Nabeela Merchant

Senior Investment Analyst

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Nabeela Merchant

TELUS Pollinator Fund

Senior Investment Analyst

Nabeela is an early-stage investor at the TELUS Pollinator Fund, a social-impact venture fund that invests in founders addressing the biggest challenges in health, education, agriculture and the environment. Nabeela cut her teeth in venture at Relay Ventures, where she focused on transformative fintech and AI solutions at the early stage.

As an advocate for women’s empowerment, she co-founded the Canadian Women in VC community and is an activator at Coralus (fka SheEO). Prior to joining the venture ecosystem, Nabeela had a short half-life as an Electro-Optics Engineer. She received a B. Eng. in Engineering Physics from McMaster University.