Chris Heysel
Founder @ Trellace | Fund Advisor & Angel Investor
An unrelenting optimist, passionate about solving the complex problems.
GTM Index
- TRELLACEJOB
- Founder & CEO1Y 1M
Founder & CEO
Trellace
We believe there a massive gap in early-stage support. So, we're trying something different. We invest in impact-driven, early-stage companies with the aim of turning their early traction into the systems and teams that will continue to drive compounding growth. Instead of offering capital for dilutive equity, we offer our teams' time and expertise as embedded extensions of start-up's GTM teams, in exchange for a small portion of their growth while we work together. It's directly aligned incentives. Because, we believe good companies deserve better support. If you'd like to chat about how we may be able to support your company or portfolio companies, don't hesitate to reach out. Some…
- REPATHJOB
- GTM Strategy Lead11M
GTM Strategy Lead
Repath
- MUIR AIJOB
- Head of Sales9M
Head of Sales
Muir AI
- ONEPOINTFIVE (OPF.DEGREE)JOB
- Partner1Y
Partner
OnePointFive (opf.degree)
- LIL BUCKSJOB
- Head of DTC7M
Head of DTC
Lil Bucks
- MYCARBONJOB
- Program Dir, GTM6M
Program Director, Go-To-Market
MyCarbon
- SOUTH POLEJOB
- Head of Advisory, North Am…3Y 7M
Head of Advisory, North America
South Pole
- Senior Managing Consultant…10M
Senior Managing Consultant, Climate Strategies
South Pole
- ARC'TERYX EQUIPMENTJOB
- Global Environmental Impac…2Y
Global Environmental Impact Lead
Arc'teryx Equipment
- WSP IN CANADAJOB
- Project Mgr & Technical Lead11M
Project Manager & Technical Lead
WSP in Canada
- National Practice Mgr, Sus…11M
National Practice Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure
WSP in Canada
- Project Associate3Y 11M
Project Associate
WSP in Canada
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITYJOB
- Graduate Researcher1Y 11M
Graduate Researcher
Queen's University
- Job: WSP in Canada — Project Associate · 2016 – 2019 · 3y
- Job: Queen's University — Graduate Researcher · 2013-09 – 2015-08 · 1y 11mo
- Job: Arc'teryx Equipment — Global Environmental Impact Lead · 2019-08 – 2021-08 · 2y
- Job: MyCarbon — Program Director, Go-To-Market · 2025-10 – 2026-04 · 6 mo
- Job: Lil Bucks — Head of DTC · 2025-10 – 2026-05 · 7 mo
- Job: Trellace — Founder & CEO · 2025-09 – present · 11 mo — We believe there a massive gap in early-stage support. So, we're trying something different. We invest in impact-driven, early-stage companies with the aim of turning their early traction into the systems and teams that will continue to drive compounding growth. Instead of offering capital for dilutive equity, we offer our teams' time and expertise as embedded extensions of start-up's GTM teams, in exchange for a small portion of their growth while we work together. It's directly aligned incentives. Because, we believe good companies deserve better support. If you'd like to chat about how we may be able to support your company or portfolio companies, don't hesitate to reach out. Some…
- Job: Repath — GTM Strategy Lead · 2025-11 – present · 9 mo
- Job: WSP in Canada — Project Manager & Technical Lead · 2019 – 2019 · 0 mo
- Job: Muir AI — Head of Sales · 2026-01 – present · 7 mo
- Job: South Pole — Senior Managing Consultant, Climate Strategies · 2021-04 – 2022-02 · 10 mo
- Job: WSP in Canada — National Practice Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure · 2019 – 2019 · 0 mo
- Job: OnePointFive (opf.degree) — Partner · 2025-10 – present · 10 mo
- Job: South Pole — Head of Advisory, North America · 2022-02 – 2025-09 · 3y 7mo
- School: Indiana University - Kelley School of Business — Master of Business Administration - MBA, Major in Finance
- School: Queen's University — Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.), specialization in Applied Sustainability
- School: Queen's University — Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Civil Engineering
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