Sophie Forest

Sophie has more than 18 years of experience in the high-tech venture capital industry. Prior to joining Brightspark, she was a partner at CDP Capital Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of la Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, a position she held since 1996.

She has led or overseen more than 50 investments in technology companies in Canada and abroad over the past 15 to 20 years. Sophie played a pivotal role in the investment, growth and exit of Radian6, leading to a 23x multiple on capital invested — one of the most successful technology exits in Canadian history.

As co-CEO of Brightspark 3.0, Sophie helped develop Internet solutions that led to the creation and growth of Jewlr.com and iStopOver.com.

Sophie is a member of the advisory committee on small business and entrepreneurship for the Canadian government, as well as a member of the Canadian Digital Media Network advisory board.

She sits on the Board of Directors of a number of companies, including Protecode, Hopper, eXludus, b5media, Jazinga and others.

Sophie is a Managing Partner of Brightspark and is based in Brightspark’s Montreal office.