FRV BY THE NUMBERS

Canada's first student-run VC

60%
FIRST CHECK RATE
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KEY METRICS

Fund performance and investment practices.

60%
First Check Rate
First institutional investment
$50k
Typical Check
Initial investment size
$360M+
Follow-on Funding
Total raised by portfolio
20
Campuses
University network

CAMPUS NETWORK

20 university campuses across Canada

20
University Campuses
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
McGill University
University of British Columbia
McMaster University
University of Alberta
Queen's University
Western University
University of Calgary
University of Ottawa
Simon Fraser University
University of Manitoba
Dalhousie University
University of Saskatchewan
Carleton University
University of Guelph
Ryerson University
University of Victoria
York University
Concordia University

Pan-Canadian Network

From Vancouver to Halifax, covering all major university ecosystems

Student-Led Investment

Run by students who understand campus innovation firsthand

First-Check Investor

Providing crucial early funding to university-born startups

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Early-stage student founders with clear investment parameters.

We are early-stage industry agnostic student entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and ambitious technology-enabled ideas. Two things our startups have in common: an active student founder and a big tech component.

Stage

Pre-seed to seed

Check Size

$50k initial

Focus

Student founders

Geography

20 Canadian campuses