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Investor & Board Member
Mar 2022
DrugBank is the world’s first intelligent and comprehensive drug knowledge platform. With the help of artificial intelligence, our team of medical and scientific experts gather, author, verify, and structure all of the latest biomedical information into one knowledge platform. Then we make this platform easy to access through DrugBank Online (our free-to-use website), data downloads, or software integrations. Our goal is to augment human intelligence so that all medical information is used to its fullest potential, because we want to ensure that everyone in the world has access to the best possible medical outcomes.
Investor & Board Member
May 2021
Talk to a top-rated veterinary professional - online, 24/7.
Vetster is an award-winning veterinary telehealth platform providing video, chat and voice enabled appointments to pet owners. Pet owners get the care they need at times convenient to them from the comfort of their own home.
Vetster. Where pet health lives.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Nov 2020
Finance Friends in Tech is a community focused on empowering the next generation of finance leaders in technology and venture capital through networking, knowledge sharing, and support.
Co-Founder & Board Member
May 2016
Students are in a unique position to challenge the status quo and solve complex issues. In short, university years are an entrepreneurial sweet spot.
At Front Row Ventures, we want our peers to capitalize on their potential. We want to help you launch unthinkable ventures.
Our team of student investors will assist you in every step of your entrepreneurial journey. Not only do we invest $50K in our portfolio companies, we create irreplaceable value for our student startups.
The bigger picture is to spread the startup and venture capital culture across Canadian university campuses, and offer our strong and diverse community amazing opportunities. Be part of it!
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Personne n’est mieux placé pour défier le statu quo et résoudre des enjeux complexes que des étudiants. Les universités forment un terreau entrepreneurial incroyablement fertile.
Chez Front Row Ventures, nous poussons nos pairs à capitaliser sur leur propre potentiel. Nous les aidons à démarrer des startups époustouflantes.
Les entrepreneurs peuvent compter sur le support indéfectible de notre équipe d’investisseurs étudiants. Bref, la valeur ajoutée que nous générons pour nos startups étudiantes dépasse largement les $50K investis en elles.
À plus grande échelle, nous propageons la culture des startups et du capital de risque à travers tous les campus Canadiens. Nous offrons à notre communauté des opportunités hors du commun. Front Row Ventures est une expérience unique. Rejoins le mouvement. Tire-toi une chaise!
Investor
2016
Valence Labs, powered by Recursion, is industrializing scientific discovery to radically improve lives. Our vision is that highly autonomous systems capable of Nobel-worthy insights will usher in a new wave of scientific discovery.
Following the acquisition of Valence Discovery by Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) in May 2023, Valence Labs continues as a semi-autonomous AI research engine within Recursion aiming to advance the frontier of deep learning in drug discovery. Valence Labs operates with the unique combination of the intellectual freedom of academia but the resources and stability of industry.
Valence Labs is headquartered in Montreal at Mila, the worlds largest deep learning research institute, and supported by AI pioneers such as Yoshua Bengio.
Board Member
2016
Le programme Technovation est une compétition internationale de création d’applications mobiles qui vise à développer les compétences en technologie et en entrepreneuriat chez les jeunes filles de 8 à 18 ans. Créé à Silicon Valley aux États-Unis en 2009, le concept existe à Montréal depuis 2014. Des équipes formées de deux à cinq participantes accompagnées de mentors vont développer une idée d’application répondant à un problème ou un besoin identifié dans leur communauté, à élaborer un plan d’affaires et à créer un prototype tout en apprenant les bases de la programmation.
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2022
General Partner
May 2022
Brightspark Capital is the venture capital firm behind every single investment. Leveraging our network, our reputation, and lessons learned over 25 years in the industry, we invest in some of Canadas top emerging tech companies.
Brightspark Financial is the Exempt Market Dealer that provides accredited investors access to VC investments. We have a fully-automated tech platform that we built in-house, a world-class investor relations team, and ongoing education for tech investors.
Investor & Board Member
Mar 2022
DrugBank is the world’s first intelligent and comprehensive drug knowledge platform. With the help of artificial intelligence, our team of medical and scientific experts gather, author, verify, and structure all of the latest biomedical information into one knowledge platform. Then we make this platform easy to access through DrugBank Online (our free-to-use website), data downloads, or software integrations. Our goal is to augment human intelligence so that all medical information is used to its fullest potential, because we want to ensure that everyone in the world has access to the best possible medical outcomes.
2021
Investor & Board Member
May 2021
Talk to a top-rated veterinary professional - online, 24/7.
Vetster is an award-winning veterinary telehealth platform providing video, chat and voice enabled appointments to pet owners. Pet owners get the care they need at times convenient to them from the comfort of their own home.
Vetster. Where pet health lives.
2020
Co-Founder & Board Member
Nov 2020
Finance Friends in Tech is a community focused on empowering the next generation of finance leaders in technology and venture capital through networking, knowledge sharing, and support.
2016
Co-Founder & Board Member
May 2016
Students are in a unique position to challenge the status quo and solve complex issues. In short, university years are an entrepreneurial sweet spot.
At Front Row Ventures, we want our peers to capitalize on their potential. We want to help you launch unthinkable ventures.
Our team of student investors will assist you in every step of your entrepreneurial journey. Not only do we invest $50K in our portfolio companies, we create irreplaceable value for our student startups.
The bigger picture is to spread the startup and venture capital culture across Canadian university campuses, and offer our strong and diverse community amazing opportunities. Be part of it!
//
Personne n’est mieux placé pour défier le statu quo et résoudre des enjeux complexes que des étudiants. Les universités forment un terreau entrepreneurial incroyablement fertile.
Chez Front Row Ventures, nous poussons nos pairs à capitaliser sur leur propre potentiel. Nous les aidons à démarrer des startups époustouflantes.
Les entrepreneurs peuvent compter sur le support indéfectible de notre équipe d’investisseurs étudiants. Bref, la valeur ajoutée que nous générons pour nos startups étudiantes dépasse largement les $50K investis en elles.
À plus grande échelle, nous propageons la culture des startups et du capital de risque à travers tous les campus Canadiens. Nous offrons à notre communauté des opportunités hors du commun. Front Row Ventures est une expérience unique. Rejoins le mouvement. Tire-toi une chaise!
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