InstarAGF Asset Management

InstarAGF Asset Management is an independent alternative asset management firm with an emphasis on North American middle-market opportunities in the infrastructure sector and other alternative real asset categories. InstarAGF, which makes direct investments and co-investments with like-minded investors and strategic partners, is a joint venture between Instar Group Inc. and AGF Management Limited (TSX:AGF.B), a premier Canadian-based investment management firm serving institutions and individuals around the globe.

Gregory J. Smith

Founder, CEO and President

6 past transactions

Steel Reef Infrastructure

Private Equity Round in 2019
Steel Reef Infrastructure is a midstream energy company that specializes in the gathering, processing, transporting, and storing of oil and natural gas, particularly within the Western Canadian sedimentary basin and Bakken region. The company plays a crucial role in energy infrastructure by collecting and processing associated natural gas, including flare gas, which is converted into a lower carbon energy source. The products produced by Steel Reef are utilized in various applications, including residential heating and agricultural purposes, supporting both energy needs and environmental sustainability.

Amports

Acquisition in 2018
Amports operates as a premier automotive port logistics and processing company. Amports is a vital link in the global transportation supply chain of many of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), operating from strategically-located facilities in the United States and Mexico on major coastal zones that provide superior access to land transport links and distribution networks in close proximity to major population centres.

Creative Energy Canada

Acquisition in 2018
Creative Energy is a neighbourhood energy utility company made up of city builders, energy innovators and creative thinkers. With more than 50 years of operating experience, Creative Energy is creating flexible, low carbon neighbourhood energy systems across the Greater Vancouver Area and in Toronto, and is poised for growth elsewhere in North America.

Steel Reef Infrastructure

Private Equity Round in 2016
Steel Reef Infrastructure is a midstream energy company that specializes in the gathering, processing, transporting, and storing of oil and natural gas, particularly within the Western Canadian sedimentary basin and Bakken region. The company plays a crucial role in energy infrastructure by collecting and processing associated natural gas, including flare gas, which is converted into a lower carbon energy source. The products produced by Steel Reef are utilized in various applications, including residential heating and agricultural purposes, supporting both energy needs and environmental sustainability.
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