Gain context and an understanding of social finance topics—including financing social enterprise acquisitions, the benefits of revenue-based financing and of bringing the benefits of equity into a debt product, and other topics—when you watch the recordings of Social Finance Chats. Plus, explore Thrive Impact Fund press releases, learn more about the origins and mandate of the Fund, and more.
Release: Thrive Impact Fund Makes Local Investments
Thrive Impact Fund launched on Vancouver Island in September 2021 and is now announcing the first investments into social impact organizations in the region including Majik Media, Water Rangers, and Nyoka Design Labs. Read the attached media release for more information. [...]
Social Finance Chats: Equity-Like Debt
During the second Social Finance Chat in the series, "Equity-Like Debt," Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, explored the various benefits equity can provide, and how to bring these benefits into a debt product. [...]
Social Finance Chats: Revenue-Based Financing
During the first Social Finance Chat in the series, "Shared Success Approach of Revenue-Based Financing," Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, discussed the benefits of this pay-as-you-grow model to support growth of impact organizations. [...]
The Journey to Thrive Impact Fund
Thrive Impact Fund focuses on providing flexible and patient loans, providing the right capital at the right time for social enterprises' growth, unlocking untapped potential in local communities, and providing a way for investors to make both financial and impactful returns. [...]
How Your Money Flows Matters
Considering the significant gap in accessing capital that is flexible, willing to risk and arrives at the right time, we decided to launch Thrive Impact Fund— an impact investment fund designed to remove capital barriers for non-profits, charities, and social enterprises. [...]