Joseph Fung has founded three Waterloo software companies, including TribeHR, which NetSuite acquired in 2013, and now coaches founders through growth at Communitech.
Happy to help with
- Founders navigating Strategy, GTM, or M&A challenges
- An advisor, board member, or fractional executive
Worth knowing
He has taken an HR product from a Kitchener startup to a NetSuite acquisition and then run that portfolio inside a public company, and he has raised venture money for two companies since. He invests through the Golden Triangle Angel Network and knows who in Waterloo Region writes the first cheque.
Story
A University of Waterloo computer engineering graduate, Joseph started Simple Machines, an open-source community sharing HR, strategy and organizational development resources, before turning that interest into software. He co-founded TribeHR in Kitchener, and after NetSuite bought it he stayed four years as VP of HCM Products, leading the Payroll and SuitePeople lines and the Canadian development team. He went back to building with Kiite, a sales enablement platform, then co-founded Uvaro with his siblings in 2019, a tech sales career accelerator that has raised roughly $15.5 million CAD. He still lives and works in Kitchener, plays clarinet and piano, and sits on the board of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Canadian story
Waterloo engineering graduate; has built every one of his companies in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Highlights
- Co-founder and CEO, TribeHR (acquired by NetSuite, 2013)
- CEO, Uvaro; $12M USD Series A led by White Star Capital, 2021
- Inducted, Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, 2023
- Vice-Chair, Communitech Board of Directors, 2020-2023
- Board member, Golden Triangle Angel Network; angel investor in Bridgit
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