Luge Capital, a new venture capital fund specifically focused on early-stage FinTech companies and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions applied to financial services, today announced that it has completed a $75 million round of financing to begin operations.

A group of leading global institutional investors, led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’), in collaboration with the Government of Canada, are proud to announce an ambitious project to advance key G7 objectives.

Michael Sabia, President and Chief Executive Officer, participated on a panel about alternative financing at Bloomberg Invest New York.

ecobee Inc. today announced it has raised an additional$47MCAD ($36M USD)of investment led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), AGL Energy Ltd. and Business Development Bank of Canada closing its Series C funding round at more than $127M CAD($98M USD) and bringing ecobee’s total funding to over $200M ($155M USD) to-date.

A new hotspot for foodies and culture lovers is coming to Montréal: Time Out Market is set to open in late 2019 in the Centre Eaton de Montréal, on Sainte-Catherine Street in the heart of downtown Montréal.

With Ms. Dominique Anglade, Deputy Premier, Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister responsible for the Digital Strategy, Mr. Sébastien Proulx, Minister of Education, Recreation and Sport, Minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale region and Mr. Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Québec City in attendance, Mr. Peter Simons, President of La Maison Simons, presented today the details of a cutting-edge, multi-service fulfillment centre to open in 2020, which will enable Simons to pursue its growth strategy, respond to consumer demand and ensure its sustainability.

Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, is leading a consortium of investors in the acquisition of Techem GmbH ("Techem" or "the Company"), a global market leader in the provision of heat and water sub-metering services.

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (TSX: AAR.UN) (the “Trust”) announces today the closing (the “Closing”) of the previously-announced plan of arrangement, pursuant to which an affiliate of Blackstone Property Partners, the Core+ real estate investment unit of Blackstone, and Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of CDPQ, acquired all of the issued and outstanding trust units of the Trust (each, a “Unit”) for $8.10 per Unit in cash (the “Transaction”).

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Invenergy today announced an increase of CDPQ’s stake in Invenergy Renewables LLC (Invenergy Renewables), North America’s largest privately held renewable energy company.

How can we build a stronger entrepreneurial culture in Québec? How do we encourage more youth and women to become entrepreneurs? These are some of the questions that inspired la Caisse to develop a number of entrepreneurship initiatives in recent years. Entrepreneurship is now at the heart of la Caisse’s strategic priorities in Québec. These initiatives are helping to boost entrepreneurial intentions. A discussion with Michèle Boisvert.