Pender Ventures

Founder Series - The Future of Medical Imaging

Handheld ultrasound, AI-guided diagnostics, and expanding access to point-of-care imaging worldwide. In this episode, Cheri Corbett, Partner at Pender Ventures spoke with Clarius CEO Laurent Pelissier, exploring the journey of building a handheld ultrasound platform designed to make medical imaging accessible far beyond traditional hospital settings. The conversation explores the evolution of point-of-care ultrasound, how AI is reducing training barriers for clinicians, and how Clarius is leveraging one of the world's largest ultrasound datasets to power the next generation of diagnostic tools.

Founder Series - From Spin-Out to Scale: Modernizing Community Recreation

Building software for YMCAs, JCCs, and recreation centers, and reimagining member experiences through AI-powered automation. Lara Gilchrist, CEO at Traction Rec, joins Cheri Corbett, Partner at Pender Ventures to discuss management, payments and registrations of parks and recreation centers in the US. In the podcast Cheri and Lara talk about Traction Rec's spin out from its parent Traction on Demand in 90 days, what its like to have NFPs as your core customer base and how they are barreling head first with the use of AI and agents in the very near future of their product.

Health Tech Ignite Fireside Chat

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 of sustained growth.

Founder Series - Verified Impact at Scale

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.

Deploying Generative AI and Other TMT Predictions Part 3

We are pleased to welcome back Duncan Stewart, Director of TMT Research at Deloitte Canada, for Pender Ventures' annual Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) update. Hosted by Maria Pacella, Managing Partner at Pender Ventures, this wide-ranging conversation explores Deloitte's 2026 TMT Predictions and what they mean for investors, operators, and policymakers. Duncan shares insights on AI-driven economic growth, data center infrastructure, agentic AI, robotics, energy constraints, and the narrowing gap between AI promise and reality.