Propel Impact

Happy holidays from all of us at Propel Impact! As we wind down for the year, our team is filled with gratitude for our vast and growing community of Propellers, alum, partners, and our wider Spring family. We're looking forward to pushing our mission to new heights in 2025 - opening even more doors for our participants to address the issues that matter to them and to the world. See you in the new year!

Looking for an impactful #internship in Summer 2025? Search no further! Applications to join Propel Impact as a Summer Analyst are open until January 19, 2025. In the new year, we'll have office hours to answer any questions you have as you work on your application. Register on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/gAAcgAiq See all open roles and learn more: https://lnkd.in/g3VjX4Cj

Propel Impact, along with our employer partners from coast-to-coast, is hiring Summer Analysts to join our teams from May - August, 2025! This is a 14-week #internship like no other. As an Analyst, you'll: 💼 Spend 80% of your time working with a Canadian impact investing fund, advisory firm, foundation, or accelerator. 🤝🏻 Participate in Propel-led training and consulting or research projects with your remaining 20%. Plus, you'll form a tight-knit community with the other Analysts across the country. ✨ Catalyze your career in social innovation and social finance. 83% of our previous Analyst Program partners have retained Propel talent after the internship ends. Additional roles will be posted in February 2025, and if you apply by January 19, 2025, you'll automatically be considered for these opportunities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g3VjX4Cj

We're hiring a Winter 2025 Social Finance Analyst in partnership with the great team at Community Forward Fund (part of the New Market Funds platform). In this role, you will: ➡️ Analyze loan requests from non-profits, charities, social enterprises, and co-operatives across Canada ➡️ Create case studies to showcase various financing opportunities available to impact-first organizations ➡️ Assess and present impact data collected from CFF's existing portfolio Applications are open on a rolling basis until Wednesday, December 11 at 5pm PT. See the job description here: https://lnkd.in/gVK_a_99

A year and a half ago, Holly Moore and Pallab Doley joined our Impact Consulting Fellowship. After working tirelessly on their training modules and supporting social enterprises through projects, they were hired by Genus Capital Management as Summer Analysts from May - August, 2024. Fast forward: Holly and Pallab are now working full-time at Genus as an Institutional Client Relationship Associate and Sustainable Investment Analyst, respectively. We're so proud to call them alum! ➡️ Are you an impact-first fund, accelerator, advisory firm, or foundation looking for your next hire? Apply by December 1 to bring on Propel Impact Analysts in Summer 2025: https://lnkd.in/edZrEiXd

We are proud to be launching the Propel Impact Professionals Program today! This 12-week experience is designed for professionals looking to develop skills in early-stage impact investing. You'll learn by doing, taking on the fundamental tasks and assignments that current impact investors do on a regular basis. The first course in the Professionals Program is led by Bruno Lam - a Propel Impact co-founder, previous Principal at the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, and current student at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. ➡️ Register by Friday, December 13 to take part in our Winter 2025 cohort! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gw46rHYe Many thanks to the TD Ready Commitment for making this program possible.

Join us on November 28-29, 2024, at the Sustainable Finance Forum, where industry leaders, community advocates, elected officials, and policymakers will come together to shape finance’s pivotal role in building a sustainable and inclusive economy. Our team, including Keith Ippel (Co-founder & Co-CEO of Spring), Keshiv Kaushal (Director of Impact Investing at Propel Impact), and Tristan Smyth (Managing Director at Propel Impact), will be there and would love to connect with you! Just reach out to us if you want to connect with them there or send them a DM! #VentureCapital #Cleantech #ClimateSolutions #Impact #BusinessForGood #AngelInvesting

Looking for top trained talent to join your team in Summer 2025? Join us in office hours today at 12pm PT / 3pm ET to hear how Propel Impact is currently training your talent pipeline and can help you recruit, seamlessly. 📎 Submit your organization's expression of interest by December 1: https://lnkd.in/edZrEiXd ☎ Register for office hours: https://lnkd.in/gT-Ss3EG

Propellers and partners in #Calgary: our ED, Cheralyn, and Director of Impact Investing, Keshiv, will be in your fine city on Nov. 21 and 22 for #InnovationWeekYYC, alongside our Spring counterparts Luan Tolosa and Graham Day. Let us know if you'll be there - we'd love to meet!

Today, we're proud to introduce our new Propel Impact Board of Directors, covering two coasts and bringing a wealth of entrepreneurship and investing experiences to the table. Get to know them below! ⚡ Caroline von Hirschberg, Chair ⚡ Bhoomika Saxena, Treasurer ⚡ Luan Tolosa, Secretary ⚡ Justin Sweeney, Director ⚡ Cheralyn Chok, Director In the same breath, our team is expressing our deepest gratitude to the outgoing Board Members who stewarded Propel Impact since the very beginning. We wouldn't be where we are today without: ✨ Maureen Cureton ✨ Steve Petterson ✨ Richard Tuck ✨ Elena Yugai Learn more about Propel's new board and team at: https://lnkd.in/g9r4trxY