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Tessa Dawson

Co-founder & COO at Lumen Bio · Developer tooling

Toronto, ONLumen BioUniversity of Waterloo
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Co-foundercloses in 2 months
Looking for a commercial co-founder for code review for shipping lines

I bring 20 years of developer tooling (currently Lumen Bio). Ideally you've led a design team. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

Toronto, ONproductdeveloper toolscommunity
Raisingcloses in 18 days
Series A round open — clinical documentation for shipping lines, $8M ARR

$8M ARR after 28 months. Looking for investors who know payments and can help with expansion into LatAm.

Toronto, ON · Remote OKproductrustcommunity

About

Building Lumen Bio in Toronto — developer tooling. Signed 320 paying customers, 25 of them enterprises. Took Lumen Bio from zero to $2 million ARR. Most at home with Rust and developer tools. Travel slowly, usually by train.

Skills
communitydeveloper toolsproductRust

Experience

  1. LU
    Co-founder & COO
    Lumen Bio
    Sep 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, ON
  2. BM
    Controller
    BMO
    Jun 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yr 3 mo · Toronto, ON
  3. SU
    Financial Analyst
    Sun Life
    Jun 2019 – Jun 2022 · 3 yr · Toronto, ON
  4. AM
    Financial Analyst
    Amazon
    Nov 2015 – Jun 2019 · 3 yr 7 mo · Toronto, ON
  5. ME
    Senior Financial Analyst
    Meta
    May 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yr 6 mo · Toronto, ON

Education

  1. University of Waterloo
    BMath, Computer Science
    2001 – 2005

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