Pender Ventures

FundFest Panel: How Investors Can Support Exits

David Dufresne, Partner, CMD Capital chats with Maria Pacella, managing partner of Pender Ventures, Anne Phan, VP, Corporate Development at Wealthsimple, and Brent Holliday, Founder and CEO of Garibaldi Capital Adivsors, about the final phase of the venture cycle.

September 14, 2023

Greg Malpass, founder of Traction on Demand, joins Maria Pacella, managing partner of Pender Ventures for a lively discussion on his entrepreneurial journey

May 11, 2023

Jill Earthy & Leah Nguyen – InBC Investment Corp

In this episode Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures chats with Jill Earthy, CEO of InBC and Leah Nguyen, CIO of InBC. Jill and Leah discuss their career journeys, their entry into venture capital and the experiences that have inspired them to keep pushing boundaries.

May 5, 2022

Wils Theagene – Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

In this episode Kenndal McArdle, Principal, Pender Ventures chats with Wils Theagene, Senior Director Private Equity CDPQ - Equity 25^3 Fund.

February 10, 2022

Mark Longo – Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

In this episode Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures, is joined by Mark Longo, founder and Managing Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office.

January 20, 2022

The One45 Story

In this episode Tony Rautava, Associate, Pender Ventures is joined by David Barr, Pender’s CEO and Portfolio Manager, Brian Clare, former CEO of One45 and Derek Hemmes, Founder and Board Member of One45.

November 10, 2021

Carlo Perez – Swift Medical

In our latest episode Kenndal McArdle, Principal, Pender Ventures chats with Carlo Perez, Founder and CEO of Swift Medical Inc.

August 26, 2021

Stephanie Andrew – Women’s Equity Lab

In this episode Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures, is joined by Stephanie Andrew, founding partner of Women’s Equity Lab (WEL).

August 12, 2021

Andrew Mosawi – iATS Payments

In our latest episode Kenndal McArdle, Principal, Pender Ventures chats with Andrew Mosawi, President of iATS Payments.

June 24, 2021

Women Investing in Women

Maria Pacella is joined by Jacqueline Ovens, Alison Nankivell and Heather Conradi.

March 4, 2021

David Smith – Teradici

Maria Pacella is joined by David Smith, CEP of Teradici.

February 11, 2021

Introducing Pender Ventures

Maria Pacella, Kenndal McArdle and Kristina Bergman discuss the new PenderFund group, Pender Ventures.

November 19, 2020

What Scales is Simplicity

Kenndal McArdle talks to Matias Marquez, CEO and Founder of Buyatab Online Inc.

June 4, 2020

Exploring Leadership and Diversity of Thought

Maria Pacella is joined by Christy Wyatt, CEO and member of the board of directors at Absolute Software.

December 5, 2019

Advice for the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Health Tech

Maria Pacella is joined by Natalie Dakers and Norma Biln, role models for any young girl looking for a career in the STEM disciplines.

September 26, 2019

The Highs and Lows of Venture Capital

Maria Pacella, Senior Vice President of Private Equity at Pender, is joined by Michelle Scarborough, Managing Director of Strategic Investments and the Women in Technology Venture Fund at the Business Development Bank of Canada.

August 1, 2019

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Maria Pacella sits down with the founder of Clarius Mobile Health, Laurent Pelissier. Laurent has been at the forefront of developing and commercializing cutting-edge ultrasound technology for nearly 20 years.

May 16, 2019

Building an Enterprise from the Ground Up

Maria Pacella sits down with the founders of Point Grey Research, a global leader in innovative, high-performance digital cameras.

April 2, 2019

Leadership Lessons from Judi Hess

In this episode Maria Pacella talks to Judi Hess, CEO of Copperleaf Technologies, a Vancouver based venture capital backed firm which has developed decision analytics software for companies around the world managing critical infrastructure.

March 8, 2019

Technology Disruption – Edge Computing, IoT and Anomaly Detection

In the last of this four part series on Disruptive Technology, Maria Pacella, and Rich Miller are joined by Toufic Boubez and the conversation turns to edge computing, the Internet of Things, anomaly detection and machine learning.

December 28, 2018