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www.vergecapital .ca Local Investment for Local Impact
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www.vergecapital.ca
Local Investment for Local Impact
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Impact Measurement
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Mission
VERGE connects caring local investors with local enterprises that have a social or environmental
mission at their core.
We will promote the growth of social enterprises and impact investors in our region of London and
surrounding counties.
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OUR MODEL
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ImpactInvestors
• Lending Capital Grants & Investments
• Foundations• Accredited Investors• Investor Circles• Private Investors
Expert & AdvisorSupport
Local Intermediary
Investment Ready
Enterprises
Access to
Capital
Impact +Return
• Pillar’s Social Enterprise Program & Consulting Services
• Entrepreneurship Ecosystem• VERGE Stakeholders &
Volunteers
• Identify Social Enterprises• Recruit Impact Investors• Measure Impact• Build Social Finance Market
• Legal Structure• Robust Business Model• Community Bond• Impact Measurement Plan• B Corp Assessment
• VERGE Social Enterprise Loan • Pitch Sessions• Pool Capital• Facilitate Investment
• Growth of social enterprises• Increased investment locally• Scaled impact• Culture Shift
OUR MODEL
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What we do
Social Enterprise Loan Fund Invest in high potential, start up social enterprises
Measure Impact
Investor Relations Tap into $40 billion of investible assets in our region
Complementary Intermediary Services Ex: Community Bond (Innovation Works)
Social Finance Leadership = Culture Shift
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Social Enterprise Loan fund
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Work FLow
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Examples of Success
Investor Breakfast
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• $100,000 loan• Fund start up costs including
staff, product and equipment• Provide training and employment
for persons with disabilities• Access to quality and affordable
food in Old East Village
• $10,000 loan• Fund start up costs including
product, staff and marketing• Provide free access to
laundromat through the sale of natural laundry products
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National Place-Based Network
Member of coast-to-coast place-based social finance network Victoria, Calgary, Winnipeg, London, Toronto, Ottawa,
Charlottetown, St-John’s
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Photo Courtesy of MaRS Centre for Impact Investing
Shifting Culture
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We continue to spark conversations to build a community-based framework
for social finance in the London region
