Shafiq Vallani brings an unusual cross-functional background spanning consulting, traditional venture capital, and healthcare before moving into impact investing, combined with his role as a content leader helping define how institutional impact investors approach early-stage deals. He serves as a senior decision-maker and external representative of TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good while actively educating founders and emerging investors through hands-on mentoring sessions rather than operating only as a traditional deal gatekeeper.
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TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
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Health, Climate, Food & Ag, Social, Education
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Seed - Series A
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$500K - $2M
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The C$100 million TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is one of the world's largest corporate social-impact venture funds launched by a telecom, created to advance "social capitalism" as part of TELUS's core corporate strategy rather than as a side CSR activity. The fund uses a unique "pollinator" model that pairs capital with TELUS's non-financial assets—distribution, technical expertise, data capabilities, and customer channels—so portfolio companies can test and scale within a Fortune 500-style platform while targeting underrepresented founders and delivering competitive financial returns alongside measurable social and environmental outcomes.
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