# Renewal Funds: portfolio, investments and team

> Renewal Funds is a vc firm based in Canada. 9 investments on record, latest Jun 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/renewal-funds (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Renewal Funds

Last cheque observed Jun 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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VC firm Quiet

Seed Series A Series B Nutrition Food

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **2710** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.5M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 78%**

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## Renewal Funds highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed

## What they do

> Renewal Funds From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Nutrition Food
- **Based in:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Swiftly](https://millionrounds.com/company/swiftly)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 10 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Farmhouse Culture](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmhouse-culture)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$6.5M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[OptiRTC](https://millionrounds.com/company/optirtc)** US · FinSMEs **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **2015** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Miovision Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/miovision-technologies)** Series B · AR **$30M** With 4 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Better Bean](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-bean)** Venture · US **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Alter Eco](https://millionrounds.com/company/alter-eco)** Venture · US **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Apr** **[Alter Eco](https://millionrounds.com/company/alter-eco)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Aquatic Informatics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquatic-informatics)** CA **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2009** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Blue Horizon Organic Seafood](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-horizon-organic-seafood)** US · fis.dowjones.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **7** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$48M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** 1487297 B.c. LTD.
- **SEC number:** CRD 334524

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Series D *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2009 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Renewal Funds put money into.

[**Swiftly** $10M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/swiftly)[**Farmhouse Culture** $6.5M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmhouse-culture)[**OptiRTC** $5.5M · Feb 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/optirtc)

## Books by the people here

One book written by people at Renewal Funds: [Joel Solomon](https://millionrounds.com/person/joel-solomon).

- The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism Joel Solomon · 2017 4.18 from 151 ratings on Goodreads About the book "[Joel is] a beloved local financial superhero, and this book is a brilliant roadmap to purposeful investing." ―Catherine Ludgate, Manager of Community Investment, Vancity By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever.… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## Quick answers about Renewal Funds

### What does Renewal Funds invest in?

Renewal Funds invests most often at Venture and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Nutrition and Food.

### How active is Renewal Funds?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2019.

### What has Renewal Funds invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Swiftly (Series A, Jun 2019), Farmhouse Culture (Series D, Mar 2017) and OptiRTC (Undisclosed round, Feb 2017).

### How big are Renewal Funds's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.5M.

### Does Renewal Funds lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Renewal Funds invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%), Argentina (11%) and Canada (11%).

### Is Renewal Funds investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2019.

### What kind of investor is Renewal Funds?

Renewal Funds is a VC firm based in Vancouver, Canada.

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