Front Row Ventures

Front Row Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2016 and headquartered in Quebec, Canada, that focuses on investing in student-led startups. With a belief that students possess a unique opportunity to innovate during their university years, the firm aims to empower them to launch transformative ventures. Front Row Ventures typically invests up to $25,000 in promising projects, contributing to a broader mission of fostering startup and venture capital culture across Montreal's academic institutions. By engaging with the local technology sector, the firm encourages students to learn, participate, and create, thereby challenging the status quo and driving entrepreneurial growth in the region.

Nicolas Synnott

Managing Partner

19 past transactions

EmergConnect

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an end-to-end centralized digital platform intended to improve emergency care and giving clinicians the power of data. The company offers a mobile platform that helps to register, triage, and get an individualized prediction of their wait time in emergency rooms, enabling patients with enhanced care, increasing ER efficiency, and saving money.

Maket

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Maket is an interactive 3D visualization platform for contractors, it is easy to use to present your catalog of houses to your customers and personalize your floor-plans in real-time to facilitate the sale of your housing projects.

FTEX

Pre Seed Round in 2021
FTEX Develops next-generation GaNFET based Electric Vehicle (EV) powertrains that extend the range and power of EVs by up to 30%.

SquareFeet.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SquareFeet.ai is designed to reinvent the way real estate developers and brokers work on launching a new condo or rental project, ensuring the highest revenue given the current demand in the market. Our products offer a new way to monitor how real estate residential project are sold, rented, and managed.

LSK Technologies Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
LSK Technologies Inc. specializes in developing innovative diagnostic solutions, including PLUM, an analyzer designed for testing infectious diseases such as COVID-19. This technology detects viral RNA, proteins, and immune responses, and is capable of analyzing commercial assays in microplate and gel formats. Additionally, PLUM is utilized for environmental monitoring tests, catering to the needs of medical professionals and scientists. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company is also exploring advancements in computer vision to create compact disease testing hardware, which is envisioned as a "lab in a box" suitable for use in medical offices or workplaces. Currently, LSK Technologies is conducting field trials for the Zika Virus in Latin America and has reported significant pre-orders for their products.

Gallea

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Gallea is Canada's fastest growing online art gallery, showcasing local talent worldwide. It aims to become the world's largest art distribution network in the world. Founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rokulo

Venture Round in 2020
Rokulo is focused on helping mining and construction operations of all sizes significantly optimize their processing circuits and profit margins, in real-time, by using our continuous machine vision system.

Axya

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Axya, formerly known as GRAD4 Inc., is a Montreal-based company that has developed an artificial intelligence platform aimed at automating industrial operations. The platform offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution that connects small and medium-sized manufacturing shop owners with suppliers, streamlining the subcontracting process for computer numerical control (CNC) machining, sheet metal, and parts manufacturing. Additionally, Axya provides contract management, quotation receipt, tender approval, and data analysis services, all designed to enhance efficiency in the manufacturing sector. Established in 2019, the company's marketplace standardizes and centralizes the subcontracting process, making it easier for users to access necessary services and materials.

Nomic

Venture Round in 2020
Nplex Biosciences is a biotechnology company based in the United States that specializes in proteomic technology. The company has developed a platform that utilizes DNA nanotechnology to understand, detect, and treat diseases. Nplex offers a range of instruments and automation tools for measuring multiple proteins from blood samples, providing cost-effective solutions for protein data analysis. Its technology integrates seamlessly with industry-standard cytometers, enabling high-throughput analysis and the development of custom protein panels. Nplex aims to enhance existing instruments and workflows while facilitating automation in proteomic research and applications.

CHK PLZ

Venture Round in 2020
CHK PLZ provides customers with a hassle-free payment solution via a POS-integrated app, which in-turn increases table turnover, and provides restaurants with key insights on customer habits.

Civalgo

Seed Round in 2019
Civalgo is an operations management platform for construction operations that simplifies the administration process of upcoming, ongoing, and completed projects. Its platform is used by construction leaders to improve their productivity by increasing transparency and collaboration across teams, departments, and offices while reclaiming control of their operations. The company is based in Montreal, Canada.

Puzzle Medical Devices

Venture Round in 2019
Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2018 and based in Montreal, specializing in the development of heart pump devices aimed at treating heart failure. The company focuses on creating a minimally invasive long-term hemodynamic transcatheter pump that utilizes advanced transcatheter technology to enhance heart surgery outcomes. By offering mechanical hemodynamic support through a less invasive approach, Puzzle Medical strives to improve patient safety, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency, thereby increasing accessibility to treatment. The company's innovative solutions aim to enhance the quality of life for patients suffering from heart failure and mitigate the global economic burden associated with this condition. To date, Puzzle Medical has successfully conducted acute in-vivo preclinical implantations, demonstrating significant success in their technological applications.

Reaction Dynamics

Venture Round in 2019
Reaction Dynamics is a Canadian company based in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, incorporated in 2008, specializing in the development of space transportation technologies. The company focuses on creating agile and affordable access to orbit, primarily through the production of specially adapted rockets and a cost-effective engine. Utilizing additive manufacturing and specialized supply chains, Reaction Dynamics aims to facilitate spaceflight by enabling the launch of small satellites into orbit.

eNUVIO

Venture Round in 2019
eNUVIO Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative tools for the life science research, drug discovery, and safety assessment sectors. Established in 2016 and based in Montréal, Canada, the company offers a range of lab-on-a-chip technologies tailored for researchers. Its product lineup includes the OMEGA MP 3D muscle device, which enables the creation of 3D skeletal muscle microtissues in vitro, as well as the SMPL patch-clamp starter kit and associated refill packs. Additionally, eNUVIO provides various microfluidic devices, co-culture tools, compartmentalization devices, embryoid bodies, 3D culture products, and ozone generators for sterilization purposes. These products are available for purchase online, reflecting eNUVIO's commitment to facilitating and accelerating advancements in life science research.

Merinio

Venture Round in 2018
Merinio Inc. designs and develops cloud based workforce automation software. The company's software provide labor forecasting, auto shift fulfillment, on demand schedule validation, compliance engine, quick schedule, template assistant, multichannel communication, employee portal, reports, employee profile management and time and attendance features. Merinio Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Pelcro

Seed Round in 2018
Pelcro Inc. operates a content subscription platform for publishers, blogs, and sites to sell digital content subscriptions. Its solutions include a dynamic paywall that adapts price, currency, and discount based on user behavior, location, and device in order to find the tipping point to convert; data and analytics that enables the team ranging from executive to individual contributor to impact KPIs and measure them in real time; and customer service software to manage subscribers, and support services. The company also offers machine learning algorithms for content creators to drive engagement and increase reader revenue; and shipping solutions to fulfill subscription and membership shipments. Pelcro Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Korbit Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Korbit Technologies is focused on transforming education through its AI tutor, Korbi, which utilizes artificial intelligence to engage students in personalized learning experiences. The platform offers interactive exercises, conversations, quizzes, visual aids, and performance tracking tailored to individual learning profiles. Korbi aims to enhance educational outcomes by providing targeted pedagogical interventions and personalized feedback. In addition to its tutoring services, Korbit Technologies also offers a free machine learning course, catering to a broad audience that includes students, teachers, publishers, and companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Korbit Technologies is committed to delivering high-quality, accessible education that supports learners in improving their socio-economic status.