Entrepreneurs Must Forge Ahead
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 in Corporate News
Montreal, Quebec 26 March 2010 – Kirchner Private Capital Group was recently featured in Le Journal des Affaires discussing the groups presence in Quebec and their 25 years in business. Pour lire cet article en français:http://www.lesaffaires.com/archives/generale/-les-entrepreneurs-doivent-foncer-/512251 . Quebec small to medium-size businesses have emerged from the crisis with healthy balance sheets and streamlined cost structures.
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Kirchner Investment Management Announces it has been designated an International Financial Centre
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 in Corporate News
Montreal, Quebec 17 November 2009 – Kirchner Investment Management (Lothian) Corporation (KIMC) announced that it has met the conditions and objectives of the Act respecting international financial centers and has been designated an International Financial Centre (“IFC”) by the Quebec Ministry of Finance. IFCMontréal, a non-profit organization, was established in 1986. The creation of IFCMontréal
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Kirchner taking on lagging portfolios giving limited partners a ‘third option’
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 in Corporate News
Toronto, Ontario 8 October 2009 – The Mr. Fix-it of the venture capital world has been on a recruitment drive. Over the past year, Kirchner Private Capital Group has been picking up veterans in the VC world and putting them to work overhauling poorly performing funds and portfolio companies. The company built its brand over
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Private Capital Industry Veteran, Les Lyall, joins Kirchner Private Capital Group
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 in Corporate News
Toronto, Ontario 2 March, 2009 – Kirchner Private Capital Group (KPCG) announced today that Les Lyall has joined as Managing Partner of Kirchner Investment Management Corp. (KIMC), the fund management subsidiary of KPCG. KPCG is a North American company that provides investment management, investment banking, and operational transition management services to the private capital industry.
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Up the Venture Curve
Posted on 09. Jun, 2008 in Corporate News
Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. It’s been a tough year for private-equity firms to raise new funds, but Avrio Ventures, a Calgary-based venture capital firm, has bucked the trend and closed $75-million in a fund that targets — not junior oil companies — but nutraceutical and food technology firms.
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Avrio Ventures Raises Additional Funding
Posted on 27. May, 2008 in Corporate News
Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Calgary, Alberta, 27 May, 2008 – Avrio Ventures (“Avrio”) is pleased to announce the second closing of Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership I in which additional commitments of $25 million have been secured. New investments have been received from a number of leading Canadian institutions
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Investors provide millions to grow Avrio Ventures
Posted on 03. May, 2008 in Corporate News
Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Calgary, Alberta, 3 May 2008 – Avrio Ventures, which was established by the venture capital division of Farm Credit Canada, is expanding with help from two new major investors. Rick Hoffman, vice-president of finance and venture capital with Farm Credit Canada (FCC), said the
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Avrio Ventures Assembles Industry Leaders To Form Its Executive Advisory Board
Posted on 20. Dec, 2006 in Corporate News
Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Calgary, Alberta, 20 December 2006 – Avrio Ventures, a recently formed industrial life sciences venture capital firm, is pleased to announce the formation of its Executive Advisory Board. With over 200 years of collective experience and knowledge, the members of Avrio’s Executive Advisory Board
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Avrio Ventures Pursues Canadian-based Industrial Life Sciences Opportunities
Posted on 02. Nov, 2006 in Corporate News
Calgary, Alberta, 2 November 2006 – Avrio Ventures “Avrio” is pleased to announce the initial closing of Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership, an industrial life sciences venture capital fund. The fund intends to capitalize on the convergence of life sciences and industrial technology and will focus on Canadian commercialization to growth stage companies in three emerging
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