Marianne Bulger

Partner

2023 - Current

Global recruitment for C-suite executives, VPs, directors, board members, and other strategic talent. We focus on investment firms, their portfolio companies, and public companies seeking transformative growth. True Search is also a founding partner of AboveBoard, a diversity-focused startup bringing unparalleled solutions to the critical need to bring more women and executives of color to leadership roles.

Co-Founder

2020

When the pandemic hit in 2020, thousands of Canadian tech workers lost their jobs. The Help List was created to help available talent land a new opportunity with a Canadian startup during the early days of COVID-19. Over 4,000 people and hundreds of companies benefited from this open source resource, making it the largest of its kind in the world in 2020.

Member

2021

C100 is a privately-funded, not-for-profit member association for its members across Canada, the United States, and beyond. C100 is fueled by its global members who join our mission to inspire, support, and connect the most promising Canadian leaders in tech at home and abroad.

Advisor

2019

A 2000+ community of HR, Talent & People Ops professionals, passionate about employee & candidate experience.

Mentor

2022

Growclass is a universe of practical marketing courses taught by experts.

Investor

2023

Investor

2022 - 2024

Board Member

2017 - 2023

Supporting the operations, product development, and expansion of the VC Platform Global Community, an invite-only community set up to be a peer-learning vehicle for those who actively work in VC and are in charge of growing, supporting, and creating communities for their firm’s portfolio companies.

Partner

2020 - 2022

Drive Capital invests in founders building the next generation of iconic tech companies, at all stages and across sectors where we've built deep conviction and expertise. Portfolio companies include Root, Duolingo, Olive, Greenlight, Path Robotics, KOHO, ApplyBoard, Skywatch, Cyclica, and Branch. As the Canadian Talent Partner at Drive Capital, I supported the growth efforts of our portfolio companies through executive coaching, network development, talent referral, recruiter relationship management, and advisory services related to hiring, compensation, and talent retention best practices.

Founder & CEO

2018 - 2021

Prospect (now Work in Tech by Communitech) is Canada's largest startup job board and talent data source. Our mission is to unite the global talent pool with Canada’s fastest-growing companies by centralizing all of the startup career opportunities in one free and easy-to-search location. As founder and CEO of Prospect (spun out of Golden Ventures), I oversaw the organization's operations, fundraising, and product development. I led the development of Prospect's core products, including scaling the job board from 0 to 1200 startups, launching a national layoff list, and publishing multi-annual market reports on the state of talent.