A few years ago, if you told most Alberta founders that venture capital could fund a business built around social good, they would have looked at you sideways. Venture capital was for tech unicorns and Silicon Valley dreamers, not community-driven startups in Calgary trying to solve housing, food security, or mental health challenges. But the landscape has changed, and it has changed fast. Canada's private impact investing market hit roughly $17.7 billion in cumulative target

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