In the eye of Quebec inc.: The fund is investing in data centers

In this column, we make an overview of initiate transactions and investments in Quebec companies.

She becomes a shareholder of Yondr

The deposit fund has acquired a minority participation in Yondr alongside the American firm Digitalbridge, which will be the majority shareholder of this operator of data centers. The transaction value amounts to US $ 5.8 billion ($ 7.9 billion CA). Founded in 2018, Yondr has large data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. Caisse and Digitalbridge are also partners in Vertical Bridge, the largest independent operator of communications tours in the United States.

SMEs sold to Swedes

The Swedish company Axel Johnson has got hold of the Lam-é St-Pierre group (LSP), a Quebec SME specializing in the manufacture of lifting cables and slings. LSP belonged to Denis Dupuis and Alphonse Bélanger, who sold another company last year, QSL International, to the British firm Icon Infrastructure and the Caisse de Dépôt.

Workleap Does to Toronto

The Montreal company Workleap announced this week the purchase of the Toronto firm Barley, which offers a remuneration management platform. This is the second acquisition of Workleap since the deposit fund invested $ 125 million in the company in 2023.

Péladeau buys Quebecor

The CEO of Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau, bought for nearly $ 375,000 in the company’s shares at the end of June. Mr. Péladeau has a participation of more than $ 2.8 billion which gives him control of Quebecor thanks to actions with multiple voting rights. The Quebecor title has won around 30% since the beginning of 2025.

A Stingray leader cashes

Singray Advocate General Lloyd Feldman has made a profit of just over $ 125,000 by exercising actions to purchase the Quebec and video content company last month. The title of Stingray has increased by more than 35% since the start of the year. He recently flirted with his historic summit of some $ 11, reached in 2018.

Rivr lovingly 3.6 m $

The young Montreal shoot Botni. Vision collected US $ 2.5 million ($ 3.6 million CA) from the Greensky Risk Toronto Capital Firm. Botni offers the RIVR digital tool, which allows content creators and major brands to analyze their videos in order to make them more relevant to users. The company was founded in 2020 by Brandon Weinman-Tyre and Marc Singer.

Nice gain at BRP

Bombardier Recreational Products Technological Department (BRP), Thomas UHR, has made a profit of more than $ 225,000 by exercising options from the Valcourt company in recent weeks. The BRP title has lost almost 20% in the last 52 weeks, suffering in particular from the trade war waged by the White House.