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Vanessa Martins is a seasoned Senior Product Manager currently at Koru since July 2023, with previous experience at BookJane and Intersect. At BookJane, Vanessa contributed to addressing the healthcare labor shortage through B2B SaaS solutions, working closely with the executive team to set strategic priorities. Vanessa's early career included co-founding The Mayu Shop and Foody Co, focusing on unique gift solutions and healthy meal options for students. With a strong background in product strategy and human-centered design, Vanessa enhanced digital experiences and led client engagements at Intersect. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University and multiple nanodegrees in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision from Udacity.
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Koru is a captive venture studio backed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Founded in 2019, Koru exists to drive value creation and grow the overall enterprise value of OTPP’s portfolio companies by partnering with them to identify, validate, build and oversee new disruptive business opportunities that leverage unfair advantages. Ultimately, this is in service of providing the pensions of the teachers of Ontario. Since 2019, Koru has built and launched 9 new ventures across a variety of industries and geographies including child care, field safety, customer service innovation, financial services, e-commerce logistics, elder care and climate tech/energy transition.