Prem Kalevar
VP Discovery Program at Inovia Capital
York, Ontario
Overview
Work Experience
VP Discovery Program
2022 - Current
Discovery Fund I focuses on pre-seed & seed, primarily through backing emerging managers
Consultant
2021 - 2022
Evaluated Canada's (venture capital) emerging manager landscape
Investor / Syndicate Lead
2021
I championed our inception investment at N49P and personally led 2 SPVs into the company
Pre-Seed Investor
2023
Before they started the company, I nudged Kevin in the direction of Tempo
Entrepreneur In Residence
2021 - 2022
Funded idea to seed-stage Canadian technology startups with Alex Norman: + Hop In, Laplace Robotics (Maneva), Flashbox, Tribe (Bettermode), Lotly, KitchenMate (Micromart) + Explored investing models and learned that what I wanted to do was full lifecycle tech investing
Venture Product Partner
2020 - 2022
Shared deal flow with Gaurav Jain at his $300M AUM pre-seed focused firm
Afore Capital is a venture fund that focuses on pre-seed stage exclusively and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Advisory Consultant
2019 - 2022
Past engagements included: + Inovia Capital ($2B+ AUM Canadian VC) + VWK Capital Management (long/short hedge fund) + Ontario Centres of Excellence (External Reviewer) + various startups
Angel Investor
2018 - 2022
https://www.kitchenmate.com/ > https://www.micromart.com/ https://tribe.so/ > https://bettermode.com/ https://www.masterhealth.care/ - sold https://www.kritik.io/ https://n49p.com/ https://www.commercebear.com/ https://rocketdoctor.ca/ acquired by https://www.treatment.com/ https://dolphyn.io/ > https://www.prezo.ai/ https://flashbox.co/ https://edutinker.com/ https://www.movewithfleet.com/ https://www.laplacerobotics.com/ > https://www.maneva.ai/ https://www.hopintech.com/ https://www.lotly.com/
ODA4 Fellow
2021 - 2021
Cohort-based learning for angel investors and emerging managers
Advisor & Consultant
2017 - 2020
Partnerships, Marketing, Product & Strategy
2013 - 2017
Business-lead for intelligent input software backed by Y Combinator
Entrepreneurial Student
2006 - 2012
Entrepreneurial pursuits included: 1. Competitive Poker — Turned $50 into $500 000 2. Rental Property — Seven bedroom house 3. Hockey Robotics — Advanced robotic technology 4. ResumeCards — Enhanced student networking