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Type
  
Social Venture Capital

Website
  
www.renewal2.ca

Founded
  
2009

Founder
  
Joel Solomon, Carol Newell, and Paul Richardson

Headquarters
  
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Renewal2 Investment Fund is a Canadian social venture capital fund that invests in early stage environmental and social mission companies in Canada and the United States. The fund focuses on companies in the following sectors: Organic & Natural Food, Green Consumer Products, Green Building Products, Environmental Innovation, Social Finance, and Social Media.

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The fund, which is based in Vancouver, Canada, was founded May 25, 2009.

History

The fund was founded in 2009 by Joel Solomon, Carol Newell, and Paul Richardson.

Investments

Currently, Renewal2 has ten companies in its portfolio: Alter Eco, Aquatic Informatics, Better Energy Systems, Elevation Brands, Miovision, Playback, Rustic Crust, Sensible Organics, Seventh Generation, and SPUD.

Renewal2 made its first successful exit in 2011, with the sale of shares from Horizon Distributors.

References

Renewal2 Wikipedia