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News     09-Jan-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford First time entrepreneurs often lament that if they had known how much work it would take to launch a startup they might not have done it, but the husband and wife duo and long-time industry veterans behind the...

News     Opus One Solutions closes Series B of Investment led by Renewal Funds Renewal Funds joins funders Energy Impact Partners and Engie NEW YORK and TORONTO, Dec. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opus One Solutions, the leader in transactive energy and...

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?...