#22: Raphael Christian-Roy - Founder of FRV on Building Canada's First Student-Run Venture Fund From Scratch

Raphaël is Co-Founder and national managing director of Front Row Ventures, Canada’s first and most successful student-led venture capital fund. He’s a product geek and an entrepreneur since childhood, he went from owning a car garage to a window-cleaning business to a tech startup — all before he hit twenty. He joined Real Ventures’ early-stage team in 2017 to build and grow the front row ventures fund across Canada and Real ventures is Canada's most active seed venture capital fund, the firm invests throughout the life-cycle of early companies.   Prior to FRV, Raph spent two years working as a Product Manager and developing Volume7, a digital product agency that partners with forward-thinking startups and companies. Book Recommendation: Principles by Ray DalioFront Row Ventures:  https://frontrow.ventures/Real Ventures: https://www.realventures.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelchristianroy/?originalSubdomain=ca