Last March Lightspeed, a business that offers an all-in-one software solution for retailers and restaurateurs, became the first Québec unicorn to go public.
BKR Capital (formerly known as Black Innovation Capital), announced it is opening an office in Québec. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), through Teralys Capital, and Fondaction will commit $4.5 million to this first Canadian venture capital fund dedicated to black-led businesses.
Allianz Real Estate, one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers, announced today that it has established a new investment platform, in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge and other investors, to build a diversified portfolio of multi-family residential assets across top tier cities in Japan.
Today the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and Québec International launched SME Passport, accompanied by their partners National Bank, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation and its Export-Québec unit.
Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing, and Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader, have extended a collaboration that spans multiple countries by forming a new joint venture to pursue multifamily real estate opportunities in Chile.
This news release is being sent to all holders of third party asset-backed commercial paper ("Third Party ABCP") on behalf of the holders of Third Party ABCP who are Signatories to the August 16th announcement about a proposed solution to the liquidity problem in the structured finance ABCP market.