National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Canada, established in 1859 and headquartered in Montreal, offers a comprehensive range of financial products and services to retail, commercial, corporate, and institutional clients both domestically and internationally. The organization operates through four main segments: Personal and Commercial, Wealth Management, Financial Markets, and U.S. Specialty Finance and International. The Personal and Commercial segment provides personal banking services, commercial banking solutions, and various insurance products. Wealth Management offers investment solutions, trust services, and lending options. In the Financial Markets segment, the bank specializes in risk management products, underwriting, and advisory services for mergers and acquisitions. The U.S. Specialty Finance and International segment focuses on specialty finance and financial services in emerging markets. National Bank also operates a network of 483 branches and 1,573 banking machines, aiming to deliver exceptional service and client satisfaction across all its offerings.

Arslan Benbakouche

Chief Analyst, Investor Relations

Linda Boulanger

Vice President and Head, Investor Relations

Luc Ménard

Executive Vice-President and General Manager and Head of Private Investments

Ghislain Parent

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President of Finance and Treasury

Louis Vachon

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Cypress Creek Renewables

Debt Financing in 2022
Cypress Creek Renewables is a leading American company specializing in local solar energy solutions. The firm employs a data-driven strategy to identify and acquire underutilized land for the development of solar farms, typically ranging from 2 to 20 megawatts. Notably, Cypress owns the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River. The company partners with landowners, utility providers, and local vendors to develop, finance, and operate both utility-scale and distributed solar projects. In addition to generating renewable energy, Cypress offers asset management, fleet ownership, and maintenance services for its own and third-party solar and storage assets. By selling the electricity produced by its solar farms back to local communities at competitive rates, Cypress Creek Renewables ensures widespread access to clean and affordable energy.
Pluribus Technologies is dedicated to acquiring and enhancing small B2B software companies from owners and investors that are seeking a succession plan.

Artemis Gold

Post in 2022
Artemis Gold Inc., a gold development company, focuses on the identification, acquisition, and development of gold properties. The company’s asset portfolio includes a 39% strategic stake in Velocity Minerals Ltd. that focuses on acquiring, exploring, and evaluating mineral resource properties in Bulgaria. It also holds interest in the Blackwater Gold Project located in central British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Flexiti

Debt Financing in 2021
Flexiti Financial Inc. is a sales financing company based in Toronto, Canada, with an additional office in Rosario, Argentina. Founded in 2013, Flexiti specializes in providing flexible sales financing options, including lower interest rates, longer payment terms, and revolving credit, primarily targeting the retail, health, and home improvement sectors. The company utilizes a mobile application process and patented ID scanning technology to facilitate point-of-sale financing for consumers, ensuring a quick and efficient application experience. Flexiti's focus on customer service and its robust credit policies enable high credit approval rates, allowing consumers to access promotional offers and shop conveniently at a network of retailers. By leveraging advanced technology and operational excellence, Flexiti aims to enhance the purchasing experience for customers while supporting business growth for its partners.
good natured is producing and distributing one of North America’s widest assortments of better everyday products made with the highest possible percentage of renewable, plant-based materials and no BPAs, phthalates or other chemicals of concern potentially harmful to human health and the environment. With a growing assortment of over 385 products and services, good natured creates eco-friendly home and business products, food packaging, restaurant/take-out containers, medical and industrial supplies designed to do good for the planet, good for human health and good for business by driving incremental sales, minimizing waste and reducing environmental impact, all bundled up in a fresh and approachable brand.

DRI Healthcare Trust

Post in 2021
DRI Healthcare Trust provides unitholders with differentiated exposure to the anticipated growth in the global pharmaceuticals and biotechnology markets. Our business model is focused on managing and growing a diversified portfolio of pharmaceutical royalties with the aim to deliver attractive growth in cash royalty receipts over the long term.

Wishpond

Debt Financing in 2021
Wishpond is an all-in-one marketing suite that enables users to generate and nurture leads. The platform makes it easy to create landing pages, forms, website pop-ups, contests and promotions, advertisements, and email campaigns. Users can build, publish, and A/B test landing pages in minutes using ready-made templates that work on Facebook, WordPress, their website, and all mobile and tablet devices; run contests and promotions on Facebook, Twitter, websites, and mobile; integrate ad campaigns into one simple dashboard; create personalized and automated email marketing campaigns; collect and organize leads; and more.

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.

Flinks

Series B in 2021
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.

Flinks

Series B in 2021
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.

d1g1t

Venture Round in 2021
d1g1t is a digital wealth management platform powered by analytics that offers advanced, transparent portfolio management services to professional advisers and their individual investors. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

InfinityQ Technology

Seed Round in 2021
infinityQ Technology, Inc. is focused on developing quantum-analog computing solutions. Our first-gen quantum-analog computer, infinityQube, uses analog electronics, operating at room temperature, to exploit certain quantum effects. We help our clients solve highly complex problems across a range of industries including finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics and chemistry. infinityQube is available to the end-consumer via our cloud interface or on-prem integration. Developed by researchers who have led cutting-edge high-performance computing initiatives, infinityQube can outperform both classical CPUs and existing quantum computing devices for optimization problems-- without the need for technical expertise in quantum mechanics and without cryogenics. We are a new type of green tech, rooted in analog, adiabatic in nature, with the energy consumption of your desk lamp. infinityQube's unique design supports flexible and highly scalable deployment. We plan to leave the world a little better than how we found it. Female founded, led, and engineered. Proudly based in Montréal, Quebec.

WeCook Meals

Series B in 2021
WeCook Meals produces and delivers home cooked fast food. Its online sales platform allows users to select from a range of meals, meats, and snacks; choose delivery location; and receive order. WeCook Meals was formerly known as Nutrition Fit Plus and changed its name to WeCook Meals. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Dorval, Canada.

Paystone

Debt Financing in 2021
Paystone is a leading provider of customer engagement solutions for North American businesses of all sizes. The company’s seamlessly integrated suite of automated payment processing, customer loyalty, and gift card solutions help 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. The fintech employs 150 employees and has 100+ sales partners across Canada. Visit www.paystone.com for details.

Transat

Post in 2020
Transat A.T. Inc. is an integrated international tourism company based in Montréal, Canada, specializing in holiday travel services across the Americas and Europe. The company offers travel packages that combine air travel and accommodations to over 60 destinations in approximately 25 countries, operating under the Transat and Air Transat brands. Founded in the early 1980s, Transat has grown significantly through a vertical integration strategy, which includes owning an airline and a robust retail distribution network. Its services extend beyond transportation to include destination services such as hospitality, excursions, and specialty services like destination weddings. The company has established a strong presence in retail distribution, with nearly 600 travel agencies in Canada and partnerships with various tourism service providers, including airlines and hotels. Through strategic acquisitions and internal growth, Transat has become a leader in the international tourism industry, serving around 3 million travelers annually.

Breathe Life

Debt Financing in 2020
Breathe Life Inc. designs and develops a software platform for insurance companies and assists them in conducting business online. The company's platform uses tools and analytics for the digital distribution of life insurance policies and eliminates the requirement of brokers. It also features a single-session quote creation and application process which enables consumers to purchase products on their own. It caters to life and health insurers, distribution organizations, and advisors. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

D-BOX Technologies

Post in 2020
D-BOX Technologies designs and manufactures motion systems for the entertainment and industrial markets worldwide. The company’s D-BOX Motion Code technology uses motion effects programmed for visual content that are sent to a motion system integrated into a platform, a seat, or other product and results in motion synchronization with on-screen action. It offers D-BOX MFX motion systems, D-BOX servers, and D-BOX transmitters for commercial theatres; motion platforms, systems, and controllers for home theatre submarket; and D-BOX actuators and motion interface to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). D-BOX Technologies was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Flinks

Debt Financing in 2020
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.
Martello Technologies manages the performance of real-time services on complex distributed cloud networks. Their solutions, which include network performance management software as a service (SaaS) and SD WAN, allow over the top (OTT) service providers and enterprises around the world to deliver better service quality and a reliable user experience. Designed for real-time communications, Martello’s solutions detect, identify and address network performance problems BEFORE service quality is impacted.

Sollum Technologies

Debt Financing in 2020
Sollum Technologies Inc. designs and manufactures lighting systems. Its lighting systems include LED hardware and programmable platform to provide the right light at various stages of crop growth; and a natural circadian rhythm to animals. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Aquantix

Grant in 2020
Aquantix is a tech company that specializes in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Mathematics, Physical Science, and Engineering. The company was founded in 2017 by Steven Fortier and Toby Messier and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

VersaPay

Post in 2019
VersaPay was founded in 2006 as an electronic payments company and went public in 2010 (TSX-V: VPY). VersaPay is a Fintech company and leading provider of cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions, enabling businesses to provide a superior customer experience, get paid faster, streamline financial operations, and dramatically reduce DSO and costs. VersaPay ARC is the new standard in accounts receivable and collections management with a customer self-service environment to view invoices online, collaborate on inquiries and disputes, and facilitate secure online payments (EFT/ACH and credit card). Businesses gain access to a suite of powerful tools that enable efficient collections, cash application and real-time insight into accounts receivable. VersaPay ARC automatically reconciles payments and account information through integrations with a wide range of ERPs and accounting software providers.

D-BOX Technologies

Post in 2019
D-BOX Technologies designs and manufactures motion systems for the entertainment and industrial markets worldwide. The company’s D-BOX Motion Code technology uses motion effects programmed for visual content that are sent to a motion system integrated into a platform, a seat, or other product and results in motion synchronization with on-screen action. It offers D-BOX MFX motion systems, D-BOX servers, and D-BOX transmitters for commercial theatres; motion platforms, systems, and controllers for home theatre submarket; and D-BOX actuators and motion interface to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). D-BOX Technologies was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

MX Technologies

Series B in 2019
MX is a fintech data company that aims to connect people with their financial data in a way that automates their money experience. It enables fintech and all financial institutions with aggregating, enhancing, analyzing, presenting, and acting on financial data. MX enables banks and credit unions to achieve record-breaking growth by winning their competitor's most profitable account holders. As one of the fastest-growing fintech providers, MX drives customer-centric banking relationships by gathering and providing data upon which online and mobile banking partners and financial institutions can create and deliver next-generation banking applications and solutions. Founded in 2010, MX delivers data aggregation, data cleansing, auto-categorization, classification, money management, custom API, data analytics, marketing, UI, and more. In addition, MX offers an extensive array of client services, ranging from training to custom marketing services. MX currently partners with more than 600 financial institutions and more than 30 digital, online, and mobile banking providers — designating MX as a proven powerhouse in the fintech space.

eStruxture

Debt Financing in 2019
eStruxture is a provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data center solutions tailored for network providers, media, content, financial services, and enterprise customers. The company offers a range of services, including colocation, private cloud, managed services, interconnections, and security support. eStruxture's infrastructure is designed to meet the demands of modern enterprise applications, allowing clients to scale rapidly in response to changing business needs. By delivering flexible and reliable colocation services, eStruxture enables clients to optimize their operations and enhance their overall performance.

Dialogue

Series B in 2019
Dialogue Technologies Inc. operates a comprehensive care platform that focuses on employee wellness and health solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Montreal, Canada, the company serves Canadian employers by providing a variety of services designed to enhance team engagement and health. Its platform facilitates virtual access to a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, enabling employees to consult with nurses and doctors, navigate care options, receive medication deliveries, and obtain referrals to specialists. Dialogue aims to improve overall wellbeing by reducing barriers to quality care, supporting proactive management of both physical and mental health, and ultimately fostering a healthier workforce.

MindBridge

Series B in 2019
MindBridge Analytics Inc. is a Canadian FinTech company that specializes in financial analytics software for audit, assurance, and commercial enterprises. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, the MindBridge platform identifies anomalous transactions and patterns within financial datasets, which aids organizations in detecting unintentional errors and intentional misstatements. The MindBridge AI Auditor provides risk-weighted analysis and deep insights into monetary flows, enabling companies to enhance their internal controls and improve decision-making processes. Through these capabilities, MindBridge helps organizations minimize financial losses and strengthen their overall financial integrity.

Enerkem

Corporate Round in 2019
Enerkem Inc., a development stage company, focuses on the development and production of renewable biofuels and chemicals from waste. The company primarily focuses on the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol. Its proprietary thermochemical process converts waste into biofuels and chemicals. The company has a strategic partnership with NOVA Chemicals Corporation. The company is based in Montreal, Canada.

Think Research

Venture Round in 2018
Think Research offers knowledge-based tools and clinical contents for clinicians at the point of care. Health care organizations are facing a growing number of complex challenges. Health system reform, quality improvement policies, constrained funding, disconnected systems, and a constantly expanding base of medical knowledge. Adapting to and navigating all this complexity requires new ways of thinking. Health care organizations need practical and cost effective solutions that approach its users’ health care challenges in new and creative ways. It connects clinicians, facilities, and entire health care systems with the quality clinical contents and the technologies to put it into practice. It also offers its users with knowledge translation services, partner apps such as eMED-PASS and how2track, and EntryPoint platforms and applications. Think Research is a Canada-based company that was founded in 2006. The company utilizes ontologic and semantic based Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to make better use of the data they collect from the patients.

Nestready

Venture Round in 2018
NestReady Inc. is a real estate technology company based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2012. The company has developed a marketplace that integrates all stages of the home buying experience, connecting mortgage lenders with homebuyers. Its platform serves as a comprehensive tool that simplifies the home buying process by merging mortgage services with real estate offerings, facilitating better client relationships and improving visibility into the progress of transactions. This integration allows mortgage lenders to enhance customer understanding, reduce acquisition costs, and provide a seamless homebuying experience directly on their websites. By bridging the gap between home discovery and financing, NestReady aims to increase conversion rates and improve client retention.

Composites Vci

Venture Round in 2018
Composites Vci is a transportation environmental consulting company located in Saint-lin-laurentides.

Flinks

Seed Round in 2018
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.

Fresche Solutions

Debt Financing in 2018
Fresche Solutions Inc. is a legacy management company specializing in the modernization of business-critical applications. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices worldwide, the company offers a range of software solutions, including the X-Analysis suite for managing the IBM i lifecycle, iModernize for transforming AS/400 RPG and COBOL applications into modern architectures, and the Newlook suite focused on IBM i applications. Fresche also provides consulting and technical support services, along with tools for business intelligence and application modernization. Their services encompass planning and analysis, ongoing application support, and project management, allowing clients to navigate the complexities of IT modernization while reducing operational costs. With a commitment to client satisfaction and a proven track record, Fresche serves a diverse international clientele, helping organizations future-proof their IT strategies. The company was previously known as Fresche Legacy Inc. and rebranded in April 2017.

Cobalt 27 Capital

Post in 2018
Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. is a minerals company that offers direct exposure to cobalt, an integral element in key technologies of the electric vehicle and battery energy storage markets. The Company owns over 2,982 Mt of physical cobalt and manages a portfolio of cobalt royalties. The Company intends to continue investing in a cobalt-focused portfolio of streams, royalties and direct interests in mineral properties containing cobalt, while potentially adding to its cobalt physical holdings when opportunities arise.

MindBridge

Series A in 2018
MindBridge Analytics Inc. is a Canadian FinTech company that specializes in financial analytics software for audit, assurance, and commercial enterprises. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, the MindBridge platform identifies anomalous transactions and patterns within financial datasets, which aids organizations in detecting unintentional errors and intentional misstatements. The MindBridge AI Auditor provides risk-weighted analysis and deep insights into monetary flows, enabling companies to enhance their internal controls and improve decision-making processes. Through these capabilities, MindBridge helps organizations minimize financial losses and strengthen their overall financial integrity.

Dialogue

Series A in 2018
Dialogue Technologies Inc. operates a comprehensive care platform that focuses on employee wellness and health solutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Montreal, Canada, the company serves Canadian employers by providing a variety of services designed to enhance team engagement and health. Its platform facilitates virtual access to a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, enabling employees to consult with nurses and doctors, navigate care options, receive medication deliveries, and obtain referrals to specialists. Dialogue aims to improve overall wellbeing by reducing barriers to quality care, supporting proactive management of both physical and mental health, and ultimately fostering a healthier workforce.

HomeEquity Bank

Debt Financing in 2017
HomeEquity Bank is a privately held company and helps Canadians live retirement their way by providing a safe, secure, and easy way to access the equity they’ve built up in their homes through their financial solutions, the CHIP Reverse Mortgage® and Income Advantage®.

Falco Resources

Post in 2017
Falco Resources Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, and evaluation of mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for base and precious metals, such as gold, zinc, copper, and silver deposits. It owns mining claims and contractual rights in relation to mining concessions covering approximately 70,000 hectares of land in the Rouyn-Noranda mining camp located in the Province of Québec. Its principal asset is the Horne 5 Project located in the former Horne mine. The company was formerly known as Falco Pacific Resource Group Inc. and changed its name to Falco Resources Ltd. in July 2014. Falco Resources Ltd. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Element AI

Series A in 2017
Element AI Inc. provides artificial intelligence solutions (AI) for organizations to identify opportunities to use artificial intelligence and machine learning and build AI solutions. It operates an AI as a Service (AIaaS) platform that enables businesses to launch and incubate AI solutions in partnership with large corporations. The company also operates a research and development laboratory that conducts research to deploy AI in computing infrastructure. It provides its products to insurance, banking and capital markets, manufacturing, logistics, retail, and consumer packaged goods industries. Element AI Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with an additional office in Toronto, Canada.

Nest Wealth

Funding Round in 2017
Founded in 2014, Nest Wealth has created Canada’s first SaaS-based digital wealth management platform to ensure all investors have access to sophisticated, personalized and transparent wealth management services. Wealth management firms and individual advisors can provide and manage virtually any investment to any investor through any distribution channel with Nest Wealth’s configurable white label practice management tool. For individual investors, Nest Wealth offers an automated, low-fee and transparent direct-to-investor wealth management solution that makes it easier to reach their financial goals. Nest Wealth has been chosen by some of Canada's largest wealth management firms and financial institutions, including the National Bank of Canada, to modernize their wealth management platforms.

Agropur

Venture Round in 2015
Founded in 1938 in Québec, Agropur dairy cooperative is joining the FoodBytes! family in 2018, bringing 80 years of dairy sector leadership and expertise. Agropur which is amongst the top 20 dairy leader players in the world, never stops innovating and sees innovation as a guiding principle within the organization.

NSIA

Private Equity Round in 2015
NSIA operates in insurance, banking and finance, and real estate businesses. It provides life insurance products; and non-life insurance products, including automotive, home and property, transport, and personal accident. The company also offers checking accounts, savings accounts, term deposits, savings certificates, and bank assurance products; commercial loans, personal loans, mortgages, and leasing; other services, such as transfers, foreign exchange, asset management, electronic banking, and money transfers; and financial engineering, trading, asset management, product portfolio management, and finance research services.

Agropur

Venture Round in 2014
Founded in 1938 in Québec, Agropur dairy cooperative is joining the FoodBytes! family in 2018, bringing 80 years of dairy sector leadership and expertise. Agropur which is amongst the top 20 dairy leader players in the world, never stops innovating and sees innovation as a guiding principle within the organization.

Entrec

Post in 2014
ENTREC is a Canada-based provider of heavy lift and heavy haul services, specializing in crane solutions and transportation. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including oil and natural gas, construction, petrochemical, mining, and power generation. In addition to its core offerings, ENTREC also provides logistics support to enhance its service capabilities. While the company operates primarily in Canada, it also has a presence in the United States, with the majority of its revenue derived from Canadian operations.

SiriusXM Canada

Debt Financing in 2013
SiriusXM Canada is a Canadian radio channel broadcasting satellite radio channels featuring premier sports, news, entertainment, and more. It broadcasts commercial-free music, sports, news, talk, entertainment, and weather to over 2.6 million subscribers in Canada. SiriusXM Canada delivers its digital-quality audio everywhere its listeners want to listen, whether in cars, on boats, in the home or office, and through a wide range of mobile devices. SiriusXM Canada was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, O.N.

Optosecurity

Series B in 2007
Optosecurity Inc. develops and commercializes security products for the transportation and critical infrastructure markets. It offers OptoScreener, an inline checkpoint security system that automatically detects potential threats, such as weapons and weapon parts, as well as identifies dangerous liquids and gels. Optosecurity Inc. was founded as Optobiometrics, Inc. in 2003 and later changed its name to Optosecurity Inc. in June 2004. The company is based in Quebec, Canada.

Altamira Financial Services

Acquisition in 2002
Altamira Financial Services provides brokerage, private wealth services, financial, and retirement planning services to its clients.