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Cerba HealthCare to acquire Canadian Contract Research Laboratory CIRION
EQT Private Equity and PSP Investments backed Cerba HealthCare acquired CIRION BioPharma Research Inc. from founders Dr. Sylvain Desrochers and Dr. Lise Dallaire
ABP and OMERS to acquire Alliander’s metering business, Kenter
APG Asset Management on behalf of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and OMERS Infrastructure entered into agreement to acquire Kenter from Alliander N.V. for undisclosed amount.
Boxhub secures US $12.4M Series A
Boxhub secured $12.4M Series A led by AlleyCorp with participation from Solasta Ventures, Interplay VC, FJ Labs, and Hum Capital. AlleyCorp Partner Susannah Shipton joined Boxhub board of directors.
Egis to acquire McIntosh Perry from Signal Hill
Tikehau Capital, Caisse des Dépôts backed Egis to acquire McIntosh Perry and Beam, Longest and Neff, LLC from Signal Hill Equity Partners and other shareholders.
Chrysalix Venture Capital holds initial close for Carbon Neutrality Fund
Chrysalix Venture Capital hold initial close for 5th fund, US $120M targeted Carbon Neutrality Fund, with commitments from Evonik, LyondellBasell, Siam Cement Group (SCG), and a North American leader in forestry, pulp and paper products.
Bunge to acquire Viterra for US $9B
Bunge Limited to acquire Viterra Limited from Glencore, CPP Investments, BCI for US $8.2B in a stock and cash transaction ($6.2B in stock, $2B in cash). Bunge will assume US $9.8B of Viterra debt (associated with $9B of highly-liquid Readily Marketable Inventories).
Panaxium secures financing
Brad Schmidt and Pierre Leleux founded Panaxium secured equity investment from the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) to fund preclinical work that is required for its neuromodulation stroke therapy human clinical trials.
Infineon Technologies to acquire GaN Systems for US $830M
Infineon Technologies to acquire GaN Systems for US $830M from investors, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Cycle Capital Management, BMW i Ventures, SPARX Group, Fidelity Investments, Vitesco Technologies, BDC Capital, Tsing Capital, RockPort Capital, Export Development Canada (EDC), and others.
Torc Robotics to acquire GM Ventures backed Algolux
Daimler Truck AG's Torc Robotics to acquire Algolux from Allan Benchetrit led management shareholders and GM Ventures, Generation Ventures, Drive Capital, Forté Ventures, Real Ventures, Intact Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Playground Ventures.
impak Ratings acquires Exerica
Paul Allard led and Société Générale Ventures and Altalurra Ventures backed impak Ratings acquired Exerica from founder Maxim Miller.
Avast paid US $326M for SecureKey Technologies
Avast plc paid US $325.9M for acquisition of SecureKey Technologies Inc. from Blue Sky Capital, Intel Capital, BMO, CIBC, RBC, ScotiaBank, TD, Desjardins, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, TELUS, and Rogers Venture Partners.
McCain Foods acquires vegetable-based snack maker Scelta Products
McCain Foods acquired Kruiningen, Netherlands based Scelta Products from founders Jos Koster and Wilco Boone. Scelta Mushrooms, cofounder of Scelta Products, will solely focus on its mushroom business going forward.
Irini Kalamakis joins OMERS Infrastructure as Head of Strategic Partnerships
OMERS Infrastructure appointed Irini Kalamakis Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic Partnerships. Kalamakis will join OMERS Infrastructure's global Management Committee and report directly to Annesley Wallace, Global Head of Infrastructure.
Sokol, Fairfax, Washington, Ocean Network Express to take Atlas private for US $4.1B
David L. Sokol, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, the Washington Family, and Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. proposed to take Atlas Corp. (NYSE: ATCO) for US $4.1B or US $1.3B to minority shareholders.
OMERS Private Equity acquires Bionic from ECI Partners
OMERS Private Equity acquired Bionic Services Limited from ECI Partners and founders, Jeremy Elliott and Jonathan Elliott, with management team led by CEO Paul Galligan, ECI Partners and founders holding minority stakes.
OMERS Private Equity to acquire Livingbridge backed Network Plus
OMERS Private Equity entered into an agreement with Dan Holland and Stuart Fraser led management shareholders and Livingbridge to acquire Network Plus for undisclosed amount.
Acton Capital names Hannes Blum new partner in Vancouver
Acton Capital expanded team in Europe and presence in North America with Dr. Hannes Blum becoming new partner to head investments in Canada and US, and Dr. Sophie Ahrens-Gruber joining Munich investment team.
Digital 9 Infrastructure to acquire CPP Investments’ 48% stake in Arqiva for £300M
Triple Point Investment Management LLP managed Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (LSE: DGI9) to acquire 48.02% voting stake in Arqiva Group Limited from CPP Investments for £300 million or CDN $585 million.
