Social Finance Forum is Canada’s premier annualconference on impact finance held at the Mars Discovery District in Toronto.This year’s event took place on June 16-17 and was organized by the Future of Good,a digital content organization focusing on innovations and emerging trends. TheForum brought together representatives of non-profit organizations, impactinvestors, philanthropists, investors and policy makers to discuss togethersocial finance and impact investing in Canada.
Attendees benefitted from hearing aboutdifferent perspectives on an array of topics: how foundations are evolving intoimpact investors, investing into indigenous and climate future, credit riskassessment for immigrant social entrepreneurs, incentivizing retail impactinvesting through “buy Canadian” movement, closing the rural capital gap andmany more.
One of the sessions I was interested infocused on investing in wellbeing, where various health-related start-upfounders presented their ventures. I’ve learned about Caribou Rewards, asmart, automated staff incentives platform designed to improve performance,increase billable hours in the care provider industry; Cosm Medical,which produces personalized devices that help treat women with pelvic floordisorders; and Root & Seed, a company with a mission to helpfamilies navigate their stories, annual traditions and get in touch with themeaning of their culture. Apart from learning from speakers, Forum providedtons of networking opportunities during breaks and a Soiree hosted at theCentre for Social Innovation.
