Learn more about our platform and the actors and collaborators behind Cycle Momentum

Our mission

Cycle Momentum is an international accelerator and innovation platform uniting entrepreneurs, investors, and leading companies driving action towards a green economy.

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Our approach

What sets us apart from other innovation platforms.

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Our mentoring approach allows you to benefit from the knowledge of over 60 ecosystem actors who are executives, experts, and serial entrepreneurs that have already walked in your shoes, asked the same questions, and faced the same challenges.
2
Through our strong connections and work with Corporate and Industrial partners, we foster and accelerate successful collaborations between large companies and climate tech start-ups to scale the innovations required for a sustainable transition.
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Joining the Cycle ecosystem connects you to our Circle of Partner Funds, a Cycle Momentum initiative that helps strengthen investor participation in the climate tech ecosystem and stimulate investment in innovative technology companies and entrepreneurship within the sector.
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Our Origo Program, is an investment matching program that supports entrepreneurs who are developing innovative solutions by stimulating financing at the pre-seed and seed stages. It catalyzes the impact ecosystem for climate tech companies building technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency, or provide other environmental benefits.

Mentors & Experts

Meet the actors who help propel climate tech start-ups.

Craig Buntin
Entrepreneur in Residence
Louis Carbonneau
Founder and CEO - Tangible IP - LLC
Gerd Goette
Investor - Independent Director - Executive Management
Remi Richard
Serial Entrepreneur
Andrée-Lise Méthot
Founder and Managing Partner at Cycle Capital
Patrick Préfontaine
Entrepreneur - Start-up Coach - Investor - Mentor
Christine Forget
Executive in residence
Marc-Antoine Ducas
Entrepreneur in Residence
Patrick Gagné
CEO at Cycle Momentum
Jennifer McDonald
Senior Vice President, Investments at Cycle Momentum
Claude Vachet
Managing Partner at Cycle Capital
Rémi Fournier
Investor in Clean Energy, Clean Technologies &Sustainability - Entrepreneur - Organic Grower
Naomi Ronn
Social Entrepreneur & Impact Investor at Ronn Holdings Inc
Pascal Drouin
Partner at Cycle Capital
Daniel Pinault
Partner at Cycle Capital
Luc Giguère
Guest-Professor in Entrepreneurship at Université Laval
Shirley Speakman
Senior Partner at Cycle Capital
Carl Blanchet
Vice-President Innovation at Cascades
Nicolas Bossé
Chief Energy Transition Officer at BrainBox AI
Guillaume Synnott
Partner at Fasken
Ben Forcier
Senior Partner at Circular Innovation Fund - Growth Stage Investor
Simon Olivier
Partner at Cycle Capital - Head of the Blue Impact Fund
Silvana Huaman
Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer at FTEX
Sebastien Corbeil
President and CEO at CelluForce Inc
Simon Naylor
Vice-President at Viridis Environnement
Martin Lussier
Corporate Director - Investor - Mentor
Daniel Bastien
Entrepreneur - Investor - C-Level Executive - COO/CFO - Board Member - Sustainability & ESG - Innovation
Morgan Guitton
VP Programs at Cycle Momentum
Philippe Babin
CEO at Aeponyx
Marcos Igreja
Founder - Biotech & Cleantech Innovator - P.Eng - PMP
Adriana Danaila
ESG Analyst at Cycle Capital
Thomas Alexandre Soucy Roy
President at Agence Pulsion
Julian A Giacomelli
Founder of Heart of Impact Leadership - Coach for Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs
Geneviève C. Béland
Director & Digital Strategies at Premier Tech
Johann Gest
Patent Agent at Fasken
Jean-Olivier Dalphond
Partner & Chief Commercial Officer at PixMob
Émmanuelle Létourneau
Governance expert for SMEs, Public Companies,and Investor - Lawyer Montreal and Paris Bars
Mimi Wu
Founder, CEO, Board Member, Advisor | Global Sustainability,Plastic Waste Management, & ESG Expert
Mike Lee
Co-Founder & CEO at Fundica
Catherine Rousseau-Saine
Partnerships & Strategy at Mila
Anca Ivanov
Strategic Planning - Marketing - eCommerce for Entrepreneurs
Sacha Martin
Global eCommerce Category Manager at Logitech
Pascale Bouchard
Co-founder of My Career Forward and President at NEXA
Chantel Elliott
Educator and Leadership Coach - Sales & Marketing Training
Sarah Morrill
Partner at 321 Growth Academy

Our platforms

Looking to join the Cycle ecosystem?

The Cycle Capital Platform is uniting entrepreneurs, investors, and leading companies driving action towards a green economy.

Cycle Momentum

Business accelerator + innovation platform

Cycle Momentum brings together an international collective of entrepreneurs, leading companies, investors and innovators. Our mission is to find solutions to the major ecological challenges facing humanity.

Cycle Central

Innovation center

Cycle Central is an innovation hub and community of entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and industrial partners dedicated to climate tech. Cycle Central will be deployed in 2025.

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Cycle Capital Fund

Impact fund family

Cycle Capital is a venture capital investment team that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build innovative, world-class clean technology companies. Cycle Capital manages over $0.6 billion CAD in early and growth-stage funds and ensures an impact assessment of all its investments. Cycle Capital is the Founder of Cycle Momentum, and Cycle Central.

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Ecosystem partners

They trust Cycle Momentum for their projects.

Meet our team

Your vision, our expertise. Discover a team committed to you.

Andrée-Lise Méthot
Founder and Managing Partner
Cycle Capital
Executive Chair
Cycle Central
Claude Vachet
Managing Partner
Cycle Capital
Shirley Speakman
Senior Partner
Cycle Capital
Benoit Forcier
Senior Partner
Cycle Capital
Pascal Drouin
Partner
Cycle Capital
Dan Pinault
Partner
Cycle Capital
Catherine Bérubé
Partner
Cycle Capital
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
Cycle Momentum
Cycle Central
Patrick Gagné
Chief Executive Officer
Cycle Momentum
Cycle Central
Ariane Cloutier
Cycle Capital
Chief Financial Officer
Cycle Momentum
Cycle Central
Mathieu Goudot
Senior Partner
Cycle Capital
Claude Champagne
Technology Leader
Cycle Capital
Mentor
Cycle Momentum
Gerd Goette
Venture Partner
Cycle Capital
Mentor
Cycle Momentum
Mark Little
Strategic Advisor
Cycle Capital
Raj Singh
Strategic Advisor
Cycle Capital
Simon Olivier
Senior Partner, Lead BleuImpact Fund
Cycle Capital
Louis Carbonneau
Venture Partner
Cycle Capital
Mentor
Cycle Momentum
Kevin Cano
Principal
Cycle Capital
Morgan Guitton
VP Programs
Cycle Momentum
Jennifer McDonald
Senior VP, Investments
Cycle Momentum
Niels Hagége
Director, Business Development and Partnerships
Cycle Momentum
Manuelle Côté
Director of Public Relations & Fund Raising
Cycle Capital
Cycle Central
Ricardo Jordan
Associate
Cycle Capital
Maya Hassa
Associate
Cycle Capital
Marius Thebault
Associate
Cycle Capital
Gabriel Samson
Analyst
Cycle Capital
Adriana Danaila
ESG Analyst
Cycle Capital
Cycle Momentum
Minalou Kunze–Roelens
Analyst
Cycle Capital
Marie Brisebois
Corporate Secretary
Cycle Capital
Cycle Momentum
Cycle Central
Roland (Junfeng) Liu
Venture Partner
Cycle Capital
Geneviève Dubuc
Executive Assistant
Cycle Capital
Cycle Momentum
Alexandria Papillo
Director of Finance
Cycle Capital
Cycle Momentum
Hans Rogg Desormeaux
Analyst
Cycle Momentum
Sandra Benitez
Accounting Technician
Cycle Capital
Cycle Momentum
Thibault Beudin
Communication Officer
Cycle Momentum
Patricio Gutierrez Mella
Senior Program Manager
Cycle Momentum
Marykate Bouchard Forbes
Cycle Momentum
Saadi Yari
Administration and Programs Coordinator
Cycle Momentum

Board of directors

Catherine Bérubé
Chairwoman of the Board
Cycle Capital
Marie-Ève Prévost
General Manager
Bus.com
Christian Bourque
Board Treasurer
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Luc Giguère
Guest Professor in Entrepreneurship
Laval University
Antonella Penta
Partner
Fasken
Delia Cristea
Partner
Power Sustainable
Patrick Gagné
Chief Executive Officer
Cycle Momentum

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FAQ

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What is Cycle Momentum’s Mission?
Cycle Momentum is an accelerator and innovation platform that brings together an international collective of entrepreneurs, leading companies 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. 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 start-ups.
What type of investors join the Circle of Partner Funds?
Investors in the Circle of Partner Funds include VCs, corporate VCs, family offices and institutional investors. They invest at different stages, from pre-seed through early stage to growth stage. The majority are from outside of Quebec and include investors from the rest of Canada, from the US and global organizations. They represent a wide range of investment thesis, both generalists and specialists. They are united by the desire to invest in climate tech.

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Address:
1000 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 3G4 (16th floor)
Email:
tbeudim@cyclemomentum.com