New Member Profile: Stack Capital
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
2y ago
Photo: Stack Capital IPO Day, June 2021. (Left-to-right): Jimmy Viaopoulos (CFO), Jason Meiers (CIO), Jeff Parks (CEO), & Brian Viveiros (VP, Corporate Development & Investor Relations). Our series profiling CVCA’s new members continues—providing insight into the organizations in our community. We’re thrilled to profile a new CVCA member, Stack Capital. Stack Capital is a recently formed investment holding company with a mission to democratize access into some of the world’s most innovative and disruptive, growth and late-stage private companies. The company has the flexibility to inve ..read more
Visit website
Welcome to CVCA Exchange
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
2y ago
CVCA Central Exchange is a dedicated space for the Canadian private capital ecosystem to share professional industry content. Here you will find user-submitted content designed to keep you informed and updated about what’s happening around the ecosystem. Have content you want to share? Submit your content here. The post Welcome to CVCA Exchange appeared first on CVCA Central ..read more
Visit website
ESG in Private Equity: What Does It Mean and How to Get Involved
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
2y ago
Both sustainable finance and the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions have gained momentum in Canada this year across all asset classes. In the private capital space, ESG is no longer just a topic of interest to impact investment firms but has become mainstream with conventional sponsors of all sizes. Here we break down the difference between ESG integration and sustainable finance in the context of private equity (PE), and provide examples of how to get started on your firm’s ESG journey. Knowing the Difference: ESG Integration vs. Sustain ..read more
Visit website
Desjardins Capital Invests CAD $60M in QScale
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
2y ago
Sustainability, with global ambitions In July 2021, Martin Bouchard, President of Québec-based Fonds QScale S.E.C. (QScale), announced a world-class project embracing both artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). Rolling out over the next seven years, the eight implementation phases of QScale’s bold plan will represent total investments of $867 million. As a lead investor in the project, Desjardins Group will be on the front lines to support and foster this far-sighted undertaking: one of the most significant international initiatives combining artificial in ..read more
Visit website
Shared Vision and Partnership: Cooper Equipment Rentals and SeaFort Capital
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
2y ago
Photo (right to left): Daryl Cooper, Rob Normandeau, Caleb Wood. Cooper Equipment Rentals was founded nearly 50 years ago in a small shed in the Toronto area by a man with a mission to provide compact equipment rentals for small businesses. Gordon Cooper and his silent partner Paul Carruthers wanted to provide a more personalized service they believed was lacking in the market at the time. “Gord was a hell of a good salesman. People liked and trusted him. He was also an entrepreneur who wanted to run the business his own way,” says Doug Dougherty, CEO of Cooper Equipment Rentals. In 2003, afte ..read more
Visit website
New Member Profile: Boast.AI
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
3y ago
Photo: Boast.ai founders Alex Popa and Lloyed Lobo. Our series profiling CVCA’s new members continues—providing insight on invaluable organizations in our community. In this entry, we’re excited to profile a new CVCA member, Boast.AI. Founded in 2011, Boast.AI’s platform automates the process for claiming Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credits in Canada and R&D tax credits in the United States. Boast.ai provides innovative companies with a platform making it easier to track the required details for R&D tax credits claims throughout the year that are ..read more
Visit website
CVCA Announces Ottawa as Host City for the 2022 Annual Invest Canada Conference
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
3y ago
Canada’s Capital Will Host Canada’s Private Capital Industry – May 25-27, 2022 Today, the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) announced Ottawa, Ontario as the host city for its 2022 annual conference which will take place May 25-27, 2022. The announcement was made by Kim Furlong, CVCA’s Chief Executive Officer at the close of CVCA’s Invest Canada ’21 conference. Every year, the CVCA brings together the Canadian and international private capital community to its signature event, the Invest Canada conference: Invest Canada brings together over 600 the brightest minds a ..read more
Visit website
AWARD SPOTLIGHT: Evok Innovations & BDC Capital Winners of 2021 VC Deal of the Year for DarkVision
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
3y ago
When DarkVision Technologies Inc. was started in 2013, its goal was to use the founders’ imaging expertise from the consumer packaging industry and pivot it to the energy sector, particularly oil and gas wells. “There’s a huge information gap in oil and gas wells,” says Graham Manders, DarkVision’s chief technology officer, who co-founded the company with chief executive officer Stephen Robinson and chief financial officer Osman Malik. But instead of using more traditional camera technology, the founders capitalized on advancements in ultrasonic imaging to build their industrial acoustic imagi ..read more
Visit website
AWARD SPOTLIGHT: Novacap Winner of 2021 PE Deal of the Year for Intelerad Medical Systems
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
3y ago
It was 2016, after years of courting Intelerad Medical Systems Inc., that Montreal-based PE firm Novacap finally secured an investment in the medical imaging software company. It was the first time Intelerad, founded in Montreal in 1999, had agreed to take on outside investors. “We felt that for a company to go to the next level, we needed some help — and it wasn’t just money,” says Randall Oka, a co-founder of Intelerad and its president and CEO at the time of the Novacap investment. Intelerad hired Deloitte to run a formal investment process and chose Novacap from a shortlist, including Amer ..read more
Visit website
AWARD SPOTLIGHT: Clairvest Winner of 2021 PE Global Dealmaker Award for County Waste of Virginia
Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
by Jon Jackson
3y ago
It was after a successful exit together at a previous U.S. waste management company that Clairvest Group Inc. was invited to invest in County Waste of Virginia by its founder Scott Earl and his long-time advisor and shareholder partner Jerry Cifor. It was 2013, two years after Toronto-based Clairvest wrapped its investment in the duo’s previous company, Hudson Valley Waste Inc., generating a 2.0x multiple of capital and an IRR of 88%. “We sold that business, which furthered our relationship with Scott and Jerry and naturally led to the investment County Waste,” says Michael Castellarin, a mana ..read more
Visit website

Follow Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR