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Impact Investing

We invest in early stage companies to turn the emissions problem into commercial opportunity.

Cuts emissions in the GTHA

Build the sector

De-risk investments

Field Tested technology

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The GTHA emits 55 million tonnes a year. That's an issue. It's also a market.

Impact Investing is one of the ways we approach the market side.

Pre-seed to early-Stage companies.

Investees

If you've got field-tested technology that can scale to cut emissions in the GTHA, we want to hear from you.

Foundations, family offices, government funds, and private capital.

Co-investors

We partner with aligned capital to de-risk climate solutions and accelerate larger transactions across the GTHA.

Access to network of investors

Network

Portfolio companies gain introductions across TAF’s investor network, including LC3 partners and climate-focused funds.

Where We Invest

Looking for potential to scale across communities or sectors and align with equity values.

What We Look For

Our investments are evidence based and expert reviewed.

  • Big carbon reduction

    We target 500,000 tonnes of reduction over 20 years within the total addressable market.

  • Proven technologies

    Field tested and third-party verified technologies.

  • Potential local benefit

    Companies can be located anywhere, but must benefit or have relevance in the GTHA.

  • Scalable business opportunities

    We're excited by catalytic investments.

Recent Investments

TAF has been working on urban climate policy since 1991.

Electric vehicles as a building amenity

Kite Mobility

Kite puts shared EVs, e-bikes, and e-scooters inside apartment and condo buildings—an alternative to car ownership that can displace up to 10 parking spots per vehicle. TAF co-invested with Alberta Ecotrust and Greater Montreal Climate Fund, the first joint deal through the LC3 network.

TAF's Take

Shared EV amenities can cut household car ownership while proving a replicable building-as-mobility model across the GTHA.

$1M co-investment 2023

Work with us

Scale your solution with TAF

If your enterprise or project is commercial-ready and meets our investment criteria, let's dig in further to see if we're well matched.

Financing Specifics

Financing Structures

Up to $5 million per investment as part of a broader investment tranche.

Our financing structures are flexible and innovative, designed to meet your needs, including quasi-equity and performance contracts.

We invest with others, which enables us to invest in larger transactions accelerating scalability.

We expect to make follow-on investments where possible, at project or enterprise level.

Connect

Not sure? Most of our partnerships begin with a conversation.

Measurement

Carbonstones: how we turn capital into measurable climate outcomes

  • We invest in companies that cut emissions. They scale. Emissions drop.

  • We measure the result — tonnes reduced, capital mobilized, co-benefits delivered — and that's a Carbonstone.

  • The methodology follows international GHG Protocol standards and tracks impact over a 20-year horizon.

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Services

Integrated support to help our investments succeed

TAF addresses policy, research, financing and other barriers to commercialization through advocacy, programs, and grants to non-profits.

How it works

Start with an email

Send a short note outlining your solution, stage, GTHA relevance, and the capital you are seeking. We will let you know if it is a fit for a deeper conversation.

We'll have a conversation

If there is potential alignment, we schedule a call to understand your technology, team, market path, and emissions impact thesis.

Then diligence.

We review commercial readiness, impact quantification, financials, and co-investor interest before advancing a formal recommendation.

Our Governance.

Investment recommendations move through TAF’s internal review and Board governance process before any commitment is finalized.

Then the investment.

We structure flexible financing — including quasi-equity and performance contracts — sized to the opportunity and co-investor tranche.

Then we stay engaged.

After closing, we stay involved with measurement, introductions, and support that helps portfolio companies commercialise and scale.

Invest with TAF for impact

Our investments are evidence based and expert reviewed. TAF brings strong vetting and oversight, seasoned financial expertise, and multi-levelled due diligence to any deal we consider. Let’s talk about how we can work together to meet our goals.

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