About Us | InvestorsInvestors in LxSix
LxSix Photonics has received funding from a group of top-tier venture capital firms. In addition to financial resources, our investors provide sound advice and extensive contacts in the business community and target industries.
Investissement Desjardins
Investissement Desjardins is the venture capital fund management arm of the Mouvement des caisses Desjardins. It manages the assets of ID, a limited partnership, the six Investment Desjardins regional funds, as well as Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, a public fund the assets of which are projected to reach $1.5 billion over the next ten years.
More than a financial partner, Investissement Desjardins makes its network and expertise available to businesses in their start-up, growth and expansion phases, as well as for their plans for mergers, acquisitions or public offerings. More than 140 companies are already associated with Investissement Desjardins. (http://www.invdesjardins.com/)
Lothian Partners
Lothian Partners 27 (sarl) SICAR, an affiliate of Coller Capital, acquired its participation in LxSix from Innovatech Montreal as part of a global transaction involving 100% of its portfolio. Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is the leading global investor in private equity secondaries-the purchase of original investors' stakes in private equity funds or the acquisition of portfolios of companies from corporate owners/backers. Coller Capital is based in London and its current fund has commitments of US$2.6 billion from 150 international institutional investors and is the largest secondaries fund in the world. Multiple Capital Inc. has been mandated to oversee the development of that portfolio and represents Coller Capital with its companies. Multiple Capital's primary mission is to manage foreign funds in Quebec. For more information on Coller Capital, visit (http://www.collercapital.com/) and for Multiple Capital, visit (http://www.multiplecapital.com/).
Solidarity Fund QFL
The Solidarity Fund QFL is an investment fund that draws on the savings of Quebecers, primarily through its RRSPs, to help create and maintain jobs in Québec-based companies and to further Québec's economic growth. With over 573,000 shareholders, the Fund has assets in excess of $6.6 billion and to date has helped, on its own or with other financial partners in Québec, to create, maintain or support over 105,000 jobs. (http://www.fondsftq.com/)
The Quorum Group of Companies
The Quorum Group of Companies was founded in 1987 under the leadership of Wanda Dorosz, the current CEO and Managing Partner. It operates from its headquarters in Toronto with subsidiary offices in Bermuda and London, UK. Since 1987, Quorum has successfully invested over $350 million on behalf of institutions and high net worth individuals in growth capital. It closed the Quorum Secured Equity Trust in 2004, Canada's first pool for undervalued publicly traded Canadian companies (www.quorum.ca).