Champlain-Backed Merger Creates Groupe JLD Laguë
JLD Group, which is owned by Canadian private equity firm Champlain Financial Corp., announced on Oct. 10 that it has merged with Équipements Laguë to form Groupe JLD Laguë. The merger is effective...
View ArticleKilmer Capital Partners Invests in Compact Power
Toronto-based buyout shop Kilmer Capital Partners today announced the close of a majority investment in Compact Power Equipment Centers Inc. of Fort Mill, South Carolina, a leader in the rental,...
View ArticleSaudis Add to Canadian Real Estate Holdings
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has acquired the recently-opened Four Seasons Hotel Toronto for C$200 million. The Saudi-owned KHC, which undertakes private equity and other types of investments...
View ArticleReuters – Montreal’s Cogeco Cable Completes Acquisition of Atlantic Broadband
(Reuters) Montreal-based Cogeco Cable Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Atlantic Broadband from ABRY Partners which was announced on July 18, 2012. Formed in 2003, Atlantic...
View ArticleQuebec’s Cadens Imaging Seeded with C$2.7M
Cadens Imaging Inc., a Granby, Québec-based developer of computer-assisted medical imaging solutions, announced it has received C$2.7 million in seed financing. The deal was led by...
View ArticleToronto’s Inmet Mining Rejects C$4.9B Takeover Bid by First Quantum
Toronto-based Inmet Mining Corp., which owns and operates copper and zinc mining sites around the world, has rejected a second takeover bid from Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals Ltd. The...
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Onex Names Josh Hausman to Managing Director Spot
Onex Corp. has announced the promotion of Josh Hausman to the role of managing director. Hausman previously held the position of Principal at Onex, which he joined in 2004. His work at the Canadian...
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Host-net Acquired by Novacap and Management Team
Boca Raton, Florida’s Host.net, Inc., a global provider of network infrastructure services focusing on colocation, cloud computing and storage, has been acquired by Novacap Technologies III LP, managed...
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PCP-Backed MedAxio Sold to Gamma-Dynacare
Persistence Capital Partners (PCP), a private equity firm focused on the healthcare sector, sold its portfolio company MedAxio Insurance Medical Services, Inc. to Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories,...
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Accelerated Rehabilitation Acquires Chicago Clinic Practice
Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., a platform portfolio company of OMERS Private Equity, has completed its acquisition of Momentum Physical Therapy, Inc., a two-clinic rehabilitation practice...
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Canadian PM Announces C$400M Venture Capital Initiative
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new federal initiative to improve access to venture capital investments for high-growth innovative companies. Totaling C$400 million, the Venture...
View ArticleChamplain-Backed Merger Creates Groupe JLD Laguë
JLD Group, which is owned by Canadian private equity firm Champlain Financial Corp., announced on Oct. 10 that it has merged with Équipements Laguë to form Groupe JLD Laguë. The merger is effective...
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Canadian Visa Program Linked With Venture Capital
The Government of Canada has announced a new immigrant entrepreneur program that will partner newcomers with venture capitalists. The new program, dubbed the Start-Up Visa, requires that non-resident...
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KingSett Presses Ahead with Primaris Acquisition
KingSett Capital is pressing ahead with plans to acquire, directly or indirectly, units of Canadian shopping mall owner and operator Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust. The Toronto,...
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Allocadia Software Obtains $1M Of Seed Funding
Allocadia Software Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based provider of cloud software for marketing operations, has closed a C$1 million seed round. Proceeds from the deal, which involved Canadian...
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Outlook for Canadian PE in 2013 “Positive” – Report
Canada is making a name for itself in private equity. With a stable economy facilitating steady deal-making in the home market and Canadian funds increasingly active abroad, the prognosis for 2013 is a...
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Providence’s Scott Werry Joins Altas Partners
Scott Werry, who worked at Providence Equity Partners since 2005, has joined Altas Partners as a Principal. Mr. Werry’s experience includes serving on the Board of Directors of Q9 Networks Inc.,...
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Method CRM Nabs $3M in Series A Financing
Method CRM, a Toronto-based startup which provides businesses with affordable apps, has closed its first venture capital financing. The company secured C$3 million in Series A funding from Klass...
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Version One Leads Seed Financing of GroupTalent
GroupTalent Inc., a talent-as-a-service platform that focuses on hard-to-fill software design and development roles, has secured US$1 million in a seed-stage financing round from a mix of Canadian and...
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PE-Backed Hillman Closes Buy of H. Paulin & Co.
The Hillman Companies Inc. has closed its previously-announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of H. Paulin & Co. Ltd., a Toronto-based manufacturer and distributor of...
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