Based in Montreal, Isaac joined Pender in 2022 to help build the firm’s presence in Eastern Canada. Previously, he was a partner at Real Ventures, where he led a Quebec-focused, pre-seed investment strategy and also served as General Manager of FounderFuel, the firm’s accelerator. Prior to joining Real, Isaac spent more than a decade as a product leader, including stints at Sonder, Frank and Oak, Yahoo and Scholastic.

In addition to investing, Isaac is passionate about building communities and mentoring the next generation of technology leaders. He is a co-founder of Product Tank Montreal, a popular meetup and APM Montreal, a community-based training program. He is also on the board of APM Canada and Front Row Ventures, Canada’s only student-run venture capital firm. His mentoring relationships include Creative Destruction Lab, Centech, and Techstars. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Isaac has lived and worked in New York, Singapore, Hawai’i, and India. He has a BA from Columbia University in Religious Studies and an MBA from INSEAD.