Fonds de solidarité FTQ

The Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a development capital fund that calls upon the solidarity and savings of Quebecers to help create and maintain jobs in Québec by investing in small and medium-sized businesses. Its mission also involves offering its shareholders a fair return. No other institution has stricken such a balance, which indeed, is a fundamental principle of a labour-sponsored investment fund. Since its inception in June 1983, the Fund, whose net assets is $9.3 billion as at May 31, 2013, has become a hub of knowledge, resources and contacts for Québec companies and a key player in the Québec economy.

Pierre Belle-Isle

Investment Professional

Normand Bélanger

President, CEO and Member of Management Committee at Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ

Robert Charpentier

Portfolio Manager and Member of Investment Advisory Board

Serge Cormier

Director of Construction at Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ

Serge Côtes

Senior Investment Advisor

Alain Denis

SVP of New Economy and Innovation, Investment Director of IT and Telecommunications

Eric Deschênes

Asset Management Director of Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ

Roxanne Emond

Director, Administration and Investment

Nathalie Gagnon

Director of Administration and Human Resources of Fonds Immobilier de Solidarité FTQ

Renaud Gagné

Director

Daniel Gilbert

Portfolio Manager

Daniel Hinse

Senior Director of Investment of Consumer Goods, Entertainment and Equipments

Josée Lagacé

Director of Communications and Marketing of Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ

Daniel Laporte

SVP of Turnaround and Special Projects

Didier Leconte

Senior Director of Investment of Life Sciences

Liette Leduc

Senior Director of Legal Affairs

Gaétan Morin

President, CEO and Director

Sylvain Paré

EVP of Finance

Gilles Poulin

Senior Director of Investment of Aerospace, Construction and Transportation

Chad Ruel

Investment Professional

Jean Thifault

Director of Partner Worker Relations

311 past transactions

Stelmine Canada

Post in 2017
Stelmine Inc. is a company involved in mineral exploration in Quebec. The Company plans to open a new gold mining camp on the eastern part of the Opinaca metasedimentary basin.It engages in the acquisition, exploration, production, development, and operation of mining properties.

Reflex Photonics

Venture Round in 2017
Reflex Photonics Inc. is a privately held corporation that is focused on delivering high performance interconnects for next generation optical and semiconductor connectivity solutions. Reflex Photonics is focused on providing extreme high-speed, Light on Board® connectivity solutions for broad-based digital data transfer applications. Through the integration of the unique and proprietary LightABLE™ semiconductor/optical packaging technology, they are addressing applications which require aggregate data rates in excess of 10 Gigabit per second and with link distances ranging from a few inches to 1000 feet. They expect the Light on Board® solutions to breakthrough the current speed barriers of chip to chip communications, which will enable high performance computers, networks and storage infrastructure to perform as never before. The company offers its customer several technological benefits and the ability to build cost-effective, high-performance and scalable systems.

Genesis Metals

Private Placement in 2019
Genesis Metals Corp. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada. It holds 100% interest in the Chevrier Gold deposit that covers an area of 275 square kilometers in Quebec; and 100% interest in the October Gold Property, which covers 203 square kilometers in the Southern Swayze greenstone belt in Benton Township, Ontario. The company was formerly known as Entourage Metals Ltd. and changed its name to Genesis Metals Corp. in November 2015. Genesis Metals Corp. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Av&r

Venture Round in 2014
AV&R offers robotic finishing machines (profiling, polishing, deburring), and automated visual inspection to manufacturers of gas turbine engine parts, for both aircraft engines and power generation, and to prosthesis manufacturers.
Nordic Structures is the leading innovator in engineered wood products and mass timber construction. Its resource comes from responsibly managed lands within the regional boreal forest. Vertical integration, from forest to structure, bolstered by Nordic’s experienced design and development team, ensures consistent quality and unparalleled level of service.

Chocmod Canada Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Chocmod Canada Inc. produces chocolates. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada. Chocmod Canada Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Chocmod.

Bluestreak Technology

Series B in 2005
Bluestreak Technology, Inc. provides products that deliver over-the-top and managed video services across televisions, set-top boxes, and consumer electronics. Its products include MachBlue platform that provides content owners, device manufacturers, and network operators with over-the-top video services to various devices; MachBlue Smart Runtime Classic that enables companies to create experiences from videos and applications created with the Adobe Flash authoring tool, which allows to run across various embedded devices; and MachBlue Studio, an application testing environment and emulator tool that enables debugging and optimization of applications for devices running MachBlue. The company’s products are embedded in various multiple screens, including connected televisions, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, smartphones, and tablets. It serves connected device vendors and content providers worldwide. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Montreal, Canada. Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bluestreak Network, Inc. As of June 23, 2015, Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Espial Group, Inc.

Troilus Gold

Post in 2021
Troilus Gold is a Canadian based development stage resource company focused on the potential restart and mineral expansion of the former producing Troilus gold and copper mine, located within the Frotêt-Evans Greenstone Belt in Quebec.

7 Gen

Series A in 2022
7Gen develops charging infrastructure and vehicle leasing projects that enable commercial fleet managers to convert to electric vehicles.

Sphinx Resources

Private Placement in 2018
Sphinx is engaged in the generation and acquisition of exploration projects in Québec and Canada which is recognized as an attractive mining jurisdiction worldwide.

Protekt Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
ProteKt Therapeutics is a drug development company aiming to develop potent and selective oral inhibitors of the kinase PKR for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases. The company has raised a $4M pre-A round and graduated from the FutuRx accelerator in 2019.

Land and Building at 16 Place du commerce

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Land and Building at 16 Place du commerce comprises a land and building property. The asset is located in Canada.

Genesis Metals

Private Placement in 2018
Genesis Metals Corp. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada. It holds 100% interest in the Chevrier Gold deposit that covers an area of 275 square kilometers in Quebec; and 100% interest in the October Gold Property, which covers 203 square kilometers in the Southern Swayze greenstone belt in Benton Township, Ontario. The company was formerly known as Entourage Metals Ltd. and changed its name to Genesis Metals Corp. in November 2015. Genesis Metals Corp. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

ABIPA

Funding Round in 2014
Abipa is an aviation industry that manufactures and assembles aircraft engine parts, landing gear parts and aircraft structural parts.

Jamp Pharma Corporation

Venture Round in 2016
Jamp Pharma is an developing, marketing and distribution of generic drugs and non-prescription products located in Boucherville.

Foliot Furniture

Venture Round in 2010
Foliot Furniture Inc. designs, develops, and produces furniture for hospitality, educational, healthcare, and military sectors. It offers case goods and seating finishes and textiles for the hospitality sector. The company also provides bed room furniture for residential hall and military housing such as beds, desks and carrels, wardrobes, dressers, and chairs; lounge and dining furniture, including tables, entertainment related furniture, and lounge seating; and seating furniture. Foliot Furniture Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Saint-Jerome, Canada.

Cartier Resources

Convertible Note in 2016
Cartier Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties in Canada. The company explores for gold deposits. Its flagship project is the Chimo mine property located to the east of Val-d’Or, Quebec. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Val-d'Or, Canada.

Briva Finance

Venture Round in 2020
Briva Finance is offers companies an interim financing option allowing them to carry out their projects quickly.

Coveo

Series A in 2006
Coveo designs intelligent enterprise search and predictive insights platform that helps businesses to unlock the power of search to maximize performance. Its platform securely connects and unifies information from across on-premise and cloud applications and automatically suggests relevant information, experts, products, and services to customers as they self-serve and to employees as they work, enabling businesses to harness the full value of their IP and empower their workers with the unified and secure knowledge access.

Thrasos

Series C in 2012
Thrasos is a bio-therapeutics company focused on the discovery and development of targeted therapies for the prevention and treatment of severe organ failure, with a principle focus on kidney disease. The Company's lead therapeutic program, THR-184, is focused on the prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). The Company also has a preclinical development program for treating chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Terranova Worldwide Corporation

Private Placement in 2018
Terranova Worldwide Corporation provides information technology supported security awareness services to corporate houses and governmental organizations. The company offers online information security training programs through its SecurIT Savvy platform. Additionally, it provides consultation and support services. The company was formerly known as Terranova Training Inc. Terranova Worldwide Corporation was founded in 2001 and is based in Laval, Canada.

Les Industries Bernard & Fils Ltée

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Les Industries Bernard & Fils Ltée produces maple syrup. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in Saint-Victor, Canada.

Medicago

Private Equity Round in 2011
Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the research, development, production, and commercialization of vaccines in Canada. The company develops its vaccines based on its proprietary technologies, including the plant-based Proficia technology and Virus-Like Particles (VLP) technology. Its product candidate includes H5N1 pandemic influenza VLP vaccine, which has completed a Phase I human clinical trial. The company is also developing H1N1 VLP vaccine for Influenza A/California/04/09 virus; and seasonal influenza vaccines. Medicago Inc. has collaboration agreements with Viridis S.A.; Genopole biopark to manufacture pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccines; and Philip Morris International to produce a therapeutic protein with a humancompatible glycosylation pattern. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Quebec City, Canada.

IMV

Post in 2019
IMV is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company that wants to transform the way they engage human immunity to address some of the most complex, devastating diseases in today’s medical landscape.

JCB Construction Canada Inc

Venture Round in 2019
JCB specializes in managing and executing commercial, industrial and institutional construction work since 1985.

LeddarTech

Series D in 2022
LeddarTech Inc. develops and markets sensing solutions based on light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems. The company provides LED detection and ranging solutions for object detection and distance measurement applications. Its products are used to improve traffic flow by municipalities and DOTs, as well as for parking assistance, automatic parking, blind-spot detection, lane-change assistance, and pre-crash detection applications in the automotive industry. LeddarTech Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Quebec City, Canada.

Azimut Exploration

Post in 2003
Azimut Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral properties in Canada. It explores for copper, gold, zinc, silver, cobalt, tungsten, rare earth elements, uranium, chromium, nickel, and platinum group elements. As at December 22, 2020, the company holds an exploration portfolio of twenty-eight exploration properties, comprising of 11,916 claims in the James Bay and Nunavik regions. The company is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Le Groupe Fia

Venture Round in 2019
The year was 2002 when The FiA Group set out to become that Construction Company that delivers superior construction, outstanding customer service and real value for every dollar spent. FiA’s efforts focused on what has now become an ingrained operating philosophy: Process-driven project delivery; Superior quality building; Unparalleled commitment to service

FLO

Private Placement in 2020
AddÉnergie is the Canadian leader in smart charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company develops, manufactures and operates charging solutions for all market segments such as the public sector, employers, multi-residential, fleets, residential, etc. The company is the provider of the charging infrastructure for the Electric Circuit and the VERnetworkTM, the two largest charging station networks in Canada, with more than 2,000 charging stations. AddÉnergie provides the products and software necessary to manage these networks. AddÉnergie will soon launch new networks with international partners.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2018
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes etripamil for the treatment of cardiovascular indications. It is developing etripamil, a novel channel blocker, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in the United States and Canada, as well as for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, angina, and other cardiovascular indications. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

WorkJam

Series C in 2020
WorkJam, Inc. develops a web and mobile app that runs stand-alone or integrated with existing workforce management system. Its solution includes various features for shift and task management, schedule maintenance, messaging and communication, training and assessments, rewards and recognition, surveys and polls, gamify learning and reviews, and social and community. It serves retail hospitality, food services, healthcare, distribution centers, manufacturing, call centers, and financial services industries. WorkJam, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Digital Goodie. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Montreal, Canada with additional locations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Melbourne, Australia.

Alt Canada Limited Partnership

Private Placement in 2019
Alt Canada Limited Partnership owns Alt Hotels in Canada. The company is based in Canada.

TickSmith

Series A in 2022
TickSmith Corp. designs and develops a data management system TickVault. The company offers a big data platform for recording, storing, transforming, analyzing, and delivering structured and unstructured financial data such as trade and quote history, news, and events, research, and corporate actions. The platform manages tick data, reference data, FIX messages, back-office data, financial and media content, PDFs, time-series, and statements. Additionally it provides data management, web portal and services, access and identity management, workflow management, monitoring, and audit logs. TickSmith Corp.’s clientele include exchange and data vendors, trading groups, and regulators, and SROs. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Hexago

Series A in 2006
Hexago provides IPv6 deployment solutions to the government and defense agencies and contractors, Internet and telecommunications operators, manufacturers, and researchers. Its products include Gateway6, an Internet appliance that allows deployment of IPv6 products and services over the existing IPv4 network infrastructure; and Gateway6 Mobile, which delivers dual-stack connectivity to the mobile users without relying on dual PDP contexts. The company also provides product related consulting services.

Azimut Exploration

Post in 2016
Azimut Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral properties in Canada. It explores for copper, gold, zinc, silver, cobalt, tungsten, rare earth elements, uranium, chromium, nickel, and platinum group elements. As at December 22, 2020, the company holds an exploration portfolio of twenty-eight exploration properties, comprising of 11,916 claims in the James Bay and Nunavik regions. The company is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

WorkJam

Private Placement in 2020
WorkJam, Inc. develops a web and mobile app that runs stand-alone or integrated with existing workforce management system. Its solution includes various features for shift and task management, schedule maintenance, messaging and communication, training and assessments, rewards and recognition, surveys and polls, gamify learning and reviews, and social and community. It serves retail hospitality, food services, healthcare, distribution centers, manufacturing, call centers, and financial services industries. WorkJam, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Digital Goodie. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Montreal, Canada with additional locations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Melbourne, Australia.

LeddarTech

Series C in 2017
LeddarTech Inc. develops and markets sensing solutions based on light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems. The company provides LED detection and ranging solutions for object detection and distance measurement applications. Its products are used to improve traffic flow by municipalities and DOTs, as well as for parking assistance, automatic parking, blind-spot detection, lane-change assistance, and pre-crash detection applications in the automotive industry. LeddarTech Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Quebec City, Canada.

Iscopia Software

Series B in 2008
Headquartered in Montreal, Iscopia provides on-demand online hiring solutions (delivered over the web as Software as a Service) that enable organizations of all sizes to recruit the best candidates and promote the most deserving employees. Iscopia's award-winning online hiring solution, AQSâ„¢, enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) to hire better employees and reduce turnover quickly, simply and economically. Our customer base ranges from industry leading test publishers and HR consultants to companies large and small.

Cogeco

Post in 2008
Cogeco Cable Inc. (“Cogeco Cable” or the “Corporation”) is a cable telecommunications company with shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol CCA. Cogeco Cable builds on its cable distribution base offering Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet and Telephony services. Cogeco Cable is the second largest cable system operator in Ontario, Québec and Portugal in terms of Basic Cable service customers served. Cogeco Cable focuses its attention on the satisfaction of customers’ varied electronic communication needs by investing in state-of-the-art broadband network facilities, delivering a wide range of services over these facilities with great speed and reliability at attractive prices, and striving to provide superior customer care and growing profitability. Corporate Strategies and Objectives Cogeco Cable’s business objectives are all centered on improving profitability, notably operating income before amortization, and creating value for shareholders.

Azimut Exploration

Post in 2004
Azimut Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral properties in Canada. It explores for copper, gold, zinc, silver, cobalt, tungsten, rare earth elements, uranium, chromium, nickel, and platinum group elements. As at December 22, 2020, the company holds an exploration portfolio of twenty-eight exploration properties, comprising of 11,916 claims in the James Bay and Nunavik regions. The company is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Agro-100

Funding Round in 2018
Agro-100 Ltee engages in the research, manufacture, and marketing of agricultural products. The company offers CalPoMag, a potassic liming agent and a sulphurous fertilizer; CalPoMag that is a liming agent/fertilizer; ammonium sulphate, calcium ammonia nitrate, urea, monoammoniacal and diammoniacal phosphate, potassium muriate, and potassium sulphate; and liquid fertilizers that include foliar and fertigation fertilizers. It also distributes seeds. Agro-100 Ltee is based in Joliette, Canada.

Stelmine Canada

Private Placement in 2018
Stelmine Inc. is a company involved in mineral exploration in Quebec. The Company plans to open a new gold mining camp on the eastern part of the Opinaca metasedimentary basin.It engages in the acquisition, exploration, production, development, and operation of mining properties.

Groupe Lebel

Venture Round in 2014
Groupe Lebel’s mission is optimizing the transformation of wood into sustainable products all while contributing to the development of our community. Precise quality control, from the tree to the finished product. We control every stage of production (cutting plan, reforestation, sawing, drying, planing, classification, processing, packaging and delivery).

La compagnie 2 Amériks inc

Venture Round in 2019
Cie 2 Ameriks is a Canadian based manufacturer and importer of products sold under the brand name GoGo Quinoa. Founded in 2004.

JOSEPH RIBKOFF INC

Private Placement in 2020
Joseph Ribkoff creates ingenious collections for busy women around the world. Now a fashion pioneer, dictating trends and guiding women and styles, the company continues to innovate to meet the multidimensional needs of today’s women. While celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, Joseph Ribkoff continues to stand out as one of Canada’s leading fashion designers, and in more than 64 international markets.

Enerkem

Corporate Round in 2018
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.

EBC inc

Private Placement in 2020
EBC is a family business founded in 1968 by Fernand Houle and his brother Germain. They built the company on their core values of respect, integrity and a job well done — values that the current president, Marie-Claude Houle, is proud to uphold. In its 45 years, EBC has carried out over 600 projects totalling more than $6 billion. From Newfoundland and Labrador to New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, as well as the international arena, clients have chosen EBC for our professionalism and our respect for budgets and timelines. This rigorous approach is applied to all our projects, whether building construction, civil engineering, earthworks, mining, marine works, energy transport, wind power, etc.

Imperial Mining Group

Private Placement in 2018
Imperial Mining Group Ltd. operates as a mineral exploration company in Canada. The company primarily explores for copper-zinc, gold, scandium-niobium-tantalum, and silver deposits. The company holds interests in the Crater Lake project comprising 96 contiguous claims covering an area of 47 square kilometers located to the northeast of Schefferville, Quebec; and the Opawica project, which includes 42 contiguous mining titles in Gand and Lespérance townships covering an area of 23.45 square kilometers situated to the east of Desmaraisville in the Chibougamau mining camp. It also holds interests in the Carheil property comprising 100 contiguous claims covering an area of approximately 46.47 square kilometers; and the Brouillan property, which includes 13 claims covering a surface area of approximately 7.22 square kilometers located in the north of the town of La Sarre. In addition, the company holds an interest in the La Ronciere project, which consists of 45 mining claims covering an area of 25.1 square kilometers in Gand and La Roncière townships. Imperial Mining Group Ltd. is based in Montreal, Canada.

Cook it

Funding Round in 2021
Cook it is a ready-to-cook meal company in Canada. Cook it's mission is to reduce food waste and to take away the inconvenience associated with weekly meal planning. The company delivers incredibly delicious and easily prepared meals that everyone can proudly cook.

Kaloom

Series A in 2018
Kaloom Inc. provides large-scale networking, analytics and AI-based solutions. It offers programmable spine and leaf switches, and storage and application severs. It offers its services to data center operator, telcommunication, enterprise, cloud, and gaming industries. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Taxelco

Venture Round in 2018
Taxelco is to consolidate the interests of the taxi industry to the benefit of its stakeholders and for the citizens of Montreal. With this approach, we can ensure that the economic and social benefits derived from the use of fully electric vehicles, the creation of operational synergies and the efficient use of information technologies will remain in the hands of its constituents. A collaborative and supervised pilot project will start in November 2015 with 50 electric vehicles driving around Montreal. The objective of this project is to optimize the performance of electric vehicles operating as taxis and in Montreal's rigorous weather conditions. This ambitious project will help position Montreal as a green, avant-garde city where public transports are a means to responsible economic and social development, echoing the unique, cultural and innovative personality of its citizens.

IPL Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
IPL is a leading North American manufacturer of extruded and injection-molded plastic products. IPL leads the industry when it comes to design and technology expertise, and understands our customers' marketing challenges. IPL is an innovative plastic injection-molding company focused on helping its customers grow their business. The company is part of Novacap, a company among the leading private equity firms in Canada. Its mission is not just about making investments, it's also about building world-class companies.

Enobia Pharma

Series A in 2005
Enobia develops therapies to treat serious genetic bone disorders for which there are no approved treatments.

Esperas Pharma

Venture Round in 2015
A special purpose company created to develop one compound to proof-of-concept.
Golden Valley Mines typically tests initial grassroots targets while owning a 100% interest therein and then seeks partners to continue exploration funding. This allows the Golden Valley Mines to carry on its generative programs and systematic exploration efforts at other majority-owned grassroots projects. Golden Valley Mines, together with its subsidiaries holds multiple property interests in gold, base-metal and energy mineral projects in Canada (Québec, Ontario and Saskatchewan).

Orckestra

Series B in 2015
Redefining how organizations utilize world-leading technologies to produce customized, flexible & robust Customer Experience solutions.

Inovia

Debt Financing in 2018
At Inovia we design, manufacture and implement customized equipment for your production facilities, adapted to your unique production process needs, equipment that meet the highest standards of quality and performance. Whether for the food processing industry or the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or industrial, we distinguish ourselves by our commitment to finding the solution that meets all your criteria and goals.

Exprolink

Private Placement in 2020
Exprolink is a company operating in the transportation electrification industry. Exprolink designs and manufactures outdoor cleaning vehicles for green smart cities. Its products, sold worldwide under the Madvac brand, include compact sweepers and litter vacuums for sidewalks, bicycle paths, parks and pedestrian lanes.
Kintavar Exploration is a natural resource corporation principally engaged in the exploration and development of precious metal and base metals properties located in Quebec with access to infrastructure. It seeks to identify, investigate, evaluate and acquire under explored properties located in both traditional and non-traditional geologically favourable environment. Currently the focus is on two sectors, the Abitibi gold district where the company is working on the Anik and RAG properties and in the Grenville geological province on the Mitchi property.

Stelmine Canada

Post in 2018
Stelmine Inc. is a company involved in mineral exploration in Quebec. The Company plans to open a new gold mining camp on the eastern part of the Opinaca metasedimentary basin.It engages in the acquisition, exploration, production, development, and operation of mining properties.

Worximity Technology

Series B in 2022
Founded by Yannick Desmarais, Worximity Technology create businesses applications for mobile and tablets, mainly on iOS. Worximity Technology is devoted to develop innovative real-time apps in order to resolve existing problems within enterprises. Stay in touch with your production 24/7, no matter where you are. In this new era of IoT, Worximity keeps you connected with your smart factory. Up and running in less than a day, the mobile dashboard provides an overview of your production in real time.

Bluestreak Technology

Series D in 2007
Bluestreak Technology, Inc. provides products that deliver over-the-top and managed video services across televisions, set-top boxes, and consumer electronics. Its products include MachBlue platform that provides content owners, device manufacturers, and network operators with over-the-top video services to various devices; MachBlue Smart Runtime Classic that enables companies to create experiences from videos and applications created with the Adobe Flash authoring tool, which allows to run across various embedded devices; and MachBlue Studio, an application testing environment and emulator tool that enables debugging and optimization of applications for devices running MachBlue. The company’s products are embedded in various multiple screens, including connected televisions, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, smartphones, and tablets. It serves connected device vendors and content providers worldwide. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Montreal, Canada. Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bluestreak Network, Inc. As of June 23, 2015, Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Espial Group, Inc.

Solmax

Venture Round in 2017
Solmax is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of PE geomembranes and offers high-standard containment solutions. Its products are sold in over 60 countries. They are used by the major industrial companies in the mining, energy, waste management, water, and civil engineering sectors. Solmax’s products are used to protect soils from contamination in applications as critical as the landfills of the world’s most populated cities to the tailings or heap leach pads of mining operating in environmentally fragile ecosystems.

Cogeco

Post in 2011
Cogeco Cable Inc. (“Cogeco Cable” or the “Corporation”) is a cable telecommunications company with shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol CCA. Cogeco Cable builds on its cable distribution base offering Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet and Telephony services. Cogeco Cable is the second largest cable system operator in Ontario, Québec and Portugal in terms of Basic Cable service customers served. Cogeco Cable focuses its attention on the satisfaction of customers’ varied electronic communication needs by investing in state-of-the-art broadband network facilities, delivering a wide range of services over these facilities with great speed and reliability at attractive prices, and striving to provide superior customer care and growing profitability. Corporate Strategies and Objectives Cogeco Cable’s business objectives are all centered on improving profitability, notably operating income before amortization, and creating value for shareholders.

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.

Azimut Exploration

Post in 2018
Azimut Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral properties in Canada. It explores for copper, gold, zinc, silver, cobalt, tungsten, rare earth elements, uranium, chromium, nickel, and platinum group elements. As at December 22, 2020, the company holds an exploration portfolio of twenty-eight exploration properties, comprising of 11,916 claims in the James Bay and Nunavik regions. The company is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Produits Belt-Tech inc

Venture Round in 2018
Belt-Tech Products Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies webbings for OEM manufacturers in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It offers nylon and polyester seat belt webbings for cars, trucks, and aircraft, as well as other webbing products used in automobiles for air-bag and side curtain-bag tether straps, child seat belts, various pull straps, safety harnesses, cargo control netting, and anchors used in transport. The company provides military narrow fabrics for various field applications, such as military backpacks, helmet straps, parachutes, reinforcement webbing used in tents and awnings, and tarpaulins. It also offers nylon and polyester webbings for commercial and industrial requirements, including slings and anchors. Belt-Tech Products Inc. was formerly known as Stark Bros Ribbon Corporation and changed its name to Belt-Tech Products Inc. in June 2005. The company was founded in 1931 and is based in Granby, Canada. Belt-Tech Products Inc. operates as a subsidiary of 9155-3164 Québec Inc.

Ani-Mat

Debt Financing in 2005
Ani-Mat Inc. designs and manufactures rubber flooring for dairy and horse industries. It offers multi-purpose interlock flooring systems, Animattress rubber flooring systems, AnimatEVO rubber mats for stalls, and EVA reversible mats for employees in milking parlours. The company’s products are used as anti-fatigue mats and floor protection in commercial and industrial areas. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Sherbrooke, Canada. It has dealers in the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Israel, Japan, and Australia.

TandemLaunch

Grant in 2018
Rolling application deadlines - apply at anytime! TandemLaunch scouts, accelerates, and commercializes early-stage technologies from the world's top universities in close partnership with major Consumer Electronic brands. They collaborate with innovative entrepreneurs and technologists to turn these initial ideas into high quality startups ventures that their partners then lead to international impact. Their incubation program provides innovators with mentorship, turn-key engineering and business resources, and up to $800k in seed financing. Graduates from their program can draw on further venture investment from their TandemLaunch Ventures seed fund or its 50+ Limited Partners.
Harfang Exploration Inc, formerly RedQuest Capital Corp, is a Canada-based mining exploration company. The Company's mission is to discover gold districts in the province of Quebec. The Company’s development model is based on the generation of mining projects and on the establishment of partnerships with exploration and mining companies. The Company owns Lac Menarik gold property located in the James Bay region of northern Quebec, an underexplored area.

Centre Agricole JLD Inc

Private Placement in 2019
Centre Agricole JLD Inc distributes and sells agricultural, commercial, and residential snow removal and construction equipment. The company offers tractors, mowers, self-propelled forage harvesters, combine harvesters, round or square balers, snow blowers, skyscrapers, mini-excavators, compact loaders, lawn tractors, compact utility tractors, and sport utility vehicles for snow removal, landscaping, and residential and commercial maintenance. It also offers used equipment and parts. In addition, the company provides after sales services. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Laval, Canada. It has additional offices in Saint-Anaclet, Chicoutimi, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Bruno, Carp, Coaticook, Winchester, Sherbrooke, Saint-Isidore, Pike-River, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Ange-Gardien, Saint-Hyacinthe, Mirabel, and Varennes, Canada.

Microbrasserie Le Bockale

Venture Round in 2020
Microbrasserie Le Bockale produces and sells non-alcoholic microbrewery beers. It offers flavored beers without alcohol. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Drummondville, Canada.

SAIL Plein Air Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
SAIL Plein Air Inc. operates a network of outdoor, camping, hunting, and fishing product stores. It offers camping, clothing, fishing, footwear, hunting, orientation, winter sports, and work wear products. Additionally the company sells its products online through its website. SAIL Plein Air Inc. was formerly known as SKI-Mode Bernard Trottier Inc. and changed its name in April 2009. The company is headquartered in Laval, Canada. It operates stores in Beloeil, Brossard, Burlington, Etobicoke, Laval, Oshawa, Ottawa, Quebec, Vaughan, and Longueuil, Canada.

Distech Controls

Venture Round in 2013
Distech Controls is the global innovation leader in building automation and energy management solutions.

district m

Series A in 2019
district m Inc. operates a digital media company that offers programmatic solutions to advertisers and publishers. The company offers a data management platform that allows tracking the delivery of campaigns in real-time; and provides solutions, including data and contextual, engagement, reporting, multi targeting, geotargeting, learnings, sales, and conversions for advertisers. It also operates a programmatic publisher platform that manages the inventory monetization; and offers yield optimization, support, and quality control services for publishers. district m Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. It has operations in Toronto, Canada; and New York.

Fresche Solutions

Venture Round in 2016
Fresche Solutions Inc., a legacy management company, re-hosts, re-writes, and re-architects business-critical applications. It offers X-Analysis software suite to understand and manage IBM i lifecycle; iModernize to transform existing AS/400 RPG and COBOL applications to Microsoft, .NET, and Java architectures; Speedware business intelligence and development tools; Newlook suite that focuses on IBM i applications by transforming traditional systems; and HP e3000 modernization tools, as well as various consulting and technical support services. The company also provides management and modernization solutions in the areas of planning and analysis, application and database modernization, onsite development and deployment, project management, and ongoing application support. In addition, it focuses on strategy and discovery services, analysis and productivity tools, modernization solutions, and application support services. The company serves customers in Canada and internationally. Fresche Solutions Inc. was formerly known as Fresche Legacy Inc. and changed its name to Fresche Solutions Inc. in April 2017. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in Sidney, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; Asheville, North Carolina; Franklin, Massachusetts; Lucknow, India; London, United Kingdom; and Sacramento, California. Fresche Solutions Inc. is a former subsidiary of Speedware Ltd.

LeddarTech

Convertible Note in 2018
LeddarTech Inc. develops and markets sensing solutions based on light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems. The company provides LED detection and ranging solutions for object detection and distance measurement applications. Its products are used to improve traffic flow by municipalities and DOTs, as well as for parking assistance, automatic parking, blind-spot detection, lane-change assistance, and pre-crash detection applications in the automotive industry. LeddarTech Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Quebec City, Canada.

Graphica Impression inc

Venture Round in 2016
Graphica impression inc. provides digital printing services. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Québec, Canada.

Giiant Pharma

Seed Round in 2021
Giiant is a preclinical-stage biotech company that, with its proprietary Precision Delivery technology platform, designs gut-restricted, tissue-specific, small molecule, drug therapeutics with various biological targets in gastroenterology. Its lead program GT-2108 is a microbiota-activated PDE4 inhibitor prodrugs, with improved drug tolerability and enhanced therapeutic effect.

Bluestreak Technology

Series C in 2006
Bluestreak Technology, Inc. provides products that deliver over-the-top and managed video services across televisions, set-top boxes, and consumer electronics. Its products include MachBlue platform that provides content owners, device manufacturers, and network operators with over-the-top video services to various devices; MachBlue Smart Runtime Classic that enables companies to create experiences from videos and applications created with the Adobe Flash authoring tool, which allows to run across various embedded devices; and MachBlue Studio, an application testing environment and emulator tool that enables debugging and optimization of applications for devices running MachBlue. The company’s products are embedded in various multiple screens, including connected televisions, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, smartphones, and tablets. It serves connected device vendors and content providers worldwide. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Montreal, Canada. Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bluestreak Network, Inc. As of June 23, 2015, Bluestreak Technology, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Espial Group, Inc.

IatroQuest Corporation

Venture Round in 2003
IatroQuest Corporation's breakthrough, patent-pending biosensing platform technology called Bio-Alloy™, is made possible by the convergence of nanotechnology, advanced semi-conductor materials, biotechnology and photonics. This Bio-Alloy platform will allow a wide range of product lines covering many market segments: from Biosensing Cartridges for the biodefense industry and high-density microarrays for drug discovery applications to Point-of-Care diagnostics and environmental monitoring. The unique attributes of Bio-Alloy™ enable it to detect and identify in real-time a wide range of biological agents, as well as specific small chemical molecules, with a high degree of sensitivity and selectivity.

Muse Entertainment

Venture Round in 2013
Internationally acclaimed Film and TV Production Company Founded in 1998, Muse Entertainment is a film and TV production company that is recognized across North America and internationally as a major producer of well-crafted, high-quality film and television productions with strong international appeal. TV productions that win over critics and audiences throughout the world Muse film and TV production company produces a wide range of dramatic series, television movies, mini-series and family programs for major networks around the world. Many of our television productions have garnered critical acclaim and large audiences – as well over 100 international awards and over 300 award nominations! Quality Productions for U.S. Television Networks In 2007, Muse opened offices in Los Angeles. As a result, our TV production company now has a large volume of projects in development and in production with free and cable television networks in the United States. A leader in Co-productions and International Partnerships Muse has become one of the most active film and TV production companies in the world. We combine our vast knowledge of international laws and practices with our thorough understanding of Canada’s tax credits, television funds and other forms of financial assistance. Under Canada’s official film production treaties, Muse has produced with companies in France, England, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Morocco, Australia and South Africa, amortizing costs of production over a wider audience base and qualifying for the fiscal advantages offered for official co-productions. Our production company prides itself on its ability to bring creative, artistic, technical and financial resources together. Muse has development and production offices in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles.

Stradigi AI

Series A in 2019
Stradigi AI is an Artificial Intelligence SaaS company that accelerates time-to-value for data-driven decisions across all business functions. The Kepler AI business platform puts AI capability within reach of business users for game-changing, measurable insights. Any company with data can access automated machine learning workflows to create a project lifecycle that speeds and scales AI deployment.

Harnois Energies

Venture Round in 2016
Specializing in the sale of wholesale and retail petroleum products, lubricants and speciality products. It also owns a corporate chain of Le magasin convenience stores.

WeCook Meals

Series C in 2022
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.

Trellia Networks

Series B in 2007
Trellia Networks, Inc. develops enterprise mobility management solutions. It provides mobile policy management and enforcement solutions, which enable IT departments to centrally define, create, manage, automate, and enforce mobile policies; and a hosted Mobile Policy Management platform, which features 3G data plan management and 3G/Gobi asset management capabilities. The company’s products include mobile policy manager (MPM) for mobile broadband, which allows enterprises to choose pre-configured mobility policies, as well as deploy solutions, such as wire-line access, 3G, or VPNs; and MPM for mobile enterprise, which provides policy automation and enforcement for access, security, cost, and productivity to the functionality provided by the MPM for wireless broadband edition. Trellia Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Coveo

Series C in 2012
Coveo designs intelligent enterprise search and predictive insights platform that helps businesses to unlock the power of search to maximize performance. Its platform securely connects and unifies information from across on-premise and cloud applications and automatically suggests relevant information, experts, products, and services to customers as they self-serve and to employees as they work, enabling businesses to harness the full value of their IP and empower their workers with the unified and secure knowledge access.

Robert's USA Transport

Venture Round in 2009
The Institute of Transportation Engineers is an international educational and scientific association of transportation.

Tranzyme

Series A in 2005
Tranzyme Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of mechanism-based therapies. The company currently has programs for gastrointestinal motility disorders and retains worldwide rights for these programs. The company’s product portfolio includes, TZP-101, for the treatment of post-operative ileus and severe gastroparesis; and TZP-301, for the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Tranzyme Pharma is based in North Carolina, United States.

Manac

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Manac Inc. manufactures and sells trailers in Canada and the United States. It operates in the trailer industry for the highway and off-road transportation in the commercial freight, oil and gas, construction, forestry, mining, and agricultural sectors, as well as for the heavy-haul transportation. The company offers a range of vans, flatbeds, and specialty trailers, such as dumps, lowbeds, grain hoppers, chip and logging trailers, and multi-axle heavy haul trailers under the Manac, CPS, Darkwing, UltraPlate, Liddell Canada, Scona, and Peerless brands; and Ultravan and Fleetseries trademarks. It also provides parts and services. The company distributes its products through its points of sale, as well as through a network of dealers. Manac Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Saint-Georges, Canada. As of October 7, 2015, Manac Inc. was taken private.