Arvind Ramanathan Email & Phone Number

Arvind Ramanathan is a co-founder 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, which evolved to be the apex of low-latency news-driven trading in financial markets. From its modest beginning in Arvind's mother's apartment in Lasalle, Vigilant grew to one of Canada's top trading firms thanks to some great algorithms and several brilliant early hires. Arvind still remembers fondly the early days of Vigilant when he and Josh were greeting their new hires in their pyjamas, due to overworking and falling asleep at the office. When DRW acquired Vigilant in 2012, Arvind joined DRW 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 aims to help humans reconnect with nature, and promotes community engagement in active living and. Arvind is still involved in giving back to his high school, LCCHS, and he participates in robotics programs and food drives.Arvind holds a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Queen's University and a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Concordia University. Arvind is a father of two dynamo girls, and when not at the office, he can usually be found running on the Lachine waterfront, or camping at Quebec National Parks with his family.