Busbud secures additional Series C financing
2022-06-15
LP Maurice, Michael Gradek and Frédéric Thouin founded Busbud secured additional Series C funding from existing investors. Continue Reading
Trexity announces $5M seed financing led TELUS Ventures
2022-05-26
Trexity announced $5M seed financing led by TELUS Ventures, with participation from Studio VC, Shindico, Jay Myers, and private investors. TELUS’ Brian Martin joined founders Darren Schnare, Alok Ahuja and Mathieu Bouchard on Trexity’s board of directors. Continue Reading
Bill Gates reduces CN stake to below 10% with $168M share sales
2022-05-17
Bill Gates and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust sold additional $168M Canadian National Railway Company (CN) shares. Gates ceases to be CN’s only 10% plus beneficial shareholder. Continue Reading
Bill Gates and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust dispose $185.6M CN shares
2022-05-04
William H. Gates III/Cascade Investment, L.L.C. and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust sold $186.2M Canadian National Railway Company (CN) shares through the facilities of TSX. Gates remains as CN’s only 10% plus beneficial shareholder. Continue Reading
Tengiva secures $3.15M seed financing led by Fonds Ecofuel
2022-05-04
Annie Cyr and Carlos Agudelo founded Tengiva secured $3.15M seed funding from Fonds Ecofuel, N49P, Inovia Capital, Anges Québec, Active Impact Investments, $1.8M in funding from Investissement Québec and Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Fonds Ecofuel’s Johanne Sévigny joined Tengiva board. Continue Reading
Boundless Life secures US $2M seed financing led by IDEA Fund Partners
2022-04-18
Mauro Repacci, Eleni Zoi, Marcos Carvalho and Rekha Magon founded Boundless Life securedUS $2M seed funding led by IDEA Fund Partners with participation of Anges Quebec, Avalanche VC, CUBD Ventures, Massive BC, GV Angels, several founding families, and other investors. Continue Reading
Brookfield Business Partners to acquire CDK Global for US $8.3B
2022-04-07
Brookfield Business Partners, together with institutional partners, to acquired CDK Global at US $54.87 per share for an enterprise value of US $8.3B. Continue Reading
Fairfax Financial Holdings ups stake in Atlas Corp. to 45.1%
2022-03-30
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited to acquire additional 25M shares of Atlas Corp. through warrant exercises, increasing beneficial ownership from 39.6% to 45.1% of issued and outstanding common shares of Atlas. Continue Reading
Bain Capital Private Equity’s Imperial Dade to acquire Veritiv Canada for CDN $240M
2022-03-18
Bain Capital Private Equity and Audax Private Equity backed Imperial Dade to expand into Canada with acquisition of Veritiv Canada, Inc. business from Veritiv Corporation (NYSE: VRTV) for CDN $240M. Continue Reading
StoreToDoor Technologies secures $1.25M seed financing
2022-03-11
Scott Love’s StoreToDoor secured $1.25M seed funding from Inverted Ventures, LEX Capital Corp., Golden Opportunities Fund, Startup TNT, and private investors. Continue Reading
Calico secures $2M seed financing led by Serena Ventures
2022-03-08
Kathleen Chan’s Calico secured $2M seed funding led by Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures with participation of Maple VC, Inovia Capital, Hyphen Capital , a group of early Shopify employees and other investors. Continue Reading
Onex’s WestJet Airlines to acquire Sunwing from Hunter Family
2022-03-02
Onex Corporation controlled WestJet Airlines Ltd. to acquire Sunwing Travel Group Inc., consisting of Sunwing Vacations Inc. and Sunwing Airlines, from Toronto’s Hunter family which will join Onex as equity shareholder in WestJet. Continue Reading
Busbud announces WIND Ventures led US $11M financing and Recorrido acquisition
2022-02-22
Busbud raised US $11 M from WIND Ventures, Canadian Business Growth Fund, Export Development Canada and K3 Ventures, and acquired Recorrido from founders Tilmann Alexander Heygden, Julian Valentin Deutschle, Lennart Sönke Ruff, Simon Josef Narli, and investors IGneous, Mountain Chile, Wayra Chile, Mountain Partners and Mercurius Private Equity Continue Reading
Novacap backed FortNine acquires Defender
2022-02-17
Novacap Industries V backed FortNine acquired of Defender Industries Inc. from Stephan Lance and familyContinue Reading
RideCo secures US $20M Series A led by Eclipse Ventures
2022-02-17
Prem Gururajan and Matthew Monteyne founded RideCo secured $20M Series A funding led by Eclipse Ventures.Continue Reading
DOZR secures $27.5M Series B led by Builders VC and BDC Capital
2022-02-08
DOZR secured CDN $27.5M Series B funding led by Builders VC and BDC Capital with participation from BaseCamp Equity Partners. Continue Reading
CC&L Infrastructure acquires majority stake in LANDMARK Student Transportation
2022-01-20
Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure acquired a majority stake in LANDMARK Student Transportation. LANDMARK current management team led by Kirk Flach, President & CEO, will continue to oversee its operations and growth.
Continue Reading
