Sam Chandola works with First Fund, a pre-seed investment fund established by former founders
who saw a gap in early-stage funding and decided to correct that.
Picture this a new immigrant to Canada, with no existing relationships, and only $700 in your
pocket. Underprivileged in Cash, but rich in drive, passion, and a determination to succeed.
When a serendipitous encounter leads to the first investment in your company and propels your
career. This is Sam Chandola story!
Eight years and two successful exits later, Sam has generated more than 55x returns for his
investors. He has been awarded the 2014 BC Business Top 30 under 30 award, as well as the
2017 Canada’s Next 150 Award by the Toronto Stock Exchange.
With his rich early founder experience, Sam, offers some nuggets of information talking about his
experience finding, funding, and seeding start-ups. Discussing his ethos of betting on the jockey
rather than the horse, through his sector agnostic, but stage focused fund.
Guest Social Links
**Website:**: https://www.thefirst.vc/
**LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schandola89/?originalSubdomain=ca AND
https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-fund/
**Twitter:** https://mobile.twitter.com/firstfundvc