Sophie Forest

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Ms. Sophie Forest serves as a Partner at Brightspark Ventures. She is also a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at PreVu3D, and Optable. She also served as Advisor at Panache Ventures. She serves as Board Member at Callia, Deep Sky and Classcraft. Prior to joining Brightspark Ventures, she was a partner at CDP Capital Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of la Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec. She met Mark in 1997 when she became the lead investor in her start-up, Balisoft. They ended up collaborating on this exciting venture for three years and sold the company to Kana Software in 2000. Since joining Brightspark in 2003 as a managing partner, she has led and overseen more than 50 investments in technology companies. Notably, she has played a pivotal role in the investment, growth, and exit of Radian6, leading to a 23x multiple on capital invested, and becoming one of the most successful technology exits in Canadian history. She was involved in the creation and growth of Jewlr.com and iStopOver.com. She is still an active board member of Jewlr Inc., a leading online personalized jewelry company. She sits on the Board of Directors of a number of companies, including Hopper, nGUVU, and Jewlr. She works closely with the startups she invests in and is known for her nurturing and listening qualities. She is a member of the Science and Technology Council of Canada, which provides external advice to the federal government in the domain of science, technology, and innovation. She holds BAA in Finance from Université de Sherbrooke.