$100k Student Entrepreneur Investment Prize is back for its third year! This year Front Row Ventures (FRV) is teaming up with LOI Venture to double the investment prize from $50K to $100K!
Front Row Ventures is Canada’s leading university-focused and student-operated VC firm with a presence on 20+ university campuses across Canada. They are early-stage and industry-agnostic investors backing high-impact student entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and ambitious technology-enabled ideas. Over the past 7 years, FRV has invested in more than 60 companies including Puzzle Medical Devices, Nomic Bio and Valence Discovery. Combined, these companies have gone on to raise over $250 million in follow-on funding with top tier investors. With a $5.5M pan-Canadian fund closed in 2023, FRV is deploying the largest pool of capital in Canada exclusively dedicated to investing in student-led startups.
LOI Venture is a $20M pre-seed and seed fund co-founded by Ryan Holmes (Hootsuite) and Manny Padda (Angel Investor). LOI Venture backs early stage founders — primarily from the League of Innovators accelerator — building bold tech startups. With over 40 portfolio companies and growing, we’re Canada’s launchpad for next-gen entrepreneurs.