Investment Summary

Kensington Capital Partners Invests In D-Wave Systems

On December 2, 2010, private equity firm Kensington Capital Partners invested in technology hardware company D-Wave Systems

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kensington Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Kensington Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Kensington Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in British Columbia.

Investment Summary
Date 2010-12-02
Target D-Wave Systems
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Kensington Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

D-Wave Systems

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
D-Wave Systems is a developer and deployed the first commercial quantum computing system, making the vast power of quantum computation available to a broad base of researchers and practitioners. D-Wave Systems was founded in 1999 and is based in Burnaby, British Columbia.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Kensington Capital Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 2.8B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kensington Capital Partners is a Canadian alternative asset manager focused on hedge funds, private equity, and infrastructure assets. Kensington makes private equity investments through its fund-of-funds and direct co-investment programs. Kensington Capital was formed in 1996 and is based in Toronto.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 25
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 8
State (British Columbia) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 2 of 19
Year (2010) 1 of 1
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