Crown Capital puts $25 mln loan to work in Persta Resources
Canadian specialty finance firm Crown Capital Partners has provided a $25 million term loan to Persta Resources Inc, a Calgary-based oil and gas company. Established in 2005, Persta explores, develops,...
View ArticlePE-backed Access buys six Canadian records managers
Access, a U.S. records and information management services provider, has acquired six Canadian records management companies operating together as Innovative Records Systems Corp. No financial terms...
View ArticleConifex to buy Blue Wolf-owned U.S. sawmills in $258 mln deal
Conifex Timber Inc (TSX: CFF) has agreed to acquire BW Group, which holds interests in the Suwannee sawmill in Cross City, Florida and the Caddo River sawmill in Glenwood, Arkansas. The deal is valued...
View ArticleTriple Flag to buy Centerra’s royalty, stream assets for $256 mln
Toronto-based mining company Centerra Gold Inc (TSX: CG) has agreed to sell the precious metals royalty portfolio and Kemess project silver stream of AuRico Metals Inc to Triple Flag Mining Finance...
View ArticleHighline BETA unveils accelerator program for women angels
Highline BETA has relaunched Female Funders Angel Academy, an accelerator program for women executives pursuing angel investing. Highline BETA’s Female Funders will partner with the National Angel...
View ArticleLynx Equity acquires British furniture dealership Day 2
Canadian private equity firm Lynx Equity has acquired Day 2 Interiors Ltd, a London-based office furniture dealer and commercial furniture scheme consultant. No financial terms were released. Founded...
View ArticleOntario Teachers’ buys CEO stake in music publisher Ole
Music publisher Ole said its founder and CEO, Robert Ott, has sold his stake in the company to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. No financial terms were disclosed. Launched in 2004 with the backing of...
View ArticleCrown Capital provides $10 mln long-term loan to Mill Street
Crown Capital Partners has provided a 10-year loan of $10 million to Mill Street & Co, a Toronto-based private investment firm. Founded in 2013, Mill Street acquires privately-held small and...
View ArticleCanopy Growth to take ownership of VC-backed BC Tweed
Canopy Growth Corp (TSX: WEED) has conditionally agreed to acquire the 33 percent stake of cannabis production brand BC Tweed Joint Venture Inc not currently owned by the company. With the deal’s...
View ArticleMedical data company Canary Medical wins $33.2 mln in VC
Vancouver medical data company Canary Medical Inc has raised an investment of about $12.8 million (US$10 million) from the global health sciences fund of Canadian venture capital firm Quark Venture and...
View ArticleCDPQ to grow Invenergy Renewables ownership to 52.4 pct
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has agreed to acquire an additional interest in Invenergy Renewables LLC, a renewable energy business affiliated with Chicago-based Invenergy LLC. No...
View ArticlePE-backed Velvet Energy looks to buy Iron Bridge for $120 mln
Velvet Energy Ltd has begun an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Iron Bridge Resources Inc (TSX: IBR), a Calgary-based junior oil and gas company focused on a Montney...
View ArticleEngineering talent solution Terminal closes $13 mln Series A
Terminal, a Kitchener, Ontario-based builder of remote engineering teams, has raised $13 million in a Series A financing. The round included investments from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thiel Capital,...
View ArticleDooly seeded with $2 mln in ScaleUP Ventures-led round
Dooly, a Vancouver-based enterprise sales solution, has raised $2 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by ScaleUP Ventures and joined by Panache Ventures, Pallasite Ventures and New...
View ArticleFiix raises $15.5 mln Series B financing led by BuildGroup
Toronto-based maintenance software provider Fiix has secured about $15.5 million (US$12 million) in a Series B financing. The round was led by BuildGroup, which also led the company’s Series A in 2016....
View ArticleKayne, Yaletown invest $16 mln in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc, a Calgary-based developer of advanced post-processing software for the cardiac imaging (CVI) industry, has secured $16 million in follow-on funding. The round was led...
View ArticleTA Associates-backed Marc Anthony files Canadian IPO
MAV Beauty Brands Inc, the holding company for Toronto-based beauty specialist Marc Anthony Cosmetics Inc, has filed a preliminary prospectus with Canadian securities regulators for an initial public...
View ArticleAvrij Analytics raises $1.2 mln from NBIF, TVC, others investors
Avrij Analytics, a Fredericton-based sports analytics technology startup, has secured $1.2 million in financing. The round was led by New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), which invested...
View ArticleCDPQ, Fonds de solidarité FTQ invest in Stingray’s NCC buy
Montréal-based media company Stingray Digital Group Inc (TSX: RAY.A-.B) has raised $40 million from its issue of private placement subscription receipts to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. A...
View ArticlePartners Group to buy stake in CPPIB-backed GlobalLogic
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a stake in GlobalLogic Inc, a U.S. provider of digital product development services, from U.K. private equity firm Apax Partners. The...
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