Sheena Brady is an award winning, serial social entrepreneur & angel investor who also works in leadership at Shopify. Sheena is the founder of tease, an all-natural and sustainably sourced tea company & Founders Fund, a digital growth accelerator supporting women-identifying entrepreneurs.
Having experienced dynamic challenges and barriers throughout her personal life and in business while falling in love with tea somewhere along the way, Sheena decided to combine passion and purpose through entrepreneurship. Sheena built Tease as a solopreneur side hustle out of her condo to a million dollar, award winning company empowering tea lovers in 30+ countries.
In 2019, Tease amplified its social impact mission to create more gender equality amongst entrepreneurs. Through their Founders Fund program, Tease Tea has contributed & raised over $200,000 to fund their programs supporting women owned businesses while providing mentorship to over 500 founders.
In 2013 Sheena started her first company, tease, out of her condo in Toronto. Today, tease has grown into a 7 figure social enterprise with customers in over 30 countries. To date, Tease Tea has raised over $150k in product and financial support to programs dedicated to empowering the lives or businesses of women.
In 2019, Tease Tea got more intentional about its social mission and built Founders Fund. Founders Fund is the first digital accelerator supporting members who are under represented, women-identifying entrepreneurs during every stage of their journey. Members can access mentorship, resources, and non-repayable funding for their business.
To date, Founders Fund has distributed over $100,000 to businesses while supporting over 500+ members gain access to mentorship and resources.
From the importance of investing in your potential to all things e-commerce and building a brand with purpose, Sheena has given several keynotes and participated in various panels/interviews.
Sheena and her companies have been featured in Forbes, Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC and more.
