Realize Capital Partners
Irfhan Rawji is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with extensive experience in the finance and technology sectors. Currently serving as the Managing Partner at Realize Capital Partners, a joint venture managing a C$135MM fund for the Government of Canada's Social Finance Fund, Irfhan also holds the positions of Founder and Executive Chair at MobSquad, which connects North American start-ups with top-tier global technology talent. Additionally, Irfhan is the Founder and CEO of Relay Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on innovative technology ventures across North America. Irfhan has contributed to various boards, including the Canadian Western Bank and The Logic, and has been an Adjunct Professor at the Sauder School of Business since 2004. Irfhan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from The University of British Columbia.
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Realize Capital Partners
Realize Capital Partners is one of three fund-of-fund managers selected by the Government of Canada for its Social Finance Fund (SFF). Realize Capital Partners is a joint venture between Rally Assets and Relay Ventures. The Social Finance Fund (SFF) is a Government of Canada initiative to strengthen social purpose organizations and accelerate the growth of Canada’s social finance market. The investment initiative will support charities, nonprofits, social enterprises, cooperatives, companies and other social purpose organizations to access flexible financing opportunities from social finance investors (fund managers and product issuers). Greater access to social finance will help organizations grow, innovate and enhance their social and environmental impacts. Through Realize Fund I, we're investing in positively impactful initiatives that accelerate social equity in Canada. We are focused on initiatives intentionally reaching historically marginalized groups of people and underserved regions in Canada to deliver equity and sustainable development. Realize Fund I is being seeded by $135 million of repayable capital from the Government of Canada over the next five years, and we are targeting a private raise of $270 million for a target fund size of $405 million. In addition to Realize Fund I, we are undertaking market-building activities; notably, helping to develop an impact data standard, building the impact management capacity of fund managers and supporting new fund managers.