To empower change agents
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Who we are

Idealist Capital is an investment management firm focused on investing private growth capital with entrepreneurs

Our mission

Accelerate the energy transition and decarbonization by providing growth capital to entrepreneurs

Our team

Investment team

Pierre Larochelle
Pierre Larochelle Co-Managing Partner Details
Steeve Robitaille
Steeve Robitaille Co-Managing Partner Details
Leslie Raenden
Leslie Raenden Partner and Chief Financial Officer Details
François Boudreault
François Boudreault Partner Details
Yves Leduc
Yves Leduc Partner Details
Chloé Evans
Chloé Evans Vice-President Details
Michael Doré
Michael Doré Senior Associate Details
James Cefis
James Cefis Senior Analyst Details
Marisa Quinnett
Marisa Quinnett Director, Operations Details

Independent member of the investment committee

Vincent Duhamel
Vincent Duhamel Details
Chris Cole
Chris Cole Details

Affiliated Academic Experts

Stéphane Rousseau, Ph.D
Stéphane Rousseau, Ph.D Professor at Université de Montréal Faculty of Law Details

Advisors

Marc Bedard
Marc Bedard CEO, Lion Electric Details
Martin Couture
Martin Couture CEO, Sanimax Details
David MacMillan
David MacMillan Member of Investment Committee at Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, Renewable Energy Consultant Details
Hervé Touati, Ph. D
Hervé Touati, Ph. D CEO, Virgrid GmbH
Former GM, Shell New Energies Details
Tim Tokarsky
Tim Tokarsky Chairman, Taiga Motors Details
Frederic Tremblay, Ph.D
Frederic Tremblay, Ph.D Renewable Energy Consultant Details
Karim Zaghib, Ph.D
Karim Zaghib, Ph.D Professor of Practice Department of Mining and Materials Engineering McGill University Details