About
Emily Tiessen is a Senior Associate focused on venture creation at Diagram Ventures. She works on building new ventures from inception and maintains an active involvement in the startup and venture capital ecosystem across North America.
Experience
- Diagram VenturesSenior Associate, Venture Creationcurrent2025 — present
- Diagram VenturesAssociate, Venture Creation2024
- Diagram VenturesAnalyst, Venture Creation2022 — 2023
- Diagram VenturesIntern, Venture Creation2022
- Canadian Women in VCBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- ClearcoPartner Enablement2021 — 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ripple VenturesFellow2021
- Jetdocs (YC W21)Sales Development Representative2021
- Brust Beverage Company, Ltd.Marketing and Partnerships2020 — 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- The Positivity ProjectOperations Director2019 — 2020
Education
- Smith School of Business at Queen's UniversityBachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business/Commerce, General
Skills & more
Communication7Organization Skills7Teamwork3Leadership6
From Emily's professional profile.
Colleagues at Diagram
Amélie Foz-Couture
General Partner at Diagram
Anna Chif
Co-Founder at Diagram
Arun Vora
Analyst, Venture Creation at Diagram
Bardia Monavari
Associate, Venture Creation at Diagram
Benjamin Couture
Associate, Venture Creation at Diagram
Benoit Lacroix
Co-Founder and CEO at Diagram
Brian Canty
Partner, Venture Creation at Diagram
Charles Assaf
Co-Founder and CEO at Diagram
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Emily Tiessen work?
- Emily Tiessen is Senior Associate, Venture Creation at Diagram.
Same school
Also attended Smith School of Business at Queen's University41
Chris CusinatoAssociate at Odyssey Investment PartnersJackson WrightAssociate at ArcTern VenturesSarah WillsonPrincipal at Panache VenturesAliénor BosséPortfolio Success Lead at SpeedinvestJordon BoerchersVice President at Vistara GrowthMark GilbertExecutive Director at Espresso Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Diagram Ventures30
Mike CegelskiPartner at Panache VenturesFrancois LafortuneCo-Founder and CEO at DiagramPaul DesmaraisIII, Co-Founder and Chairman at DiagramAmélie Foz-CoutureGeneral Partner at DiagramFrederic LatreilleGeneral Partner at DiagramSteve SchultzGeneral Partner at Diagram
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Also worked at Canadian Women in VC6
Emmanuelle CoppingerGeneral Partner at Inovia CapitalNancy HarrisonVenture Partner at Amplitude Venture CapitalFelicia ParkerCo-Founding & Managing Partner at Ventioneers CapitalEman IbrahimSenior Venture Analyst at FuturesightKatheleen EvaSenior Associate at Stand Up VenturesAlison KaizerPartner, Talent at Golden Ventures
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Also worked at Clearco14
Olivier GrindaVenture Partner at FJ LabsRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersSanti SubotovskyGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital PartnersSusy MartinsBoard of Directors; Founder and CEO of Advise2Rise at Waterloo Accelerator CentreDan PetersVenture Partner at Black Nova VCDorothy LinInvestor at DST Global
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