Carolina Sánchez Badini joins Cycle H2O as Associate

Cycle H2O Fund, a seed and early stage Watertech venture capital fund managed by Cycle Capital and H2O Innovation, announces the appointment of Carolina Sánchez Badini as Associate. The Cycle H2O Fund aims to accelerate and scale innovative startups with solutions to protect, conserve and better utilize the water resource in the industrial, agriculture, municipal and marine sectors.

“We’re delighted to welcome Carolina to the Cycle H2O Fund, a specialized, seed and early stage WaterTech Fund. Her experience in environmental consulting and monitoring the aquatic impact of urban and industrial developments will be instrumental in accelerating and scaling impactful market-ready solutions.” – Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder & Managing Partner, Cycle Capital.

Carolina brings over five years of experience in environmental consulting, research, and impact investing. Most recently, she served as an impact investment fellow at CapShift and was a member of the climate deal team of the Yale SOM Meng Impact Investment Fund. Previously, she worked as an Environmental Specialist at Hatfield Consultants to monitor and assess the aquatic environmental impacts of different industrial and municipal projects. As part of her bachelor’s degree, she researched other environmental issues, such as marine plastic pollution in Canada, wastewater management in Mexico, and coastal mangrove conservation in Costa Rica.

Carolina recently completed an MBA and a Master of Environmental Management at Yale University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Ecology from The University of British Columbia.

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Cycle H2O Holds Initial Close for C$30 Million Watertech Fund to Advance Sustainable Water Solutions 

Montreal, June 26, 2024 –Cycle Capital and H2O Innovation announce the initial close of Cycle H2O Fund, a watertech venture capital fund with a targeted size of C$30 million fund dedicated to investing in innovative water technologies. The Government of Québec, through Investissement Québec, acted as anchor investor and was joined by Boann Social Impact, Fonds Climat du Grand Montréal, The Atmospheric Fund, a number of family offices, and private investors as limited partners. 

The fund aims to support the development and commercialization of seed and early stage innovative watertech companies from Québec and Eastern Canada (in sustainable agriculture, green chemistry and water treatment digital technologies related to industrial water processes and water conservation) to meet the growing need for market-ready solutions.  

Managed by Cycle Capital and H2O Innovation, and led by Cycle Capital’s Senior Partner Simon Olivier, the Cycle H2O fund will capitalize on Cycle Capital’s more than a decade-long experience of ClimaTech venture investing globally, and H2O Innovation’s expertise in commercializing water treatment solutions internationally. 

“To build a green and sustainable economy, we need to accelerate the development and marketing of clean technology. With our investment in the Cycle H2O Fund, our government is providing the Québec of tomorrow with innovative solutions for the intelligent use of its water,”  Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister Responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region.   

“We need innovative technologies that will help us adapt our way of life and combat climate change effectively. This is particularly true of water, a shared resource that Québec is actively seeking to preserve. We have announced record sums for ensuring there is adequate, predictable and sustained funding of initiatives that will protect, restore and enhance water, by means of the Fonds bleu. And the investment we have announced today will support the creation of the Cycle H2O Fund. This new fund is another example of our government’s firm commitment to water and of Québec’s desire to actively contribute to global efforts that will protect and sustainably manage this precious resource,” added Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks and Minister responsible for the Laurentides region.   

“Cycle Capital’s experience in the ClimateTech sector has shown us the transformative power of specialized venture funds to tackle some of the most pressing environmental challenges. With the Cycle H2O Fund, we are expanding our focus to include water, a sector ripe for disruption to tackle water scarcity. We look forward to collaborating with our partner H2O Innovation and seeing the impact this fund will have on the global water landscape,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner at Cycle Capital.  

“Since our founding in 2000, our vision to address growing and complex water issues has been clear: provide state-of-the-art technologies and solutions to municipal and industrial customers across Canada and abroad. However, the lack of awareness from the public and from the investment community in general, as well as the absence of specialized water investment platforms in Canada made us struggle in our early days. Today we want to give back and share our knowledge and experience with new “water entrepreneurs” willing to develop technologies and grow businesses in a sector that will never slow down: water. The opportunity to combine capital and experience in this fund fits perfectly with our desire to support companies in their seed and growing phases,” stated Frédéric Dugré, President and Chief Executive Officer of H2O Innovation. 

 

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 H2O, visit: Cycle H2O – Cycle Capital 

H2O Innovation 

Innovation is in our name, and it is what drives the organization. H2O Innovation is a water solutions company focused on providing best-in-class technologies and services to its customers. The Corporation’s activities rely on three pillars: (i) Water Technologies & Services (WTS) applies membrane technologies and engineering expertise to deliver equipment and services to municipal and industrial water, wastewater, and water reuse customers, (ii) Specialty Products (SP) is a set of businesses that manufacture and supply a complete line of specialty chemicals, consumables and components for the global water treatment industry, and (iii) Operation & Maintenance (O&M) provides contract operations and associated services for water and wastewater treatment systems. Through innovation, we strive to simplify water. For more information, visit H2O Innovation. 

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Cycle Capital announces the promotion of three investment team members

Montréal, February 15, 2024 – Cycle Capital, a leading Climatetech venture capital investment platform, announces the appointment of Ricardo Jordan as Senior Associate and Gabriel Samson as Associate. The Circular Innovation Fund, managed by Cycle Capital and Demeter Partners, also announces the promotion of Maya Hassa to Principal.

 

“We are proud to see Maya, Ricardo and Gabriel, part of the firm’s next generation progress, reach new milestones and take on additional responsibilities,” says Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital.

 

Maya Hassa joined Cycle Capital in 2021 as part of the investment team. She previously was an associate in a cleantech investment fund. In April 2022, she moved to CIF, where she started as an Analyst and was subsequently promoted to an Associate position in January 2023. Maya has an undergraduate BSc in Renewable Resource Management from McGill University.

 

Ricardo Jordan joined Cycle Capital as an Associate in November 2022. Prior to this, he held positions at Terragon Environmental Technologies and Optima Energia, where he served as a Lead Project Manager and Business Development Manager, respectively. Ricardo has a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from HEC Montreal.

 

Gabriel Samson joined Cycle Capital’s investment team in April 2021 as an Intern. He later transitioned into a full-time role as an Analyst in 2022. Gabriel holds a BCom from the University of Ottawa and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Science in Finance at HEC Montreal.

 

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: cyclecapital.com.

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Four New Members Join Cycle Capital’s Industrial Expert Advisory Committee

Montreal, February 5, 2024 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its Industrial Expert Advisory Committee (IEAC). Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, former Chief Engineering Officer at Intel and Executive Vice President at Qualcomm Inc; Raj Singh, former Executive Vice President of Compute Strategy and Business Development at Marvell Technology and Jim Whitham, Senior Vice President & Strategic Advisor at Infineon. They join Bertrand Gautier, Founding Partner at Schroders Greencoat Capital, already a member of Cycle Capital Fund IV advisory committee, along with current representatives from Cycle Capital’s Limited Partners (LPs), to support Cycle Capital’s team in its mission to scale deep tech companies developing enabling technologies in the transition to net zero.

 

“We are delighted that Murthy, Raj, Jim and Bertrand have joined the IEAC. Their technical insights and experience in microelectronics and growing businesses will be extremely valuable and complement Cycle Capital’s growing investment team to evaluate climatetech startups more thoroughly,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital. “Murthy will support Cycle Capital and its portfolio companies with his commercial and engineering insights, as well as product design. Raj and Jim will help Cycle Capital reinforce its expertise in semiconductors and industrial scaling up in microelectronics, a key component of Cycle Capital’s Fund V’s investment thesis. These additions support Cycle Capital’s expansion in the US and in Europe, where Jim and Bertrand are located.

 

Dr Murthy Renduchintala currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Accenture plc. The former Group President and Chief Engineering Officer of Intel Inc. also served as Executive Vice President and Co-President, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies during his 12 years at Qualcomm Inc. and worked at Philips Electronics for 17 years, ending his tenure there as the Vice President of Engineering. He sits on Advisory Boards at the University of California, San Diego – Jacobs School of Engineering and the University of California, Berkeley – Fung Institute of Engineering Leadership.   Dr Renduchintala holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in business administration and a Ph.D. in digital communications from the University of Bradford in England. His alma mater subsequently awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology for his contributions to Science and Technology.

Raj Singh was previously executive vice president of the processors business group at Marvell Semiconductor and joins the Cycle Capital team from San Francisco, California. He has over four decades of executive experience in technology, specializing in the semiconductor industry, including as CEO of Wavesat, a semiconductor manufacturing company that Cavium Networks acquired. Alongside his current role, Raj is the founder of Banchory LLC – an advisory tech consultancy firm –  and a member of the board of directors at Kandou in Switzerland.

 

Jim Witham was recently named Senior Vice President & Strategic Advisor at Infineon. He is the former CEO of GaN Systems, a Cycle Capital portfolio company acquired by Infineon for US$830 million this past Fall. Jim joined GaN Systems from Neoconix, a manufacturer of high-density miniature connectors. As CEO of Neoconix, he successfully implemented strategic changes which dramatically increased revenue and resulted in the company’s acquisition by Unimicron Technology. Prior to Neoconix, Jim was CEO of Fultec Semiconductor, where his team designed and manufactured circuit protection devices using high-voltage silicon, silicon carbide and gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. Jim holds an MBA from Harvard and both M.S. and B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford.

Bertrand Gautier is the Founding Partner at Greencoat Capital, a leading asset manager in the energy transition space in Europe. He was previously the Director at Terra Firma Capital Partners in their London office and Vice President at Merrill Lynch. Bertrand holds a Master’s in General Engineering from ICAM (France) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  

 

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 cyclecapital.com.

 

Catherine Bérubé +1 514 629-1022  / [email protected]

 

Cycle Capital and Cycle Momentum announce the appointment of Catherine Bérubé as Chairperson of the Board of Cycle Momentum

Montréal, October 25, 2023 – Cycle Capital and Cycle Momentum announce the appointment of Catherine Bérubé, Partner at Cycle Capital, as the board’s new Chairperson at Cycle Momentum. Catherine will succeed Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital, who has chaired Cycle Momentum for the past nine years. 

“Claude Vachet, Patrick Gagné and I are very pleased to see Catherine take on this new role, and she is the ideal person to support  Cycle Momentum’s next phase of growth. She has been instrumental in delivering the new collaboration with the government of Quebec including in crafting the new Origo program.” Having been the Chairperson of the Board at Cycle Momentum for nearly a decade, Andrée-Lise Méthot adds, “I’m leaving with a sense of accomplishment and, above all, of passing on to the next generation an organization that is healthy and well-funded, with a fantastic team and a mission to develop high-quality climatetech entrepreneurs.” 

Patrick Gagné, CEO of Cycle Momentum, said, “Cycle Momentum’s team and Catherine have been working together for many years. We are excited to strengthen our collaboration to help climatetech startups access capital and enable us to scale the acceleration and open innovation programs, as well as the Origo matching funding program, in the years ahead. I’d also like to highlight the scope of Andrée-Lise’s work for the climate technology ecosystem. Without her, the organization’s development would not have been the same, and I would like to thank her on behalf of the entire Cycle Momentum team and the members of our Board of Directors.”

Catherine joined Cycle Capital in 2014. Her key responsibilities for Cycle Capital have included managing the firm’s “impact investing” practice, investor relations and public affairs. She also leads Cycle Central – a climatetech Innovation hub. In addition, Catherine sits on the boards of Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) and SWITCH. She is also a Member of CVCA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

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 .

Cycle Momentum

Cycle Momentum is an accelerator and open innovation platform that brings together an international collective of entrepreneurs, investors and innovators. Our mission is to find innovative solutions to the major ecological challenges facing humanity. Member of the Cycle Capital Platform, Cycle Momentum provides entrepreneurs with training workshops, networking sessions and mentoring, and works with leading companies to stimulate technology acquisition and integration. In order to increase the impact of its programs, Cycle Momentum has brought together several local and international investment funds as part of its Circle of Partner Funds, whose members are involved with participating startups.

Cycle Momentum can count on the financial support of the Gouvernement du Quebec, Cycle Capital, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Investissement Québec, Export Development Canada, Fasken, PricewaterhouseCoopers  and  the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good.

For more information on Cycle Momentuml, visit :  https://cyclemomentum.com/en/

Mark Little and Raj Singh Join Cycle Capital as Strategic Advisors

Montreal, October 4, 2023 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, is pleased to announce the addition of two new strategic advisors. Mark Little, Suncor’s former President and CEO and Raj Singh, former Executive Vice President at Marvell Semiconductor, have joined the firm to increase the investment teams’ expertise in industrial scaling up and microelectronics, a key component of Cycle Capital’s Fund V’s investment thesis.

 

“We are delighted that Mark and Raj have joined Cycle Capital. Both Mark and Raj bring a strong combination of executive leadership and energy and microelectronics sector experience to the firm,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital. “Mark will support Cycle Capital in expanding its presence in Alberta, a base for Canada’s leading energy companies, and Raj’s addition will help Cycle Capital reinforce its expertise in semiconductors and continue to expand its presence in the United States.”

 

Mark Little, based in Calgary, served 14 years at Suncor between 2008 and 2022 before becoming the Co-Founder and CEO at Jotson, a climatetech company that helps households manage energy consumption, costs and emissions. Mark has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, a Bachelor of Applied Petroleum Engineering Technology from SAIT, and he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2015.

Meanwhile, Raj Singh, was previously executive vice president of the processors business group at Marvell Semiconductor and  joins the Cycle Capital team from San Francisco, California. He has over four decades of executive experience in technology, specializing in the semiconductor industry, including as CEO of Wavesat, a semiconductor manufacturing company that Cavium Networks acquired. Alongside his current role, Raj is the founder of Banchory LLC – an advisory tech consultancy firm –  and a member of the board of directors at Kandou in Switzerland.

 

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 .

 

Catherine Bérubé +1 514 629-1022  / [email protected]

 

Claude Vachet Named a Canada’s 2024 Clean50 Award Honouree

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]

Cycle Capital announces the appointment of Adriana Danaila as ESG Analyst and Minalou Kunze–Roelens as Analyst

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Montreal, September 12, 2023 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, announces the expansion of its investment team by adding two new resources. 

Adriana Danaila joins the ESG Impact team as an Analyst. Adriana brings over eight years of experience in consulting and technology, with expertise in financial valuation and Environmental Impact Assessment. Adriana spent the first few years of her career as a Consultant for FTI Consulting and Deloitte France, where she worked on the valuation and quantification of claims relative to damages incurred in the context of litigation and international arbitration. 

Most recently, Adriana worked as an ESG Manager at Iroko, where she developed an ESG notation grid adapted to the fund’s real estate portfolio and ensured that ESG characteristics were considered at each step of the acquisition and management decisions. 

Adriana holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School and a Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy from Université Jean Moulin Lyon III. She is currently preparing for her CFA® Level II certification.


Minalou Kunze–Roelens joins the team as an Analyst in the investment team. She previously worked as a Venture Analyst at Creative Destruction Lab, and as an Investment Analyst at Anges Quebec – a leading angel investor network. Prior to that, she was an Investment Associate at Front Row Ventures, Canada’s first pre-seed university-focused venture capital fund and a Partnerships and Seed Fund Intern at Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).

Minalou holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) with Concentrations in Finance and Managing for Sustainability from McGill University. 

“Cycle Capital is excited to welcome Adriana and Minalou – two very talented women with Impact and ClimateTech investment knowledge. Adriana’s addition to the team will add to Cycle Capital’s growing ESG analysis and reporting expertise. Likewise, Minalou’s strong background in venture capital will be valuable for Cycle Capital’s investment team as we manage our growing ClimateTech pipeline,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital.

Cycle Capital announces the appointment of Catherine Bérubé as Partner

Montréal, February 21, 2023 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, announces the appointment of Vice President, Sustainability, Investor Relations & Public Affairs Catherine Bérubé as a Partner.

 

“Claude Vachet and I are proud to see Catherine promoted to Partner. She has been a valuable asset to our leadership team and has demonstrated great ability in fundraising, business development and ecosystem building over the past eight years. Her direct involvement in the firm’s operations, including developing and leading the ESG performance review of our portfolio alongside the investment team, has played an important role. We are enthusiastic to see her take on an increased leadership position in the team and the ecosystem”, says Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital.

 

Catherine joined Cycle Capital in 2014. She is responsible for Cycle Capital’s “impact investing” practice, investor relations and public affairs for Cycle Capital’s platform and the accelerator Cycle Momentum. She also leads Cycle Central – a climatetech Innovation Hub. In addition, Catherine sits on the boards of Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) and SWITCH. She is also a Member of CVCA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 

 

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 .

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Cycle Capital announces the appointment of Ariane Cloutier as CFO

Montreal, December 20th, 2022 – Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital investment platform, announces the appointment of Director of Finance Ariane Cloutier as CFO.

“We are delighted to promote Ariane in this key leadership position. Building on her experience in venture capital and audit, Ariane has demonstrated over the past years great ability and potential to assume her new position. Her direct involvement in the operations of the firm is key for our team and we are enthusiast to see her play an increased leadership role in the team”, says Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital. “With this transition, Claude and I would also like to warmly thank Natalya for her contribution to the remarkable development of Cycle Capital and wish her success in her future endeavors”.

Ariane joined Cycle Capital in 2019. In her new role, she will be responsible of financial statements, compliance, production and disclosure of financial information and administrative procedures for a total of six funds, as well as the accelerator Cycle Momentum and Cycle Central.

Ariane has more than 10 years of combined experience in venture capital, accounting, audit and consultancy. She spent 7 years at KMPG as an auditor, where she worked with clients in asset management, private investment and renewable energies. During her time there, she took on many other roles including university recruiter and instructor. Ariane moved on to be Director of Finance for a growth capital venture capital fund. She is a certified accountant (CPA) since 2013, holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a specialized graduate diploma (DESS) from HEC Montréal.

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 .

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Vice President, Sustainability, Investor Relations and Public Affairs
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+1 514 629-1022