We are facing unprecedented collective pressure to address social and economic injustice. Alongside good public policy and community action, we know that mobilizing investment capital has a significant role to play in tackling our most pressing problems. …
A cross-sectoral group of community finance stakeholders in Ontario is embarking upon a new collaborative effort called the Catalyst: Community Finance Initiative. This work is the result of longstanding efforts, including the most recent ecosystem convening in fall 2020. …
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OAKLAND, November 4th, 2021 — Today, SVX US is proud to officially announce the close of the TechSoup capital campaign on its innovative impact investing platform. TechSoup’s’s three year, $11.5 million campaign included $4 million raised through a Direct Public Offering (DPO) of debt securities and $7.5…
VERGE Capital is a social finance program of Pillar Nonprofit Network (Pillar), in collaboration with Libro Credit Union, London Community Foundation, Sisters of St. Joseph, and SVX. Based in London, Ontario, VERGE Capital provides loans to social enterprises in Southwestern Ontario with a focus on equity deserving groups, including women…
SVX welcomed Paula Sahyoun to the SVX family as an Analyst in January 2021. Paula has since been promoted to the role of Associate, leading investor and venture education programming at the firm and supporting a number of different organizational projects ranging from advisory to fund design.
Paula has an…
The Carolinian Canada Conservation Impact Bond (CIB) is an ambitious social finance initiative harnessing a combination of impact investment alongside business and government contributions to accelerate positive landscape renewals and improvements in the Carolinian Zone of Southern Ontario. …
SVX is happy to welcome Anumeet Chepal to the SVX family as an Advisory Analyst. We’re delighted to have her join the team!
Anumeet graduated from the UBC Sauder School of Business in 2021. Throughout her university journey, she was a part of a student-led impact investing fund called the…
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TORONTO, June 15, 2021 — Today, leading investors across Canada publicly launched a movement that seeks to mobilize billions in capital towards tackling our most pressing problems, from climate change to housing affordability to inequity. The initiative, known as Impact United, is a national…
SVX is happy to welcome Helen Zhou to the SVX family as a Marketing and Communications Associate. We’re delighted to have her join the team!
Helen graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA (’20) in Philosophy and Political Science as an Applebanks Loran Scholar. Helen had the…
In April 2021, the federal government released its budget and featured landmark commitments to Canada's social innovation and social finance sector. We’ve written before about the federal budget and have been discussing it with our peers in the field, including sharing our thoughts with Future of Good.
On May 21…
