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News     Renewal Funds Partner, Genevieve Pinto, is honored as Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network (WXN). Genevieve works tirelessly in support of entrepreneurs and leaders through her Renewal Funds, YWCA, and Raise Collective...

News     SPUD.ca, one of earliest Renewal Funds portfolio companies, was recognized last week for their reusable packaging program by Zero Waste. SPUD created a reusable takeout container program to provide their customers with a sustainable alternative to...

News     We are expanding our team to support our next fund and are currently seeking an experienced finance professional to lead our Finance & Operations team. Working closely with our investment team and third-party fund administrator, you will lead a...

News     Opti, a Renewal3 portfolio company, is featured in CNBC story on how technology can prevent expensive, catastrophic flooding. Full article here  Follow up video  "The potential for companies like Opti is huge. From May through July, much of the East...

News     Via NOSH CPG veteran Scott Lerner will take over as CEO of fermented food brand Farmhouse Culture starting Nov. 1, he told NOSH in an interview. John Wells, the company’s CFO, has been leading the company following CEO John Tucker’s departure from...

News     Pleased to share this important article on Benefit Corporations from Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder of B Lab Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Republicans, CEOs & BlackRock's Fink Unite Around 'Accountable Capitalism' "Benefit corporations are exactly the...

News     Thierry Jean, CEO of Renewal3 portfolio company Prana contributed an article to the Globe and Mail July 23, 2018 "PRANA’s triple bottom line approach, employed since its inception in 2005, yielded 40-per-cent sales growth in 2017. I firmly believe...

News     The problems facing America’s farmers in 2018 are as diverse as their crop varieties: Labor shortages. Soil health. Food spoilage. Trade wars. Lack of access to data on seed pricing, yield information, and even commodity forecasting. The good news?...

News     Paul Richardson was recently interviewed for Business in Vancouver's annual Green Space addition: By Baila Lazarus | July 31, 2018 For the responsible investor, opportunities come in all shapes, sizes and returns. At the Sustainable Brands Expo in...

News     Goddess Garden, a Renewal3 portfolio company, is featured in Fast Company's article on the importance of reef safe sunscreen and Hawaii's recent ban of oxybenzone, a known carcinogen prevalent in conventional sunscreens. “The day the ban was...