28 years of creating value


  • “Kirchner has been deploying its model across a series of portfolios ranging from early stage venture to mid-market buyout since 2004.”
    Douglas K. Bratton, President and Chief Investment Officer of Crestline Investors Inc.
  • “Hedge Fund Investor, Merchant Bank Team Up to Hunt Zombie Funds.”
    PE Hub
  • “The Kirchner team brings to Crestline a 28-year track record of restructuring companies.”
    Douglas K. Bratton, President and Chief Investment Officer of Crestline Investors Inc.
  • “We are very excited to have a group like Kirchner partner with us in this venture. The experience and knowledge they bring to the table will be an invaluable asset”
    -Arlene Dickenson
  • “We are very pleased to be able to join forces with the Kirchner Group on the Business of Wound Care initiative.”
    -Peter Norris, HMP Executive Vice President
  • “KPCG sounds like a fun place to work.”
    -Inc.com
  • “Having partnered with The Kirchner Group, I appreciate the breadth and depth of their entrepreneurial experience.”
    -Corrine McIsaac President, Health Outcomes Worldwide
  • “Kirchner has proven to be an excellent advisor to me as an entrepreneur and my company.”
    -Denis Taschuk President & CEO, Radient Technologies Inc.
  • “My firm has worked with the Kirchner Group for over a decade and I can confirm nobody knows Entrepreneurs the way they do.”
    -Tim Lee Chief Investment Officer, Venture Capital GrowthWorks Capital
  • “Kirchner gives back to society not only by fixing companies but by helping children overcome their barriers through his foundation.”
    -Sylvain Messier Vice President Finance of Standard Life
  • “Today, Kirchner has found a new line of work — massaging under-performing portfolios.”
    - Financial Post Magazine
  • “Kirchner visits the companies and doesn’t do it from the office, and goes underground and sees just how the company works and how to help solve the problems.”
    Sylvain Messier Vice President Finance of Standard Life
  • “Kirchner originally built its brand as a turnaround specialist that larger private-equity groups would bring in to fix and sell broken companies within their holdings.”
    - Financial Post Magazine
  • “Kirchner has a good approach, based on fundamental values and honesty. An approach that is based on people in the businesses which is not the normal approach.”
    Sylvain Messier Vice President Finance of Standard Life
  • “I look forward to supporting their food security initiatives and leveraging FSG’s expertise to the benefit of our institute’s leading agricultural science.”
    -Dr. Edwin Price Director of the Norman Borlaug Institute
  • “Kirchner is building their business on new paradigms.”
    Chris Arsenault, Managing Partner & COO, iNovia Capital
  • “Kirchner credited with having that golden touch.”
    Bob Scully – PBS Interviewer
  • “I would recommend KCI without reservation.”
    - Stephen W. Buchanan, General Partner – Dogwood Equity
  • “Kirchner was able to step into a complicated situation and develop a comprehensive, practical ‘Turnaround’ plan”.
    Vincenzo La Ruffa,  Susquehanna Growth Equity
  • “Kirchner is a key partner to secondary fund managers.”
    - Chris Arsenault, Managing Partner & COO, iNovia Capital
  • “The Kirchner team are less alike, more complementary and more driven by entrepreneurial fuel.”
    - Chris Arsenault Managing Partner & COO, iNovia Capital
  • “Kirchner has dedicated his career to helping companies achieve their potential.”
    - Bob Scully – PBS Interviewer
  • “First time an M&A firm exceeded my expectations.”
    Dan Levitan, Co-Founder -Maveron LLC
  • “With the assistance of Kirchner, the company has seen a substantial improvement in both gross margin and EBITDA.”
    Sheryl Hilash, AVP Corporate Banking, Concentra Financial Services Association
  • “Kirchner Investment Management designated an International Financial Centre.”
    - Quebec Ministry of Finance
  • “Some businessmen just have a knack for success: they know how to create it, grow it, manage it and even snatch it back from the brink of failure.”
    Bob Scully – PBS Interviewer
  • “One of the most active firms doing M&A and divestitures in Canada.”
    Chris Arsenault, Managing Partner & COO, iNovia Capital
  • “The Mr. Fix-it of the venture capital world.”
    National Post
  • “By far one of the most interesting Private Capital firms to watch.”
    - Suzanne Dingwall Williams, Founding Partner Venture Law Associates LLP

Kirchner Group (Kirchner Private Capital Group) is patterned after the original model for a merchant bank. Our team is comprised of successful business people who now apply their operational, transactional and investment experience to the unique needs of early and mid market companies and their investors.

The Kirchner Group has been providing traditional merchant banking services since 1985. Our clients and partners range from some of the most promising entrepreneurs, to fortune 500 companies and their investors. In addition, Kirchner Group manages assets on behalf of some of the largest insurance companies, commercial banks and institutional investors in the world.

We pride ourselves in both the quality and quantity of the long-term relationships we have built over the last 28 years. We believe that the foundation of merchant banking is a focus on relationships. The nature of the work (and the key to success) is the ability to function as a trusted, independent advisor, agent, partner, or principal.

We create value.

Our proprietary platform is built on the premise that pairing deep domain expertise with process experts provides superior results. Everything we do and how we do it stems from an entrepreneurial culture built from real world experience. We provide Transaction Management, Assessments, Transition Management, Asset Management and Lifecycle Partnership services across five domains: Agriculture & Food, Health & Life Sciences, Software & Technology, Cleantech & Energy Efficiency, and Industrials.

The Kirchner Group culture is rooted in a dedication to corporate citizenship. We invite you to visit the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation. We are proud to be one of the supporters of this charitable organization based in the United States and Canada. We encourage you to consider their activities when you make charitable donations.

PBS Interview of the Year: W.B. (Bud) Kirchner

Some businessmen just have a knack for success: they know how to create it, grow it, manage it and even snatch it back from the brink of failure.  Bob Scully – PBS Interviewer