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Sophie Bakalar

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Sophie Bakalar

Sophie is a Partner at Collaborative Fund, leading the firm’s venture investments in the climate space, including Collab SOS - a $225M Series A & B fund fueling a more sustainable economy across materials, ingredients, energy, and supply chains.

Sophie joined Collaborative Fund in 2016 to lead consumer brand investments and invested in early stage consumer businesses focused on health and sustainability, including Daily Harvest, Square Roots, and OLIPOP. She’s been published and/or quoted in Fortune, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Bloomberg and the Economist, and was named a Top Consumer Dealmaker and Influencer by Forbes.

She also acted as CEO of one of Collaborative Fund’s portfolio companies — Fable. This real-time operating experience gives her direct insight into market trends and opportunities.

Prior to joining Collaborative Fund, Sophie co-founded di8it, a B2B SaaS company specializing in software that reverse-engineered chart images. The company was acquired in 2016 by think-cell Software.

Prior to di8it, Sophie spent 10 years trading credit derivatives for III Capital Management, a $5+ billion fixed income hedge fund, and concurrently earned a B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Public Health from Tufts University.

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