Building Forward: Reflecting on Four Years with Jonah Tetz

After four years with Startup TNT, Jonah Tetz has stepped away from his role as Operations Lead to focus on his next chapter.

Jonah came in as a self-described generalist — someone willing to pick up whatever the organization needed, even when it sat outside his job description. In an early-stage nonprofit running Investment Summits across multiple markets, that kind of adaptability matters. Finance processes, CRM infrastructure, investor onboarding workflows, internal reporting dashboards, you name it. Jonah touched all of it, and learned the organization from the inside out.

Early-stage investment ecosystems tend to have no shortage of energy or ideas. Operational backbone is harder to find: the CRM that actually gets used, the financial processes that hold up under an audit, the investor experience that makes 550+ people feel looked after. Jonah helped TNT move toward that layer, designing and implementing the systems and processes the organization now runs on.

Over that same period, Startup TNT facilitated over $21M in syndicated investments across 50 Investment Summits, supporting nearly 130 companies through close to 3,000 syndicated cheques. The coordination required to make those events and that volume of investor activity run often goes unseen. That behind-the-scenes work is where Jonah spent much of his time here.

TNT is now entering its next phase: regional Community Managers embedded in each market, deeper ecosystem partnerships, and continued Summit programming across Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatchewan, and the Agri-Food and Life Sciences streams. The Executive Director and co-founders are carrying the operational momentum forward alongside the team.

We're proud of what the last four years built, and we're excited to see what Jonah takes on next.

"Jonah is a generalist in the best sense. He showed up, figured it out, and took ownership without needing a playbook. In fact, he helped get the playbook coordinated and organized so that we could start making the appropriate steps for our organizational transition. He has strong ethics, lived our values, and genuinely cared about doing right by the founders and investors we serve. We're grateful for four years of that, and optimistic about building on the foundations he's helped lay for Startup TNT."
— CK Dhaliwal, Executive Director

What This Means For the Startup TNT Community

TNT’s core programs, investment processes, and community initiatives will continue as planned. The organization remains focused on supporting founders and investors across the network, with continued momentum toward future investment activity and growth across the ecosystem. As TNT enters its next phase, the team is continuing to refine and improve internal systems to better serve the community.

CK Dhaliwal leads organizational operations as Executive Director, supported by co-founders Tim Lynn and Zack Storms on TNT Capital, fund operations, syndication, and investor documentation. Haley Jabusch manages the Calgary region and Investment Summit programming, and Jesse Wiebe leads the Agri-Food programming and Saskatchewan development.

Summits are running, the community is growing, and the team is here to continue serving and supporting our communities.

Stay in Touch with Jonah

Jonah is now exploring opportunities where he will continue to build and operate core business systems in growing companies, particularly across revenue, finance, and internal operations. He will remain active in the Calgary startup ecosystem and continue to be part of the broader community.

Jonah can be reached via LinkedIn or at jonah@meetspectre.com.