Tara Tara Chopra

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Co-founder & COO at Ivory Grid · B2B payments · fundraising, B2B sales

Ivory Grid
Ottawa, ON · ET (UTC-5)
13+ years experience
Ivey Business School
English, German
Co-founder
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Overview

Founder of Ivory Grid (B2B payments). 13 years of building before that. Grew the team to 44 people across 4 countries. Signed 38 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises. Before that: TD Bank and Shopify. Most at home with fundraising and fintech. Board member at a local non-profit.

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productfintechfundraisingB2B sales
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
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Looking for an operations co-founder for carbon accounting for public hospitals

The idea
Looking for an operations co-founder for carbon accounting for public hospitals
Stage
Idea
I bring
15 years in B2B payments
Looking for
Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Ottawa or remote

I bring 13 years of B2B payments (currently Ivory Grid). Ideally you've sold to enterprises. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

Ottawa, ONb2b salesproductfundraising
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Oct 2025 - Present
    Ivory Grid · 1 yr · Full-time · Ottawa, ON
    • Signed 115 paying customers, 18 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
  2. Senior Account Executive
    Jun 2022 - Oct 2025
    TD Bank · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Ottawa, ON
    • Shortened the partnerships sales cycle from 8 months to 4.
    • Signed 20 channel partners that now source 44% of pipeline.
  3. Sales Manager
    Aug 2019 - Jun 2022
    Shopify · 2 yr 10 mo · Contract · Ottawa, ON
    • Shortened the partnerships sales cycle from 10 months to 6.
  4. Account Executive
    Aug 2017 - May 2019
    EY · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Ottawa, ON
    • Opened 8 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
    • Signed 26 channel partners that now source 41% of pipeline.
  5. Sales Development Representative
    Dec 2013 - Aug 2017
    Amazon · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Ottawa, ON
    • Signed 29 channel partners that now source 33% of pipeline.
    • Closed 252% of quota two years running.

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Education

  1. Ivey Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. Simon Fraser University
    BSc, Economics
    2009 - 2013

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