Clairvest Recapitalizes Beneficial Reuse Management

Clairvest (with Ironwood) Invests in Star Waste Systems (Boston Carting Services)

July 1, 2022

Environmental Services

Clairvest Group Inc., through Clairvest Equity Partners VI, made an equity investment to acquire a majority interest in Star Waste Systems (dba Boston Carting Services). Ironwood Capital, an existing investor, participated in the transaction/recapitalization. The deal will support Star Waste’s growth in the Greater Boston market and expand its waste collection and materials-recovery capabilities.

Clairvest Makes Equity Investment in Arrowhead Environmental Partners

June 17, 2020

Environmental Services

Clairvest Group Inc., together with its Clairvest Equity Partners VI fund, completed an equity investment in Arrowhead Environmental Partners to support the company’s growth in non-hazardous solid waste disposal. The investment will provide Arrowhead’s founders and management with capital and strategic support to expand its waste-by-rail disposal infrastructure and operations in U.S. Northeast markets.

Beneficial Reuse Management Acquires USA Gypsum

November 7, 2023

Environmental Services

Beneficial Reuse Management (BRM) has acquired USA Gypsum (USAG), a Denver, Pennsylvania-based drywall recycler. The acquisition expands BRM’s gypsum sourcing and recycling capabilities and broadens its geographic footprint, enabling combined operations to market over 1.5 million tons of industrial by-products annually to agricultural and industrial customers.

Clairvest Sponsors Merger and Recapitalization of Rogers Insurance and CapriCMW to Form Acera Insurance

September 21, 2022

Insurance

Clairvest Group Inc. (through its fund CEP VI) made a C$100 million minority equity investment to support the merger and recapitalization of Alberta-based Rogers Insurance and British Columbia-based CapriCMW, creating Acera Insurance Services Ltd. The investment will keep the business independent and employee-owned while providing capital to invest in people, technology and future acquisitions to grow the new national insurance brokerage platform.

Clairvest Invests US$25M in Boca Biolistics

February 21, 2023

Biotechnology

Clairvest Group Inc., together with its Clairvest Equity Partners VI co-investment pool, made a US$25 million equity investment in Boca Biolistics, partnering with management (founders Valentin Adia and Michael Morris) who rolled a meaningful portion of their equity. Boca Biolistics is a clinical research organization and biobanking/biomaterials company that procures, stores and sells human biospecimens and also provides in-house analytical laboratory services; the capital will support the company’s next phase of growth and capability expansion.

Clairvest Makes Minority Investment in Redstone Food Group

November 25, 2024

Food & Beverage

Clairvest Group Inc., together with its fund Clairvest Equity Partners VII (CEP VII), made a minority equity investment in Redstone Food Group, a Toronto-area commercial bakery focused on in-store bakery and private-label co-packing. The capital will support Redstone's growth and scaling initiatives across North America while founder Rob Wheeler remains the majority owner and CEO.