Vertu Capital Invests $30.5M Growth Round in Amilia

Vertu Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in LumiQ Inc.

September 24, 2024

Education

Vertu Capital has made a strategic growth investment in LumiQ Inc., a Toronto-based corporate education platform that delivers accredited professional development content to accounting and finance professionals. The investment is intended to support LumiQ's domestic and international expansion and accelerate product and customer growth.

Vertu Capital Acquires Majority Stake in PathFactory

November 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Vertu Capital has acquired a majority stake in PathFactory, a Toronto-based intelligent content platform for B2B digital marketing. The deal includes co-investments from BDC Capital, private equity funds managed by BMO Global Asset Management, and Nicola Wealth and is intended to accelerate PathFactory's growth and scale its content-intelligence SaaS platform.

Vida Capital Acquires Avmont, LLC

July 1, 2020

Financial Services

Vida Capital, together with private equity sponsors Reverence Capital Partners and RedBird Capital Partners, acquired the assets of Avmont, LLC to expand Vida’s life settlements and longevity-risk investment platform. Key members of Avmont’s senior team joined Vida and Vida also acquired Avmont’s intellectual property and select client and sub-advisory relationships; financial terms were not disclosed.

Vertu Capital Leads $60M Recapitalization of Dejero Labs

April 21, 2021

Telecommunications

Vertu Capital led a $60 million minority recapitalization of Dejero Labs Inc., partnering with Ubicom Ventures (a special-purpose investment vehicle formed with Dejero management) to complete the transaction. The capital is intended to accelerate Dejero's product development and global market expansion for its resilient connectivity and live-video transport solutions; Dejero remains headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Aquiline Capital Partners Invests in VirtusLab

December 16, 2021

Software

Aquiline Capital Partners has taken a significant minority stake in Krakow-based software development firm VirtusLab, with existing management rolling part of their equity and remaining owners. The investment will fund organic growth — including talent acquisition, R&D investment, and potential add-on acquisitions — as VirtusLab seeks to scale its cloud-native, data and development capabilities for enterprise customers.

Nordic Capital Acquires Majority Stake in ActiveViam

February 27, 2024

Data & Analytics

Nordic Capital has acquired a majority stake in ActiveViam, a provider of advanced analytics and decision-making software for financial institutions, in a transaction completed February 27, 2024. Guidepost Growth Equity, an earlier investor, sold all of its shares while ActiveViam's founders and management reinvested alongside Nordic Capital; financial terms were not disclosed.