Flexible Capital Fund

06/29/2026

The Flexible Capital Fund is grateful to the M&T Charitable Foundation and the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund for supporting business coaching for our portfolio companies through a $5,000 grant.

Our work is grounded in the belief that flexible capital works best when paired with strong technical assistance. Through this partnership, VSJF provides coaching and strategic support that helps our portfolio companies strengthen operations, scale effectively and increase their impact. With a shared focus on food systems, forest products and clean technology, this collaboration expands what is possible for the businesses we support and the communities they serve.

The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the M&T Charitable Foundation to provide business coaching services for companies in the Flexible Capital Fund, L3C’s portfolio. “The M&T Charitable Foundation is proud to support the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

06/09/2026

We are looking forward to being in Boston tomorrow for a day of connection and conversation with the impact investing community. Flexible Capital Fund President Janice St. Onge will discuss revenue-based financing with capital and ecosystem partners.

The event, hosted by Investors Circle in partnership with JSC Impact, brings together entrepreneurs, investors and partners working to advance impact across the region.

We are glad to be part of these conversations and to share how flexible, non-extractive capital can support businesses as they grow and deliver meaningful outcomes!

Learn more at https://luma.com/qaatefn9.

02/17/2026

We are excited to share that the Flexible Capital Fund is stepping into its next chapter with the addition of Casey Johnson as our new Fund Manager, joining President Janice St. Onge! Casey brings deep experience in impact finance and regenerative agriculture, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team. Read the full announcement here:

The Flexible Capital Fund welcomes Casey Johnson as Fund Manager, strengthening its mission to invest in innovative, values‑aligned food, forest and clean tech businesses.

06/25/2025

As good a time as any to highlight the uphill battle impact funds face in raising capital today—caught between risk-averse investors, rigid funding models, and a system that undervalues patient, place-based capital.

And, it’s a call for bold investment in the future we need.

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By Janice St. Onge, President, Flexible Capital Fund June 24, 2025 As the Flexible Capital Fund, L3C (also known as the “Flex Fund”) pushes to reach the first close of its second fund, we find ourselves navigating one of the toughest capital-raising environments we’ve ever experienced.

05/18/2025

Come on out and see portfolio company at Pecha Kucha night at Pella Windows on 5/21! I’ll be there.

11/15/2024

Excited to be honored as part of a group of impact investment funds doing the work of investing to build a better world. And thank you to for highlighting all these important people and organizations!

11/07/2024

Light will find a way.

11/02/2024

and Casey Johnson, my partners in crime at premier in Vermont. We know that women investing jn women can change the world.

09/30/2024

Monopoly profits are bad for your diet. Let us count the ways! Join An Economy of Our Own at 7:30 EST today (September 30) for a Full-Bodied Food Economics Zoom of Our Own: https://www.aneconomyofourown.org/events/2024/full-bodied-food-economics.

Corporate and monopoly domination by a few HUGE conglomerates lobby for subsidies and tax breaks to add to their profits—all while squeezing farmers made into low-paid employees and customers facing rising prices.

09/23/2024

Read the latest Vermont Business Magazine profile on Flexible Capital Fund President Janice St. Onge! https://vermontbiz.com/news/2024/september/22/we-invest-people-janice-st-onge-and-flexible-capital-fund