Awards & Recognition
Previous Winners
Private equity DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2021–Novacap — Interlad Medical Systems Inc.
- 2020 – Brookfield Asset Management – BGIS
- 2019 – CDPQ– Camso
- 2018 – Novacap Management Inc – Chemical Computing Group
- 2017 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Cieslok Media Inc.
- 2016 – Novacap Management Inc – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
- 2015 – Clairvest Group Inc. – KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd.
- 2014 – Fulcrum Capital Partners – A & B Rail Services Ltd
- 2014 – Brookfield Asset Management – Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging
- 2013 – Clairvest Group Inc. – PEER 1 (Vancouver)
- 2013 – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – MLSE (Toronto)
- 2012 – Avrio Capital Inc – Brookside Foods Ltd(BC & Que)
- 2011 – PRIVEQ – Hallcon Corporation
- 2011 – ONCAP – CSI Global Education
- 2010 – Yellow Point Equity Partners – CCI Industries
- 2009 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Shepell fgi
- 2008 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Gateway Casinos Inc.
- 2007 – HSBC Capital (Canada) Inc. – Encore Group
- 2006 – ONCAP L.P. – Futuremed Healthcare Products
- 2005 – Novacap Management Inc – Santé Naturelle (A.G.) Ltée
VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2021–Evok Innovations and BDC Capital’s Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology (ICE) Venture fund-DarkVision
- 2020 – Information Venture Partners – Verafin
- 2019 – TVM Life Sciences – AurKa Pharma
- 2018 – Real Ventures – Sweet IQ
- 2017 – Yaletown Partners – Bit Stew Systems Inc.
- 2016 – Avrio Capital – Fresh Hemp Foods Ltd.
- 2015 – Avrio Capital – Wolf Trax Inc.
- 2014 – BDC Venture Capital & GrowthWorks – Layer7 Technologies
- 2013 – Lumira Capital – KAI Pharmaceuticals (San Fran)
- 2012 – BDC Venture Capital and New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation – Q1 Labs Inc. (Atlantic Cda)
- 2011 – SummerHill, Brightspark, BDC – Radian6 Technologies Inc
- 2010 – Covington Capital Corporation – SXC Health Solutions Inc.
- 2009 – BDC Venture Capital – ViroChem Pharma, Inc.
- 2008 – Covington – PlateSpin Ltd.
- 2007 – GrowthWorks – Galleon Energy Inc.
- 2006 – BC Advantage Funds – Aspreva Pharmaceuticals
- 2005 – Propulsion Ventures – Airbourne Entertainment
Canadian Private Equity Global Dealmaker Award
- 2021 – Clairvest Group Inc. — Country Waste of Virgina
- 2020 – Imperial Capital Ltd. – MRO Corporation
Canadian Venture Capital Global Dealmaker Award
- 2021– White Star Capital — Freshly
- 2020 – EnerTech Capital – Ushr, Inc.
Barry Gekiere Lifetime Legacy Award
- 2021– Kerri Golden, Partner & CFO, Information Venture Partners
Ted Anderson Community Leadership Award
- 2021–Not Awarded
- 2020 – Laura Lenz, OMERS Ventures
- 2019 – Jeff Parr, Clairvest
- 2018 – Rob Antoniades, Information Venture Partners
- 2017 – Kristi Miller, First West Capital
- 2016 – John MacIntyre, Partner, Birch Hill Equity Partners
Private Capital Regional Impact Award(s)
- 2021–Real Ventures — Vanilla Forums
- 2021 –Lumira Ventures — Zymeworks
- 2021 –Imperial Capital — VetStrategy
- 2020 – Lumira Ventures — Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- 2020– CDPQ — Lightspeed POS
- 2020– FACIT — Propellon’s blood cancer drug candidate
- 2020– PFM Capital Inc. — Steel Reef Infrastructure Corporation
- 2019 – Novacap — Onstream Pipeline Inspection Services Inc.
- 2019 – New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) — Envenio