October 14, 2026
Recentering Nature in Our Built Environment
WholeTrees Structures is bringing round timber, and a new market for New England's forests, to northern Maine.
Integrated Capital — Impact Centered — Relationship Driven
Innovative financing for a more resilient future
We invest in New England companies that strengthen food systems, forest products, and clean technology sectors.
Our Work
The Flexible Capital Fund provides creative financing to growth-stage companies building a more resilient New England.
As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), we fill unmet financing gaps to unlock innovation and growth for New England companies. We offer revenue-based financing and other creative financing structures to companies that strengthen food systems, forest products and clean technology sectors.
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Impact Focused
We are committed to helping our portfolio companies grow and stay in New England so they can create quality jobs while putting healthy food on our table, preserving our working lands and bringing efficient and clean energy to our homes and businesses.
Janice St. Onge
Flex Fund President
Our Background
A low-profit, limited liability company launched in 2011 by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund to accelerate Vermont's green economy.
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We offer subordinated debt and revenue-based financing to growth-stage companies in resilient agriculture, forest products, and clean tech.
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Our investments support companies strengthening existing markets across the value chain—now and for future generations.
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Blog
September 22, 2026
Understanding the Capital Continuum
There's more than one way to finance a growing business. From grants and bank debt to revenue-based financing and equity, the Capital Continuum maps the financing tools and capital providers available to entrepreneurs — and how the risk, cost, and relationship change as you move along it.
August 10, 2026
In the Race for Impact, No One Runs Alone
Entrepreneurship is a team sport. Impact investing is an endurance sport. Flex Fund President Janice St. Onge on what elite athletes taught her about grit, the perfect storm facing rural New England entrepreneurs, and why an "I believe in you" matters more than ever.
Ready to grow your resilient business?
We're looking for growth-stage companies in resilient agriculture, food systems, forest products, and clean technology sectors.