# Carol Newell

> Carol Newell is a startup investor at Renewal Funds. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Renewal Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renewal-funds)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-newell-094bb119

Carol Newell is a startup investor at Renewal Funds. Carol Newell is the Founding Investor and Principal of Renewal. Through this organization, she has established a life’s work as a social entrepreneur and philanthropist, placing over $60 million in organizations and businesses working toward sustainability in BC.Carol is also the co-creator of Play BIG, an initiative to encourage others withwealth to activate their resources for social change.Ms. Newell is an active member of Hollyhock, the Threshold Foundation, Canadian Women’s Foundation, Women Donors Network, Investors’ Circle, Social Venture Network, and the Wealth & Giving Forum. In 2007, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2008 she was honoured by her Alma Mater, St Lawrence University with a Doctor of Humane Letters.

## About Renewal Funds

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Renewal Funds is a mission venture capital firm investing in early growth stage companies.

5 contacts available at Renewal Funds.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carol Newell | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-newell |
| Catherine Storey | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-storey-2 |
| Catherine Storey | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-storey |
| Emily Danaher | Sr. Operations Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-danaher |
| Genevieve Pinto | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genevieve-pinto |

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