National Hockey League (NHL) closes debt financing
2021-01-15
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
