The Sales, Strategy, and Discipline Behind Building a Category Leader In this episode, Pender Ventures Principal Meryeme Lahmami spoke with Angelo Papatheodorou who shared his unfiltered story behind scaling PointClickCare from startup to healthcare SaaS leader. He breaks down the pivotal deals, tough “no” decisions, sales discipline, pricing strategy, and culture-building lessons that drove decades […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. (TSXV: PTF) Pender Growth Fund Inc. (the “Company”) announces that it has provided the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") with its Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "NCIB") through the facilities of the TSXV, subject to TSXV acceptance. The Company is proposing to put a new NCIB in […]

The Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund returned 12.5%1 in January, outperforming the S&P/TSX Composite, which rose 0.8% during the month. The Fund was well positioned to benefit from strength across the materials complex, where both traditional metals exposure and higher-value critical materials companies contributed meaningfully to performance. In addition, defense remains a core investment theme, […]

In January, the Fund delivered a return of 7.7%, representing a positive start to the year. The Fund outperformed both Canadian and US equity markets, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 0.8% and the Russell 2000 Index (CAD) rising 4.6%. The muted performance of the TSX was partly driven by declines in commodity prices, particularly […]

Market Environment – AI from Narrative to Numbers At the start of 2026, investors entered the year with a mix of optimism and uncertainty. While outlooks were published and geopolitical risks remained elevated, one theme continued to shape market narratives and investor focus: artificial intelligence. As the “Magnificent Seven” report earnings, AI-related themes were increasingly […]

In the first episode of the new Pender Ventures Founder Series, Cheri Corbett, Pender Ventures Partner, talks with Derrick Emsley, co-founder and CEO of Tentree and Veritree. They discuss his founder journey and the creation of a technology platform bringing verification, transparency, and trust to global reforestation.