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BDC Growth Equity Partners takes minority interest in PMC EnergyPMC is a provider of energy efficiency retrofits and services, HVAC and automation.
Respiratory care draws in PE: 5 dealsCVC Capital, Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Kensington Capital Partners are among the PE firms investing in respiratory care.
Canadian LPs commit to energy transition fundThe Canada Growth Fund, CDPQ, Investissement Québec and BDC Capital have announced a combined $145m commitment to MKB Partners Fund III.
Oh, Canada LPs: Do more for local VCsFor the most part, domestic LPs are not keen to commit to homegrown funds, says Thomas Birch, a managing director at CDPQ.
Canada’s quest to recharge its growth trajectoryAfter a couple of years of slower growth, Canada’s venture system is re-energized and poised to resume its expansion.
Canadian LPs are feeling constrainedThe capital needed to grow category-leading companies up north is beyond the capacity of LPs in Canada, which could make fundraising by VC managers more difficult.
Digital health tech platform Swift Medical closes $8m roundThe round was led by existing investors BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund and Virgo Investment Group.
Xaba collects $2m in BDC Capital-led seed round extensionXaba is a Toronto-based AI-powered cognitive software solution to automate and enable sustainable manufacturing.
Carbon removal platform Deep Sky fetches C$75m in Series A roundThe round included C$57.5 million in new capital led by Brightspark Ventures and Whitecap Venture Partners.
Agritech platform 4AG Robotics secures C$17.5m in financingBDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund and InBC Investment Corp led the round.