Jennifer Yamamoto

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Co-founder & CTO, Kite Bio - product · fundraising · fintech

Kite Bio
Montreal, QC · ET (UTC-5)
13+ years experience
Concordia University
English, French
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Overview

Founder of Kite Bio (B2B payments). 22 years of building before that. Grew the team to 95 people across 3 countries. Raised $4 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Canadian Tire and Cohere. Most at home with product and fundraising. I tinker with 3D printers.

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B2B salesfintechfundraisingproduct
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Looking for founding engineers to join Kite Bio early - B2B payments

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$185k-$227k + equity
Team
Founding team, 12 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Production experience with fintech Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp C$134k-C$206k. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Montreal, QC · remote OKproductfundraisingfintech
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Kite Bio · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
    • Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
    • Raised $26 million across 2 rounds.
    • Took Kite Bio from zero to $1 million ARR.
  2. Finance Manager
    Nov 2022 - Nov 2024
    Canadian Tire · 2 yr · Full-time · Montreal, QC
    • Ran diligence on 12 acquisitions.
    • Saved $1 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Controller
    Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
    Cohere · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 11.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2019
    Lululemon · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 6 straight quarters.
  5. Controller
    Nov 2013 - Sep 2016
    Electronic Arts · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
    • Ran diligence on 9 acquisitions.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $143 million raise.

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Education

  1. Concordia University
    BEng, Engineering
    2000 - 2004

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