FirePower Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Merchant Bank Profile

In the last 3 years, FirePower Equity has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 1 other.

FirePower Equity’s most common sectors for investment arecommunications (29%) and consumer products (15%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (43%) and stake purchase (29%). In total, FirePower Equity has invested in 1 US state and 2 different countries.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (100%).

Join Mergr to view FirePower Equity’s full profile and discover more small merchant bank investors just like it.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

FirePower Equity

FirePower Equity, Inc.

47 Front Street East Suite 200,
Toronto, Ontario M5E 1B3
Canada
(877) 394-9401
www.firepowercapital.com

FirePower Equity is a Canadian M&A advisory and private equity firm focused on working with lower middle-market companies in the software, business services, consumer, retail, industrials, and manufacturing sectors. The M&A team looks to work with late-stage or well-established businesses valued from $10 to $250 million. The Firm's investment group looks to provide capital ($1 to $20 million) in the form of venture capital, gap & bridge term debt, as well as traditional private equity. FirePower Equity has offices in Toronto and Montreal.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Beverages, Communications, Consumer Products, Food, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Software, Transportation

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: Canada

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 1 20
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of CAD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 4 1 2 - - - 7
Sell (0.2/yr) # - 1 - - - - 1
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
VRE Systems, Inc. 2021-12-14 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Grassie, Ontario · www.vresystems.com
Wesbell Group of Companies, Inc. 2021-06-21 - Growth Capital
Mississauga, Ontario · www.wesbell.com
BATL 2020-07-01 - Growth Capital
Toronto, Ontario · www.batlgrounds.com
Interwork Technologies, Inc. 2020-04-22 - Trade Sale
Buffalo, New York · www.interwork.com
HealthCasa 2019-12-16 - Stake Purchase
Toronto, Ontario · www.healthcasa.com
Installation Group 2019-11-20 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Sudbury, Ontario · www.installationgroup.ca
Konfidis, Inc. 2019-09-01 - Stake Purchase
Toronto, Ontario · www.konfidis.com
Interwork Technologies, Inc. 2018-04-27 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Buffalo, New York · www.interwork.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Communications 2 (33%) - 2 (29%) -
Consumer Products 1 (17%) - 1 (14%) -
Healthcare Services 1 (17%) - 1 (14%) -
Information Technology - - 1 (14%) -
Media 1 (17%) - 1 (14%) -
Real Estate 1 (17%) - 1 (14%) -
Total 6 - 7 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Canada 6 (100%) - 6 (86%) -
  Ontario 6 (100%) - 6 (86%) -
United States - - 1 (14%) -
  New York - - 1 (14%) -
Total 6 - 7 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (33%) - 3 (43%) -
Growth Capital 2 (33%) - 2 (29%) -
Stake Purchase 2 (33%) - 2 (29%) -
Total 6 - 7 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (100%) -
Total 1 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Merchant Bank

Size

Small

Established

2012

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Ilan Jacobson

Founding Partner & CEO

Kenan Dizdarevic

Managing Director

Oren Horovitz

Managing Director

Richard Isaacs

Managing Director

Anthony Lipschitz

Partner

FAQ

When was FirePower Equity founded?

FirePower Equity was founded in 2012.

What type of investor is FirePower Equity?

FirePower Equity is a merchant bank.

Where is FirePower Equity headquartered?

FirePower Equity is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

 Subscribe to unlock this and 209,130
investor and company profiles

Sign-up today to get full access

  • check  Unlimited Searches
  • check  Unlimited Profile Views
  • check  Build and Export Lists of
    • PE Backed Companies
    • Direct Investors & Acquirers
    • Advisors
    • Deals
    • & More
1 Week Free Trial Learn More

What's Mergr?

We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.

Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.

Try us for 1 week free today!

Mergr, the Easiest-to-Use PE and M&A DB

Key Benefits

  • Stay informed on events in your industry
  • M&A research that takes seconds (not all afternoon)
  • Better understand your customers and prospects
  • Discover active buyers (or sellers)
Search
  • 4.6K Private Equity Firms
  • 202K M&A Transactions
  • 205K Companies Involved in M&A
    (Buyer, Seller, or Target)
  • 3.6K M&A Advisors
    (Investment Banks and Law Firms)
  • 81K M&A Contacts
    (PE and M&A Advisors)

Ready to try?

Join FREE for 1 Week

No obligation. Cancel anytime.

Mergr

Product

Company

Legal