Serruya co-leads $6 mln Series B round of Plus Products
Plus Products, a U.S. branded cannabis products maker, has raised US$6 million in a Series B financing. The round was led by Serruya Private Equity, which invests on behalf of Canada’s Serruya family,...
View ArticleCPPIB invests $185 mln more in Indian shopping mall vehicle
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has invested $185 million in Island Star Mall Developers Pvt Ltd (ISMDPL), an Indian retail development investment platform co-owned with Mumbai’s The...
View ArticleHIG Capital’s Dominion Colour merges with Lansco
Dominion Colour Corp, a Toronto-based supplier of colour pigments, dispersions and preparations to the coatings, plastics and ink industries worldwide, has merged with Pearl River, New York-based...
View ArticleOnex-backed Clarivate Analytics acquires U.K. tech startup
Clarivate Analytics has acquired Kopernio Ltd, a London-based artificial intelligence-enabled manager of journal articles. No financial terms were released. Clarivate, a Philadelphia-based owner and...
View ArticleVeerum nabs $3.9 mln in Brick & Mortar-led seed round
Veerum has raised $3.9 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Brick & Mortar Ventures. It was joined by Blackhorn Ventures, Creative Ventures and several...
View ArticleiNovia brings on former Google, Blackberry execs as GPs
Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital has hired Patrick Pichette and Dennis Kavelman as general partners. Among the new GPs’ former financial and operational roles, Pichette served as senior...
View ArticleiNovia brings on former Google, Blackberry execs as GPs
Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital has hired Patrick Pichette and Dennis Kavelman as general partners. Among the new GPs’ former financial and operational roles, Pichette served as senior...
View ArticleOntario Teachers’ to buy 40 pct of European Camping Group
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has agreed to acquire a 40 percent minority stake in European Camping Group (ECG), an Aix-En-Provence, France-based provider of mobile-homes holiday rentals. No financial...
View ArticleEvolution helps Zoom.ai top up seed round to $5.2 mln
Zoom.ai Inc, a Toronto-based workplace automation solutions startup, has raised an additional $3.1 million for its seed-stage financing, bringing the round’s total to $5.2 million. Evolution Equity...
View ArticleFonds de solidarité FTQ backs Processia’s NobleTek buy
Processia Solutions has acquired Europe’s NobleTek BV and India’s NobleTek PLM Solutions Pvt Ltd, both product-lifecycle-management (PLM) consulting and integration services affiliates of U.S.-based...
View ArticleMaple Leaf Foods leads Series A funding of Entomo Farms
Entomo Farms, a Norwood, Ontario-based operator of a human-grade edible insect farm, has raised an undisclosed Series A financing. The investor was Canadian protein consumer packaged goods company...
View ArticleResverlogix secures $38 mln loan from Third Eye-led group
Calgary biotechnology company Resverlogix Corp (TSX: RVX) has received a commitment letter for a senior secured loan of about $38 million (US$30 million). The loan’s provider is a syndicate led by...
View ArticleUnion Partners acquires steel service centre Maksteel
U.S. private equity firm Union Partners has acquired Maksteel, a steel service centre and processor based in Mississauga, Ontario. No financial terms were released. The seller was the Welded Tube of...
View ArticleFrontier Capital invests in growth of Agreement Express
Agreement Express, a Vancouver-based onboarding automation platform for financial services, has secured an undisclosed majority investment from Frontier Capital, a U.S. growth equity firm. As a result...
View ArticleCanadian VC sees biggest Q1 since dot-com era as top deals nab $927 mln
Canada’s venture capital market has started the year with a bang. The market’s top 10 first-quarter VC financings drew a substantial $927 million from investors. That’s up 40 percent from the $661...
View ArticleCanadian VC sees biggest Q1 since dot-com era as top deals nab C$927 mln
Subscription RequiredCanada’s venture capital market has started the year with a bang. The market’s top 10 first-quarter VC financings drew a substantial C$927 million ($726 million) from investors....
View ArticleAngel-backed Genesis Robotics wins Koch investment
Genesis Robotics, the robotics affiliate of Langley, British Columbia-based Genesis Advanced Technology (GAT), has received a strategic, controlling investment from a unit of U.S.-based Koch Industries...
View ArticleNemaska inks $150 mln lithium streaming deal with Orion
Québec City-based lithium company Nemaska Lithium Inc (TSX: NMX) has struck a US$150 million streaming deal with Orion Mine Finance Group, a U.S. mining private equity firm. The transaction forms part...
View ArticleVC-backed TruLeaf closes strategic deal with McCain Foods
Canadian food company McCain Foods Ltd has made an undisclosed strategic investment in TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture Ltd, a Bedford, Nova Scotia-based agricultural technology company. Founded in 2011...
View ArticleFondaction CSN commits capital to AmorChem Fund II
AmorChem Group said Fondaction CSN, a Québec private equity and venture capital firm, has committed an undisclosed amount to the firm’s second seed-stage biotechnology fund. AmorChem II Fund LP last...
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