Laviva is a Principal at Luge Capital where she sources for new fintech investment opportunities, conducts due diligence, executes end-to-end transactions, supports portfolio companies and helps develop the firm’s investment thesis. Prior to that she was an Investor at Ferst Capital Partners (FCP), a fintech startup foundry and VC firm. She helped build portfolio companies and supported their operations and fundraising processes. She was selected as one of The Peak’s Emerging Leaders for 2024, featured on the Women in FinTech Powerlists by Innovate Finance for both 2020 and 2017, and named in Canada’s 2019 Top 50 Women in Fintech by the Digital Finance Institute. She is also a mentor at Front Row Ventures, a member of the Elle-Invest committee at Réseau Capital, and the author of the Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape and the Future of Insurance report.

Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Laviva moved to Canada to complete her BCom degree with double majors in Economics and Finance from McGill University. She completed CFA Level 1.

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  Principal in Luge Capital

  Luge Capital is a fintech-focused venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies in Canada and the United States. We’re on a mission to build fintech champions with amazing founders.