When Indiegraf secured a $5 million program-related investment from the Knight Foundation, it represented a major milestone for the company. But to reach that milestone, Indiegraf needed bridge financing to maintain momentum while waiting for the funds to arrive. The mission-driven [...]
We are a women-led impact investment fund, and we mean it. Every year, I take a look at the statistics on how many investment funds are majority-led by women. It has become a bit of a ritual; part curiosity, part accountability check, [...]
We are pleased to share the Thrive Impact Fund 2025 Impact Report, highlighting a year of continued deployment, growing impact, and steady commitment in a time of uncertainty. Thrive continues to mobilize our resources into good projects and support entrepreneurs stepping [...]
When Lux Bio first connected with Thrive Impact Fund, the company was still in the early stages of turning a promising scientific innovation into a commercial reality. Like many early-stage climate innovators, Lux Bio needed the right kind of impact investment [...]
Blended finance is gaining momentum in Canada as a powerful approach to mobilizing capital for complex social, environmental, and economic challenges. from affordable housing and food security to Indigenous economic reconciliation and climate solutions. As interest grows, so [...]
For the past two years, Thrive Impact Fund has partnered with Spring and the Ontario Trillium Foundation to host the Blended and Catalytic Capital Summit, convening capital deployers from across Canada to explore innovative financing structures and processes [...]
As part of the Blended Finance Webinar Series, a collaboration between Spring, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Thrive Impact Fund, Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director of Thrive, interviewed Christopher Lee, Director of Programming at Inspirit Foundation. Together, they explored [...]
Watch the interview above to hear directly from Water Rangers’ Executive Director, Kat Kavanagh, as she reflects on their experience accessing flexible nonprofit funding, and how that funding helped unlock growth, stability, and greater impact. In 2021, Water Rangers was ready to [...]
We are extremely pleased to share the Thrive Impact Fund 2024 Impact Report, showcasing a year of growth, resilience, and catalytic capital in action. In a time of economic uncertainty, Thrive provided flexible, equity-like financing to impact organizations solving today’s most [...]
In this Interview with Propolis Cooperative Housing Society, Thrive's Morgan Brannon speaks to Lindsay Harris about their experience Thrive Impact Fund made a $270K bridge loan to assist Propolis Housing Cooperative Society in acquiring their first property. Many new organizations like [...]
