BKR Capital (formerly known as Black Innovation Capital), announced it is opening an office in Québec. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), through Teralys Capital, and Fondaction will commit $4.5 million to this first Canadian venture capital fund dedicated to black-led businesses.

As a new year begins at Ivanhoé Cambridge, I would like to offer my best wishes for health and happiness to each of you and to your loved ones.

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing, and Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader, have extended a collaboration that spans multiple countries by forming a new joint venture to pursue multifamily real estate opportunities in Chile.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, today announced a significant increase in its majority stake in limited partnership Trencap L.P., alongside the Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

Revelstoke Capital Partners (“Revelstoke”), a leading private equity firm focused on investing in healthcare services companies, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”), a global investment group, announced today that they have completed a recapitalization of an affiliate of Crossroads Treatment Centers (“Crossroads” or the “Company”), together with the Company’s management. Revelstoke initially invested in the Company in December 2014.

Today, Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) announced that funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners have entered into a definitive agreement with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Invenergy for an approximately $3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC (“Invenergy Renewables” or “the company”), the largest private renewable energy company in North America. Blackstone’s investment will provide capital to accelerate Invenergy’s renewables development activities. CDPQ and Invenergy management remain majority owners of the company and Invenergy will continue as managing member.

Allianz Real Estate, one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers, announced today that it has established a new investment platform, in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge and other investors, to build a diversified portfolio of multi-family residential assets across top tier cities in Japan.

AppDirect®, the leading subscription commerce platform company, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)¹, a global investment group, today announced an investment of USD 80 million (CAD 100 million) to launch AppDirect Capital, which offers a set of innovative funding programs dedicated to the growth and transformation of channel partners.

VOSKER, a global pioneer in remote area monitoring technology, today announced it has raised $100 million in debt financing from HSBC Canada (“HSBC”), Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”), Business Development Bank of Canada (“BDC”), and Export Development Canada (“EDC”). 

Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, and bp ventures today announced a new co-investment collaboration targeting ventures in the sustainable energy sector and their first joint investment, in BTR Energy, a cleantech company enabling electric vehicles to interact with electricity markets.