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Joelle Chartrand

Co-founder, RenoRun

Construction technology

Joelle Chartrand co-founded RenoRun, a Montreal company that delivered construction materials to contractors' job sites, in 2016 with Eamonn O'Rourke and Devlin Chartrand. Chartrand was RenoRun's vice-president of culture and people. The company raised US$142 million in a round led by Tiger Global in 2022, then filed for creditor protection in March 2023.

Joelle hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Joelle co-founded RenoRun, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Article
What Makes RenoRun? A $142M Bet: Improve Home ImprovementHousingWire
2022
Podcast
Episode #39: Joelle Chartrand, VP Culture & People, RenoRunLe Wagon Live
2020

Quick answers

Who founded RenoRun?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2023-03-26 that Eamonn O'Rourke founded RenoRun in 2016 with Joelle Chartrand and Devlin Chartrand, Joelle Chartrand's brother. CNBC's Upstart 100 profile of RenoRun, published 2019-11-12, lists the same three founders.

What was Chartrand's role at RenoRun?

HousingWire reported on 2022-02-08 that Joelle Chartrand was RenoRun's co-founder and vice-president of culture. Le Wagon Live's podcast episode of 2020-01-17 describes Chartrand as co-founder and VP of people and culture.

What did Chartrand do before RenoRun?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2023-03-26 that before starting RenoRun, Chartrand and O'Rourke had run several construction companies.

What happened to RenoRun?

BetaKit reported on 2023-03-28 that RenoRun filed a notice of intention to restructure under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, after multiple rounds of layoffs and failed attempts to raise bridge financing.

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