You are invited to our next Impact Breakfast in Montreal, part of the Impact for Breakfast series.
Impact fundraising: When impact meets financial returns
đ€ Moderated by Sylvain Carle (CIVIC)
When: March 23, 8:30â10:30 AM
Where: Fondaction, 2175 Boul. de Maisonneuve East, Suite 103, Montreal
Our panelists
Fauve Doucet, Co-founder and CEO, Partage Club
Fauve Doucet is a civic tech entrepreneur and former media creative. After a decade in leading creative agencies â earning more than 20 awards and being named one of Marketing Magazineâs 30 Under 30 â she shifted her career toward social innovation and technology for the public good. She is the founder and CEO of Partage Club, a company building digital infrastructure to help cities mutualize services, rethink urban mobility, and strengthen resilient communities. Named Startup of the Year in 2024, she now leads the companyâs international expansion. She also serves on the board of Masse Critique, a Canadian nonprofit working to reduce the socio-environmental footprint of the communications industry.
Sarah Bezeau Gervais, Managing Director, Startup en RĂ©sidence, Desjardins
Sarah is the Managing Director of Startup en RĂ©sidence, an accelerator-investor powered by Desjardins. She has worked in both large corporations and startups, and has been active on the investor side of the startup ecosystem since 2018. She specializes in early-stage support and financing.
Karine Bah Tahe, CEO and Co-founder, Oasis Learning AI
Karine Bah Tahe is the co-founder and CEO of Oasis Learning AI, an AI-native SaaS platform that detects changes in products, policies, and systems and automatically updates training and knowledge content in real time, ensuring employees always have accurate and up-to-date information. She launched Oasis in 2024 after repeatedly observing the same learning and development challenges: slow processes, outdated content, and high update costs.
Before Oasis, Karine founded Blue Level Training, a service company she scaled to CAD $1.8M in annual revenue, working with clients such as Apple, Colgate, and Netflix. She also worked as an international business journalist across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
SĂ©vrine Labelle, Managing Director, Lab Excelles and Fonds Excelles Repreneuriat, BDC Capital
SĂ©vrine Labelle brings 18 years of executive leadership experience and is deeply committed to building a strong, inclusive, sustainable, and innovative economy. At BDC Capital, she leads the $100M Lab Excelles initiative, which includes two flagship $50M funds: Lab Excelles and the Fonds Excelles Repreneuriat (ETA).
Together with her team, she supports ambitious women pursuing entrepreneurship through business creation or acquisition, providing equity capital, strategic guidance, and a strong support ecosystem.
Previously, she served as CEO of Evol, where she led a major transformation and oversaw a portfolio of more than 350 companies.
Sylvain Carle, Moderator
For over 30 years, Sylvain Carle has been dedicated to emerging technologies, combining curiosity, passion, intuition, and ambition. He has developed deep expertise at the intersection of technology, innovation, investment, and human systems.
A strong advocate for collaboration in service of the common good, he has contributed to numerous organizations across both the private and community sectors. A pragmatic optimist, he believes in the potential of technology as a progressive force.
As an investor in innovative initiatives transforming industries, sectors, and regions, he aspires to a future where technology is sustainable, equitable, and human-centered, contributing positively to society and the environment.