Accelerating Canada’s community investment movement

Weave is a $30 million fund pooling institutional and accredited investors’ capital to lend to issuers of community bonds across Canada — helping them reach raise targets faster and inspiring local retail investment in the organization’s community bonds.

Through community bonds, charities, nonprofits and coops across Canada have offered over $129 million to date in investment opportunities directly to their supporters.

Learn about the kinds of projects community bonds finance here.

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The terms

Projected returns and financial information provided are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Actual results may vary.

  • $30 million fund size

  • $150,000 minimum investment

  • Available to accredited investors only

  • 3% preferred return

  • 7 year fund duration, with renewal option

  • 1% management fee

  • 0.25% administrative fee

  • Close dates:

    • Summer 2026

    • Fall 2026

    • Winter 2027

The benefits

Diversifies investment

An investment in Weave is spread among more than two dozen community bond issuers across Canada.

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Reaches underfunded communities

Community bonds could benefit organizations in rural, remote, equity-deserving, and other communities without population density or wealth to support an entirely retail-subscribed campaign. Through Weave, institutional capital brings projects to life and makes it possible to offer wealth-building investment opportunities.

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Streamlines impact

Weave handles due diligence with issuers, so investors can have widespread impact without costly due diligence on each project.

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Encourages more retail impact investment

Weave crowds in retail investment, by making early ‘anchor’ investments in community bond issuers’ projects, bringing attention to the project and inspiring trust.

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Our leadership team

Weave is a limited partnership founded by the team behind Tapestry Community Capital. Tapestry is a social finance leader, having supported charities, non-profits, and coops raising over $129 million in community bonds to date.

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  • Fund Manager

    Omar is Weave’s Fund Manager, leading fundraising and capital deployment. He’s a former Venture Partner and Investment Manager at NorthX Climate Tech, where he managed over $400 million in cumulative assets. Omar holds an MBA from the University of Oxford.

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  • Co-Executive Director, Tapestry Community Capital

    Ryan leads Tapestry’s growth to new investment issuers and investors, as well as champions partnerships and policy change to advance the community investment industry. Ryan has played a key role in the organization’s growth from its inception to a national presence. Prior to Tapestry, he held roles at Canada's largest residential housing REIT and the MaRS Discovery District. He is a co-founder of the City of Toronto’s Social Purpose Real Estate Advisory Group and holds an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Our board of directors

Weave is supported by a group of advisors with diverse experience in social and corporate finance, community development, and more.

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  • Over the last decade, MJ has worked with Canadian and international asset owners across all aspects of the investment lifecycle. Through this work, he has helped deploy over US$500M through private-market impact investing and another US$500M through responsible-investment strategies for foundations, family offices, governments, and others. Additionally, MJ has served as the inaugural Chief Investment Officer of one of North America’s largest affordable-housing acquisition vehicles. MJ also has prior experience in oil and gas risk management in Asia, microfinance in India, global-health investing, and corporate strategy in Canada. MJ is a Board Director and Treasurer for the Definity Insurance Foundation; Board Director and Investment Roundtable Chair for Philanthropic Foundations Canada; and Board Director and Governance Committee Chair for MakeWay Foundation.

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  • Nyasha Harper-Michon is an Archtivist (architect + activist), urban equity and climate advocate. At UN Environment Programme, she leads the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction's communications efforts to support a zero-emission, equitable, and resilient built environment. She serves on the boards of 8-80 Cities, Passive House Canada, and Catalyst Circle, and is a sought-after voice on sustainable cities and the built environment, and a LinkedIn Top Voice Green.

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  • LoriAnn is an entrepreneurial leader with over 30 years of experience in community planning, nonprofit management, and urban development in Canada, the United States, and Africa. She works with Community Solutions’ partners across to advance housing, health, and economic mobility. She has been recognized as a Women’s Leadership Institute Champion and a Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence.

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  • Justin is Chair of the board of Weave Community Capital Fund. He is Principal & Founder at Sweeney & Assoc. - Community Financial, where he and his team help to build and administer community finance solutions across Canada. 

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  • Adam leads investing at Bower Group, a Toronto family office. He comes from a background in strategy consulting, non-profits, real estate development, and property management. Adam holds a dual MBA and Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto.

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  • Jaswinder is a social impact business leader and Professor of Business at Algonquin College. She leads research on community wealth building and has over 20 years of experience in international business, venture creation, and impact investing. Jaswinder was a founding member of Venture Coaches, a $50M Ottawa-based early-stage technology fund. She has advised early-stage ventures, supported capital raising, and helped strengthen inclusive investment networks.

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  • Bhushan is an investment professional with over a decade of experience across Canada and Australia, specializing in multi-asset portfolio construction and investment strategy across public and private markets. He has extensive experience managing institutional portfolios, leading private markets investment strategies, and partnering with Boards and Investment Committees to support long-term investment, risk, and governance objectives.

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  • Steve is Treasurer of Weave’s board of directors. He retired in December 2023 after a 30-year career with CIBC. In his most recent role, Steve was the head of CIBC’s Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Group. He has extensive commercial banking and corporate finance experience and has advised a broad range of large public companies, small to medium-sized enterprises, for-profit commercial businesses, and public sector and not-for-profit organizations. Steve has a JD from Western University and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.