Salt Creek Capital Acquires Nanoptix
December 30, 2025
Salt Creek Capital, a San Francisco Bay Area private equity firm, has acquired a controlling stake in Nanoptix Inc., a Dieppe, New Brunswick-based manufacturer of thermal printing solutions for the gaming, lottery, kiosk and POS markets. Founder and CEO Daniel Vienneau sold his controlling ownership position and moved into an advisory role while long-time CFO Jacques LeBlanc was promoted to CEO to lead the company through its next growth phase.
- Buyers
- Salt Creek Capital
- Targets
- Nanoptix Inc.
- Sellers
- Daniel Vienneau
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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