Christian Levan
Director of Portfolio Support at Front Row Ventures
Christian Levan
Director of Portfolio Support at Front Row Ventures
Montreal, Quebec
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Portfolio Support | Platform & Fundraising
2024 - Current
Leading a team of Venture Managers to support Canadian University founders in raising their subsequent rounds of VC funding and conducting LP reporting.
Director of Investments QC | Early-Stage Venture Capital
2023 - 2024
Leading an investment team to deploy $3M across Quebec to back the most promising and high-impact university student founders in the form of 50k cheque sizes Investments: 1. Ora Medical 2. EncephalX 3. TRAQC 4. Queva 5. Dynamo 6. Fireraven 7. Shadow
Business Development Team | Operations
2022 - 2023
Support building & projects on the Front Row Academy, key account management, B2B/B2C sales of our courses Learned how to work at a "start-up" within an emerging VC fund
VC Summer Analyst | Early Growth Fund
2024 - 2024
Global VC (Series A & B Technology Investments), North America Team (NYC, TO, MTL); ~$1B+ AUM Screened and conducted DD on deals within B2B vertical SaaS, assisted with fundraising and LP relationship efforts
Biz Ops | FinTech
2024 - 2024
Backed by Inovia Capital Working directly under CEO in key initiatives such as product, sales & marketing
VC Summer Analyst | Venture Fund
2023 - 2023
Seed to IPO, investing in B2B Saas verticals, Venture Investment Team (Seed-Series A); ~$2.2B AUM Screened and conducted DD on cybersecurity Saas companies found an affinity for data security-related products and learned a lot that summer Investments: 1. Cavelo
VC Scout | Talent Investments
2022 - 2022
Entrepreneur First’s unique model brings together the people who should be co-founders, to create impactful companies that otherwise wouldn’t exist. Over 600+ companies ~ $10Bn combined portfolio value Learned how to spot the best future entrepreneurs across Canada
Biz Ops & Project Manager (PM) | Crypto FinTech
2022 - 2022
Transmuter is a platform which changes the DeFi Option Vault space. Structured Products to users that eliminate the risk of conversion. By solving the conversion problem, users can benefit from the enhanced yield of Structured Products but without the risk of losing their upside on their coin Managed Community Teams, assistant to Co-Founder, adhoc projects such as partnership drafting, fundraising support, account management, marketing initiatives
Research Summer Analyst | Growth Equity
2022 - 2022
Series B+, investing in global consumer brands in SEA ~175M AUM Built EdTech Investment Playbook for SEA
Business & Product Development | EdTech Marketplace Solutions
2022 - 2022
SEN is currently working on building their own technology enabled product, a new EdTech Marketplace which acts as a centralized platforms to find all your EdTech solutions in one place Built Low-Fidelity Mockups, Competitor Analysis, Product Development worked with SWE to plan & execute on the new platform
Emergency Ambulance Operator | Military Service
2020 - 2021
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Artillery Transport Operator (Howitzer/Mortar Gun Tower) | Military Service
2019 - 2021
Towing Howitzers for field missions, troop lifts of 30+ soldiers, evacuating soldiers to hospitals, maneuvering a military prime mover at the age of 19. By far the most formative years of my life...
Founder
2020 - 2021
Side hustle selling vintage streetwear & and workwear, sneakers, and other custom rework products. Learnt sales, and B2C marketing through social media and marketplaces like Carousell. Managed imports and inventory of hundreds of products at a time and earned an average of 1-2k MRR in my first year of operations. Stopped when I started university but learned a lot about the hustle of building something from scratch as a solo founder.