Knowlton Development Corporation (“KDC”), a leading value-added partner to beauty, health and personal care brands, and Cornell Capital LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and Hong Kong (“Cornell Capital”), are pleased to announce that a group of investors led by Cornell Capital, including HarbourVest Partners, LLC (“HarbourVest”), has  partnered with KDC and its existing management to position the company for its next leg of growth.

Avison Young and Apleona Limited (“Apleona”), a portfolio company owned by global private-equity firm EQT, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Avison Young to acquire GVA, a subsidiary of Apleona and one of the U.K.'s leading and most diverse real estate advisory-led businesses. 

Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, and global real estate investor Ivanhoé Cambridge today announced an agreement to form a 20/80 joint venture in Brazil.

Osisko Mining Inc. (TSX:OSK) ("Osisko" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“la Caisse”) pursuant to which la Caisse will acquire, by private placement 9,259,260 common shares (“Shares”) of the Corporation at a price of $2.70 per Share.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse) announces the launch of a unique initiative to accelerate the growth of companies owned by women.

Today, Québec Marine Day, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse) and Fonds de solidarité FTQ (le Fonds) are pleased to announce that they are taking a minority stake totalling $112 million, invested in equal amounts, in Ocean Group, a Québec leader in maritime services that primarily operates in Canada, and now, internationally.

Founded in 2009 by Université de Montréal Professor Yoshua Bengio, Mila is an artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory focussing on deep learning. 

Espace CDPQ announced that it has teamed up with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to help create a new culture of collaboration between the academic and business communities specializing in artificial intelligence.

While Montréal is becoming a globally recognized centre of excellence in artificial intelligence (AI), a 2018 NOVIPRO/Léger survey shows that large and medium-sized businesses in the province are slow to get into the starting blocks and invest in AI.

Ivanhoé Cambridge acquires, through a forward funding transaction, HUB 247, a 9,000 m² office building under construction in the Nanterre Cœur Université eco-district developed by Bouygues Immobilier. Completion of the project is expected in early 2020.