Marigold Capital
39-32 Rusholme Park Cres, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2C9, Canada
Overview
Marigold focuses on resilient and growing North American companies that drive positive financial, operational and social prosperity outcomes for employees, actors in their value and supply chains, users, clients and customers, communities, and its investors. Marigold Capital uses #gendersmart thinking as part of its thesis. Marigold is a Certified B Corp, is #MovingForward (our anti-harassment policy is publicly available online), is the first Canadian VC to pledge to The Billion Dollar Fund and to invest4equality, and is a member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association. The firm is one of Canada’s leading impact investors and blended finance practitioners. Marigold Capital continues to reconceive traditional finance to shift norms, remove structural barriers, and empower marginalized individuals to participate and benefit fully in society.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Digital Media
- Fashion
- Fertility
- Food and Beverage
- Journalism
- Supply Chain Management
Investment portfolio
- Goodee
Participated · Seed · Nov 2020
Goodee is a B Corp–certified home and lifestyle marketplace that connects craftspeople worldwide with customers seeking sustainable designs. The platform curates and sells ethical home décor and lifestyle products while sharing creators' stories with a core customer base of women aged 24 to 44. Founded in June 2019 by designers Byron and Dexter Peart in Montreal, the company has expanded via initiatives such as a Whitney Museum Shop pop-up. Goodee recently completed a C$2M (US$1.5M) Series 2 Seed round, bringing total funding to C$4.7M (US$3.5M). It intends to use the proceeds to grow digital and merchandising teams, onboard new ethical brand partners and Goodee-branded products, and expand its U.S. customer reach. Despite COVID-19, the company reported a second consecutive quarter of exponential growth, with sales increasing over 50% during the lockdown quarter.
- Needslist
Participated · Equity · Jun 2019
NeedsList operates a real-time needs registry that aggregates requests from vetted nonprofits and matches them with corporate resources to speed, improve efficiency, and increase transparency in disaster relief and humanitarian aid. The platform is led by co-founder and CEO Natasha Freidus and is based in Durham, NC. The company closed a $1M funding round after bootstrapping for its first two years and works with more than 20 partners across philanthropy, academia, and the private sector. NeedsList plans to use the new funding to invest in its technological infrastructure and build predictive analytics to meet needs at scale. Notable partners cited include TripAdvisor, Watkins (legal support), Kagan Accounting, IKEA North York, MIT’s ReACT program, The Shapiro Foundation, Five One Labs, Leaf Global Fintech, 734 Coffee, and Talent Beyond Boundaries.