Onex Partners VI Group sold additional 37.5M shares of SIG Combibloc (SWX: SIGN) for US $556M, for aggregate proceeds of US $1.645B, more than fully recoup US $1.2B equity investment
Ampersand Capital Partners owned Nexelis to acquire ImmunXperts from Thibault Jonckheere, Sofie Pattij, Sambrinvest.
Cornell Capital, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Investissement Québec, HarbourVest Partners backed Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/ONE) to acquire Italy’s Zobele Group
Fonds de solidarité FTQ committed €5M to Theodorus IV, a Université Libre de Bruxelles spinoff seed fund. Theodorus to open Montreal office led by Théo Risopoulos.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to invest €2.7B in Alstom S.A. including €2B cash proceeds as part of €5.8B acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom
ClearMacro, an independent investment analytics provider, secured minority investment from British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)
Searchlight Capital Partners to acquire a majority stake in Global Risk Partners from Peter Cullum, David Margrett and Penta Capital
Insight Venture Partners and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) backed AMCS acquired TRUX Route Management Systems
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in Castik Capital controlled Waterlogic
HGGC, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) backed Davies’ acquisition of Keoghs with new equity investments
ArcTern Ventures II secured $20M in commitments from Norway government-owned Nysnø Climate Investments and will open European office in Oslo, Norway
Ontario Teachers’ sold a portion (13% or less) of Brussels Airport stake to Australia’s TCorp and Japan’s pension reserve fund/GPIF (through a StepStone managed vehicle).
France’s Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale consolidated North America investment subsidiaries, CIC Capital Canada and CIC Capital Ventures under Crédit Mutuel Equity.
Sun Life Financial to acquire 80% stake in UK’s infrastructure and real estate investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners for $515M
OPB backed Snow Software acquired Embotics from Arrowroot Capital others
Walter Global Asset Management acquired minority stake and entered strategic partnership with Quadra Capital Partners, an alternative investment and asset management firm, with offices in London, Paris and Madrid.
Searchlight Capital Partners expanded infrastructure investment team with hiring Andrew Claerhout, OTPP’s former Senior MD, Infrastructure, as Partner
