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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Inauguration + Opening Remarks

9:30 - 9:35 AM

Introduction – ClimateTech Innovation Forum

Simon Olivier

Senior Partner, Water Tech
Cycle Capital

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9:35 - 9:50 AM

Preliminary Remarks:
The Cycle Capital platform

Andrée-Lise Méthot

Founder and Managing Partner
Cycle Capital

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9:50 - 10:15 AM

State of Net-Zero By BloombergNEF

Portrait de Ethan Zindler

Ethan Zindler
BloombergNEF

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Resource Resilience: Investing in the Metals That Power the Future

10:15 - 11:00 AM

Moderator
Maya Hassa

Principal Circularity/New material
Cycle Capital

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As geopolitics, supply shocks, and industrial policy collide, circularity is moving from buzzword to necessity in critical minerals. This panel cuts through the hype to examine where venture and strategic capital can be deployed, what makes circular mineral startups bankable, and how investors underwrite capital intensity and risk. Drawing on investor and operator perspectives, speakers will debate circularity as a strategic hedge for supply chain resilience—and the hard limits of reshoring in practice.

Tina Tosukhomwong

TDK Ventures

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Pierre Paffenhoff

Fonds FTQ

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Amrit Jalan

Fine Structure Ventures

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Mohammad

Doostmohammadi

PH7

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Pitch session of the companies in our portfolio

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Pascal Drouin

Partner, Deep Tech
Cycle Capital

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An opportunity to discover the impact-driven companies in our portfolio through concise presentations highlighting their value proposition and growth potential.

Joshua Green
Mysa

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Leif Tiltins
AON3D

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Philippe Cantet
SPRiNG

Lunch

12:00 – 1:15 PM

Pitch session of the companies in our portfolio

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner
Cycle Capital

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An opportunity to discover the impact-driven companies in our portfolio through concise presentations highlighting their value proposition and growth potential.

Michel Besner
Prevu3D

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Niraj Mathur
Blumind

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Gabriel Damant-Sirois
Local Logic

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1:45 - 2:15 PM

  • Discussion

Executive leadership in times of uncertainty: the dynamic between the CEO and their team.

Rodgers Palmer

TalentScape Partners

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Andrée-Lise Méthot

Founder and Managing Partner
Cycle Capital

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A new agenda for water: investing in a secure water future

Moderator
Carolina Sanchez-Badini

Associate, Cycle H2O
Cycle Capital

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Exploring initiatives and innovations that secure water for future generations

This panel highlights the role of investments and innovative companies in securing water resources. Through concrete examples, the speakers will discuss the financial, technological, and strategic levers that support a sustainable water future.

Alejandro Gaviria
RegenEAU

Paul O’Callaghan
BlueTech Research

Guillaume Clairet
H2O Innovation

Break

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Startups Showcase

Animated by

Marc-Antoine Ducas
Cycle Momentum

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AGAPYO

Agapyo develops and offers a compostable alternative to fossil-based plastics through its thermoplastic lignocellulose product, jam™.

PHYCUS BIOTECHNOLOGIES

Phycus Biotechnologies develops sustainable active ingredients for cosmetic and personal care products.

PLANETARY

Planetary removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a safe, sustainable, effective, and large-scale manner.

Fasken Cycle Momentum ClimateTech Innovation Grant

Presented by

Portrait de Guillaume Synnott

Guillaume Synnott

Fasken

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4:00 - 4:30 PM

  • Discussion

Details to come

Rachel Barre

L’Oréal

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Catherine Bérubé

Partner, Circularity/New material

Circular Innovation Fund

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Closing Remarks

4:30 - 4:45 PM

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner
Cycle Capital

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Cocktail

4:45 - 7:00 PM

Sponsored by

André-Lise Méthot

Founder and Managing Partner

Cycle Capital

Andrée-Lise Méthot is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital – an impact investor and Canada’s leading ClimateTech investment platform with 600 million under management. In addition to serving on portfolio companies’ boards of directors, she’s active on the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, the Paris Fonds Vert Advisory Board, the Canadian Government’s Task Force on Women in the Economy, and she is the founder and chairperson of the Accelerator Cycle Momentum.

Exceptionally involved in the progression of women in science and technological entrepreneurship, she was named Officière de l’Ordre du Québec (2018), and she received numerous honours, including from the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, the Laval University Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Association of Quebec Women in Finance. She was also recognized as one of the 16 Canadian personalities of Clean16 and among the Top 20 of cleantech investors by CleanTech

Simon Olivier

Associé senior

Cycle Capital

Simon Olivier est associé principal chez Cycle Capital et dirige le fonds Cycle H2O, un fonds de capital-risque dédié aux entreprises innovantes dans le domaine de la technologie de l’eau, afin d’accélérer la croissance des affaires et de créer un impact positif sur l’environnement. 

Simon est un leader exécutif avec une expérience internationale dans l’innovation, la stratégie, les opérations et les services financiers. Il a travaillé avec des entreprises du Fortune 500 ainsi que des entreprises de taille moyenne dans divers secteurs tels que les énergies renouvelables, la finance, l’eau et l’alimentation. Simon a passé 20 ans chez GE, d’abord chez GE Capital dans les services financiers, puis à la tête des activités de GE Renewable au Canada et dans le Nord-Est des États-Unis pendant près de 10 ans, développant une franchise de plusieurs milliards de dollars. Par la suite, il a occupé pendant 4 ans le poste de vice-président exécutif stratégie (Fusions & Acquisitions) et capital-risque pour GE Canada. 

Simon est diplômé en ingénierie de Polytechnique Montréal et titulaire d’un MBA en finance de l’Université McGill, où il est membre du McGill Global Leadership Council. En 2009, il a été nommé jeune leader international du Québec par l’organisation Arista. Simon siège à plusieurs conseils d’administration, notamment ceux de BioAlert Solutions Inc., S3nergy Inc. (d./b./a. RegenEAU), EcoFilter Tek Inc., et a précédemment été administrateur d’Aqua Action, C2 Montréal, de l’Association canadienne de l’énergie éolienne et de la Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain. Il soutient sa communauté par son engagement et son leadership auprès de Centraide. 

Andrée-Lise Méthot

Founder and Managing Partner

Cycle Capital

Andrée-Lise is the Founder and Managing Partner of the largest investment platform in climate technologies in Canada, Cycle Capital. She is an engineer by training and an active member of l’Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, with a master’s degree in science and training in physics of the atmosphere and climate science. Cycle Capital has experienced exponential growth since its foundation in 2009, including 8 funds and the Cycle Momentum accelerator. Andrée-Lise believes that the key to facing the climate crisis is through funding breakthrough technological innovations.

She currently sits on different boards, such as 5N Plus, and l’École de la Technologie Supérieure and many Cycle Capital portfolio company boards. She was involved, as board member, in different organizations such as the Montreal Heart Institute, the Infrastructure Bank of Canada, University Laval, Société québécoise des infrastructures and the Pointe-à-Callière museum, to name a few.

She also sat on many advisory boards for her expertise. For example, she co-chaired the Task Force under the United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) from 2004 to 2009. She was the ambassador in clean technologies for Investissement Québec from 2021 to 2025. She was a member of the Task Force for Women in the Economy for the Department of Finance Canada in 2021, and a member of the Pioneer’s Selection Committee for Bloomberg from 2018 to 2022. She is currently a member of the Advisory Committee for Paris Fond Vert.

She received numerous awards, such as Officière de l’Ordre Nationale du Québec in 2018 and the 2019 Grand Prix d’Excellence from the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. She also received the Summa Carrer Prize from University Laval in 2021 and was the recipient of the Trailblazer Award at the Women’s Private Capital Summit Canada in 2023.

Portrait de Ethan Zindler

Ethan Zindler

Head of Americas

BloombergNEF

Ethan Zindler serves as Head of Americas at BloombergNEF (BNEF), a provider of data, research and analysis on clean power, electric vehicles, carbon credit markets, commodities, and other aspects of the transition to a lower-carbon economy. In this role with BloombergNEF, Zindler managed BNEF research analysts in New York, Washington, London, and Sao Paulo.

He previously led the Treasury Climate Hub, reported directly to and advised the Secretary on a broad range of climate matters, and was in charge with leading Treasury’s efforts to facilitate and unlock the financing needed for investments to achieve a net-zero economy at home and abroad.

Maya Hassa

Principal

Cycle Capital

 

Maya Hassa is a Principal at the Circular Innovation Fund. Having joined CIF as a founding member in 2022, Maya was previously on the investment team at Cycle Capital since 2021 and began her VC career at another Montreal-based climate tech investment platform in 2018. In April 2022, she joined the Circular Innovation Fund investment team, where she was initially involved in the fundraising process, and now serves as a Board Observer for Evoco Ltd. and is on the Investment Committee for the CIF Accelerator Program with L’Oreal, where she serves as a Board Observer for Novobiom and Aplantex. Maya manages CIF’s North American deal flow and due diligence processes and her perspectives on the circular economy investment landscape have been featured on Circularity.fm and Climate Solutions Festival. Maya has a BSc in Renewable Resource Management from McGill University, is a Clean Energy Leadership Institute Fellow, and a Mentor at Third Derivative, a global climate tech ecosystem and innovation engine. 

Tina Tosukhowong

Investment Director

TDK Ventures

Tina Tosukhowong is an Investment Director at TDK Ventures, where she leads advanced materials and climate tech investment areas.

Her background spans two decades as an operator in the biotech and materials industries, as well as a deep-tech investor across multiple industrial verticals. Prior to joining TDK Ventures, she led the investment practice at GC Ventures America, a corporate ventures arm of PTT Global Chemical.  

  

At TDK Ventures, Tina currently oversees 10 investments across digital transformation and energy transition themes, including critical minerals, fusion energy, e-fuels, AI data center networking, AI chip cooling, etc. 

Tina holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and a Certificate in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech. She has been recognized by the Global Corporate Venturing as Top 50 Emerging Leaders in 2021, 2023, and 2024. 

Pierre Paffenhoff

Investment Director in Private Equity and Impact Investing

Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Pierre Paffenhoff is an Investment Director in Private Equity and Impact Investing at the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, where he focuses on climate, energy transition, and resource‑intensive sectors including mining and advanced materials. He has over 15 years of experience investing in climate tech, circular economy solutions, and industrial innovation, with prior roles at SecondMuse Capital and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Pierre brings an investor’s perspective on how circular business models and responsible capital allocation can strengthen critical‑minerals value chains and support the energy transition. 

 

Amrit Jalan

Principal

Fine Structure Ventures

Amrit is Principal at Fine Structure Ventures, where he focuses on identifying high-potential technologies and partnering with leadership teams to translate scientific breakthroughs across multiple domains into scalable businesses. Prior to joining FSV, he was a Director at Eni Next, the venture capital arm of Eni S.p.A., where he led multiple investments from Seed to Series B across decarbonization, advanced materials, and the broader energy-transition landscape. Earlier in his career, Amrit spent several years at ExxonMobil in positions of increasing responsibility spanning technology development, strategy, and commercialization, giving him firsthand experience with deploying innovation at industrial scale. Amrit holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, MS/PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay.

Mohammad Doostmohammad

Fondateur et PDG

pH7

Mohammad Doostmohammadi est le fondateur et PDG de pH7 Technologies, où il dirige la vision stratégique de l’entreprise, ses opérations commerciales et ses initiatives techniques. 

Entrepreneur en série passionné par la durabilité, Mohammad s’engage à explorer de nouvelles technologies capables de rendre les procédés et systèmes existants plus respectueux de l’environnement et économiquement viables pour des applications industrielles à grande échelle. Il défend le pouvoir de la collaboration comme levier d’impact significatif, en faisant progresser des solutions qui génèrent des retombées positives aujourd’hui et pour les générations futures. 

Mohammad possède une solide formation scientifique et une expertise approfondie des procédés chimiques complexes, avec plus de 15 ans d’expérience dans l’extraction minérale, le traitement des minerais, la récupération des métaux et la gestion des eaux usées. Avant de fonder pH7 Technologies, il a dirigé le développement de cinq usines de traitement à l’échelle mondiale, supervisant les projets depuis la phase d’idéation et de R&D jusqu’à la commercialisation et au lancement. 

Mohammad a bâti de solides relations au sein de l’industrie, fondées sur des valeurs et des objectifs communs, et envisage un avenir dans lequel l’empreinte environnementale pourra être éliminée grâce à des procédés chimiques innovants. Chez pH7 Technologies, cette mission se concrétise par la production de métaux verts affichant la plus faible empreinte carbone possible. 

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Pascal Drouin

Partner

Cycle Capital

Pascal Drouin joined Cycle Capital in 2013 and has 17 years of experience in finance and portfolio management.

He started working as a Financial Analyst at Multiple Capital where he was involved in numerous investments transactions in high-tech, information technology and biotechnology. He then joined GE Capital, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of commercial credit scoring models for the Canadian portfolio.

Pascal has broad expertise in finance, risk management as well as analysis and financial modeling. Active as a board member of several companies, Pascal is also involved as a mentor with CDL-Montreal and the Cycle Momentum accelerator.

Pascal holds a master’s degree in administration science (M.Sc.) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from HEC Montreal.

Josh Green

Chief Executive Officer

Mysa

Josh Green is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mysa, which he co-founded in 2014 immediately after completing his Mechanical Engineering degree at Dalhousie University. Together with his brother and co-founder, Zach, Josh has successfully led the Mysa team in bringing to market a range of smart thermostats, including those for baseboard heating, in-floor heating, and mini-split heat pumps. Mysa has shipped over 300,000 devices across Canada and the United States, a testament to the company’s innovative and effective products. Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Josh is an avid hiker and enjoys spending quality time with his family.

Leif Tiltins

VP, Sales and Marketing

AON3D

Leif Tiltins joined AON3D as one of the company’s first employees over 9 years ago and has been responsible for building and leading revenue functions ever since. With a mechanical engineering degree from McGill University and 15 years in enterprise sales environments, he translates technical value into commercial growth. 

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner

Cycle Capital

Claude is Managing Partner at Cycle Capital – an impact investor and leading cleantech venture capital investment platform with $600M AUM. He has 30 years of operational, Venture Capital and fund management experience of Venture Capital portfolios investing in high tech companies. Over the course of his career, he has built a solid track record of investments, led large team of investment professionals and has been involved in the execution of numerous exits, including GaN Systems who has signed an agreement to be acquired by Infineon AG for 830 m US.

Before joining Cycle Capital, he was Managing Partner of successful teams at both Kirchner and Multiple Capital managing large venture capital funds. He has also worked at Innovatech Montreal as VP of IT&C Portfolio, where he participated in the sale of the portfolio – the largest transaction of a Venture Capital portfolio in Canada with its 108 companies and 15 funds. Early in his career, Claude worked at Degremont in Clean technologies (water, energy and waste).

Claude holds a Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s degree from École Polytechnique (Montreal) and an MBA in Finance from HEC-Montreal.

Michel Besner

PDG

Prevu3D

Michel Besner cumule plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans le développement et la commercialisation de solutions innovantes dans des domaines tels que les jumeaux numériques, l’intelligence d’affaires, les médias sociaux, l’analyse de l’actualité, la télévision, le cinéma et les jeux vidéo. Doté de compétences clés en planification stratégique, en gestion de produits et en développement des affaires, Michel a occupé des postes de direction au sein de grandes entreprises logicielles ainsi que de start-ups à succès. Il a participé à plus de huit acquisitions et à plusieurs rondes de financement de plusieurs millions de dollars. Avant de se joindre à Prevu3D, Michel a occupé des postes de direction chez MELS Studios, Meltwater, Kaydara, Alias et Autodesk. Michel est un visionnaire reconnu en matière de produits et lauréat de plusieurs distinctions, dont celle de Personnalité de l’année, 2003/2004 décernée par la Fédération de l’informatique du Québec (FIQ – Fédération de l’Informatique du Québec).

Niraj Mathur

Founder and CEO

Blumind

Niraj Mathur is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blumind, a Canadian semiconductor company developing ultra-low-power and highly performant analog compute semiconductors for always-on AI at the edge. Niraj has extensive experience navigating deep-tech commercialization and scaling hardware companies from early innovation through customer deployment. He frequently engages with industry, investors and policymakers on edge AI, energy-efficient computing, and the business realities of bringing breakthrough semiconductor technologies to market.  

Niraj holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from Cornell University. 

Gabriel Damant-Sirois

Co-fondateur et chef de la direction des produits

Local Logic

 

Gabriel Damant-Sirois est le cofondateur et chef de la direction des produits de Local Logic, une entreprise de technologies immobilières qui fournit des analyses de localisation, de marché et de demande afin d’améliorer la prise de décision en immobilier. Gabriel possède une formation en science des données, en gestion et en urbanisme, et évolue dans l’univers des jeunes entreprises technologiques depuis plus d’une décennie. Avant de cofonder Local Logic, il a travaillé comme chercheur, consultant et gestionnaire de projets, et a également cofondé une firme de consultation en immobilier. À titre de chercheur, il a analysé les liens entre l’environnement bâti, les comportements de transport et les choix résidentiels. Il a travaillé pour le MTQ en modélisation de la circulation ainsi que pour de grandes entreprises dans les domaines de la consultation publique, de l’urbanisme et de l’immobilier. Chez Local Logic, Gabriel définit et communique la vision des produits, élabore la stratégie de leur développement et dirige l’équipe responsable de leur conception. 

Rodgers Palmer

Founder and Lead Partner

TalentScape Partners

With over 20 years of experience helping people make better decisions on organizations, teams, and individuals, the goal of TalentScape Partners is to help individuals become more effective leaders, make better hiring decisions, work more effectively with their teams, and design their businesses for success.  

Founder and Lead Partner, Rodgers Palmer, advises CEOs, investors, and board members when they see an opportunity and want to make sure that they have the right people in the right roles working together with the right tools.  His focus areas include organizational diagnostic and design, executive development, assessment, 360 degree feedback, and coaching.  He specializes in working with founder/entrepreneur CEOs who are learning to scale and with asset managers who are building their own talent capabilities or who are guiding their portfolio investments on talent. 

Previously, Rodgers built his career at ghSMART and McKinsey learning how people and organizations tick.  He has seen effective and ineffective decisions in large public companies and small private startups and across periods of rapid growth and turnaround.  He has worked with executives in diverse industries, including energy, healthcare, consumer goods, software, and professional services.  At ghSMART, Rodgers spent over 10 years helping private equity investors, founders, and CEOs solve some of the most important human capital decisions, including leadership selection and development, board feedback, organizational design, and due diligence.  He also spent nearly 10 years at McKinsey, advising CEOs and CHROs on organizational health while helping build McKinsey’s capabilities to diagnose organizations, improve performance, and lead change. 

Rodgers holds an AB in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.  

Carolina Sanchez-Badini

Chargée d'investissements

Cycle Capital

Carolina Sánchez Badini est chargée d’investissement chez Cycle H2O, un fonds de capital-risque spécialisé dans les technologies de l’eau en phase de démarrage, géré par Cycle Capital et H2O Innovation. Elle possède plus de six ans d’expérience en conseil environnemental, en recherche et en investissement à impact. Avant de rejoindre Cycle H2O, Carolina était Impact Investment Fellow chez CapShift et a travaillé avec l’équipe des transactions climatiques du Yale SOM Meng Impact Investment Fund. Au début de sa carrière, elle a été spécialiste environnementale chez Hatfield Consultants, où elle évaluait les impacts aquatiques des projets industriels et municipaux. Carolina est titulaire d’un MBA et d’un Master en gestion de l’environnement de l’Université de Yale, ainsi que d’une licence en biologie et écologie de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. 

Marc-Antoine Ducas

Entrepreneur | Professionnel de la vente en haute technologie et innovation | Spécialiste du développement des affaires | Mentor | Conférencier | Motivant | ESTJ

Cycle Momentum

Fondateur d’Amilia, Mobilogie et Netlift, avec plus de 15 M$ levés et 70 employés opérant dans 30 villes à travers le monde. 

Spécialités : 
Marketing et vente d’innovations en haute technologie 
Développement des affaires et gestion de comptes 
Ingénierie de partenariats et gestion de canaux 
Gestion d’équipes de vente 
Coordination R-D 

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Guillaume Synnott

Associé

Fasken

Guillaume Synnott est associé au sein du groupe Droit des sociétés et droit commercial. Il concentre sa pratique sur les secteurs de financements de capital de risque et de capitaux privés, en fusions et acquisitions et en appels publics à l’épargne pour les entreprises technologiques à forte croissance.

Guillaume se distingue par sa capacité à apporter des solutions créatives et adaptées aux objectifs stratégiques et d’affaires de ses clients. Il représente des entreprises allant des sociétés en démarrage et émergentes (startups) aux sociétés publiques bien établies. Il représente également des anges financiers, des fonds d’investissement de capital de risque et de capitaux privés et des investisseurs institutionnels.

Guillaume agit à titre de conseiller juridique dans une vaste gamme d’industries, dont les logiciels SAAS, le big data, la réalité virtuelle (VR), la réalité augmentée (AR), l’Internet des objets (IoT), l’impression 3D, le medtech, la nanotechnologie, l’intelligence artificielle (AI), la neurotechnologie, le blockchain et la cryptomonnaie.

Guillaume fournit un éventail de conseils juridiques couvrant le cycle de vie complet des entreprises, depuis leur création jusqu’à la réalisation d’un événement de liquidité, notamment en ce qui concerne la planification stratégique, la gouvernance, les rondes de financement, les réorganisations corporatives, les fusions et les acquisitions, les premiers appels publics à l’épargne et la vente d’entreprise.

Guillaume a réalisé la première partie de sa formation professionnelle à Shanghai. Il est ainsi le premier membre du Barreau du Québec à avoir complété une partie de son stage au sein d’un cabinet d’avocats chinois en Chine continentale.

Rachel Barre

directrice du Leadership environnemental, responsabilité d’entreprise

L’Oréal 

Rachel Barré est une fervente défenseure du développement durable et de l’autonomisation sociale au sein du groupe L’Oréal, où elle occupe actuellement le poste de Vice-Présidente du Développement Durable et du Leadership Environnemental. Sa carrière reflète un engagement profond en faveur d’un impact positif.

Barré a débuté au département Recherche & Innovation de L’Oréal, où elle a été pionnière dans l’élaboration de la stratégie d’innovation durable de l’entreprise et a dirigé les initiatives d’approvisionnement durable pour les ingrédients issus de la biodiversité.

En 2015, elle a rejoint l’équipe Responsabilité d’Entreprise, où elle a conçu « L’Oréal for the Future », le programme global de développement durable de l’entreprise lancé en 2020. Elle pilote également la représentation de L’Oréal au sein du Circular Innovation Fund ainsi que du nouvel Accelerateur d’Innovation Durable du Groupe.

Catherine Bérubé

Associée

Cycle Capital

Catherine Bérubé est associée chez Cycle Capital, une société de capital de risque d’impact de premier plan spécialisée dans les technologies climatiques.

Depuis qu’elle s’est jointe à Cycle Capital en 2014, Catherine a joué un rôle déterminant dans l’élaboration de la pratique d’investissement d’impact de l’entreprise. Elle joue un rôle clé dans les relations avec les investisseurs et les affaires publiques, mettant à profit son expertise pour établir des relations stratégiques et promouvoir des pratiques d’investissement durables.

Claude Vachet

associé directeur

Cycle Capital

Claude est associé directeur chez Cycle Capital – un investisseur d’impact et une plateforme d’investissement en capital-risque de premier plan dans le domaine des technologies propres avec 600 millions de dollars d’actifs sous gestion. Il a 30 ans d’expérience opérationnelle, de capital-risque et de gestion de portefeuilles de capital-risque investissant dans des entreprises de haute technologie. Au cours de sa carrière, il a construit un solide historique d’investissements, dirigé une grande équipe de professionnels de l’investissement et a été impliqué dans l’exécution de nombreuses sorties, y compris GaN Systems qui a signé un accord pour être acquis par Infineon AG pour 830 millions de dollars US.

Avant de rejoindre Cycle Capital, il a été associé directeur d’équipes performantes chez Kirchner et Multiple Capital, où il gérait d’importants fonds de capital-risque. Il a également travaillé chez Innovatech Montréal en tant que vice-président du portefeuille IT&C, où il a participé à la vente du portefeuille – la plus importante transaction d’un portefeuille de capital-risque au Canada avec ses 108 entreprises et 15 fonds. Au début de sa carrière, Claude a travaillé chez Degrémont dans le domaine des technologies propres (eau, énergie et déchets).

Claude est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en génie chimique de l’École Polytechnique (Montréal) et d’un MBA en finance de HEC-Montréal.

Simon Olivier

Senior Partner

Cycle Capital

Simon Olivier is Senior Partner at Cycle Capital and leads the Cycle H2O Fund, a venture capital fund dedicated to innovative watertech companies to accelerate business growth and create positive impact on the environment. 

  

Simon is an executive Leader with an international track record in innovation, strategy, operations, and financial services. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies and mid-sized companies in various industries such as renewable energy, finance, water, and food. Simon spent 20 years at GE, initially at GE Capital in financial services, then heading GE Renewable’s business in Canada and the Northeastern United States for nearly 10 years, building a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Subsequently, he spent 4 years as Executive Vice President Strategy (M&A) and Venture Capital for GE Canada.  

  

Simon holds an engineering degree from Polytechnique Montreal and an MBA in finance from McGill University, where he is a member of the McGill Global Leadership Council. In 2009, he was named young international leader of Quebec by the Arista organisation. Simon serves on several boards including BioAlert Solutions Inc, S3nergy Inc. (d./b./a. RegenEAU), EcoFilter Tek Inc. and previously as directors of Aqua Action, C2 Montreal, the Canadian Wind Energy Association, and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal. He supports its community through engagement and leadership with Centraide. 

Mohammad Doostmohammad

Founder and CEO

pH7

Mohammad Doostmohammadi is the founder and CEO of pH7 Technologies, leading the company’s strategic vision, business operations, and technical initiatives. 

As a serial entrepreneur with a passion for sustainability, Mohammad is committed to exploring new technologies that make existing processes and systems more environmentally friendly and economically viable for large-scale industrial applications. He advocates for the power of collaboration to drive meaningful impact, advancing solutions that create positive outcomes today and for future generations. 

Mohammad has a deep background in science and complex chemical processes, with over 15 years of experience in mineral extraction, mineral processing, metal recovery, and wastewater management. Before founding pH7 Technologies, he managed the development of five different processing plants globally, overseeing projects from ideation and R&D through to commercialization and launch. 

Mohammad has built strong industry relationships based on shared values and goals, envisioning a future where environmental footprints can be eliminated through innovative chemical processes. At pH7 Technologies, this mission is realized through the production of green metals with the lowest carbon footprint. 

Michel Besner

CEO

Prevu3D

Michel Besner brings over 20 years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative solutions in fields such as digital twins, business intelligence, social media, news analytics, television, film, and video games. With strong expertise in strategic planning, product management, and business development, Michel has held executive roles at major software companies as well as successful startups. He has participated in more than eight acquisitions and several multi-million-dollar funding rounds. 

Before joining Prevu3D, Michel held leadership positions at MELS Studios, Meltwater, Kaydara, Alias, and Autodesk. Michel is a recognized product visionary and the recipient of several honors, including Personality of the Year 2003/2004, awarded by the Fédération de l’informatique du Québec (FIQ – Quebec Federation of Information Technology). 

Gabriel Damant-Sirois

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Local Logic

Gabriel Damant-Sirois is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Local Logic, a proptech company that provides location, market, and demand insights to improve real estate decision-making. Gab has a background in data science, management, and urban planning and has worked in the startup world for over a decade. Before co-founding Local Logic, he worked as a researcher, consultant, project manager, and co-founded a real estate consulting firm. As a researcher, he analyzed the links between the built environment and transportation behavior and residential choice behavior. He has worked for the MTQ in traffic modeling and for major companies in public consultation, urban planning ,and real estate. At Local Logic, Gabriel establishes and communicates the vision for its products, elaborates a strategy for their development, and leads the development team. 

Carolina Sanchez-Badini

Associate

Cycle Capital

Carolina Sánchez Badini is an Associate at Cycle H2O, an early-stage water tech venture capital fund managed by Cycle Capital and H2O Innovation. She has over six years of experience in environmental consulting, research, and impact investing. Before joining Cycle H2O, Carolina was an Impact Investment Fellow at CapShift and worked with the climate deal team at the Yale SOM Meng Impact Investment Fund. Earlier in her career, she served as an Environmental Specialist at Hatfield Consultants, where she assessed aquatic impacts of industrial and municipal projects. Carolina holds an MBA and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Ecology from the University of British Columbia. 

Marc-Antoine Ducas

Entrepreneur | High-Technology and Innovation Salesperson | Business Development Specialist | Mentor | Speaker | Motivator | ESTJ

Cycle Momentum

Founder of Amilia, Mobilogie and Netlift, with more than 15M$ raised, 70 employees operating in 30 cities globally. 

 

Specialties: Marketing and Selling High-Technology Innovations 
Business Development and Account Management 
Partnerships Engineering and Channel Management 
Sales Team Management 
R&D Coordination

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Guillaume Synnott

Partner

Fasken

Guillaume Synnott is a partner in the Corporate and Commercial Group. He focuses his practice on venture capital and private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings for high-growth technology companies.

Guillaume distinguishes himself by his ability to provide creative solutions to his clients’ strategic and business objectives. He represents companies ranging from startups and emerging companies to well-established public companies. He also represents angel investors venture capital and private equity funds, and institutional investors.

Guillaume acts as legal counsel in a wide range of industries,
including SAAS software, big data, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, medtech, nanotechnology artificial intelligence (AI), neurotechnology, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Guillaume provides a range of legal advice covering the entire life cycle of companies, from their creation to the completion of a liquidity event liquidity event, including strategic planning,
governance, financing rounds, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and company sales.

Guillaume completed the first part of his professional training in Shanghai. He was the first member of the Quebec Bar to complete part of his articling with a Chinese law firm in mainland China.

Rachel Barre

Environmental Leadership Director, Corporate Responsibility

L’Oréal

Rachel Barré is a passionate advocate for sustainability and social empowerment at L’Oréal Groupe, where she currently serves as the Vice President of Sustainability, Environmental Leadership. Her career reflects a deep commitment to making a positive impact. Barré began at L’Oréal’s Research & Innovation department, pioneering the company’s sustainable innovation strategy and leading on sustainable sourcing for biodiversity-based ingredients. In 2015, she transitioned to the Corporate Responsibility team, where she architected “L’Oréal for the Future,” the company’s comprehensive sustainability program launched in 2020. Additionally, she is leading the representation of L’Oréal on the Circular Innovation Fund, and the Group’s newly launched Sustainable Innovation Accelerator.

Catherine Bérubé

Partner

Cycle Capital

Catherine Bérubé is a Partner at Cycle Capital, a leading impact venture capital firm specializing in climate technologies.

Since joining Cycle Capital in 2014, Catherine has been instrumental in shaping the firm’s impact investing practice. She plays a key role in investor relations and public affairs, leveraging her expertise to build strategic relationships and promote sustainable investment practices.

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner

Cycle Capital

Claude is a Managing Partner at Cycle Capital—an impact investor and leading venture capital investment platform in the cleantech sector, with $600 million in assets under management. He brings 30 years of operational, venture capital, and VC portfolio management experience, investing in high-tech companies. Over the course of his career, he has built a strong investment track record, led large teams of investment professionals, and been involved in numerous exits, including GaN Systems, which signed an agreement to be acquired by Infineon AG for US$830 million.

Before joining Cycle Capital, he was a Managing Partner of high-performing teams at Kirchner and Multiple Capital, where he managed major venture capital funds. He also worked at Innovatech Montréal as Vice President of the IT&C portfolio, where he participated in the sale of the portfolio—the largest venture capital portfolio transaction in Canada, comprising 108 companies and 15 funds. Earlier in his career, Claude worked at Degrémont in the cleantech sector (water, energy, and waste).

Claude holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from École Polytechnique (Montréal) and an MBA in Finance from HEC Montréal.