About
Jennifer Turliuk is an entrepreneur, angel investor, author, and speaker. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Wired, and more. Jennifer is the CEO of MakerKids, which started the first and largest makerspace for kids in the world and now runs award-winning virtual classes on coding, robotics and Minecraft that help kids build confidence, resilience, social skills and a positive relationship with technology. She is an angel investor, and within her first two years of investing, 2 of her 5 investments were unicorns. She is the author of How to Figure Out What to Do With Your Life (Next), which Deepak Chopra called "a brilliant instruction manual". Jennifer is a sought-after TEDx and keynote speaker, and her writing can be found in Forbes, Business Insider, Strategy, and various newspapers. She attended Queen’s University and Singularity University (at NASA) and was awarded an honorary degree from Humber College for her contributions to society
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 579 investors hold the CEO & Founder role in VCSift. Jennifer Turliuk is one of them.
- • 2,014 investors are based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Toronto, Canada
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