Initiative

Yukon Investment Challenge

A two-day, in-person investment readiness and investor education event designed to strengthen Yukon's learning ecosystem around early-stage investment and impact entrepreneurship.

Status

Completed

Timeline

May 2023

Lead Partners

Yukon Venture Angels, Yukonstruct

Part Of

Lighting Up the North

The Challenge

Investment Ecosystem Gaps

Yukon's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem benefits from stronger investment readiness and clearer pathways for local capital to support impact ventures. Traditional challenge models were useful, but the ecosystem needed deeper practical learning, shared language, and investor education.

The Response

Reimagining the Challenge Format

Partners came together to reimagine the investment challenge format, opting for an in-person two-day event focused on:

Investment readiness for impact entrepreneurs
Financial foundation skills and processes
Investor education and learning
Tailored workshops to strengthen the overall ecosystem's investment capability

What Was Delivered

Outputs

A piloted two-day event convening entrepreneurs and investors
Practical workshops and shared tools for investment readiness
Increased connective tissue among Yukon's investment and entrepreneurship support actors

Partners

Collaborators

Yukon University (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Spring Activator

Our Role

Design and Knowledge Mobilization

Sustainable Impact Foundation supported design and delivery through systems framing and knowledge mobilization, helping ensure the learning translated into durable capability for the ecosystem.

Related Focus Areas

Connected themes

Systemic Finance

Investment readiness and local capital flows.

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Knowledge Commons

Translating learning into ecosystem capability.

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Interested in this work?

If you are working in investment readiness, angel investing, or regional innovation ecosystems, we welcome conversations about shared learning.

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