Canadian Business Growth Fund

CBGF helps privately-owned Canadian businesses with the capital, talent, and expertise they need to drive growth and realize their potential. Supported by Canada’s leading banks and insurance companies, they have a national mandate to provide long-term, patient, minority capital to entrepreneurs pursuing growth and expansion strategies. CBGF’s vision is to become Canada’s leading growth capital investor and partner of choice for ambitious mid-market entrepreneurs, supporting them to reach their full potential. With initial capital commitments of $545 million and projected to increase to $1 billion over time, CBGF is an independent, values-driven partner for teams committed to taking their business to the next level.

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Felix Health

Series B in 2023
Whether it's Sex, Skin, Hair or just plain Life, our mission is to reinvent Canadian healthcare for the modern human. It’s seamless, it’s simple, and it’s for you.

Amilia

Venture Round in 2022
Amilia is an online registration and client membership management solution designed primarily for small and midsize businesses. It helps businesses collaborate with members through registration management, billing and fundraising activities and also offers reporting capabilities. It is suitable for schools, clubs, camps, associations and other membership-based organizations.

MaxSold Incorporated

Series B in 2022
MaxSold Incorporated is a local pickup auction marketplace specializing in estate sales, downsizing and inventory liquidation.

Busbud

Venture Round in 2022
Busbud is a mobile app and platform that connects passengers to bus operators. It enables its users to search, compare, and book city-to-city bus tickets for any location and from any location. It is a comprehensive source of city-to-city bus schedules and tickets around the world, gathering schedules for over 10463 cities in 89 countries, in 10 languages, and 15 currencies. The app offers a search tool allowing travelers to discover and plan their next bus trip. Busbud was founded by Michael Gradek, LP Maurice, and Frederic Thouin in October 2011. It is headquartered in Montreal City in Québec, Canada.

PureFacts Financial Solutions

Venture Round in 2021
Purefacts is a software and consulting firm that serves the global wealth management industry. The company offers a comprehensive suite of wealth management software, as well as consulting and custom digital solutions for financial services, allowing businesses to increase productivity and efficiency while lowering costs.

Kudos

Venture Round in 2021
Kudos is a corporate social network that emphasizes employee recognition and feedback, fostering stronger connections among employees and enhancing organizational engagement. This user-friendly peer-to-peer platform enables team members to motivate each other in real time, promoting a communicative and engaged workforce. Available in 80 countries and 8 languages, Kudos integrates seamlessly into various organizational cultures. Founded in 2014, Kudos&Co is an entertainment company dedicated to providing a safer social sharing environment for children. With a leadership team comprising former executives from major companies, Kudos&Co aims to create a community where young users can harness the power of social media to cultivate compassion and kindness.

Neovation

Private Equity Round in 2021
Neovation is a research and development company focused on delivering innovative software and services designed to unleash human potential by promoting organizational intelligence.

Homestyle Selections

Funding Round in 2021
Homestyle Selections provides in the international supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing in various food and agribusiness sectors.

Stephano Group Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 2021
Stephano Group Ltd. is a manufacturer of cereal and granola products. Stephano Group produces and provides cold cereal, hot cereal, and cereal / nutritional bar products and snacks on a private label or co-manufactured basis.

Proposify

Venture Round in 2021
Proposify reduces friction in your proposal workflow making it easier for your sales reps to quickly create professional-looking proposals that impress prospects and close deals. Create on-brand templates that sales reps can reuse so they don’t need to reinvent the wheel for every deal. Store all your approved proposal content in one location so snapping together a proposal takes minutes, not hours. Our Salesforce integration lets your rep create proposals, contracts, and agreements right in the CRM, and keep their data in sync. Impress prospects with a buyer experience that includes interactive pricing, videos, and live chat. Client viewing metrics let you know the moment a prospect opens the proposal, which sections they view and for how long, and - most importantly - the second they (e)sign on the dotted line. You may not actually be a mind reader, but with Proposify, you'll feel like one. Plus get faster sign-off and make it easier for prospects to buy with our legally binding electronic signature tool and order forms. We’ve revolutionized the proposal process so your reps can spend less time on manual tasks and more time doing what they do best: selling. But Proposify doesn't just save time; with assignable roles, permissions, and workspaces, you can manage the access each sales rep has. From the kind of content they can use and editing the design, all the way through to sending a proposal, you'll have full brand control and peace of mind without bottlenecking the process. Finally, a solution that makes both Sales AND Marketing happy. If you're ready to give your sales team the competitive edge, visit our website or book a demo at https://www.proposify.com.

ShopperPlus

Series A in 2021
ShopperPlus is an e-commerce platform selling office supplies, electronics, lifestyle, kitchen utensils, and various other categories. The platform tailors targeted product recommendations based on individual purchase patterns and seasonality, with more than 30 percent of goods produced in Canada. Besides providing 24-hour customer support, the company also ensures that all orders filed before 2 p.m. are shipped on the same day, guaranteeing next-day delivery for at least half of its customers.

MaxSold Incorporated

Series A in 2021
MaxSold Incorporated is a local pickup auction marketplace specializing in estate sales, downsizing and inventory liquidation.

Paystone

Private Equity Round in 2021
Paystone is a provider of customer engagement services and electronic payment processing solutions for businesses of all sizes. The company’s seamlessly integrated suite of automated payment processing, customer loyalty, and gift card solutions helps merchants turn everyday transactions into meaningful customer interactions. Its secure, user-friendly solutions are used at over 25,000 merchant locations across Canada and the United States, collectively processing over $10 billion dollars a year in bankcard volume, including The ALDO Group, The Source, Booster Juice, Global Pet Foods, Kernels Popcorn, and 50 of the MTY Food Group's restaurant brands.

Prodigy Education

Series B in 2021
Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating millions worldwide via fun, secure and accessible curriculum-aligned gameplay experiences. At Prodigy Education, we believe maximizing student motivation helps develop a lifetime love of learning. Prodigy's approach to fun, game-based learning means kids no longer have to choose between homework and playtime. Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.

LifeRaft

Venture Round in 2020
LifeRaft provides a threat intelligence and investigations platform to security teams in the corporate sector, mid-size companies to the Fortune 500. The Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, Navigator, combines automation, data visualization, and validation tools to bolster intelligence capabilities. Our technology provides businesses with the capacity to make safer, more intel-driven decisions.

Busbud

Series C in 2020
Busbud is a mobile app and platform that connects passengers to bus operators. It enables its users to search, compare, and book city-to-city bus tickets for any location and from any location. It is a comprehensive source of city-to-city bus schedules and tickets around the world, gathering schedules for over 10463 cities in 89 countries, in 10 languages, and 15 currencies. The app offers a search tool allowing travelers to discover and plan their next bus trip. Busbud was founded by Michael Gradek, LP Maurice, and Frederic Thouin in October 2011. It is headquartered in Montreal City in Québec, Canada.

Appnovation

Venture Round in 2020
Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider delivering strategy, application development and enterprise integration on leading open technologies. Appnovation’s in-house experts build high-performing, secure digital experiences while providing a full range of creative capabilities, coupled with 24/7 support and maintenance.

ThoughtWire

Debt Financing in 2020
AT THOUGHTWIRE, WE'RE ON A MISSION TO CREATE SMARTER SPACES USING ThoughtWireOS ThoughtWireOS orchestrates data from people, process, and the physical built environment to deliver smarter, safer and more efficient hospitals, commercial buildings, and cities. Our innovative software applications put people first, whether for clinicians, patients, office workers, or first responders, ThoughtWire puts people in control. ThoughtWire’s applications for smart hospitals, smart buildings, and smart cities unlock the value of data generated from built environments by combining it with context from people, processes and IoT devices.

Librestream Technologies

Series D in 2020
Librestream Technologies Inc. develops the operations-driven video collaboration solution for enterprises. With its patented Onsight video collaboration solution, Librestream extends traditional video-conferencing and collaborative services to places previously unreachable by video such as an off-shore oil rig or a manufacturing plant floor. Collaborators across multiple locations can use a combination of Onsight software and camera devices to interact through live video, voice, image sharing and onscreen telestration. Industries as diverse as manufacturing, energy, healthcare, insurance, and government sectors are using Librestream’s Onsight solution to connect their ecosystem of employees, suppliers, and customers. These enterprises achieve cost-efficiencies resulting from accelerated problem resolution, reductions in downtimes and travel, improvements in customer service and increased productivity. To learn more about the company, its products and services, visit the website at www.librestream.com, email information@librestream.com or call 1.800.849.5507 (NA) / +1.204.487.0612 (Intl).

ThoughtWire

Venture Round in 2020
AT THOUGHTWIRE, WE'RE ON A MISSION TO CREATE SMARTER SPACES USING ThoughtWireOS ThoughtWireOS orchestrates data from people, process, and the physical built environment to deliver smarter, safer and more efficient hospitals, commercial buildings, and cities. Our innovative software applications put people first, whether for clinicians, patients, office workers, or first responders, ThoughtWire puts people in control. ThoughtWire’s applications for smart hospitals, smart buildings, and smart cities unlock the value of data generated from built environments by combining it with context from people, processes and IoT devices.

Proposify

Venture Round in 2020
Proposify reduces friction in your proposal workflow making it easier for your sales reps to quickly create professional-looking proposals that impress prospects and close deals. Create on-brand templates that sales reps can reuse so they don’t need to reinvent the wheel for every deal. Store all your approved proposal content in one location so snapping together a proposal takes minutes, not hours. Our Salesforce integration lets your rep create proposals, contracts, and agreements right in the CRM, and keep their data in sync. Impress prospects with a buyer experience that includes interactive pricing, videos, and live chat. Client viewing metrics let you know the moment a prospect opens the proposal, which sections they view and for how long, and - most importantly - the second they (e)sign on the dotted line. You may not actually be a mind reader, but with Proposify, you'll feel like one. Plus get faster sign-off and make it easier for prospects to buy with our legally binding electronic signature tool and order forms. We’ve revolutionized the proposal process so your reps can spend less time on manual tasks and more time doing what they do best: selling. But Proposify doesn't just save time; with assignable roles, permissions, and workspaces, you can manage the access each sales rep has. From the kind of content they can use and editing the design, all the way through to sending a proposal, you'll have full brand control and peace of mind without bottlenecking the process. Finally, a solution that makes both Sales AND Marketing happy. If you're ready to give your sales team the competitive edge, visit our website or book a demo at https://www.proposify.com.

Xello

Venture Round in 2020
Xello provides career development solutions. Xello's mission is to help anyone, anywhere in the world create a successful future through self-knowledge, exploration, and planning. Started by three friends who sought a way to answer the "what's the right path for me" question, our online software program is used globally by millions of students, educators, and adults

MaxSold Incorporated

Venture Round in 2020
MaxSold Incorporated is a local pickup auction marketplace specializing in estate sales, downsizing and inventory liquidation.

Environmental 360 Solutions

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S) is dedicated to becoming North America's leading and most trusted environmental management company. Growing through acquisition and organic growth, E360S provides holistic environmental and waste management solutions to municipalities, commercial, and industrial customers.

Unyte Health Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Unyte Health provides nervous system-regulating therapeutic solutions. Their services include multisensory programming, movement therapy, listening therapy, polyvagal theory, sound protocol, integrated listening, auditory processing, autism, ADHD, neuroplasticity, nervous system, regulation, brain-body, and resilience.

Appnovation

Venture Round in 2019
Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider delivering strategy, application development and enterprise integration on leading open technologies. Appnovation’s in-house experts build high-performing, secure digital experiences while providing a full range of creative capabilities, coupled with 24/7 support and maintenance.

STN Video

Venture Round in 2019
STN Video is an online video platform that helps partners monetize their content through advanced video player technology and a wide selection of premium videos. The service supports over 2,000 publishing partners, delivering millions in monthly revenue while ensuring that partners only succeed when they do.

Prodigy Education

Series A in 2019
Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating millions worldwide via fun, secure and accessible curriculum-aligned gameplay experiences. At Prodigy Education, we believe maximizing student motivation helps develop a lifetime love of learning. Prodigy's approach to fun, game-based learning means kids no longer have to choose between homework and playtime. Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.

Lift Auto Group

Seed Round in 2018
Lift Auto Group is an emerging consolidator in the collision repair industry. They offer collision repair services to vehicles involved in road accidents that lead to the damage of body parts such as bumpers, glass windows, and car doors.

PayBright

Venture Round in 2018
E- Commerce, Fashion, Big Ticket Retail, Furniture, Sports equipment, Electronics, Appliances, Auto Parts and Repair, Education,
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