Private Equity
A PwC Canada-CVCA study found small businesses in Canada backed by private equity investment showed stronger growth relative to non-PE backed equivalents.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Audax Private Equity has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in 48forty from Grey Mountain Partners.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Hudson Pacific Properties and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to purchase 1918 8th Avenue, a 668,000-square-foot office tower in Seattle, Washington for US$625 million.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Onex Corp has sold 32.3 million shares of SIG Combibloc Group, a Switzerland-based systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging.
4 min read · 01 December 2020
Canadian mid-market private equity firm Clairvest Group has invested in Brunswick Bierworks, a Toronto-based maker of beer, pre-mixed alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beer and other drinks.
2 min read · 01 December 2020
Cinven and British Columbia Investment Management Corp have agreed to acquire Compre Group, a European specialist consolidator of closed books of non-life insurance policies.
4 min read · 01 December 2020
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has acquired a majority stake in NVISION Eye Centers, an Aliso Viejo, California-based provider of comprehensive eye care services.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Lessons learned from PE-backed companies that had the vision to nimbly reinvent their operations in response to the pandemic
7 min read · 01 December 2020
ServiceNow has agreed to acquire Element AI, a Montreal-based developer of artificial intelligence-enabled software solutions.
3 min read · 30 November 2020
Lion Electric Company, a St-Jérôme, Quebec-based maker of electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has agreed to combine with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company.
6 min read · 30 November 2020