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La longueur du tunnel
Talks about Économie, Québec and Innovation
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Sylvain Carle
Founder of CIVIC.
Montreal, Quebec
Overview
Sylvain Carle is a Co-Founder and Director at CIVIC, a Canadian Impact/Venture Investment Coalition, with a strong background in investments, impact evaluation, strategic consulting, and fundraising. He has made significant investments in companies like Vention (Series B) and Plotly (Series B) and has served as a mentor at FounderFuel and Techstars.
Carle's career highlights include his role as a Technical Committee Member at the Common Approach to Impact Measurement and his involvement in various capacities at Innovobot Resonance Ventures, including as an Investor, Advisor, and Investment Committee member.
Work Experience
Co-Founder and Director
2024 - Current
An organization at the intersection of impact investors and impact entrepreneurs. A community of practice that will evolve with the approaches developing in the country and worldwide.
Strategic Advisor and Consultant
2024
Strategic consulting advisor for investment funds, angel investors, startup ecosystem players (incubators, accelerators, programs) and even directly with some startups.
Co-Founder
2024
We are launching a new AI Salon chapter in Montreal for AI builders. This initiative has been in the works for a while! Grassroots, bottom-up, and connected globally. Just how I like it! You can learn more in Nicholas Nadeau, Ph.D., P.Eng. post at https://lnkd.in/ezpQNERv
Board Member
2024
Board member and strategic committee.
Mentor
2024
Mentor for the Carbon Removal Global stream at CDL (in partnership with XPRIZE). https://creativedestructionlab.com/mentors/?stream=carbon-removal
Technical Committee Member
2024
For the Common Approach standards to be truly community-driven, the substantive direction of each standard will be undertaken by technical committees of engaged users and people with expert knowledge. The Technical Committee works to ensure that the Common Impact Data Standard and Common Form are driven by community and meet the needs of social purpose organizations, social financial institutions, and software organizations. The individuals joining the technical committee were selected for their expertise and enthusiasm. Alongside the Pathfinder Pilot, they will help to formulate and test our processes of user input and participation.
Investor, Advisor, Investment Committee member
2024
After fundraising for two years and achieving a decided with my partners to leave my full-time role as partner given the small AUM of the fund, now managed solely by Zoya Shchupak, with the support of the Innovobot founders and operating partners. first close of$15M to launch the fund in 2023. Still actively involved as an investor, advisor, impact lead and as a member of the investment committee.
Partner
2022 - 2024
Partner and Tech For Good Lead at Resonance Ventures, Innovbot's VC Fund.
Advisor
2023
The HardTech Investor Network is improving access to capital for Canadian deep-tech and hardware companies by bringing together a community of aligned investors. Creating the largest community of hardware and deep-tech investors in Canada (and abroad).
Strategic Advisor
2009
I am advising a few startups in Montréal on strategy, fundraising, technology, company and founder development, and social + environmental impact.
Advisor - Centre of Investment Expertise
2021
The Centre of expertise aims to contribute to the strengthening of the financing value chain in Quebec in order to better promote innovation, support growing companies and contribute to economic development and wealth creation in Quebec. https://reseaucapital.com/en/centre-of-expertise/
Board Member
2018 - 2022
Board member at Réseau Capital, Québec VC and PE association.