Speaker Nabeela Merchant
Nabeela is an Associate at Relay Ventures. She works with the investment team to build a data-oriented foundation to Relay’s investment thesis. Prior to joining Relay Ventures, Nabeela was an Electro-Optics Engineer at L3Harris Wescam, a Canadian engineering firm that designs and manufactures gyro-stabilized, EO-IR imaging systems.
Nabeela is passionate about empowering women and is a co-founder of Canadian Women in VC and an investor at SheEO. She is actively involved in promoting digital literacy for women and youth, having designed and directed programs that teach children robotics, in addition to mentoring women and girls with organizations such as Ladies Learning Code. Nabeela holds a B. Eng in Engineering Physics from McMaster University.