Arvind Ramanathan

Co-Founder, BoxOne Ventures

Arvind Ramanathan is a co-founder and managing partner at BoxOne Ventures. BoxOne Ventures is a Montreal-based, early-stage investment firm committed to investing in transformative ideas that have the potential to create positive change and shape a better future for all. In 2005, he and Josh Felker co-founded Vigilant Global, a proprietary trading company. From its modest beginning in Arvind’s mother’s apartment in Lasalle, Vigilant Global grew to one of Canada’s top trading firms thanks to some great algorithms and several brilliant early hires. DRW was acquired by Vigilant in 2012, and Arvind joined as a partner. In 2021, after helping the Montreal office expand to over 200 employees, Arvind decided to focus on new challenges.

Arvind also started the Sun and Truth Foundation, which supports initiatives that promote youth education and aims to help humans reconnect with nature. Arvind is also still involved in giving back to his high school, LCCHS, and he participates in robotics programs and food drives. Arvind holds a master’s in financial economics from Queen’s University and a bachelor’s in finance from Concordia University. Arvind is a father of two.

Arvind actively supports youth education. He has been on the board of Youth Fusion, an organization that helps increase high school graduation rates, for almost fifteen years. Arvind also started the Sun and Truth Foundation, which supports initiatives that promote youth education and aims to help humans reconnect with nature. He is also still involved in giving back to his high school, LCCHS, and he participates in robotics programs and food drives.