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BlackRock Real Assets in the sale of its portfolio of Canadian solar plants to Ullico Inc.

On February 1, 2019, BlackRock Real Assets announced it reached an agreement with Ullico on the sale of a portfolio of four operating solar projects in Ontario, Canada.  This marks the third successful realization for BlackRock’s Renewable Power platform. BlackRock acquired, financed...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: February 1, 2019 Value: -

Integrate.ai in its Equity Investment from TELUS Ventures

On January 31, 2019, Integrate.ai announced that it has secured an equity investment from TELUS Ventures to accelerate the development of the company's ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) software platform. In addition, the two companies have signed a commercial deal to deploy AI to optimize...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 31, 2019 Value: -

UPL Limited in its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Arysta LifeScience

On February 1, 2019, UPL Limited announced the completion of its acquisition of Arysta LifeScience Inc. from Platform Specialty Products, a chemical production corporation listed on the NYSE, for US$4.2 billion. UPL Limited is a leader in global food systems and with the acquisition of Arysta,...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 31, 2019 Value: US$4.2 billion

The Underwriters in connection with a $57.5 million cross-border equity offering by HEXO Corp.

On January 30, 2019, HEXO Corp. (“HEXO”) announced that it had completed its previously announced marketed follow-on offering in Canada and initial public offering in the United States of 8,855,000 common shares at a price of C$6.50 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 30, 2019 Value: $57.5 million

Georgian Partners in its Series C investment in Fiix Inc.

On January 29, 2019, Fiix Inc. announced that it successfully raised $53 million in funding. The funding was led by Georgian Partners with participation from previous investor BuildGroup. Fiix will use the new funding to build salesforce for predictive maintenance and to explore new technological...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 29, 2019 Value: $53 million

Abacus Health Products in its going public transaction by way of a reverse takeover, US$15 million concurrent financing and listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange

On January 29, 2019, Abacus Health Products, Inc. (“Abacus”), a Delaware corporation, completed its previously announced going public transaction by way of a reverse takeover of an Ontario corporation formerly known as World Wide Inc. and renamed Abacus Health Products, Inc. In...

Lead Office: Montreal Date Closed: January 29, 2019 Value: US$15 million

Morgan Stanley in its capacity as financial advisor to Clementia Pharmaceuticals in its proposed sale to Ipsen for up to US$1.31 billion

On February 25, 2019, Ipsen and Clementia Pharmaceuticals announced that they have entered into an agreement for Ipsen to acquire Clementia Pharmaceuticals to execute on their external innovation strategy to identify and acquire innovative medicines to serve patients with unmet medical needs. The...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: -- Value: US$1.31 billion

Napier Park’s US$10 million investment in 7shifts

On January 24, 2019, 7shifts, a restaurant employee scheduling solution used by over 250,000 restaurant professionals across the world, announced the closing of a U$10 million Series A funding round.   The financing was led by Napier Park Financial Partners. The company plans to use the...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 24, 2019 Value: US$10 million

WealthBar with respect to CI Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in WealthBar

On January 23, 2019, WealthBar announced the completion of their purchase transaction whereby CI Financial Corp. acquired 75% of WealthBar’s issued and outstanding common shares. WealthBar is one of Canada’s leading wealth management and financial planning robo-advisory firms for...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Closed: January 23, 2019 Value: -

SmartCentres in its $230 million bought deal equity offering

On January 23, 2019, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust completed its previously announced equity offering, for gross proceeds of $230 million. SmartCentres intends to use the proceeds to fund, in part, its previously announced development programs with respect to the Vaughan...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: January 23, 2019 Value: $230 million