Gumloop secures US $3.1M seed financing
Max Brodeur-Urbas and Rahul Behal founded Gumloop secured US $3.1M seed funding led by First Round Capital with participation from Y Combinator, and private investors.
Read moreAgilent Technologies to acquire BIOVECTRA
Agilent Technologies to acquire BIOVECTRA, a Charlottetown, PEI based CDMO, from H.I.G. Capital for US $925 million.
Read moreA&W Food Services of Canada to acquire A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund
TorQuest Partners backed A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. to combine with A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund to form a new public company with TorQuest owning 19.4%, other current A&W Food Services shareholders owning 39.6%, and existing Fund unitholders owning 41%. Susan Senecal continues to lead the newco as CEO.
Read moreWildBrain enters into US $415 senior secure credit facility
Fine Capital backed WildBrain entered into an agreement with a group of private lenders, led by Sagard and Comvest Credit Partners, for a new 5-year US $415M Senior Secured Credit Facility consisting of US $375M term loan and $40 M revolving credit facility
Read moreCouche-Tard to re-purchase $700M shares held by CDPQ
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to repurchase for cancellation of 8,695,652 common shares of Couche-Tard held by CDPQ at $80.50 per share for consideration of $700M. CDPQ will continue to hold 32.8M shares.
Read moreWorkstaff secures $1.6M seed financing
Nick Dauchez, Pascal Dauchez, David Marquis led Workstaff secured $1.6M seed funding from Impulsion PME/Investissement Québec and Anges Québec.
Read moreProtexxa secures $10M Series A
Claudette McGowan led Protexxa secured $10M Series A funding from Bell Ventures, Sandpiper Ventures, Export Development Canada, BKR Capital, The Firehood Angels, Graphite Ventures, and private investors.
Read moreClio secures US $900M Series F at US $3B Valuation
Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau led Clio secured US $900M Series F at US $3B valuation led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sixth Street Growth, CapitalG, Tidemark, TCV, JMI Equity, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc./T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., OMERS. Tony Florence, co-CEO at NEA, joined Clio's board of directors.
Read moreFairfax to take Sleep Country private for $1.7B
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited to acquire Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. from Mackenzie Financial Corporation, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Christine Magee, Stewart Schaefer, other shareholders for $35 a share for an enterprise value of $1.7B.
Read morePlanned Enterprise secures $35M Series B
Venture Capital Deals, Business Products and Services, Consumer Products and Services, Quebec, IT and Telecom, Transportation and Logistics
Marc-Antoine Bonin and Emeric Noel led Planned secures $35M Series B led by Drive Capital with participation from Outsiders Fund and others. Frederic Lalonde, CEO of Hopper, joined Planned Enterprise board.
Read moreDCM Group acquires DH Aerospace Holding
Thrust Capital Partners, Investissement Québec and Desjardins Capital backed DCM Group Inc. acquired DH Aerospace Holding Inc. o/a Koss Aerospace and Brampton Processing from Dragomir and Helene Cajic family. Alexander Cajic will continue under new ownership as VP Ontario Division.
Read moreMKB Equity Partners launches Fund III with initial close
Jesse Teichman, Antonio Occhionero, Kenneth MacKinnon, and Chanel Damphousse led MKB Partners Fund III launched with initial close.
Read moreRainStick Shower secures $2.6M seed+ financing
Alisha McFetridge and Sean McFetridge founded RainStick Shower secured $2.6M seed+ funding led by Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, with participation from BDC Capital, BuildTech VC, and private investors.
Read moreArtificial.Agency secures US $16M seed financing
Brian Tanner, Alex Kearney, Andrew Butcher, and Mike Johanson founded Artificial.Agency Inc. disclosed US $16M seed funding led by Radical Ventures with participation of Toyota Ventures, Flying Fish, Kaya, BDC Capital, TIRTA Ventures, and other investors including Dr. Richard Sutton. Daniel Mulet from Radical joined Artificial.Agency board.
Read moreACEL Power secures US $10M in Series A – updated
Venture Capital Deals, British Columbia, CleanTech, Power and Utilities, Transportation and Logistics
Anthony Liu and John Liu founded ACEL Power secured US $10M Series A led by Tau Capital, an Abu Dhabi based private venture capital firm. Brad Allen, Managing Director at Tau Capital, joined ACEL board of directors.
Read moreReliON secures $3M seed financing
Benoit Lacroix and Jesse White founded ReliON secured $3M funding led by Diagram Ventures, with participation from MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), AQC Capital, Anges Québec, Cycle Momentum.
Read moreCleveland-Cliffs to acquire Stelco for CDN $3.4B
Cleveland-Cliffs to acquire Stelco from Fairfax Financial Holdings, Alan Kestenbaum, Lindsay Goldberg LLC, and other shareholders for enterprise value of $3.4B
Read moreCAI Capital Partners VII surpasses VI with new close
Curtis Johansson and Tracey McVicar led CAI Capital Partners held additional close for CAI Capital Partners VII, with capital commitments surpassing total amount raised by the sixth fund
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