Pender Ventures

Pender Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2017. The firm focuses on investing in data-centric startups, particularly in the health-tech and enterprise software sectors, as well as in industrial transformation. Pender Ventures seeks to support companies that are at a critical stage of growth, enabling them to scale effectively. Through its targeted investments, the firm aims to foster innovation and drive advancements in technology across various industries.

Derek Hemmes

Venture Partner

Kenndal Mcardle

Founding Member and Principal

David Roberts

Venture Partner

Isaac Souweine

Partner

7 past transactions

Catio

Seed Round in 2025
Catio is a developer of a cloud infrastructure platform that specializes in technology stack evaluation, planning, and evolution. The company leverages artificial intelligence to assist businesses in optimizing their cloud-native technology stacks, thereby enhancing overall user experience. Catio's focus is on enabling organizations to excel in their cloud strategies, ensuring they effectively adapt to the dynamic demands of modern technology.

Catio

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Catio is a developer of a cloud infrastructure platform that specializes in technology stack evaluation, planning, and evolution. The company leverages artificial intelligence to assist businesses in optimizing their cloud-native technology stacks, thereby enhancing overall user experience. Catio's focus is on enabling organizations to excel in their cloud strategies, ensuring they effectively adapt to the dynamic demands of modern technology.

Traction Complete

Series A in 2023
Traction Complete is a developer of a Revenue Operations Data Management Suite specifically designed for organizations using Salesforce. Established in 2019, the company focuses on automating complex data tasks, allowing revenue operations teams to effectively cleanse, connect, and orchestrate their data. This innovative platform has been adopted by notable organizations such as Asana, Zoom, and the YMCA, enabling them to enhance efficiency and scale their operations more rapidly.

DistillerSR

Secondary Market in 2022
DistillerSR is a software company that specializes in automating the literature review process for evidence-based research. Its platform is designed to assist research organizations in conducting more efficient and transparent literature reviews, ultimately supporting health technology assessments, regulatory submissions, and post-market surveillance. By utilizing distinct processes and protocols, DistillerSR enables users to streamline data management and analysis, enhancing the speed and accuracy of research outcomes. The company's tools empower researchers to make informed health policy decisions, develop clinical practice guidelines, and produce audit-ready results, thereby improving overall research quality and reproducibility.

DistillerSR

Venture Round in 2022
DistillerSR is a software company that specializes in automating the literature review process for evidence-based research. Its platform is designed to assist research organizations in conducting more efficient and transparent literature reviews, ultimately supporting health technology assessments, regulatory submissions, and post-market surveillance. By utilizing distinct processes and protocols, DistillerSR enables users to streamline data management and analysis, enhancing the speed and accuracy of research outcomes. The company's tools empower researchers to make informed health policy decisions, develop clinical practice guidelines, and produce audit-ready results, thereby improving overall research quality and reproducibility.

Spark

Series A in 2021
Spark is a platform specifically designed to power the entire process of selling and marketing real estate. Using technology to help turn leads into buyers, inventory into contracts, and information into usable metrics. Spark is a safe, secure and cost-effective solution for selling and marketing real estate.

Veritree

Veritree is a technology company dedicated to advancing nature-based climate solutions globally. It develops an innovative planting management platform that leverages blockchain technology for efficient tracking of ground-level data in large-scale reforestation projects. This platform enables planting organizations to manage their projects more effectively, thereby accelerating the adoption of nature-based climate solutions.
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