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H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Desmarais<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chair of the Board
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CEIM<\/h2>\n

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Alex Laverdi\u00e8re<\/span><\/h2>\n

VP, Venture Capital<\/h3>\n

Investissement
Qu\u00e9bec<\/h2>\n

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Alex Navarre<\/span><\/h2>\n

Vice President<\/h3>\n

Numinor Conseil Inc.<\/h2>\n

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Annie Simard<\/span><\/h2>\n

Expert in financing and advisory services for SMEs<\/h3>\n

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Claude Attendu<\/span><\/h2>\n

Former Executive Director<\/h3>\n

NRC-IRAP<\/h2>\n

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David Parent<\/span><\/h2>\n

Innovation and
Growth Advisor
Former
Co-founder<\/h3>\n

PixMob<\/h2>\n

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Emily Haniotis<\/span><\/h2>\n

Principal, Investments<\/h3>\n

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Diagram
Ventures<\/h2>\n

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\u00c9tienne M\u00e9rineau<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Partner<\/h3>\n

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Telegraph
Ventures<\/h2>\n

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Isabelle Gaudet (observer)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Director,\u00a0 Commercialisation and Investment in Innovation<\/h3>\n

MEIE<\/h2>\n

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