AlayaCare, which enables home healthcare providers to deliver best-in-class services and improve care outcomes, today announced that Inovia Capital, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Investissement Québec have invested $51-million, buying $33-million in new equity from AlayaCare plus $18-million of stock from early investors.

Headquartered in Longueuil, Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC), a leading North American personal care developer and manufacturer supported by CDPQ for many years, announced today the acquisition of Groupe ALKOS, a premier French cosmetic maker. 

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Montreal will soon be home to Time Out Market, the food and cultural market bringing the best of the city under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences, based on editorial curation.

Dialogue, the leading virtual healthcare platform in Canada, today announced the closing of a $40-million round of financing led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Holtzbrinck Ventures.

Australis Partners, an independent private equity firm focused on Latin America, in association with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading Canadian institutional investor and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today finalized the acquisition of the 50 percent stake in each of Alianza Fiduciaria and Alianza Valores owned by Advent International. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) announced today that it intends to enter into a private agreement with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“la Caisse”) for the purchase for cancellation of 5,158,362 of its Class A subordinate voting shares (“Class A Shares”) held by la Caisse for a price of $96.93 per Class A Share, which represents a discount to today’s closing price of the Class A Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).

West Street Capital Partners VII, a fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs (“GS MBD”), Altas Partners (“Altas”) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) announced today their entry into a definitive agreement under which GS MBD will acquire Capital Vision Services, LP (“CVS”) from Altas and CDPQ.  

Champion Iron Limited (TSX: CIA) (ASX: CIA) (“Champion” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Québec Iron Ore Inc. (“QIO”), operator of the Bloom Lake Mining Complex, has concluded an agreement in principal with la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) for a preferred share offering of C$185 million plus a commitment for a fully underwritten US$200 million credit facility with The Bank of Nova Scotia (“Scotiabank”) and Societe Generale (“SocGen”).

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) today announced $75 million in financing, which could be increased to $100 million, in the form of a subordinated private debt, to Medavie Inc. (“Medavie”), a Canadian non-profit organization.