Investment Team

Lizzie joined Pender Ventures in 2024 to lead the firm's applied AI initiatives and support early-stage deal sourcing, evaluation, and portfolio company engagement. She brings a hands-on technical background, having designed and built custom LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation systems, and data pipelines across industries including fintech, marketing, and engineering. Prior to Pender, Lizzie worked as […]

Christopher joined Pender in January 2026 as a Fixed Income Analyst. Prior to Pender, he spent six years   in an investment capacity within the private debt group at one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers. Christopher graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University and was […]

Teresa Lee, CFA, joined Pender in January 2026 as Head of Equity Research and as a Portfolio Manager on the Equity team.  Teresa brings over 25 years of investment management experience to Pender. She began her career in 1995 as a trader and analyst at a British multinational general insurance company, switching her focus to managing small […]

Cheri joined as a Partner with Pender Ventures in 2025. Cheri began her career in 2006 and brings experience in investment leadership across venture capital, private equity, venture debt, M&A, and valuations, as well as a track record of helping innovative companies grow and thrive. Cheri is passionate about building game changing, high impact companies, with […]

Laura Baker joined Pender in October 2025. Before joining, Laura spent several years in institutional equity sales and equity research at major Canadian financial institutions. In these roles, she worked closely with a broad range of institutional investors, providing market insights, investment ideas, and detailed company analysis. She covered multiple industries during her tenure, gaining […]

Jacob joined Pender Ventures in 2025 to help build the firm’s presence in Alberta. Previously, he served as a Senior Ventures Associate at Plug and Play Alberta, where he led a team across four verticals, sourcing and evaluating a wide range of startups, and guiding investments in healthcare technology. Prior to Plug and Play, Jacob co-founded Bloom Bioworks, was the first […]

Tony Rautava is an Investment Associate, PE/VC with the Pender investment team with responsibilities for the ongoing management of financial and operational aspects of existing PE/VC investments. He has worked with investment funds since 2003 in the areas of operations, investment management and financial reporting. He is also experienced with compliance and continuous disclosure obligations, […]

Everett joined the Pender Ventures team in April 2025 to help build the firm’s presence in Toronto.   Previously, he spent several years in investment banking, where he advised on M&A and strategic transactions in the technology and healthcare sectors, working closely with client teams and investors to drive successful outcomes. Prior to that, he interned […]

Carl Davies joined Pender in April 2023 as Fixed Income Analyst on the Pender Corporate Bond Fund. Prior to joining Pender, Carl worked with QuadReal Property Group in Vancouver on their international portfolio management team. While completing his Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from Simon Fraser University, Carl participated in the Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) program which is […]