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 11, 8:30â10:30 AM
Where: Fondaction, 2175 Boul. de Maisonneuve East, Suite 103, Montreal
Our panelists
AnaĂŻs Majidier, Co-founder, VP Marketing, Customer Success and Member Experience, Partage Club
AnaĂŻs Majidier is an entrepreneur and VP Marketing, and co-founder of Partage Club (Partake internationally), a technology company building sharing infrastructure for cities and organizations.
With previous experience at Publicis and Nespresso and holding an MBA, she specializes in growth strategy and marketing.
Holding three nationalities and having lived in more than 12 cities, she brings a global perspective on sharing and collaboration. This experience reinforces her belief that communities already have everything they need to thrive.
In 2023, she co-founded Partage Club with the ambition of making access the new norm.
Sarah Bezeau Gervais, Managing Director, Startup en RĂ©sidence, Desjardins
Sarah leads a tech startup accelerator and enjoys the challenge of maximizing the potential of small but mighty teams. Her passion for operations and her relentless drive to make a positive impact on peopleâs lives are central to her work.
Whether through mentorship, coaching, or simply rolling up her sleeves, she is deeply committed to empowering those around her to reach their full potential.
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 She launched Oasis in 2024 after repeatedly observing the same learning and development challenges: slow processes, outdated content, and high update costs.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.