What Dragonfly Ventures does

Dragonfly Ventures is a privately funded single family office based in Ontario, Canada, founded in 2009, that deploys capital and non-financial support to organizations advancing environmental health, equity, and community wellbeing. The firm operates an integrated capital model spanning direct private investments, community bonds and funds, impact funds, charitable grants, shareholder engagement, sponsorships, research, and strategic convenings, organized through three proprietary mission asset classes (Nurture, Hybrid, Harvest). Its wholly-owned foundation, The Dragonfly Fund, was formally established in 2022, succeeding a 13-year donor-advised fund relationship with MakeWay. The portfolio is concentrated in two primary focus areas: toxic elimination (active since 2014) and restorative finance prioritizing women, gender-diverse, Indigenous, and racialized-led organizations, with secondary engagement in climate resilience, land and soil health, freshwater conservation, and sustainable food.

The firm's go-to-market is community-led and relationship-based rather than transactional. Dragonfly reports being 'currently fully invested' and is not actively soliciting new investment relationships, though it remains open to conversations with aligned organizations. The team comprises approximately 7-8 internal staff including Co-CEOs Annabelle (Founder and Primary Visionary) and Wendy (Integrated Capital), CFO Chris (a CPA since 2014), a Tax & Business Advisor (Jim, retired EY Canada partner), Strategic Advisor Marian (co-founder of Just Economy Institute), Director of Toxics Program Heather, Executive Director of The Dragonfly Fund Thea (Anishinaabe Kwe), Portfolio Analyst Jaz, and Office Manager Rosemarie, supported by contractors for portfolio reporting and financial management.

Dragonfly Ventures is not a technology company and has no product, software, or AI capabilities. Its competitive differentiation rests on a curated portfolio of approximately 20 named investees and grantees (including Fair Finance Fund, Genus Capital, Windmill Microlending, Farmers for Climate Solutions, Ecojustice, David Suzuki Foundation, Indigenous Climate Action, Dispersa, Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Recompose, and others), B Corporation certification, and alignment with the Social Justice Principles of Philanthropy. The firm explicitly acknowledges operating across Turtle Island and prioritizing Indigenous-led efforts. Revenue is not disclosed, and the entity functions as a mission-driven capital allocator rather than a revenue-generating business.

Name

Dragonfly Ventures

Legal name

Dragonfly Ventures

Website

https://dragonflyventures.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dragonfly Ventures is a privately funded single family office in Ontario, Canada, founded in 2009, that deploys integrated capital (investments, grants, convening) through its 2022-established Dragonfly Fund to organizations advancing toxic elimination, restorative finance, and environmental and community health across Turtle Island.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Office Impact Investing

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN)

Keywords

• Impact investing
• Family office services
• Philanthropic grants
• Sustainable finance
• Integrated capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Returns from direct private investments, community bonds and funds, and impact funds. The Dragonfly Fund was established in 2022 to facilitate charitable activities, building on donor-advised fund activity from 2009-2022 with MakeWay.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Dragonfly Ventures is a privately funded single family office that deploys capital through an integrated approach spanning direct private investments, community bonds and funds, impact funds, shareholder engagement, charitable grants, sponsorships, research, and strategic convenings. The firm focuses on Toxic Elimination (reducing harmful human-created chemicals) and Restorative Finance (prioritizing women, gender-diverse, Indigenous, and racialized led- and serving entities), and organizes its investments into three mission asset classes: Nurture, Hybrid, and Harvest.

Product overview

Dragonfly Ventures is a purpose-driven single-family office offering an integrated capital approach through multiple financial and non-financial tools. The company operates primarily through its proprietary foundation, The Dragonfly Fund (established 2022), and manages three mission asset classes (Nurture, Hybrid, Harvest) that organize investments by mission alignment and financial return expectations. Key programs include the Toxics Program (addressing harmful chemical substances since 2014) and the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Program (supporting grantee organization staff since 2018). The firm deploys capital through direct private investments, community bonds and funds, impact funds, charitable grants, shareholder engagement, sponsorships, research, and strategic convenings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Dragonfly Fund: The foundation established by Dragonfly Ventures in 2022 to facilitate charitable activities and granting as part of their integrated capital approach. Guided by Social Justices Principles of Philanthropy.

Products and services

• The Dragonfly Fund The Dragonfly Fund is Dragonfly Ventures' proprietary charitable foundation, established to facilitate charitable activities and provide grants to aligned organizations. It is the primary vehicle for the firm's charitable granting, with a permanent emotional health and wellbeing granting practice, and serves nonprofits, Indigenous-led entities, and community organizations aligned with Dragonfly's mission.
• Toxics Program The Toxics Program supports innovative projects and collaborations addressing harmful chemical substances that negatively impact human and planetary health in Canada. It supports organizations working on microplastics remediation, safe chemical alternatives, toxic-free product advocacy, and environmental health.
• Emotional Health and Wellbeing Program The Emotional Health and Wellbeing Program provides self-directed grants to recipients in supported organizations to support employee and volunteer emotional health and wellbeing. It addresses burnout, low salaries, and limited resources in the charitable sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dragonfly Fund established 2022 with permanent emotional health and wellbeing granting practice
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Social Justices Principles of Philanthropy (Resource Generation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDragonfly Ventures' work is guided by the Social Justices Principles of Philanthropy and ongoing learning through reciprocal relationships.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Tides Foundation: Tides is one of the largest US-based impact foundations and fiscal sponsors, operating with an integrated capital approach and mission-driven grantmaking and investing — closely analogous to Dragonfly Ventures' integrated philanthropy + investment model.
• Renewal Funds: Renewal Funds is a Canadian venture capital fund focused on environmental and social impact, comparable to Dragonfly in its Canadian base and commitment to sustainable, restorative finance with strong sector overlap (clean tech, sustainable food).
• RSF Social Finance: RSF Social Finance is a mission-aligned financial services organization deploying integrated capital (grants, loans, investments) into regenerative food, education, and social enterprises — directly comparable to Dragonfly's integrated capital approach.
• MakeWay (formerly Tides Canada): MakeWay is the Canadian charity through which Dragonfly operated its donor-advised fund from 2009-2022, and is a directly comparable peer in providing fiscal sponsorship, integrated capital deployment, and ecosystem convening for Canadian impact organizations.
• Builders Vision: Builders Vision is a single family office deploying integrated capital across investments, grants, and ecosystem-building around sustainability, equity, and health — highly comparable to Dragonfly Ventures in structure, philosophy, and integrated capital deployment.
• Imprint Capital (now part of CapShift): Imprint Capital was an impact investing advisory firm serving foundations and family offices on integrated capital strategy — directly comparable to Dragonfly in serving impact-mandated capital pools with a similar advisory and deployment lens.
• Coralus (formerly SheEO): Coralus is a Canadian sustainable finance platform explicitly supporting women and non-binary founders, directly comparable to Dragonfly Ventures' portfolio relationship and overlapping with its Restorative Finance focus on women, gender-diverse, Indigenous, and racialized led entities.

Broad incumbents

• McConnell Foundation: McConnell is a large Canadian private foundation with multi-decade impact investing and grantmaking programs across Canada, comparable to Dragonfly in geography and integrated capital philosophy but operating at substantially larger scale.
• Generation Investment Management: Generation IM is an established impact investing firm applying sustainable principles to public and private markets, comparable to Dragonfly in mission-first orientation but operating globally and at institutional scale rather than as a single family office.

Emerging players

• Obvious Ventures: Obvious Ventures is a mission-driven venture capital firm investing across multiple impact theses (sustainable systems, healthy people, etc.), comparable to Dragonfly in its multi-thematic, mission-first investing approach but as a venture capital fund rather than a family office.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments9 records

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