SOCAP recap: Civic infrastructure bonds, or how to make money by building community parks

Why It Matters

The capital market generally doesn't finance public green spaces. Instead, most nature investing originates from philanthropy or government. Mobilizing private capital toward nature financing is critical to keeping our urban areas greener, but investors want guaranteed market returns.

Data drives preventative care at queer and trans health clinic

Why It Matters

With a larger number of non-profits collecting, stewarding and analyzing information about marginalized communities, itโ€™s critical they do it well, while upholding the privacy and dignity of vulnerable people.

WEBINAR REPLAY: Canadian Black entrepreneurs should create the next Google / Les entrepreneurs noirs canadiens devraient crรฉer le prochain Google

Why It Matters

Il n'existe qu'un seul fonds canadien, BKR, pour financer l'entrepreneuriat noir dans le domaine de la technologie. Lorsqu'ils obtiennent un financement, les entrepreneurs noirs reรงoivent des prรชts, rarement des fonds propres. Le Quรฉbรฉcois Wils Theagene estime qu'il est urgent de changer de systรจme et de crรฉer une vรฉritable chaรฎne de financement pour les entrepreneurs de la communautรฉ noire. There is only one Canadian fund, BKR, to finance Black entrepreneurship in technology. When they get funding, Black entrepreneurs receive loans, rarely equity. Quebec's Wils Theagene sees a pressing need for a system change, creating a real financing chain for entrepreneurs from the Black community.