# Cheri Corbett

> Cheri Corbett is a Series A investor at Pender Ventures backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pender Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pender-ventures)
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chericorbett/

Cheri Corbett is a Series A investor at Pender Ventures in Calgary focused on Manufacturing and Energy. Cheri Corbett is based out of Calgary, Alberta and is the partner of Pender Ventures. Cheri previously worked at BDC Venture Capital as a partner & team lead, Climate Tech Fund. Cheri Corbett attended the University of Queensland. Cheri Corbett has certified Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 21% |
| Energy | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Oil and Gas | 2 | 14% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 21% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SensorUp | SensorUp's vision is to be the fabric that interconnects the world's IoT data empowering the connected workers of the future to apply intelligent automation and drive safety, productivity, and job satisfaction forward. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Summit Nanotech | Summit Nanotech Corporation is a cleantech organization transforming how the world accesses lithium for the global energy transition. Through a patented and sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, Summit Nanotech works with mining companies and lithium asset owners in Chile and Argentina to conserve natural resources and optimizeoperations.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $25.5M |  | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Ayrton Energy | Ayrton Energy is to provide energy security fueled by hydrogen. It was founded in 2021. | $5.1M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Carbon Upcycling | Carbon Upcycling converts industrial CO₂ emissions and byproducts into engineered low‑carbon cement materials, deploys modular capture and utilization systems at hard‑to‑decarbonize facilities, and supplies circular construction inputs that support supply chain resilience and emission reduction goals. | $26M | Series A | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| Summit Nanotech | Summit Nanotech Corporation is a cleantech organization transforming how the world accesses lithium for the global energy transition. Through a patented and sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, Summit Nanotech works with mining companies and lithium asset owners in Chile and Argentina to conserve natural resources and optimizeoperations.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $50.3M | Series A | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| Summit Nanotech | Summit Nanotech Corporation is a cleantech organization transforming how the world accesses lithium for the global energy transition. Through a patented and sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, Summit Nanotech works with mining companies and lithium asset owners in Chile and Argentina to conserve natural resources and optimizeoperations.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $50.3M | Series A | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| Summit Nanotech | Summit Nanotech Corporation is a cleantech organization transforming how the world accesses lithium for the global energy transition. Through a patented and sustainable direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, Summit Nanotech works with mining companies and lithium asset owners in Chile and Argentina to conserve natural resources and optimizeoperations.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. | $14M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Mangrove Lithium | Mangrove Lithium, a Vancouver-based company, has developed a breakthrough platform for the most cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate from diverse input streams and assets. Mangrove’s modular solution can be scaled to any capacity and co-located with upstream lithium producers or cathode and cell manufacturers.The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. | $10M | Series A | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Clir Renewables | Clir is a renewable energy optimization and reporting software that increases the performance and profitability of renewable plants through a cloud based platform software as a service, that integrates deep domain expertise with AI. | $22.4M | Series B | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Outcast Foods | Outcast Foods has developed a technology that turns surplus fruits and vegetables into high value whole plant powders. This reduces food waste, decreases greenhouse gases (GHGs), and makes nutrients in food last longer. They work with farms, food brokers, food manufacturers and grocers to convert misfit produce into natural health products, petfood and cosmetics. | $7.9M | Series A | Feb 26, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Evok Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evok-innovations) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Xora Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xora-innovation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BDC Capital Cleantech Practice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleantech-practice) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Pender Ventures

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Pender Ventures invests in data centric startups in health-tech, enterprise software, and industrial transformation.

2 contacts available at Pender Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cheri Corbett | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheri-corbett |
| Maria Pacella, CFA | Managing Partner, Pender Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-pacella |

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## FAQ

### What does Cheri Corbett invest in?

Cheri Corbett invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Cheri Corbett last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cheri Corbett closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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