BioFiltro as CEO when it announced a $35 million strategic investment from Jordanelle Capital in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — In an August 2 public LinkedIn post, Sjögren described BioFiltro’s applicability to dairies, wineries, breweries, livestock operations, aquaculture and food processors.
- **2026-06** — Publicly thanked Climatech Chile for inviting him to Climatech Innovation Summit 2026, where he presented BioFiltro and discussed the Chilean climate-business ecosystem.
- **2025-11** — BioFiltro announced $35 million from Jordanelle Capital to support growth in dairy and other wastewater-treatment sectors.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matias-sj%C3%B6gren-023a9a12

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Last updated: 2026-10-21