North America

VCs foresee more flat and down rounds this year for companies that last raised capital at heady valuations during the venture boom.

Based in Toronto, Kensington is an alternative investment firm with C$2.6 billion in assets under management.

Founded in 2017, Travel Buggy distributes its brand of power wheelchairs online and through a network of over 300 home medical stores.

Brookfield Asset Management has committed to a structured equity investment of up to C$320 million in the privatized company.

VCs have low expectations for IPOs, but see a rebound in M&A, citing optimism about lower interest rates and interest from private equity investors and better-capitalized public companies eager to get teams and technologies at a discount.

Safe Software is a Vancouver-based enterprise integration company providing support for spatial data.

The acquisition lays the foundation for a one-stop shop for clients of both organisations, Andy Lund and Matt Swain tell PEI.

Terra Insights is a Vancouver-based geotechnical, structural and geospatial monitoring company.