Our Team

Jennifer Tremblay, CAIA

High Level. Tech Founder, Board & Advisory Board Member for various tech companies, Ex-Private Equity, Ex-Capital Markets.

Sectors. Specializing in the tech sector, including: consumer tech, hospitality, travel, restaurants, and fintech.

Stages. Pre-Seed to Series B tech companies.

  • A Founder herself, leading DINR and Somm - one of Canada’s most prominent tech companies, and part of the 2023 Fellowship program with the C100, Jenn truly understands the grit and resilience required to be a successful Founder. Founding Somm in 2020, and acquiring the original DINR platform in 2022, Jenn’s ability to pivot and identify strategic partnerships and opportunities that catalyzed the growth and development of the company.

    Jenn’s background is in capital markets, private equity, and early-stage tech, having worked for Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, TD Securities, Scotia Capital, before jumping into the tech sector in 2016 when TD backed her first organization (FinForum, which amalgamated with PureInvest).

    Now based in Vancouver, Jenn’s passion is for cultivating meaningful partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

    She has originated major go-to-market relationships with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, funds and brands including American Express, OpenTable, Lightspeed, and more.

    In 2017, Jenn was the only Canadian nominated for the US-based Market’s Media Women in Finance Award in 2017. She was also the only Canadian to win New York’s Trader Magazine and Market’s Media Rising Star Award that year, and in 2016, she was a recipient of Canada’s Women in Capital Markets Emerging Leaders award.

    • DINR

    • Somm

    • Delphia

    • Distantly

    • Zero Beta

    • Link Investment Management

    • Toronto Terraces

    • Founder Talk

    • Founder Advisory

    • Anything related to strategic partnership and strategic investment opportunities with corporates or potentia M&A targets or acquirors.

Paul Stasiewich, CFA

High Level. Interim CEO, Fractional CFO, Former Sr. Director at Brookfield Asset Management.

Sectors. Specializing in real estate, boutique hotel development, tech companies, energy and energy services, materials/industrials.

Stages. Series Seed to exit. Tech startups, family owned and operated businesses, and SMBs.

  • Paul Stasiewich, CFA is a finance and investments professional with a strong track record across institutional, family, and startup enterprises.

    Most recently a Senior Director at Brookfield Asset Management, Paul was part of a global team responsible for managing a portfolio exceeding $256B of assets. Paul’s primary focus at Brookfield was to identify and underwrite new opportunities and to ensure ongoing investments were reaching return targets.

    While serving on the board for Mats Unlimited, a family run business, Paul leveraged his industry connections to secure competitive financing, pursue significant grants, and prepare the business for record growth and succession.

    Finally, Paul has been a critical contributor to the success of one of Canada’s top startups, Somm and DINR. Having been involved since ideation, Paul has firsthand experience with preparing funding materials, working with investors, managing burn, identifying strategic opportunities and developing a business plan that can accommodate the pivots that are part of every startup story.

    Paul’s unique experience with businesses across numerous stages, sizes and industries allows him to work with founders wherever they are at in their journey and to better prepare them and their business for the next stage.

    • DINR

    • Somm

    • Mats Unlimited

    • Fractional CFO

    • Underwriting M&A and Strategic Opportunities

    • Pitch deck development

    • Project Financing

    • Presentation decks for institutional audiences

    • Leadership transition, succession

Our Portfolio

Real-time, multi-asset risk management for sophisticated financial institutions. Jennifer is an Advisory Board member at ZeroBeta.
Appointed to the U of A's School of Business Advisory Council, we were instrumental in helping to determine the University's business faculty on the global stage. Jennifer served on the BAC from 2019 to 2024.
Beautifying Toronto's plethora of condo balconies, patios and terraces, allowing you to live just as well outside as you do in.
An escapist hotel project on Texada Island, in British Columbia Canada. Opening in 2025.
Now part of DINR, Somm unlocks the world of taste with premium Memberships, exclusive culinary events and more.
Mats Unlimited is Canada's leading Access Mat manufacturer. Servicing heavy industry, oil & gas, rail and constructions, Mats unlimited provides the highest quality access matting solutions in Canada.
Link Investment Management offers one of Canada's most flexible employer benefits plans for Group RRSPs and contributions.
A COVID project to bring consumers to the doorsteps of local businesses. Our role was as interim CEO.
Unlocking same-day and exclusive reservations at the world's best restaurants
Creating unparalleled alignment for investors.