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Jonathan Shih

Co-founder & CTO, Pine

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Jonathan Shih co-founded Pine, a Toronto digital mortgage broker and lender, with Justin Herlick in 2021, and is its chief technology officer. He studied computer science at UC Berkeley and UCLA and worked as a software engineer at Facebook and at Instabase, where he met Herlick before relocating to Toronto to build Pine.

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

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September 26, 2024: All under one roof 🏠The TechTO newsletter · mentions Jonathan
2024

Around the web ×3

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Pine: Building Canada's Full-Stack Homeownership PlatformFintech Observer
2025
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Pine hits $1B mortgage milestone; to offer home search engine, faster home financingRENX Homes
2025
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Toronto's Pine Surpasses $1 Billion in Mortgages, Launches AI-Powered Real Estate PlatformFintech.ca
2025

Quick answers

Who is Jonathan Shih?

Inovia's founder profile for him, checked 2026-09-19, lists him as "CTO & Co-Founder" of Pine, which the same site lists among its active portfolio companies.

When was Pine founded, and by whom?

RENX Homes reported on 2025-06-10 that Pine was "Founded in 2021 by CEO Justin Herlick and CTO Jonathan Shih".

What did he do before Pine?

Inovia's founder profile, checked 2026-09-19, says he studied computer science at UC Berkeley and UCLA and was a software engineer at Facebook and at Instabase. BetaKit reported on 2022-05-31 that Herlick and Shih met while working together at Instabase.

How big is Pine?

Fintech.ca reported on 2025-06-10 that Pine had "approved more than $3 billion in mortgage applications for over 55,000 families", and RENX Homes reported the same day that Pine had surpassed $1 billion in mortgages under administration.

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