Laviva Mazhar
Principal
Laviva
Mazhar
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.
Read Laviva’s story: From Bangladesh to Montreal — How I became a fintech investor and joined Luge Capital
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“It’s not how many times you fall that’s important, it’s how many times you get back up.”
– Unknown
3 things about Laviva
Why am I in the VC industry?
I love that I can play a role in influencing the future of technology and how it will shape our lives.
What excites me about the Fintech industry?
Finance is an important part of our lives and fintech is improving it for everyone, including those that have been traditionally unserved and underserved.
Fun facts about me
As a kid, I learned swimming in a natural pond with snakes in Bangladesh.
In my free time I blog about food and healthy recipes.
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