01pre-seed
health-tech
Consumer and clinical health, backed early where the founder has both domain fluency and a real distribution instinct.
01 — Jennica Palecek
Where real estate, capital, and founders meet.
Commercial real estate advisor, angel investor, and startup advisor — helping companies make growth decisions that serve the business, not just the balance sheet.
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02 — about
A career built where buildings, capital, and founders converge.
Jennica is an Associate Vice President at Colliers in Vancouver, advising companies — including a $3B+ global client — on commercial real estate decisions that serve the business, not just the balance sheet.
She's also an active angel investor and startup advisor, backing pre-seed to Series A companies across health, consumer, and tech. Drawing on a background in global finance, she has advised 300+ startups across New York, Brazil, and Canada on capital strategy, go-to-market, and operating discipline.
Separately, she serves as a judge for New Ventures BC — British Columbia's flagship startup competition — where she's evaluated 200+ early-stage companies, and as a board director for Big Brothers Big Sisters and United Way BC.
She chairs Education & Outreach for CREW Vancouver, and her work and perspective have been featured inThe Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Business in Vancouver, and BC Business's 30 Under 30. She speaks regularly at BOMEX, Proptech Miami, and the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on where real estate, capital, and founders meet.
03 — key metrics
The numbers behind the work.
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client portfolio advised
including a $3B+ global client at Colliers
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startups evaluated
as a New Ventures BC judge
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bc business honoree
recognized for leadership across cre and capital
04 — commercial real estate
Office leasing, workplace strategy, and tenant representation — for the business, not just the balance sheet.
As an Associate Vice President at Colliers, Jennica advises occupiers on the real estate decisions that shape how their companies work, grow, and compete. Every engagement starts with the operating model and ends with a lease that supports it.
01
office leasing
Lease structuring and negotiations for occupiers navigating growth, consolidation, or a full workplace reset.
02
workplace strategy
Aligning space, team, and business plan so the real estate decision serves the operating model, not the other way around.
03
tenant representation
Full-cycle representation from market survey and stacking plans through LOI, RFP, and lease execution.
selected engagement
320 Granville Street — an off-market waterfront acquisition.
Represented the buyer in the off-market sale of 320 Granville Street in Vancouver — a waterfront office asset steps from SkyTrain, the SeaBus terminal, and Helijet and seaplane connections at Coal Harbour. Sourced, structured, and closed away from a public process, with terms shaped around the buyer's long-term operating plan.
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05 — investing & advisory
Backing founders pre-seed through Series A.
Active angel investor across health, consumer, and tech, plus startup advisory and board work. Categories below are illustrative of the thesis — not a portfolio disclosure.
02seed
consumer brand
Brands solving real household problems with sharp product judgment, considered design, and a defensible edge on channel or supply.
03series a
saas platform
Software that changes how a category operates — not another dashboard. Teams with strong second-time discipline around ICP and gross margin.
06 — speaking & media
On stages, in print, and in the room.
Speaking regularly on the intersection of commercial real estate, capital, and the founders who shape both.
selected stages
BOMEX
workplace strategy for national occupiers
Proptech Miami
where real estate meets venture capital
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
the office is not dead — it's different
as featured in
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The Globe and Mail
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Toronto Star
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Business in Vancouver
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BC Business — 30 Under 30
07 — insights
Notes from the intersection.
Selected thinking on commercial real estate, workplace strategy, and startup capital.
01 — workplace strategy
How workplace strategy became a growth lever.
The office is no longer a fixed cost — it's an operating decision. What changes when leadership treats it that way.
02 — startup capital
The new shape of the Series A cap table.
Angels, operators, and specialist funds are quietly rewriting who owns a company at institutional scale.
03 — commercial real estate
Reading a market through its office leases.
Lease signings reveal what earnings calls don't. A working framework for spotting where capital is actually moving.
04 — founders & real estate
What every founder gets wrong about their first office.
The lease is a product decision, not a procurement one — and most early-stage teams sign it before they've earned the right to.
the briefing
Notes from where real estate, capital, and founders meet.
A short, occasional dispatch — market signals, deal notes, and what founders and occupiers should be watching next.
08 — community leadership
Time given where it compounds.
Board and volunteer work chosen carefully — organizations building long-term capacity for the people and industries Jennica works alongside every day.
board director
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Serving on the board of a mentoring organization that changes trajectories, one long-term relationship at a time.
board director
United Way BC
Governance and strategy for one of British Columbia's most established community-impact organizations.
board member
CMHA Vancouver-Fraser Branch
Supporting governance for the Canadian Mental Health Association's Vancouver-Fraser branch — community-level mental health capacity in the region.
09 — awards & recognition
Recognition that reflects the work.
feature honor
BC Business 30 Under 30
Recognized as one of British Columbia's 30 under 30 for leadership at the intersection of commercial real estate, capital, and community.
finalist & nominee recognition
- 01Women in CRE Rising Star Awardfinalist
- 02Colliers National Rising Awardfinalist
additional recognition — media features
- 01The Globe and Mailfeature
- 02Toronto Starfeature
- 03Business in Vancouverfeature
- 04BC Businessfeature
10 — testimonials
What clients and founders say.
"Jennica reframed our office as a business decision, not a facilities decision. It changed how our leadership team thought about the entire footprint."
"The most rigorous tenant-side advisor we've worked with. Every option analysis came back with a business case, not just a rent number."
"She understands that a lease is an operating decision. Rare to find that fluency in a broker at any level."
11 — contact
Start the conversation.
For advisory, investment, or speaking inquiries — a few details is all it takes to open the conversation.
Vancouver, British Columbia