Toronto, September 28, 2023 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, is proud to announce that Claude Vachet, Managing Partner, has been named Canada’s 2024 Clean50, an award that recognizes the contribution of 50 Canadian leaders to sustainability.
Canada’s Clean50 Awards are announced annually by Delta Management Group and the Clean50 organization to recognise individuals or small teams, from 16 different categories who have done the most to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the past 2 years.
“I am very honored to become a member of the Clean50 community, amongst which my colleagues Andrée-Lise Méthot and Shirley Speakman are also members,” says Claude Vachet. “This recognition is a testament to the hard work of the entire Cycle Capital team for the past 15 years and the effort we have put in to advance the net-zero transition and support Canada’s climatetech companies.”
“As a founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital, I’m very proud to see my partner Claude receive this award. This is a well-deserved recognition for someone who’s tremendously contributed to the climatetech venture capital industry in Canada”, says Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital.
“Claude Vachet’s career marked by numerous investments and profitable exits, Claude has had a major contribution to the success of the leading VC firm in the clean / climate tech market in Canada, with over $600 million in AUM”, explained Gavin Pitchford, CEO of Delta Management Group. “He was chosen after rigorous screening and research by Delta Management, with advice from internal researchers and external advisors, and was among Honourees selected from an initial pool of well over 1,000 well-qualified nominees. “
The Clean50 Honourees list can be found at: http://www.clean50.com/.
About Delta Management Group / Canada’s Clean50:
Leading ESG, sustainability and clean tech search firm Delta Management Group founded, and remains the steward of the Canada’s Clean50 awards, created in 2011 to annually identify, recognize and connect 50 sustainability leaders from every sector of Canadian endeavor, in order to facilitate understanding, collaboration and innovation in the fight to keep climate change impacts below 1.5 degrees C. Ancillary awards also recognize 20 Emerging Leaders and the 24 Top Sustainability Projects of the year, as well as bestow Lifetime Achievement designations
About Cycle Capital
Cycle Capital is a leading ClimateTech venture capital platform scaling impactful, sustainable innovation. Founded in 2009, Cycle Capital invests across North America, Europe and Asia in growing companies commercializing solutions to the major ecological challenges and contributing to a net-zero transition. Cycle Capital is the founder of Cycle Momentum Accelerator + Innovation Engine. Cycle Capital has developed an ESG and impact assessment methodology integrated into the investment workflow from the pre-investment phase to the exit of the portfolio company. For more information on Cycle Capital, visit: www.cyclecapital.com .
Information: Gavin Pitchford 416-925-2005 / [email protected]
Catherine Bérubé 514 629-1022 / [email protected]