# Aterna · Food & Agriculture

# Aterna

**Country:** 🇨🇴 Colombia · Bogotá
**Category:** Food & Agriculture
**CT Taxonomy:** CT-AF-012 — Bio-based Agricultural Inputs
**Impact Areas:** Circular Economy
**Stage:** Ideation
**Team Size:** 5.0
**Funded:** False

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## Elevator Pitch
Packaging with a biodegradable, eco-friendly coating that preserves the roses.

## Climate Problem
The use of single-use plastics, which causes pollution and cannot be recycled or properly disposed of.

## Solution
Biodegradable packaging with a coating that dissolves upon contact with water and releases substances that help roses stay fresh longer

## Revenue Model
With the sale of our product

## Target Market
Flower industry

## Social Impact
Women

## Demand Evidence
Because this issue causes losses in the flower-growing sector, particularly in the rose industry

## Competitors
Not at the moment

## Founder Expertise
We have someone with expertise in the flower industry, and as lawyers, we also have a deep understanding of the legal sector

## External Support
We have not received any external support

## Team
Project design and implementation

## Founder
Jennifer Pérez Romero