Dragonfly Ventures is a small family office with a big vision. We dared to imagine our perfect world leading us on an unconventional financial journey.
Our Challenge
Humanity stands at a crossroads. Today’s social, economic and environmental crises demand a vastly different response.
Dragonfly Ventures holds a long-term vision of healthy people living in a toxic-free world in synergy with each other and every living creature. Our first steps to get there involve the creative use of financial tools in unison with building deeper relationships. We are committed to supporting individuals, communities, organizations, and businesses that share this vision.
Our Vision
We envision a world where humanity lives synergistically with each other, the earth, her creatures, and spirit.
Our perfect world is a pristine planet where pollution and toxic chemicals are replaced with safe alternatives and closed-loop systems. People share an understanding and appreciation of our connections to each other as humans with the beauty of our natural world.
Our mission is to identify and foster the unique gifts and capacities of people and communities who share our vision of a healthy, clean, equitable planet.
Our Values
Make space.
It is time to fully acknowledge those who have been undervalued and intentionally marginalized by systemic barriers such as racism and misogyny. We believe deeply in creating space for women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. Everyone gains when we experience the power and beauty of diversity.
Embrace intuition.
We approach our mission from the belief in the power of creativity, imagination, and intuition. With a combined depth of knowledge and experience embedded in our support team, data and facts are an important starting point. We elevate our decision-making by adding the skill of intuition and imagination.
Take action.
The current trajectory of our human-created systems and consumptive patterns are exploitative and unsustainable. It is time to reset the compass and take action. In supporting powerful leaders driven by this reality, we can disrupt and redirect systems that do not serve the health of people and planet.
Our Focus Areas
Toxic Elimination
We support solutions designed to limit, reduce and eventually eliminate the pervasiveness of harmful human-contrived chemicals.
Climate Resilience
We support people engaging in community-based solutions and efforts to build resilience in the face of a rapidly changing climate.
Fresh Water Conservation
We support efforts that protect and honour the sacredness of fresh water, recognizing its essential role in the health of ecosystems and people.
Land & Soil Health
We support businesses and groups engaging in protective, restorative, and regenerative practices that allow land and soil to thrive as living ecosystems.
Our Company
Dragonfly Ventures is a privately funded mission-driven office supported by a small, dedicated team.
Our in-house team includes a Principal Visionary Co-CEO, an Integrated Capital Co-CEO, an Executive Director The Dragonfly Fund, A Director Toxics Program, The Dragonfly Fund and an Office Manager. Our network of support includes an outsourced CFO and external advisors with expertise in strategy, business management, accounting, tax planning, legal, and executive coaching.
Annabelle
Co-CEO, Founder, Primary Visionary
Having traveled an unconventional path, Annabelle takes great pride in her leadership role of Dragonfly Ventures as Primary Visionary and co-CEO. With multiple family losses came a great responsibility to understand and manage her financial legacy. Annabelle’s true passion developed while connecting to the natural world through travel, rural living, wilderness adventures, and with the special four-leggeds who have joined her journey.
She has worked diligently to aim her inner compass towards meaningful change along paths not yet taken. She would ultimately revel if the pervasive and destructive use of global toxics was permanently eliminated.
Wendy
Co-CEO, Integrated Capital
Wendy’s journey started with a love for getting lost in nature followed by an appreciation for connecting with people. After 20 years in the charitable and philanthropic sector, she began exploring an expanded set of financial and organizing tools. After participating in the Integrated Capital Institute, she committed to using an expanded toolbox to address the inequities affecting the health of people and planet.
In her role as Co-CEO at Dragonfly Ventures she provides operational leadership. Key areas include managing financial commitments, building reciprocal relationships, and co-managing the team.
Thea
Executive Director, The Dragonfly Fund
Thea is Anishinaabe Kwe from Nipissing and Tobique First Nation on Turtle Island, colonially known as Canada. She has been working in the philanthropic sector for over 10 years and most recently served as the director of a small granting program created by and for Indigenous youth in Ontario.
In her role at Dragonfly Ventures, she works closely with the team to develop the new foundation strategy and operations of the philanthropic work. With an intentional focus on deep relationship building and serving the communities that Dragonfly Ventures prioritizes with an integrated approach to activating financial capacity.
Rosemarie
Office Manager
Rosemarie is a dedicated, well-organized senior administrative professional with over 25 years of combined practical office experience. She enjoys a varied and diverse role and adapts quickly to different management styles. She describes herself as a confident person who is patient, dedicated and easy going.
Her role at Dragonfly Ventures is to oversee office administration and work with the team on various projects, bringing a strong connection and commitment to Dragonfly Ventures’ mission, vision and values.
Marian
Strategic Advisor & Coach
As coach and consultant to Annabelle and the Dragonfly Ventures team since inception, Marian fosters the emergence of an unconventional vision for money in service of life, guided by spirit.
Since 2004, Marian has been coaching and convening people (Play BIG, Lead with Land and Jubilee Gift), to reimagine the meaning of and possibilities for their wealth. She is also a co-founder of RSF Social Finance’s Integrated Capital Institute.
Chris
Chief Financial Officer
Chris is a CPA with more than 30 years of business experience. He has been providing consulting advice as the Chief Financial Officer for a number of private enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and high net worth individuals for the last 15 years.
Chris provides direction and accounting for the financial operations of the business. He has been a member of the team since 2014.
Jaz
Portfolio Analyst
With a diverse and international background spanning M&A, Portfolio Management, and Management Consulting, Jaz brings a unique perspective to the table, combining financial aptitude with strategic thinking to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of integrated investing.
Outside of her professional pursuits, Jaz can often be found on the move (golfing, rock climbing, and powerlifting) or in the kitchen cooking up a storm.
Her role at Dragonfly Ventures is to support Dragonfly Venture's portfolio including, diligence, data management, reporting, and ensuring continued alignment with the mission of Dragonfly Ventures..
Heather
Director, Toxics Program, The Dragonfly Fund
Heather’s dual passions are any form of wilderness adventure and learning from people who are trying to make the world better. She comes from a long line of traveling carnival people, but after a few stints working on the midway she chose a very different career path. Heather has over two decades of experience as a communications and campaign strategist across the charitable sector.
In her role at Dragonfly Ventures she is working with the team, community groups and organizations to reduce the current overwhelming volume of harmful chemicals and curb the impact they are having on people and the earth.
Jim
Tax & Business Advisor
Jim is a retired partner of EY Canada where he led the firms national tax functions and was president of its electronic publishing subsidiary. Jim is an FCA and a FCPA. Jim has served on numerous charitable and non-profit boards with a focus on health care, medical research, education, and social justice.
Jim has been a business and governance advisor to Dragonfly Ventur
With tremendous respect and gratitude, we would like to acknowledge Leslie Christian‘s contributions to our vision and mission. She was instrumental as a highly valued advisor from 2012 to 2019 and remains a close friend and ally.
