Investment Team

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 […]

Ruben Gomez-Garcia joined Pender in July 2023 as an Equity Analyst on the small caps team.   Prior to joining Pender, Ruben was an Equity Research Associate at RBC where he covered diversified financials. He also has research experience in industrials and consumer equities. Ruben is a proud alumnus of the Beedie School of Business at […]

Tracy Tidy joined Pender’s investment team as an Equity Analyst in January 2019. She began her investing career in 2000 and worked as an Institutional Equity Sales Trader for two multi-national investment firms before moving to a well-regarded deep-value asset manager based in Vancouver where Tracy spent ten-years as an Associate Vice President focusing on […]

Based in Montreal, Meryeme joined Pender in 2022, bringing over seven years of experience in healthcare and enterprise software, both as an operator and investor. Before joining Pender, Meryeme most recently worked at BDC Capital’s Women In Tech Venture Fund, where she led investments for multiple early-stage / growth companies across biotech, enterprise software and […]

Sharon Wang joined the Manager’s Investment Team in November 2013 and is a Senior Equity Analyst. Prior to joining the Manager, Sharon was a Research Associate at a brokerage firm based in Vancouver, where she specialized in the information technology and consumer products sectors and special situations. Sharon has a profound knowledge of the Canadian/US […]

Parul Garg is Pender’s stressed and distressed credit investing specialist. Since joining the Pender Corporate Bond Fund portfolio management team in 2015, Parul has quarterbacked numerous successful workouts with stressed and distressed investments. With a track record of value creation in these credits, Pender has launched the Pender Credit Opportunities Fund for accredited investors, managed […]