Laviva is an investment analyst at Luge Capital, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage fintech companies and AI solutions applied to financial services. I first heard about Laviva through one of Luge's partners, Karim Gillani and I was immediately inspired by her backstory (you can read more here) and her accomplishments to date. Laviva moved from Bangladesh to Montreal for undergrad and after falling in love with the culture and the booming startup ecosystem, she chose to stay in Canada after graduation. She provides tremendous value to the Canadian tech ecosystem and was selected as part of the 2017 Global Women in FinTech Powerlist.