Canada Growth Fund Inc., 2025
Acted for Canada Growth Fund Inc. in leading the US$55-million convertible debt financing of dcbel Inc., a Montréal-based smart home energy platform company.
Canada Growth Fund Inc., 2025
Acted for Canada Growth Fund Inc. in leading the US$55-million convertible debt financing of dcbel Inc., a Montréal-based smart home energy platform company.
Hydrostor Inc., 2025
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a leading developer and operator of long duration energy storage systems, in securing a US$150 million convertible note financing commitment from Canada Growth Fund Inc. ("CGF"), Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and an additional US$50 million convertible development expenditure loan facility from CGF.
Amzak Health LLC and Lumira Ventures, 2025
Acted for Amzak Health and Lumira Ventures in connection with a US$16.5-million Series A funding round for Sound Blade Medical Inc., a medical device company developing handheld ultrasound-guided histotripsy technology.
RAVL Inc., 2024
Acted for the shareholders of RAVL Inc., a provider of advisory and engineering services for the financial services industry, in connection with the sale of 50% of its outstanding shares to MML Capital Partners.
Ruck Lane Inc., 2024
Acted for Ruck Lane Inc., a real estate-focused venture capital investor, in its strategic partnership with Private Pension Partners, which offers a fully integrated real estate service platform to institutional and high-net-worth clients, including asset management, development, property management, leasing and brokerage services.
Tegus, Inc., 2024
Acted as Canadian counsel to Tegus, a leading research platform for investors, on its US$930-million sale to AlphaSense, the leading market intelligence and search platform.
Viking Global Investors LP, 2024
Acted for funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP in connection with Valsoft Corporation Inc.'s note issuance in an initial aggregate amount of US$170-million to Coatue Management and funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP.
BrandProject, 2024
Acted for BrandProject in connection with the formation of BrandProject Capital Fund II LP, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on making investments in next generation consumer product, service, and technology companies across North America.
Terminal Technologies Inc., 2023
Acted for Terminal Technologies, Inc., a trucking telematics integration startup, in raising its C$4.2-million seed round, led by Golden Ventures and featuring Y Combinator.
Dafabasa, 2023
Acted for Dafabasa, lead investor in the C$4-million extension of the Series A funding round by AmacaThera Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on non-opioid post-operative pain relief.
Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc., 2023
Acted for the shareholders, including Desjardins Capital, Anges Québec capital and a large group of angel investors, of Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc., a company specializing in SaaS quality, compliance and traceability solutions, in its sale to TradeBeyond, a Hong Kong based leading supply chain platform.
IOU Financial Inc., 2023
Acted for IOU Financial Inc., a fintech company listed on the TSX-V, in its sale to 9494-3677 Québec Inc., a corporation created by a group composed of funds managed by Neuberger Berman, Palos Capital and Fintech Ventures, for an all-cash consideration.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., 2023
Acted for MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in the sale of its C$52-million stake in Miovision, a leading provider of intelligent transportation solutions, to TELUS Ventures.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. and Idealist Capital, 2023
Acted for co-investors MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. and Idealist Capital in their growth capital equity investment in XNRGY Climate Systems, a leader in the design and manufacturing of energy efficient commercial HVAC systems.
Cordis-X, 2023
Acted for Cordis-X, the lead investor in the C$34-million Series A funding round by Puzzle Medical Devices Inc., a medical device company specializing in the development of a minimally invasive long-term hemodynamic transcatheter pump.
Cookin, 2023
Acted for Cookin, a digital marketplace for home chefs, in securing $17-million in growth financing from an investor consortium led by Relay Ventures.
Smile CDR Inc., 2023
Acted for Smile CDR Inc. (doing business as Smile Digital Health), a leading FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, in its approximately $30-million Series B funding round led by existing investors.
Cookin Inc., 2023
Acted for Cookin Inc., a homemade food delivery marketplace, in a Series Seed extension for its strategic partnership with Sobeys, an Empire company.
Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, 2022
Acted for Temasek, as lead investor, in the US$318-million Series E equity financing of Svante Inc., a British Columbia-based large-scale carbon capture technology provider.
Ingeniarts Technologies Inc., 2022
Acted for Ingeniarts Technologies Inc., operating as UgoWork, in its C$22.8-million series B financing from investors such as Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.), Export Development Canada, Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins and Investissement Québec.
Tegus, 2022
Acted for Tegus, a leading research platform for investors, with its acquisition of Canalyst, a provider of data and analytics on listed companies.
Kensington Private Equity Fund, 2022
Acted for Kensington Private Equity Fund in its US$50-million Series C investment in TheGuarantors, a North American fintech company building smart financial and insurance solutions for renters and landlords.
QuadFi, 2022
Acted for QuadFi, a Canadian mission-driven global fintech firm, in securing a US$100-million financing commitment from Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit manager.
FS Investors, 2022
Acted for FS Investors, as lead investor, as well as Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction, Fonds économie circulaire and MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in connection with their respective investments in the Montréal green tech company CarbiCrete Inc.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., 2022
Acted for MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in its equity investment in Raptor Maps Inc., a SAAS growth-stage startup operating in the solar industry.
OSRAM GmbH, 2022
Acted for OSRAM GmbH in connection with its participation in a US$140 million financing round, including a Series D first close of $116M, by Leddartech, a leading provider of sensing technology for autonomous driving headquartered in Québec City.
Kesson Group, 2022
Acted for the Kesson Group, a Canadian technology company that operates the Teach Away, Klassroom and Skooli platforms within the growing eLearning market, in its sale to Pluribus Technologies Corp.
Hydrostor Inc., 2022
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing a US$250-million preferred equity financing commitment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management - one of the largest investments in the emerging long-duration energy storage sector.
Meta Investments, 2022
Acted for co-lead investor Meta Investments in the US$90-million Series B investment in Sygnum, a digital asset technology group with a Swiss banking license and a Singapore asset management licence.
Investissement Québec, Fondaction, Teralys and Fonds de solidarité (FTQ), 2022
Acted for Fondaction, Investissement Québec, Teralys and Fonds de solidarité (FTQ) as institutional investors in their investment in a venture capital fund designed to support Québec companies that rely on innovation to succeed in global markets.
Block Inc., 2022
Acted for Block Inc., a U.S. fintech company, in its C$3-million investment in Indigenous Growth Fund, a government-backed loan fund for Indigenous entrepreneurs.
Canadian Business Growth Fund, 2021
Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in its investment in Kudos Inc., a Calgary-based employee recognition, people analytics, and organizational communications technology company.
Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., 2021
Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its strategic investment in Sleepout Inc., a Canadian-based sleep product retailer.
BrandProject Capital Fund LP, 2021
Acted for BrandProject Capital Fund LP in connection with its Series B investment in Clutch Canada Inc., a Canadian online car-selling platform.
Generac Holdings Inc., 2021
Acted as Canadian counsel to Generac Holdings Inc., a leading energy technology company, in its US$770-million acquisition of ecobee Inc., a leader in sustainable smart home solutions.
Plusgrade L.P., 2021
Acted for Plusgrade L.P., a recognized leader in providing innovative revenue-generating solutions for the global travel industry, and its partners in connection with an equity investment by Novacap.
WeCommerce Holdings Ltd., 2021
Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Archetype Themes Inc., a leading designer and developer of premium Shopify themes, for an aggregate purchase price of up to US$32 million.
Smile CDR Inc., 2021
Acted for Smile CDR Inc. in a Series A financing round, raising US$20 million to further develop Smile CDR's health data storage and integration platform.
Hydrostor Inc., 2021
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing $10 million in growth capital financing from BDC Capital to advance four A-CAES projects in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Sequoia Capital, 2021
Acted as Canadian counsel to Sequoia Capital in its minority investment in SSENSE, a Montréal-based fashion e-commerce retailer, giving SSENSE a post-money enterprise value of over $5 billion.
Novacap and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 2021
Acted for various funds managed by Novacap Management Inc. and for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, as selling shareholders, in connection with the US$500-million bought deal secondary offering of Nuvei Corporation.
Triage Technologies Inc., 2021
Acted for Triage Technologies Inc., a leader in dermatological mobile health, in connection with the strategic equity investment and licensing agreement with Advanced Human Imaging Limited.
iNovia Capital Inc., 2021
Acted for iNovia Capital Inc. in connection with Canadian travel startup Hopper Inc.'s US$170-million Series F financing round with Capital One, GS Growth, iNovia Capital Inc., WestCap Group and Citi Ventures.
WeCommerce Holdings Ltd., 2021
Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in its up to US$110-million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Stamped.io Pte. Ltd., a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables online merchants to implement and manage customer reviews and loyalty programs.
Temasek, 2021
Acted for Temasek, as lead investor, in the US$75-million Series D equity financing of Svante Inc., a British Columbia-based large-scale carbon capture technology provider.
Wattpad Corp., 2021
Acted for Wattpad Corp., a global multi-platform storytelling entertainment company headquartered in Canada, in its acquisition by Naver Corporation, a public South Korean Internet conglomerate. This transaction is valued at more than US$600 million.
Fody Food Co. Inc., 2021
Acted for Fody Food Co. Inc., a Montreal-based company specializing in the production of food products that promote digestive health, in an equity investment round led by District Ventures Capital, Export Development Canada and New Acres Capital.
Epic Games, Inc., 2021
Acted for Epic Games, Inc., in its acquisition of Montréal-based ArtStation, an online marketplace and industry hub for digital artists.
LiveBarn Inc., 2021
Acted for LiveBarn Inc., a Canadian streaming service provider headquartered in Montréal, Québec, that specializes in Live and On Demand online broadcasts of amateur and youth sports from venue locations across the United States and Canada, in connection with its Series D round of equity financing.
Special Committee of RIV Capital Inc. (formerly Canopy Rivers Inc.), 2020
Acted as counsel to the special committee of RIV Capital Inc. (formerly Canopy Rivers Inc.), a venture capital firm specializing in cannabis, in its plan of arrangement with Canopy Growth Corporation, involving the collapse of its dual-class share structure and the transfer of three of its portfolio assets for a total transaction value of approximately $297 million.
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., 2020
Acted for a group of investors led by MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in connection with AddEnergie Technologies' $53-million Series C financing round.
Novacap Management and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 2020
Acted for various funds managed by Novacap Management Inc. (as selling shareholders) and for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with the US$833-million initial public offering and concurrent private placement of Nuvei Corporation, representing the largest technology IPO, by both equity capital raised and market capitalization at the time of listing, in TSX history.
Square, Inc., 2020
Acted as Canadian counsel to Square, Inc. in its acquisition of Dessa, a Toronto-based company building machine learning applications that address significant real-world challenges for all types of businesses.
BrandProject Capital Fund LP and BrandProject LP, 2020
Acted for BrandProject Capital Fund LP and BrandProject LP in connection with their Series A investments in Felix Health Inc., a Canadian digital health company providing online prescriptions in Canada.
BrandProject Capital Fund LP and BrandProject LP, 2020
Acted for BrandProject Capital Fund LP and BrandProject LP in connection with their seed and Series A investments in Clutch Canada Inc., a Canadian online car-selling platform.
Epic Games, Inc., 2020
Acted for Epic Games, Inc. in its investment in Toronto-based SideFX, the company behind the Houdini 3D animation software used in video game development as well as for visual effects in film productions.
Epic Games, Inc., 2020
Acted for Epic Games, Inc. in its investment in Toronto-based SideFX, the company behind the Houdini 3D animation software used in video game development as well as for visual effects in film productions.
iNovia Capital Inc., 2020
Acted for iNovia Capital Inc., WestCap, BDC Capital Inc., Investissement Québec and CDP Investissements Inc. in connection with Hopper Inc.'s Series E-1 financing round of an aggregate value of US$65 million with iNovia Growth Fund, L.P. and iNovia Growth Fund-A, L.P., WestCap Hopper, LLC, BDC Capital Inc., Investissement Québec, CDP Investissements Inc., OMERS Ventures III, LP and Accomplice Fund II, L.P.
NetEase Interactive Entertainment Pte. Ltd, 2020
Acted for China-based NetEase, a world-leading Internet and video game company, in its Series A investment in a Montréal-based video game studio.
Hydrostor Inc., 2019
Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing a US$37-million growth financing to advance their global pipeline of utility-scale energy storage projects, including equity, debt, an asset acquisition, cash commitments, a project development partnership with Meridiam, a global infrastructure developer, and a strategic technology partnership with Baker Hughes, a GE Company.
Temasek, 2019
Acted for Temasek, as lead investor, in the initial round of Series E financing of General Fusion Inc., a British Columbia-based fusion energy start-up that is working to commercialize nuclear fusion technology.
Northspyre, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in an investment in Northspyre, a company offering project management software for real estate owners and developers.
Elevate Rooms, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in a seed round investment in Elevate Rooms, a company offering marketing solutions to the hospitality industry.
Tech Mahindra Limited, 2019
Acted for Tech Mahindra Canada, Inc. with its acquisition of ObjectWise Consulting Group, a Canadian information technology consulting company.
Honeywell Venture Capital LLC, 2019
Acted for Honeywell Venture Capital LLC, one of the lead investors in a $25-million series B funding round by Attabotics, a robotics supply chain company based in Calgary.
Bode, LLC, 2019
Acted as transaction counsel in a Series B round investment in Bode, LLC, a hospitality company that offers big data solutions to the real estate industry.
Triage Technologies Inc., 2019
Advising Triage Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based and AI-powered digital health company, with its business structure, commercial agreements and equity raise.
Hypixel Studios Inc., 2018
Acted for Québec-based Hypixel Studios Inc. in its Series A financing round with Riot Games as lead investor and other prominent investors from the video game community.
Claridge Inc., 2018
Acted for Claridge Inc. in its investment in Busbud.
Canadian Business Growth Fund, 2018
Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in connection with its investment in Lift Auto Group, a consolidator of automotive collision repair centres, and its investment in PayBright, a technology-enabled point-of-sale consumer payments and lending platform.
Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc., 2018
Acted for Interactive Validated Solutions 88 Inc. (Pivot 88) in connection with an equity investment by Newtimes Development Ltd.