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Kinross Gold Corporation in US$500 million offering of unsecured notes offering

On July 5, 2023, Kinross Gold Corporation announced the successful completion of its offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.250% senior notes due 2033. Kinross plans to utilize the net proceeds to redeem all the US$500 million aggregate principal of its outstanding 5.95% senior...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: July 5, 2023 Value: US$500 million

Passage in its $40 million Seed financing round

On June 27, 2023, Passage announced that it raised $40 million in a Seed financing round led by Drive Capital. Passage plans to use this funding to build a software platform designed to assist international students and immigrants with the Canadian workforce.Passage is building a software...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 27, 2023 Value: $40 million

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in connection with a seven-year strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Canada Inc.

On June 22, 2023, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (Canadian Tire) announced a seven-year strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Canada Inc. With this partnership, Microsoft will become the strategic cloud provider for Canadian Tire and its affiliates (including...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 22, 2023 Value: -

Mind Medicine in its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings, LLC

Osler advised Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. on its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings, LLC. MindMed announced that, based upon a preliminary vote assessment, shareholders have elected all six of MindMed’s nominees to the board of directors at the annual general meeting of...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 21, 2023 Value: -

Hearst Ventures in connection with Optable’s $20 million Series A financing round

On June 21, 2023, Optable announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A financing round from a syndicate of investors which included among other Hearst Ventures, Brightspark Ventures, Desjardins Capital, Deloitte Ventures and asterX. Optical plans to utilize this funding towards their...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 21, 2023 Value: $20 million

Prospector Capital Corp. in its business combination with LeddarTech for US$ 348 million

On June 13, 2023, Prospector Capital Corp. announced its business combination agreement with LeddarTech for a pro-forma equity value of US$ 348 million. Through this agreement, LeddarTech will be provided with US$ 66 million in gross cash proceeds which will be utilized towards expanding their...

Lead Office: Montreal Date Closed: June 13, 2023 Value: US$ 348 million

Finni Health in its raising of $3.2 million of seed funding

On June 12, 2023, Finni Health announced that it raised $3.2 million of seed funding in a round led by General Catalyst and had participation from YCombinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Andrew Adams and Divya Bhatt. Finni Health plans to utilize the funding towards empowering autism providers to...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 12, 2023 Value: $3.2 million

Cohere in its announcement of raising of US$270 million in a Series C financing round

On June 8, 2023, Cohere announced that it raised US$270 million in a Series C financing round. This round was led by iNovia Capital with additional participation from other institutional and strategic investors, including NVIDIA, Oracle, Salesforce Ventures, DTCP, Mirae Asset, Schroders...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: June 8, 2023 Value: US$270 million

Aldesta Hotels and Resorts in its acquisition of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ltd

On June 8, 2023, an affiliate of Aldesta Hotels and Resorts completed its acquisition of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ltd, which operates Fairmont Hot Springs resort in the Canadian Rocky Mountains featuring mineral hot spring pools. The resort includes a ski hill, spa, hotel, lodge, golf...

Lead Office: Vancouver Date Closed: June 8, 2023 Value: -

General Motors Co. in its $1 billion investment project with POSCO Future M

On June 2, 2023, General Motors Co. and POSCO Future M announced their second phase of their Ultium Cathode Active Material (CAM) joint venture. This is an investment project that is focused on increasing the production capacity of their chemical battery material facility in Canada and...

Lead Office: Montreal Date Closed: -- Value: $1 billion