PE Hub Staff

12 dealmakers shine in 40 under 40 list of future PE leaders

40 under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity. Meet the dealmakers demonstrating innovation, drive and forward thinking.

Deals of the Year for 2022

KKR gets the top award for its exit of CHI Overhead Doors, and for its forward-looking employee ownership view. Our winners for best deals of 2022 are in six categories.

Clearspring and OneLink invest in driving schools network Tecnic

Founded by the Sévigny and Aubé families in 1985, the Tecnic network includes 160 driving schools across Quebec and more than 1,000 instructors.

AIMCo appoints Marlene Puffer as new chief investment officer

Puffer will assume her new role on January 30, 2023.

Greenfire Resources to go public in US with $950m SPAC merger

Greenfire Resources, a Calgary-based intermediate low-cost oil sands producer, has agreed to combine with M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

PE-backed Foodtastic closes C$175m debt facility for acquisitions

The lending group is led by National Bank of Canada and includes Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Western Bank and the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Junior capital provider Penfund closes seventh fund at C$1.6bn

Fund VII will maintain Penfund's long-time strategy as a specialty lender, focusing on second lien, mezzanine, private high yield loans and other credit products.

Lynx Equity acquires Resource4Floors, adds to flooring portfolio

Lynx, a Canadian private equity firm, specializes in acquiring and consolidating companies in the commercial flooring industry.

Blackstone Credit ups debt funding for Westland to $1.4bn

Following its initial investment in January 2021 and further investment in January 2022, Blackstone Credit has led an additional $200 million commitment.

Danilee Capital invests in SAP staffing solutions company Addmore

The investment in Addmore marks Danilee's second platform acquisition by a fund launched earlier this year.