Cott buys Mountain Valley from Great Range Capital for $78.5 mln
Cott Corp (TSX: BCB, NYSE: COT) has acquired The Mountain Valley Spring Co, a Hot Springs, Arkansas-based producer and deliverer of bottled spring and sparkling water, for $78.5 million in cash. The...
View ArticleVersion One Ventures closes third early-stage fund at $57 mln
Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Version One Ventures has closed its third fund at about $57 million (US$45 million) in committed capital. Version One Ventures III was backed by new and...
View ArticleCaisse ups stake in India’s Azure Power with $100 mln investment
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has increased its interest in Azure Power Global Ltd, a New Delhi, India-based solar power producer, to 40 percent. The enhanced stake was the result of a US$100...
View ArticleAltas Partners to buy minority interest in H&F’s Hub International
Canadian long-term private equity firm Altas Partners has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Hub International Ltd, a Chicago-based insurance brokerage. The deal, expected to close later this year,...
View ArticleGeorgian Partners leads $25 mln Series B funding of Stratifyd
Canadian growth equity firm Georgian Partners has led the US$25 million Series B financing of Stratifyd, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based end-to-end customer analytics platform. The round, which...
View ArticleXPV Water Partners invests in creation of Atlas-SSI
Canadian water-focused growth equity firm XPV Water Partners has invested in the merger of Monticello, Mississippi-based Atlas Manufacturing Company Inc and Slaughter, Louisiana-based Screening Systems...
View ArticleVenture-backed Chefs Plate to be acquired by HelloFresh
Chefs Plate, a Toronto-based meal-kit delivery company, has agreed to combine its Canadian business with that of Germany’s HelloFresh, which operates in the same sector. HelloFresh will acquire all...
View ArticleGreen Acre invests $10 mln in cannabis brand Friendly Stranger
Canadian cannabis investment firm Green Acre Capital has agreed to invest $10 million in The Friendly Stranger, a Toronto-based supplier of cannabis products and accessories. The deal is the first of...
View ArticleOnex acquires stake in tax specialist Ryan for $317 mln
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp has acquired a 42 percent interest in Ryan LLC, a Dallas-based tax services and software provider. Onex paid US$317 million for the stake, which values the...
View ArticleGreat-West Lifeco to buy Guggenheim’s real estate PE platform
GWL Realty Advisors US Inc (GWLRA US), an affiliate of Winnipeg-based financial services holding company Great-West Lifeco, has agreed to acquire the real estate private equity platform of Guggenheim...
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Canaccord Genuity SPAC to negotiate merger with Columbia Care
Canaccord Genuity Growth Corp (NEO: CGGC.UN) has agreed to negotiate a merger with Columbia Care LLC, a New York-based provider of medical cannabis products and services. As part of the negotiation,...
View ArticleTurnkey events platform Entr seeded in $1.13 mln financing
Montréal-based turnkey events platform Entr has raised $1.13 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Telegraph Hill Capital with participation from iNovia...
View ArticleWarburg Pincus-backed NEOGOV acquires High Line
NEOGOV has acquired High Line Corp, a Markham, Ontario-based provider of human resources, payroll and time and talent management software. No financial terms were disclosed. Founded in 1974,...
View ArticleInsurtech provider Foxquilt nets $1.2 mln in Extreme VP-led deal
Foxquilt, a Toronto-based insurance financial technology provider, has raised $1.2 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Extreme Venture...
View ArticleTerraNova Partners acquires York Analytical Laboratories
Canadian private equity firm TerraNova Partners has acquired York Analytical Laboratories Inc, a Stratford, Connecticut-based environmental laboratory operating in the Northeastern United States. No...
View ArticleMining company First Bauxite to go private with RCF
First Bauxite Corp (TSX-V: FBX) has entered into a going private transaction with U.S. mining private equity firm Resource Capital Funds (RCF), the company’s majority shareholder. The deal will be done...
View ArticleTIMIA Capital makes Real Savvy its first U.S. tech investment
Canadian specialty finance firm TIMIA Capital Corp has provided a US$2.5 million facility to Real Savvy Inc, an Austin, Texas-based real estate software company. TIMIA, a provider of revenue-based...
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Finn AI nabs $14 mln in Yaletown and Flying Fish-led Series A
Finn AI, a Vancouver-based conversational artificial intelligence platform for financial services, has raised $14 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by Canadian private equity firm...
View ArticleWarburg Pincus-backed eSentire buys VC-funded Versive
ESentire has acquired Versive, a Seattle, Washington-based cybersecurity artificial intelligence company. No financial terms were disclosed. Cambridge, Ontario-based eSentire said the acquisition will...
View ArticleWarburg Pincus invests $130 mln in growth of Assent Compliance
Assent Compliance, an Ottawa-based supply-chain data management company, has secured a $130 million investment from Warburg Pincus, a U.S. private equity firm. As a result, Warburg Managing Director...
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