Stephany Lapierre

Founder & Chief Brand Officer, Tealbook

Procurement softwareTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2018

Stephany Lapierre founded Tealbook, the Toronto supplier-data platform, after a decade running her own strategic sourcing consultancy. She was CEO until November 2025 and is now Founder and Chief Brand Officer. Her January 2018 TechTO talk was about trademarking the name Tealbook — and what the fine print cost her when she skipped it.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Stephany Lapierre of Tealbook presents Naming Tealbook and the Fine Prints

TechTO · January 2018

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2018. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Stephany ↗

In their words

there's a wealth of intelligence sitting in this binder and this person who's been there for twenty year has and unless she think of it or someone asks her it will take her ten minutes to find the information

TechTO, Jan 2018 · watch at 03:07 ↗

so my lesson read your T's and C's they're very very important and for me it was with luck that I got the name

TechTO, Jan 2018 · watch at 06:26 ↗

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More from TechTO ×1

Podcast

Tealbook and StandUp VenturesFounder Journey · mentions Stephany

2021

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Interview

Seasoned Leadership in Action — An Interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbookSupply Chain Game Changer

2019

Quick answers

What is Tealbook?

A Toronto company that aggregates supplier data for enterprise procurement teams. Lapierre launched it in 2014 after eight years thinking about the problem, and it has raised more than $72M.

Is she still Tealbook's CEO?

No. Tealbook appointed Jonathan Pressman CEO in November 2025; Lapierre moved to Founder and Chief Brand Officer, keeping brand, market presence and partnerships.

What was her TechTO talk about?

The trademark fight over the name Tealbook, and reading the fine print before you build a brand on a name.

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