About LV
Louis-Victor Jadavji (or “LV”) is an entrepreneur with a focus on health, artificial intelligence, citizen development, and 3D-printing. LV co-founded Wiivv in the summer of 2014. Wiivv has since raised US$12M in venture capital, has a team of 30 people in Vancouver and San Diego, and its inaugural product – a custom fit 3D-printed orthotic insole – is the most successful consumer 3D-printed product of all-time. In 2016, he was selected to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for Manufacturing and Industry, the youngest on the list at 22, and again as a Forbes 30 Under 30 All-Star in 2017, featured alongside the likes of Lebron James and Evan Spiegel. LV is also an advisor to Internuncio, a platform for artificial intelligence, is an investor in a company solving antimicrobial resistance, and is on the Board of Directors and the Speaker’s Committee for the Canadian Club.
Formerly, LV has worked in marketing and business development roles at Atlassian Software (NASDAQ: TEAM) and AllCleared. He also co-founded Turnyp, an app service that pushes restaurant dishes that match nutritional needs, and NexDrive, a natural gas compressor distributor which he exited to private investors. His 3D printed parts for vintage cars have been featured on the History Channel as a key piece of innovation in the car parts aftermarket. He is an alumnus of Claremont McKenna College and NextCanada.
LV has presented at Inside 3D Printing in New York, TTIVanguard in Detroit, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and the Kairos Global Summit in Los Angeles. He has also been featured in business and industry media like Forbes, The Globe and Mail, Inc. Magazine, Business News Network, VentureBeat, MonteCristo Magazine, the Financial Post, CTV News, Business in Vancouver, and the Huffington Post.
As a hobby, LV builds websites and works on process automation for his businesses using tools and platforms like WordPress, IFTTT, and AI-powered chatbots. He’s a rower and basketball player.
LV’s Meditations
Why I launched this weblog
I named this weblog Meditations after Marcus Aurelius' book by the same name. It was a formative book for me. Along with Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, it's one of the few things I've read, rather than experienced, that have materially changed my perspective....
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