Tara Benson

Senior Manager, Commercial Services at TD Canada Trust | Funding Businesses and Helping Them Reach Their Full Potential 🚀

📍 Canada🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
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Oct 2023
OKGN WMAN Angel Funds invests Canadian women-led and gender diverse businesses solving pressing social problems. Women-led and gender diverse teams achieve significantly higher financial performance 1, 9 yet women receive less than 3% of start-up capital.2 We’re putting our women-powered capital to work across a wide range of sectors. At the same time we’re improving our financial savvy and building networks with women-focused funds across Canada to source deal flow and resources for our funded ventures.
Investor
Jan 2023
Womens Equity Lab’s (WEL) is a fun, collaborative and empowering way for women to actively engage in early-stage investing. Launched in 2017, we now make up a diverse and powerful network of 400+ women investors, with syndicates located in Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Manitoba, the Atlantic and Silicon Valley. Actively engaging women in the angel investment process translates into more women as advisors, board members, venture capitalists, angel investors and angel fund managers. In the WEL model, partners in the investment round meet regularly to learn how to invest in companies, discuss opportunities, vet deal flow and make investment decisions. Every participant ends up with a deeper understanding of the angel investment process, a portfolio of early-stage companies and a great network of accomplished women. Other benefits include: • Engaging with incredible entrepreneurs and investors • Building value for the community and society • Supporting companies that resonate with you and helping them grow • Participating in new fields, transforming industries and the latest innovations • Potentially making significant financial gains • Continuous learning while building value
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2023
Investor
Oct 2023
OKGN WMAN Angel Funds invests Canadian women-led and gender diverse businesses solving pressing social problems. Women-led and gender diverse teams achieve significantly higher financial performance 1, 9 yet women receive less than 3% of start-up capital.2 We’re putting our women-powered capital to work across a wide range of sectors. At the same time we’re improving our financial savvy and building networks with women-focused funds across Canada to source deal flow and resources for our funded ventures.
Investor
Jan 2023
Womens Equity Lab’s (WEL) is a fun, collaborative and empowering way for women to actively engage in early-stage investing. Launched in 2017, we now make up a diverse and powerful network of 400+ women investors, with syndicates located in Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Manitoba, the Atlantic and Silicon Valley. Actively engaging women in the angel investment process translates into more women as advisors, board members, venture capitalists, angel investors and angel fund managers. In the WEL model, partners in the investment round meet regularly to learn how to invest in companies, discuss opportunities, vet deal flow and make investment decisions. Every participant ends up with a deeper understanding of the angel investment process, a portfolio of early-stage companies and a great network of accomplished women. Other benefits include: • Engaging with incredible entrepreneurs and investors • Building value for the community and society • Supporting companies that resonate with you and helping them grow • Participating in new fields, transforming industries and the latest innovations • Potentially making significant financial gains • Continuous learning while building value
2012
Associate Manager, Commercial Banking
Dec 2012
CIBC is here to help all our clients reach their goals. We know the importance of reliable financial products and services, and we’re dedicated to providing them in a way that lets you bank however you want, whenever you want. With innovative tools designed around your priorities and a team fully focused on your success, you’ll get the insights you need to get even closer to achieving your goals. This culture of innovation and shared values of trust, teamwork and accountability are why we’ve been named a top employer in Canada. They’re also why a career at CIBC is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to grow and work alongside some of the brightest in Canada. La Banque CIBC est là pour aider tous nos clients à atteindre leurs objectifs. Nous connaissons limportance de produits et services financiers fiables, et nous nous engageons à les fournir dune manière qui vous permette deffectuer vos opérations bancaires comme vous le souhaitez, quand vous le souhaitez. Avec des outils innovants conçus autour de vos priorités et une équipe entièrement centrée sur votre réussite, vous obtiendrez les informations dont vous avez besoin pour vous rapprocher encore plus de vos objectifs. Cette culture de linnovation et les valeurs partagées de confiance, de travail déquipe et de responsabilité sont la raison pour laquelle nous avons été nommés lun des meilleurs employeurs au Canada. Cest aussi pourquoi une carrière à la Banque CIBC est plus quun emploi : cest une occasion de grandir et de travailler aux côtés de certaines des personnes plus brillantes au Canada.
2010
Analyst, Private Equity
Jan 2010
ATRF takes pride in our outstanding investment management and exceptional plan member services, resulting in more than $17 billion of assets under management on behalf of more than 80,000 plan members. As a growing and diverse organization, were building for the future and require the skills and talents of people like you. Join our team in Edmonton, Alberta and be part of a high-performing, collaborative group that shares a purpose and a commitment to excellence. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional lands and ancestral territories in which ATRF is headquartered, as Treaty Six Territory, amiskwacîwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Edmonton, Alberta, and homeland of the Mé​tis Regional Council Zone IV. ​