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PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

2023 — Imperial Capital Limited — Gateway Services Inc.
2022 – Highland West Capital Ltd. — Allwest Insurance Services Ltd.
2021–Novacap — Interlad Medical Systems Inc.
2020 – Brookfield Asset Management – BGIS
2019 – CDPQ– Camso
2018 – Novacap Management Inc – Chemical Computing Group
2017 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Cieslok Media Inc.
2016 – Novacap Management Inc – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
2015 – Clairvest Group Inc. – KUBRA Data Transfer Ltd.
2014 – Fulcrum Capital Partners – A & B Rail Services Ltd
2014 – Brookfield Asset Management – Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging
2013 – Clairvest Group Inc. – PEER 1 (Vancouver)
2013 – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – MLSE (Toronto)
2012 – Avrio Capital Inc – Brookside Foods Ltd(BC & Que)
2011 – PRIVEQ – Hallcon Corporation
2011 – ONCAP – CSI Global Education
2010 – Yellow Point Equity Partners – CCI Industries
2009 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Shepell fgi
2008 – Clairvest Group Inc. – Gateway Casinos Inc.
2007 – HSBC Capital (Canada) Inc. – Encore Group
2006 – ONCAP L.P. – Futuremed Healthcare Products
2005 – Novacap Management Inc – Santé Naturelle (A.G.) Ltée

VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

2023 — Vanedge Capital — Canalyst
2022 — Innovacorp — Meta Materials Inc
2021–Evok Innovations and BDC Capital’s Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology (ICE) Venture fund-DarkVision
2020 – Information Venture Partners – Verafin
2019 – TVM Life Sciences – AurKa Pharma
2018 – Real Ventures – Sweet IQ
2017 – Yaletown Partners – Bit Stew Systems Inc.
2016 – Avrio Capital – Fresh Hemp Foods Ltd.
2015 – Avrio Capital – Wolf Trax Inc.
2014 – BDC Venture Capital & GrowthWorks – Layer7 Technologies
2013 – Lumira Capital – KAI Pharmaceuticals (San Fran)
2012 – BDC Venture Capital and New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation – Q1 Labs Inc. (Atlantic Cda)
2011 – SummerHill, Brightspark, BDC – Radian6 Technologies Inc
2010 – Covington Capital Corporation – SXC Health Solutions Inc.
2009 – BDC Venture Capital – ViroChem Pharma, Inc.
2008 – Covington – PlateSpin Ltd.
2007 – GrowthWorks – Galleon Energy Inc.
2006 – BC Advantage Funds – Aspreva Pharmaceuticals
2005 – Propulsion Ventures – Airbourne Entertainment

CANADIAN PRIVATE EQUITY GLOBAL DEALMAKER AWARD

2023 — Clairvest Group Inc. — Also Energy
2022 – CAI Capital Partners — Feeney Utility Services Group
2021 – Clairvest Group Inc. — Country Waste of Virgina
2020 – Imperial Capital Ltd. – MRO Corporation

CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL GLOBAL DEALMAKER AWARD

2023 — Vanedge Capital — Raxium
2022 – Version One Ventures — Coinbase Global
2021– White Star Capital — Freshly
2020 – EnerTech Capital – Ushr, Inc.

BARRY GEKIERE LIFETIME LEGACY AWARD

2023 — Peter van der Velden, Lumira Ventures
2022-Dave Mullen — Highland West Capital Limited
2021– Kerri Golden, Partner & CFO, Information Venture Partners

TED ANDERSON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD

2023 — Alfred Chuang, Kensington Capital Partners
2022 – Paul Henry — Revival Capital Partners
2021–Not Awarded
2020 – Laura Lenz, OMERS Ventures
2019 – Jeff Parr, Clairvest
2018 – Rob Antoniades, Information Venture Partners
2017 – Kristi Miller, First West Capital
2016 – John MacIntyre, Partner, Birch Hill Equity Partners

PRIVATE CAPITAL REGIONAL IMPACT AWARD(S)

2023 — Novacap — Greenwood Mushrooms Holdings Corp.
2023 — ScaleUP Ventures — Canalyst
2022 – BDC Industrial Innovation Fund — Precision NanoSystems Inc.
2022 – BDC Capital — Axonify
2021–Real Ventures — Vanilla Forums
2021 –Lumira Ventures — Zymeworks
2021 –Imperial Capital — VetStrategy
2020 – Lumira Ventures — Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2020– CDPQ — Lightspeed POS
2020– FACIT — Propellon’s blood cancer drug candidate
2020– PFM Capital Inc. — Steel Reef Infrastructure Corporation
2019 – Novacap — Onstream Pipeline Inspection Services Inc.
2019 – New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) — Envenio

WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

2023– Lisa Melchior, Vertu Capital (PE)
2023– Whitney Rockley, McRock Capital (VC)

RISING WOMEN STAR AWARDS

2023– Kristin Smith, Novacap (PE)
2023– Courtney Cooper, Alate Partners (VC)