
English: 
The Verge Breakthrough Fund is an impact investment fund that connects caring
investors with social ventures that have a social or environmental mission at their core.
Investors have the opportunity to invest in affordable
housing, community real estate and social enterprises.
My name is Liz Arkinstall and I manage corporate social responsibility at Libro.
I'm sister to Theresa Mahoney and I'm representing the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham.
Hi. I'm Marty Thrasher; born and raised in London, Ontario.
My name is Lina Bowden and I'm part of the Verge Capital Team, here at Pillar Nonprofit Network.
The Verge Breakthrough Fund evolved from a collaboration between Pillar Nonprofit Network, London Community Foundation,
Libro Credit Union, Sisters of St. Joseph, and the SVX.
Our region has 40 billion dollars of assets in investment portfolios. Our goal

English: 
The Verge Breakthrough Fund is an impact investment fund that connects caring
investors with social ventures that have a social or environmental mission at their core.
Investors have the opportunity to invest in affordable
housing, community real estate and social enterprises.
My name is Liz Arkinstall and I manage corporate social responsibility at Libro.
I'm sister to Theresa Mahoney and I'm representing the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham.
Hi. I'm Marty Thrasher; born and raised in London, Ontario.
My name is Lina Bowden and I'm part of the Verge Capital Team, here at Pillar Nonprofit Network.
The Verge Breakthrough Fund evolved from a collaboration between Pillar Nonprofit Network, London Community Foundation,
Libro Credit Union, Sisters of St. Joseph, and the SVX.
Our region has 40 billion dollars of assets in investment portfolios. Our goal

English: 
is to shift a portion of this capital into investments that create positive community impact.
To have an investment that is both good and also provides us income.
It makes both of us thrive and we can see what it does.
There probably was misconceptions in the past that you had to forego a financial
return if you were getting a social return on your investment, and that's just not the case anymore.
We are very excited to be able to have this opportunity
to create a proof-of-concept fund that will be a demonstration for future funds
and inspire other communities to consider the opportunity to create similar funds
like the Verge Breakthrough Fund.
Whereas if you're doing a traditional investment...it goes somewhere.
But with impact investment, it's bigger than that and it's more exciting because you could actually
go and see what's happening with the money that you're investing.
This is our first impact investment opportunity, directly, and we want to use this to see what it looks like for future opportunities.

English: 
is to shift a portion of this capital into investments that create positive community impact.
To have an investment that is both good and also provides us income.
It makes both of us thrive and we can see what it does.
There probably was misconceptions in the past that you had to forego a financial
return if you were getting a social return on your investment, and that's just not the case anymore.
We are very excited to be able to have this opportunity
to create a proof-of-concept fund that will be a demonstration for future funds
and inspire other communities to consider the opportunity to create similar funds
like the Verge Breakthrough Fund.
Whereas if you're doing a traditional investment...it goes somewhere.
But with impact investment, it's bigger than that and it's more exciting because you could actually
go and see what's happening with the money that you're investing.
This is our first impact investment opportunity, directly, and we want to use this to see what it looks like for future opportunities.

English: 
There are some lovely creative ideas out there that
aren't going to be eligible for the traditional funding.
I invested in this fund for a number of reasons. I think there's a place for social impact investing
and it's going to help our local economy.
Impact investing is one tool that we have to be able to create
transformational change. You know the longer-term vision is how do we really
support this movement in general, moving forward in the region.
Here's an opportunity to take a portion of your investment and put it to work locally .
and help the local community.
We're invested!
We're invested!
and I'm invested.

English: 
There are some lovely creative ideas out there that
aren't going to be eligible for the traditional funding.
I invested in this fund for a number of reasons. I think there's a place for social impact investing
and it's going to help our local economy.
Impact investing is one tool that we have to be able to create
transformational change. You know the longer-term vision is how do we really
support this movement in general, moving forward in the region.
Here's an opportunity to take a portion of your investment and put it to work locally .
and help the local community.
We're invested!
We're invested!
and I'm invested.
