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Gabriel Sundaram (he/him)

Founder, Attain

Gabriel Sundaram is a startup operator, investor, and community builder focused on fintech, marketplaces, and AI-driven consumer products.

He is currently leading Attain, a consumer fintech startup helping the next generation build wealth through homeownership using AI-powered financial guidance and planning tools. Alongside operating startups, he contributes to a fintech newsletter with more than 300,000 readers, curating insights and trends for founders, operators, and investors.

Previously, Gabriel was part of the founding investment team at Canada’s first at-scale pre-seed and seed venture fund, where he worked closely with hundreds of early-stage startups while helping build the firm’s platform and ecosystem from the ground up.

Based in Montreal, Gabriel is deeply involved in the local startup ecosystem and helps organize community-led initiatives, including Northstar, TechPoutine, Montreal Startup Guide, Startup Drinks Montreal, Startup Open House, and Notman House.

Sessions

Startup Essentials

Tech Poutine: From Research to Real Life: Building Eli Health with Marina Pavlović Rivas

What does it actually take to build a women's health company in Canada? Marina joins the hosts of Tech Poutine to trace her journey from founding idea to funded company: the fundraising walls she ran into, the clinical partnerships she had to forge from scratch, and why she believes Canada has a real edge in this space See More.