Hamed Shahbazi on founder lessons, public markets, and building WELL Health through M&A and digital transformation. In this episode of the Pender Ventures podcast, host Maria Pacella sits down with Hamed Shahbazi, founder and CEO of WELL Health Technologies. Hamed traces his journey from building TIO Networks, a bill payment infrastructure company acquired by PayPal, to founding WELL Health with a vision to modernize […]
HubSpot’s founding CRO Mark Roberge shares a data driven framework for knowing when startups are ready to accelerate growth. In this episode of the Pender Ventures podcast, host Maria Pacella, Pender Ventures Managing Partner, sits down with Mark Roberge, HubSpot's Founding Chief Revenue Officer, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Co-Founder of Stage 2 […]
Lessons and opportunities as the Fund approaches its three year anniversary As the Pender Credit Opportunities Fund approaches its three-year anniversary, Lead Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Geoff Castle and Associate Portfolio Manager, Parul Garg join host Laura Baker to reflect on the fund's journey since launch. This episode breaks down how stressed and distressed credit […]
When perceived advantages don't always equate to results. In the third episode of Pender's World Cup Series, Senior Equity Analyst Felix Narhi joins host Laura Baker to explore why being the favourite can become a liability and what underdog teams like Cabo Verde and Team Canada reveal about the structural advantages of playing with freedom, […]
How Class Software transformed chaotic registration lines into critical infrastructure for municipalities worldwide. In this episode of the Pender Ventures podcast, host Maria Pacella, Pender Ventures Managing Partner, sits down with Ralph Turfus, Founder, Alex Barnetson, VP Sales, and Gary Young, Class’s very first customer, to trace the full arc of Class Software, from North […]
In the second episode of Pender's World Cup Series, Senior Equity Analyst Felix Narhi joins host Laura Baker to explore why copying a winning strategy is often the fastest path to failure and what Team Canada's secret weapon reveals about finding your own irreplicable edge in soccer, business, and investing.
What soccer can teach us about investing. In the first episode of Pender's World Cup Series, Senior Equity Analyst, Felix Narhi joins host Associate Client Portfolio Manager, Laura Baker to explore what soccer's penalty kick paradox can teach investors about the bias for action and why, in markets and on the field, the hardest decision […]
Rethinking Diversification in a Correlated World Pender's CIO and Portfolio Manager, Greg Taylor spoke with Associate Client Portfolio Manager, Laura Baker to discuss how the Pender Alternative Multi-Strategy Income Fund and the newly launched Pender Alternative Multi-Strategy Growth Fund are built to diversify return drivers, not just holdings, in a market where equities and bonds […]
Dispersion, Discipline, and Downside Protection in an Overcrowded Market In a market dominated by mega-cap concentration and AI-driven narratives, this episode explores the overlooked opportunity set within US small and mid cap equities. Portfolio Manager, Aman Budhwar spoke with Associate Client Portfolio Manager, Laura Baker on his disciplined, bottom-up investment framework, focused on sustainable competitive […]
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