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Media and Entertainment

National Hockey League (NHL) closes debt financing

2021-01-15
On: January 15, 2021
In: Private Deals, Media and Entertainment, United States

National Hockey League (NHL) closed private placement of senior secured debentures with US $174 million from Canadian investors.
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Catalyst Capital Group led investor group closes Cirque du Soleil transaction

2020-11-24
On: November 24, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Quebec, Media and Entertainment

Catalyst Capital Group led investor group closed acquisition of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group out of CCAA and Chapter 15Continue Reading

TPG and CPP Investments make follow-on investments in Viking Cruises

2020-11-09
On: November 9, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Consumer Products and Services, Media and Entertainment

TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) increased investments in Viking Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Viking Cruises. Continue Reading

Quarter4 secures seed financing

2020-10-27
On: October 27, 2020
In: Angel Deals, Ontario, IT and Telecom, Media and Entertainment

Kelly Brooks and Danijela Covic’s Quarter4 closed a pre-seed round of financing with a group of private investors including Melissa Durrell of Durrell Communications and Hazem Dawani of Predata.
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BDC Capital and CIBC back recap of De Marque with $5M funding

2020-10-07
On: October 7, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Quebec, IT and Telecom, Media and Entertainment

BDC Capital and CIBC provided $5M backing De Marque recap with Marc Boutet becoming majority shareholder, Média-Patricipations Paris, Madrigall/Flammarion as minority shareholders. Charles Blouin, Director of Growth and Transition Capital, led BDC Capital transactionContinue Reading

Trive Capital closes $224M privatization of Seven Aces

2020-08-12
On: August 12, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Ontario, IT and Telecom, Media and Entertainment, United States

Trive Capital, in partnership with CEO Manu Sekhri, completed privatization of Seven Aces Limited (TSX-V: ACES) for $224M or $174M to minority shareholdersContinue Reading

New Star Capital to acquire Century Casino Calgary operations for $10M

2020-08-05
On: August 5, 2020
In: Alberta, Private Equity Deals, Consumer Products and Services, Media and Entertainment

2267166 Alberta, an affiliate of New Star Capital, to acquire casino operations of Century Casino Calgary from Century Casinos for CDN $10.0 million.Continue Reading

Torstar postpones closing of NordStar arrangement pending CMMH appeal

2020-07-29
On: July 29, 2020
In: M&A/Exit Deals, Ontario, Media and Entertainment

Torstar postponed closing of arrangement with NordStar Capital LP pending appeal by Matthew Proud and Canadian Modern Media Holdings Inc.Continue Reading

Bitove and Rivett’s NorStar ups bid for Fairfax backed Torstar from $0.63 to $0.74 for $60M

2020-07-12
On: July 12, 2020
In: M&A/Exit Deals, Ontario, Media and Entertainment

Jordan Bitove, Paul Rivett controlled NorStar increased bid price for Torstar (TSX: TS.B) from $0.63 to $0.74 for $60.2M in aggregate. Fairfax to tender its 28,876,337 Class B sharesContinue Reading

TPG, Fosun, CDPQ, IQ submit staking hors bid to acquire Cirque du Soleil

2020-06-29
On: June 29, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Quebec, Media and Entertainment

TPG, Fosun, CDPQ submitted “stalking horse” bid to acquire Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group with US $200M debt funding from Investissement Québec. Secured creditors to own 45% in restructured Cirque du SoleilContinue Reading

Indiegraf launches with Google and Facebook backing

2020-05-27
On: May 27, 2020
In: Venture Capital Deals, British Columbia, IT and Telecom, Media and Entertainment

Indiegraf Media, a network of publisher and media entrepreneurs, launched with seed funding from the Google News Initiative and Facebook Journalism ProjectContinue Reading

Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett to take Fairfax backed Torstar private for $51.3M

2020-05-26
On: May 26, 2020
In: M&A/Exit Deals, Ontario, Media and Entertainment

Jordan Bitove, Paul Rivett and families to acquire Torstar (TSX: TS.B) at $0.63 per Class A and B share for $51.3M. Fairfax to tender its 40.3% stake of Class B shares for $18.2MContinue Reading

Ziva Dynamics closes oversubscribed US $7M seed financing

2020-05-13
On: May 13, 2020
In: Venture Capital Deals, British Columbia, IT and Telecom, Media and Entertainment

Ziva Dynamics secured US $7M seed funding from Grishin Robotics, Toyota AI Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partners’ New Horizons Fund, and others. Dmitry Grishin of Grishin Robotics will join Ziva board.Continue Reading

Aimia acquires 10% stake in Clear Media for $75M

2020-05-13
On: May 13, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Business Products and Services, Media and Entertainment, Asia Pacific

Aimia acquired a 10% stake for $75M in Chinese outdoor advertising firm Clear Media to be controlled by a consortium including Clear Media CEO Han Zi Jing, Jack Yun Ma, JCDecaux and JIC Capital .
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Quebecor discloses intent to acquire Cirque du Soleil

2020-05-04
On: May 4, 2020
In: M&A/Exit Deals, Quebec, Media and Entertainment

Quebecor (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) disclosed bid for TPG Capital, Fosun and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) owned Cirque du SoleilContinue Reading

Longridge Partners led group to acquire Devil’s Pulpit Golf

2020-02-24
On: February 24, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Ontario, Consumer Products and Services, Media and Entertainment

John Clark and Mackenzie Crawford’s Longridge Partners to acquire Devil’s Pulpit Golf Association of Caledon on behalf of a member-based group.Continue Reading

CDPQ acquires Guy Laliberté stake, ups stake in Cirque du Soleil to 20%

2020-02-17
On: February 17, 2020
In: Private Equity Deals, Quebec, Media and Entertainment

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec acquired Guy Laliberté’s Cirque du Soleil stake to increase ownership to 20%. TPG remained as majority shareholder with Fosun and CDPQ as minority shareholders.Continue Reading

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