Investissement Québec, Investment Arm

Investissement Québec, Investment Arm is a venture capital and private equity arm of Investissement Québec Inc. specializing in development capital, project financing and venture capital and investment funds. It is involved in equity financing, debt financing and quasi equity financing. The firm does not invests development capital in agriculture, finance and insurance, real estate, retail sales and comparable activities and other sectors where the client base is made up primarily of individuals, except tourism. It seeks to invest in agri-food; mines, materials, energy, chemicals, and environment; forest products; life sciences; and information and communication technology. Within agri-food, the firm focuses on processing, distribution, and exports and biotechnologies companies. Within mines, metals, and minerals, it focuses on mineral exploration, mine development; advanced materials such as composite materials, new ceramics, polymers, high-strength steels, superalloys, refractory metals, heat protection materials, plastics, technical textiles, and others particularly for the aerospace, land transportation, construction, and industrial equipment industries; manufacture of new or improved products with high technological content; production and processing of metals, particularly aluminum. The firm also focuses on nanotechnologies particularly in the automobile and aeronautics, electronics, communications, chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Within chemicals, it focuses on fine-chemical, petrochemicals, and specialty chemicals. In energy the firm focuses on hydroelectricity, wind energy, biomass cogeneration, manufacturing of equipment and components, and biofuels. Within environment, it focuses on water, air, contaminated soil, and waste. Within forest products, the firm focuses at every stage of the forest product development chain, including structural components and engineered wood, non-structural and cosmetic components, furniture, sawmills, pulp, paper, and cardboard plants, etc. It also takes part in projects involving the supply chain and product commercialization. Within life sciences and healthcare industry, the firm focuses on medical equipment and devices, specialty and generic pharmaceuticals, nutraceutical products, contractual research and drug manufacturing, and long-term care. Within information and communication technology, it focuses on digital animation, interactive entertainment, outsourcing, technology infrastructure, Internet, telecommunications, software, optics and photonics, security, data processing services, and health care technologies. The firm also focuses on companies active in software development, publishing, and high-value-added services and have developed proprietary technologies, technology integrators, and other processes in this area. It prefers to invest in companies based in Quebec, Canada. It invests in companies that want to consolidate, merge, or form a group, alliance, and partnerships to be more competitive in local, Canadian, or international markets and lead the Quebec market and has acquisition or development projects outside Quebec and need financing between CAD 5 million ($4.95 million) to CAD 100 million ($99.18 million) in the form of loan or share capital. In project financing the firm provides a minimum of $50,000 short or long term finance for up to 25 years. In development capital the firm provides equity participation of $2 million or more between 20% to 30% shares and debt financing up to $100 million. In venture capital and debt financing it provides direct venture capital investments in either equity or quasi-equity with an initial investment of at least $1 million. The firm seeks to invest in the form of share capital, preferred shares, senior debt, and junior debt. It also makes fund investments. Investissement Quebec, Investment Arm is based in Quebec, Canada, with additional office in Montréal, Canada.