WVG Builder Hours 001: Inovia, Front Row and SVF
Exploring an idea, building your first product, or getting ready to raise your pre-seed?
We're opening the doors to WVG Builder Hours, a monthly opportunity to sit down with top builders across the venture ecosystem and get practical, personalized advice.
For our first session, we're bringing together venture builders and scouts across Waterloo Venture Group, Student Venture Fund, Front Row Ventures, and Inovia Capital.
Come ready to talk through whatever you're working on. We can help you:
Get investment-ready: Pressure-test your pitch deck, refine your investment materials, and prepare for investor conversations.
Refine your go-to-market: Work through distribution, customer acquisition, and your path toward product-market fit.
Build your team: Explore co-founder and talent sourcing strategies, identify gaps, and make meaningful introductions.
Pressure-test your idea: Get a fresh perspective, challenge your assumptions, and figure out your next steps.
Bring your conviction, your questions, and whatever you've built so far. You don't need a polished pitch or a perfect plan. We're happy to meet you where you are and help you move forward.
Spots are limited so we can give every builder the time and attention they deserve. Reserve yours and bring what you've got.
And let us know: Who do you want to see at a future session? Investors, founders, operators, or someone else entirely?
Let's get you to that next step.
About the funds joining us for Build Hours 001
Founded in 2007, Inovia is the largest Canada-anchored venture capital firm managing US$2.5B in AUM, supporting North American and European companies with global ambition, from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Standout names include ClearCo, Cohere, Float, Neo, Super.com, Top Hat, and Wealthsimple.
Front Row Ventures is Canada's leading early stage, student-operated VC firm, backing high impact entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and ambitious technology-enabled ideas, regardless of their field of work. Since 2017, FRV's portfolio has gone on to raise $350 million+ in follow-on funding with top tier investors.
The Student Venture Fund is a $2M AUM sector agnostic UWaterloo-student led fund focused on pre-seed to seed stage investments, with diverse roots and network across faculties.
About Waterloo Venture Group
WVG is a student venture community and talent network based out of Waterloo, providing pro-bono raise and GTM consultancy for founders from ideation through Series A. Collectively, we’ve supported ventures in raising $13.9M+, hosted flagship programming on founder education, and curated the rooms where teams form and hires happen.
Ready to build or partner? Contact the WVG team.