IMCO taps CPPIB’s Christian Hensley to lead public equities, credit
Investment Management Corp of Ontario (IMCO) has hired Christian Hensley as senior managing director, public equities and credit, effective April 9, 2019. Hensley joins IMCO from Canada Pension Plan...
View ArticleVenture-backed PointClickCare acquires QuickMAR
PointClickCare Technologies has acquired QuickMAR, an Eagle, Idaho-based medication management software company. No financial terms were disclosed. PointClickCare, a Toronto-based cloud software...
View ArticleBDC, NEA to vote for $1.31 bln acquisition of Clementia
BDC Capital‘s Healthcare Venture Fund and New Enterprises Associates (NEA) have agreed to vote in favour of Ipsen‘s acquisition of Clementia Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CMTA). Last month, France’s Ipsen...
View ArticleIAM lends $45 mln to seafood producer Cooke Aquaculture
Integrated Asset Management Corp (IAM) has provided a $45 million loan to fund an operating lease package for Cooke Aquaculture Inc, a Black’s Harbour, New Brunswick-based seafood company. The loan is...
View ArticleCanadian affiliate of Odyssey-owned Barcodes buys QSG
OCR Canada Ltd, a Toronto-based provider of automated identification data capture solutions, has acquired QSG Inc, a Montréal-based specialty systems integrator focused on field and supply chain...
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Alignvest’s plan to roll up Canada’s off-campus student housing sector
While institutions pour billions of dollars into student-housing assets globally, a local private equity fund is looking to consolidate Canada’s fast-evolving sector. Last July, Alignvest Student...
View ArticleMcCain Capital acquires event rental provider Chair-man Mills
Canadian mid-market private equity firm McCain Capital Partners (MCP) has acquired Chair-man Mills, Event Rental Group and Advanced Tent Rental (CMMC), together a Toronto-based event rental specialist....
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Ontario Teachers’-owned BluEarth buys Butter Solar portfolio
BluEarth Renewables LP has acquired the Butter Solar portfolio, a 22.9 megawatt AC portfolio of 10 solar projects located in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Terms weren’t released. The seller was...
View ArticleVC-backed Lightspeed to raise up to $276 mln in TSX debut
Lightspeed POS, a Montréal-based point-of-sale solution for retailers, restaurants and e-commerce businesses, will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today under the symbol LSPD. The...
View ArticleFonds de solidarité FTQ puts $5 mln more to work in IMV
Fonds de solidarité FTQ has invested $5 million in IMV Inc (TSX, Nasdaq: IMV), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with offices and labs in Halifax and Québec City. The investment forms part of...
View ArticlePSP Investments partners in buy of U.K. student housing
A joint venture of Greystar Real Estate Partners, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and Allianz Real Estate has agreed to acquire Paul St East, a U.K. student housing asset. The...
View ArticleBrookfield’s private equity group to sell BGIS for $1.3 bln
The private equity group of Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to sell BGIS, a Markham, Ontario-based provider of integrated facilities management services, for about $1.3 billion (US$1 billion)....
View ArticleOaktree’s Neo Performance, Luxfer end $820 mln tie-up deal
Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE: LXFR) and Neo Performance Materials Inc (TSX: NEO) have agreed to cancel the former’s proposed acquisition of Neo, a Toronto-based maker of rare-earth and rare-metal-based...
View ArticleBlackstone’s GSO Capital Partners to set up shop in Toronto
U.S. investment firm Blackstone Group said its credit platform, GSO Capital Partners, will establish a new office in Toronto. The new location, part of an expansion in GSO’s North American origination...
View ArticleArdenton Capital invests in U.K. greeting cards business
Ardenton Capital Corp has invested in Budget Trading Ltd and Budget Greeting Cards Ltd (BGC), together a U.K. designer and seller of greetings cards, gift wrap, stationery and celebratory products....
View ArticleUnion Partners-owned Maksteel acquires LexWest Steel
Maksteel has acquired LexWest Steel, a Los Angeles-based full-line distributor of flat-rolled steel products in the United States. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which will see...
View ArticleEQT and PSP-backed Azelis acquires Chemroy Canada
Azelis SA has acquired Chemroy Canada Holdings Inc, a Brampton, Ontario-based specialty chemicals, plastics and food ingredients distributor. No financial terms were disclosed. Founded in 1967, Chemroy...
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Walter Craft Caesar closes Series A round with District Ventures
Walter Craft Caesar, a Vancouver-based producer of a healthy Caesar cocktail mix brand, has raised a Series A financing. The round, the value of which was not disclosed, was led by District Ventures...
View ArticleCaisse de dépôt leads $150 mln funding of China’s Mofang
Mofang Gongyu, a Shanghai, China-based institutional rental apartment operator, has raised US$150 million ($200 million) in a Series D financing. The round was led by Canadian pension fund manager...
View ArticleMobile haircare service Cribcut grows pre-seed deal to $1.1 mln
Cribcut, a Halifax-based mobile hair styling service, has raised $800,000 in the second tranche of a pre-seed financing, bringing the round to $1.06 million. The investors included Ramen Ventures,...
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