Yesterday we closed our second Massachussets-based growth capital financing in the past three months for another fantastic technology company, and it made me think about the State’s Former Governor Mitt Romney. I had the opportunity to see him speak last week when he came through Toronto on his book tour. The audience exceeded 500 people,
Help us build a new Ronald McDonald House
When we’re not closing deals (watch for a new press release shortly), our team looks for opportunities to help make a positive impact on the community. Our firm donates one day of revenue to our Charitable Foundation each year, and we bump up that figure with our annual charitable golf tournament, which is being held
Is The Toronto Star’s headline writer “playing out the string”?
If you read the Sports Section at The Toronto Star with any regularity, you can be forgiven for doing a double take. Consider these two headlines from Saturday and Monday (today): Feschuk: Nuggets shine in clutch while Bosh wilts Dave Feschuk March 27, 2010 Hedo Turkoglu sits as Raptors wilt Doug Smith March 29, 2010
MTI shareholders set to vote on 3M deal
The trend of tuckunder M&A continues (see prior post “Those all-telling exits” Aug 27-09), and I realized that we failed to point out that Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. MTI Global has announced that its Polyfab business is being acquired by 3M for US$24 million. 3M is the US$58B ubiquitous specialty products company. Aerospace
Surprising strength in commercial mortgages
Folks in the commercial real estate world may be unnecessarily glum of late, if the recently-released Bank of Canada data is any guide. From what I can tell, outstanding Chartered bank commercial mortgages grew for the second straight month, up $429 million in February to $26.2 billion. When compared to May 2008 levels, bank-provided commercial
