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Arielle is the co-founder of Peko Produce, Vancouver’s first online grocery for “peculiar” & surplus products. She started multiple businesses as a teenager but is most proud of her advocacy work with Children First Canada.
She was part of the original team that wrote the Canadian Children's Charter, specifically focusing on Canadian children under the poverty line and accessibility of greater mental & physical health services.
Since then, Arielle has worked at District Ventures Capital, Canada’s largest consumer goods venture capital firm, and at Shopify’s venture fund, investing in the future of e-commerce. She graduates from McGill University this May. At Peko, Arielle runs operations, finance, and strategy. She’s entranced by produce economics - “Pekonomics”, and how it can be leveraged to serve the most underserved.
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