Lalotte Ventures

Phil Cutler is a former teacher and the founder of Paper, an edtech company offering on-demand tutoring, writing review, and college and career support that works with school districts and state governments across North America. Before Paper, he founded Laurus Summer Camp, a private day camp in Montreal, and served as a City Councillor in Westmount, Quebec, for eight years.

Bonnie Chau manages fund investment at Lalotte Ventures through its affiliation with BCF Ventures, where she is a Principal recognized among the Top 50 Rising Stars in Global Corporate Venturing (2022 and 2023). She previously helped scale fintech company IOU Financial to $20M in revenues and mentors in several Montreal startup programs.

Cooper Young is a Venture Partner working in travel, meetings, and events technology at Planned.

Dylan Garber is a venture capital partner at Lalotte Ventures, where he invests in technology startups. He is completing an internship at Renno & Vathilakis, a law firm focused on commercial, corporate, and civil litigation as well as arbitration. He previously worked at Playtika, an Israeli entertainment company, and served in the Israel Defense Forces.

Gregory Walfish is a Venture Partner at Lalotte Ventures and Co-Founder & CEO at Xposure.

Josh Liquornik is a Venture Partner at Lalotte Ventures and Legal Counsel at Linde.

Paul Wharshavsky is a Venture Partner and Co-Founder of POW! Interactive.

Ryan Garber is a Venture Partner at Lalotte Ventures and Co-Founder & COO at Xposure.

Shane Liquornik is a Venture Partner, and Director of Technology and Growth at Double Black Capital, and a lawyer.

Zoia Kozakov is a venture partner at Lalotte Ventures who also leads digital strategy and insights at a Fortune 250 luxury products company. She previously ran device-based digital wallet portfolios at JPMorgan Chase, built a Google and Citi co-branded digital bank, and led product strategy at the early-stage startup Yup, with earlier experience in adtech and as chief of staff for Israeli intelligence special operations. She hosts the "WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation" podcast and sits on the Women in Innovation advisory board.

Julien Lachere leads the Intellectual Property Group at the business law firm BCF, which he established to serve clients ranging from startups to multinational organizations. He has 20 years of experience in patent matters, holds an engineering degree in software and telecommunications and a Master of Research in Data Science, and focuses on patenting software, AI, and machine learning across the U.S., European, and Chinese systems. He helped set up BCF Global in Europe, lectures in startup incubators in France and Canada, and co-founded the audio app Audible Reality.

Louis-François Hogue is a business executive, lawyer, and corporate director with over 30 years of experience in governance, strategy, corporate finance, and restructuring. He serves as Executive Chair of the Board and Interim President & CEO of Colabor, a Quebec food distributor, and advises Financière Outremont Inc. on new investments. He previously led Symgery until its sale to Simulatory AG and held senior roles at Cirque du Soleil, Aeterna Zentaris, and the Montreal Exchange, having begun his career in business law at Fasken Martineau.

Sergio A. Escobar is Managing Director of Lalotte Ventures, a venture fund backed by the Garber-Boucher family office, operating in affiliation with BCF Ventures, where he also serves as Managing Director investing in B2B enterprise software startups at Seed and Series A stages across the US, Canada, and Israel. He previously directed Founder Institute Montreal, a pre-seed accelerator, and was active in the Techstars ecosystem as a facilitator, entrepreneur-in-residence, and curator. Before investing, he was an entrepreneur and operator involved in startups spanning aerospace, eCommerce, manufacturing, AgTech, and financial technologies.