Produce UBC MFRE speaker poster
 Event details
  • Friday November 4, 2022, | 3:00 - 4:30 pm (Vancouver)
  • Room MCML 160
About the Speaker

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 was notable more for her strides in Canada’s food policy, especially pertaining to Canadian children under the poverty line. Her advocacy work resulted in the allocation of hundreds of millions of dollars more directly towards accessible food projects.

She has also worked at District Ventures Capital, Canada’s largest consumer goods venture capital firm, and currently works full-time at Shopify’s venture fund, investing in the future of ecommerce. At Peko, Arielle runs operations, finance, and strategy with Sang. She’s entranced by produce economics - “Pekonomics”, and how it can be leveraged to serve the most underserved.

Outside of work, she likes building mechanical keyboards and is also looking for the best Taiwanese beef noodle soup in Vancouver