Sophie Bakalar

Sophie Bakalar

Partner, Collaborative

Sophie is a Partner at Collaborative, leading the firm’s venture investments in the climate space, including Collab SOS, a $200M+ Series A & B fund fueling a more sustainable economy across materials, ingredients, energy, and supply chains. Sophie joined Collaborative 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, and the Economist, and was named a Top Consumer Dealmaker and Influencer by Forbes.

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 thinkCell 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 from Tufts University.