CIBC
CIBC, established in 1905, is a prominent Canadian commercial banking firm, providing a wide array of financial solutions for businesses. These services include bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages, lending, investments, and insurance, with protection services covering approved credit limits. CIBC World Markets, its investment banking subsidiary, operates both domestically and internationally, offering credit and capital market products, mergers and acquisitions advisory services, and other investment banking services. CIBC Capital Markets, another division, specializes in corporate and investment banking, sustainable finance, and financial services. CIBC Capital Partners, a venture capital and private equity arm, focuses on direct, fund, and mezzanine investments, providing subordinated debt and equity to mid and late-stage companies for growth, acquisitions, and restructurings. It typically invests CAD10-20 million in companies based in Canada, Europe, and Australia, across sectors like Internet retail, industrials, healthcare, and technology.
Intact Insurance
Post in 2024
Intact Insurance, established in 1809, is a prominent Canadian insurance company offering a wide array of property and casualty insurance products. It provides personal lines such as auto, home, and recreational vehicle insurance, as well as commercial lines for small to medium-sized businesses. These include commercial property, liability, and vehicle insurance, catering to diverse industries like retail, manufacturing, and contracting. Intact Insurance distributes its products through a network of brokers, independent agencies, and directly to consumers under brands like Intact Insurance, belairdirect, and Brokerlink. The company is a subsidiary of Intact Financial Corporation and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Intact Insurance
Post in 2023
Intact Insurance, established in 1809, is a prominent Canadian insurance company offering a wide array of property and casualty insurance products. It provides personal lines such as auto, home, and recreational vehicle insurance, as well as commercial lines for small to medium-sized businesses. These include commercial property, liability, and vehicle insurance, catering to diverse industries like retail, manufacturing, and contracting. Intact Insurance distributes its products through a network of brokers, independent agencies, and directly to consumers under brands like Intact Insurance, belairdirect, and Brokerlink. The company is a subsidiary of Intact Financial Corporation and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Park Lawn Corporation, established in 1892 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specializes in deathcare products and services across Canada and the United States. The company owns and operates a total of 173 facilities, comprising 114 cemeteries, 39 crematoriums, and 109 funeral homes. Park Lawn offers a range of merchandise including cemetery lots, crypts, niches, monuments, caskets, urns, along with funeral services and post-funeral celebration services. These products and services are provided both at the time of need and on a pre-arranged basis.
RIV Capital is a private equity investment firm based in Toronto, Canada, established in 2017. The firm focuses on the cannabis industry and related sectors, including agriculture, food sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, wellness products, consumer products, and media. RIV Capital aims to invest in companies at various stages of development, from seed to sale, but typically prefers series A to C funding rounds. Its investment strategy encompasses a wide range of areas such as cultivation techniques, product processing, retail and distribution, and consumer accessories. The firm is particularly interested in opportunities that involve innovative products like edibles, beverages, and cannabis consumption devices. RIV Capital engages in minority stake investments and applies diverse investment structures, including debt and equity options. The firm seeks to capitalize on the growth potential within the cannabis sector and its adjacent industries globally.
Park Lawn Corporation, established in 1892 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, specializes in deathcare products and services across Canada and the United States. The company owns and operates a total of 173 facilities, comprising 114 cemeteries, 39 crematoriums, and 109 funeral homes. Park Lawn offers a range of merchandise including cemetery lots, crypts, niches, monuments, caskets, urns, along with funeral services and post-funeral celebration services. These products and services are provided both at the time of need and on a pre-arranged basis.
Wellington Financial
Acquisition in 2018
Wellington Financial, established in 2000, is a Toronto-based specialty finance firm that provides term, venture, and amortizing loans to companies across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Focusing primarily on technology-based and growth-stage companies, Wellington Financial has managed multiple funds, including a $900 million investment program. The firm's investors comprise prominent Canadian institutional investors, crown corporations, financial institutions, and pension funds. Wellington Financial was acquired by CIBC in 2018 and is now part of CIBC Innovation Banking.
SecureKey
Venture Round in 2016
SecureKey Technologies Inc. is an identity and authentication provider that facilitates secure and convenient access to online services for consumers. The company develops cloud-based identity networks that connect individuals with various online services, emphasizing privacy and security. Its offerings are designed for a range of sectors, including banking, government, healthcare, telecommunications, and utilities. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, SecureKey also maintains offices in Boston, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. The firm collaborates with organizations like Digital Bazaar and is supported by notable investors such as Visa, MasterCard, and Intel Capital. By focusing on creating frictionless digital identity solutions, SecureKey enables organizations to meet the growing demand for secure online transactions.
TMAC Resources
Private Equity Round in 2014
TMAC Resources Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on gold mining. The company holds a 100% interest in the Hope Bay Project, which spans 1,101 square kilometers in the Kitikmeot region of western Nunavut Territory. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Toronto, TMAC Resources aims to explore, develop, and mine the significant resource potential of the Hope Bay greenstone belt, which is recognized as a promising site for future gold production. The company is committed to responsible and economically sustainable practices in its mining operations.
Cube Route
Series B in 2005
Cube Route, Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in demand logistics services for transportation organizations across North America. Founded in 2003, the firm provides a range of solutions including information digitization, dispatch management, package tracking, and order management. Cube Route also focuses on planning and route optimization, real-time field data capture, and customer service. Its services cater to various industries such as beverage delivery, direct store delivery, foodservice, home delivery, and third-party logistics providers. As a subsidiary of Descartes Systems Group, Cube Route aims to enhance efficiency and visibility in delivery operations through its comprehensive logistics technologies.
Castek is an enterprise software company, specializing in core-business processing systems for large and mid-size property and casualty insurance carriers. Recognized for the advanced architecture and flexibility of its products, Castek provides insurance carriers with a suite of flexible and scaleable business processing systems for insurance product and process configuration, policy administration, customer management, billing and claims management. With their partners at i-flex solutions, Castek is offering a strategic, "best of breed" product solution, built on modern architecture and technology, with a pristine implementation track record backing up the strategy. Their intention is to not only support insurance carriers in terms of their "business as usual" operating requirements, but also provide the flexibility of allowing carriers to rapidly grow their businesses, enter new markets, and bring new products to market in a true customer-centered business model. Ultimately, it would allow carriers to change their competitive position very effectively with the new scope of offerings and level of service that could be offered to distribution channels and customers. With Castek's award-winning, flagship software platform, Insure3(pronounced “Insure cubed”), an insurer can transform their business and: • Rapidly enter new market segments and introduce new products, as a result of the extensive product and process configuration capabilities that are built into the platform; • Offer web-based, self-service initiatives, in real-time, to agents and even customers across any desired portion of the entire business life cycle (quote, new business, endorsements, renewals etc.); • Re-engineer policy-centric business models into one which is centered on customers; • Materially reduce operational and IT costs by consolidating all lines of business and all products across the entire business life cycle onto one operational platform; • Achieve scalability and access to the "best of breed" solutions, as a result of the modern architectural principles and industry standards (eg. SOA, Web services and ACORD XML) that are embedded in the Insure3 platform;) • Achieve reduced implementation risk and very rapid ROI, as a result of Castek's investment into pre-configuring standard industry products and processes, and pre-integrating with other best of breed product partner solutions. Castek is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with activities and partners spanning the USA, Canada, Europe, South Africa, South Korea and China."
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