Anthony Marotta Named Recipient of The Brock University Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock Medal Eric Waxman, President of Spara Capital is pleased to congratulate Senior Analyst, Anthony Marotta on receiving The Brock University Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock Medal at a recent reception hosted by the University. The Award, recognizes a graduating student from…
Leading Canadian M&A Advisor Spara Capital, have published a free whitepaper for entrepreneurial leaders of mid-market companies entitled Behind the Tombstone with Fer-Pal Infrastructure: The Value of a Long Term Financial Advisory Relationship exploring a long-term, multi-stage Transaction completed by the Company earlier this year. The completed Transaction, a two-phase Shareholder Buyout (“SBO”) and the…
Eric Waxman, President of Spara Capital Partners feels that recent media reports, detailing a softening of the US Private Equity market don’t accurately capture the situation in the Canadian Mid-Market; “Recent media reports on the US private equity market may have Canadian entrepreneurs questioning the viability of these funds, but we think they will continue…
Fer-Pal Infrastructure (“Fer-Pal”) is a highly successful Toronto, Ontario-based provider of trenchless water-main rehabilitation services to municipal governments in Canada and the United States. The Company (North America’s largest provider) leads its industry in terms of innovation, capability, quality, and reputation for service. Due to the crumbling underground infrastructure throughout North America and the significant…
Welcome to Spara Capital’s Spring 2015 Update Newsletter. Inside you’ll find all the Spara news that’s fit to print; keeping you updated on our latest transaction news and information from Spara Capital and the marketplace. Spara Capital: ALMOST 15 Years Young and Still Going Strong! Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to our Spring Update. We…
Welcome to Spara Capital’s Fall/Winter Update Newsletter. Inside you’ll find all the Spara news that’s fit to print; keeping you updated on our latest transaction news and information from Spara Capital and the marketplace. CEO’s Message Happy Holidays to All! We’re almost at the “2 minute mark” of the fourth quarter and at Spara we’re inside the red…
When Canadian power and energy specialist; Spark Power and its sister company, infrastructure services investment bank; Spara Capital, set out to create a networking event for the energy and power industry they wanted to do something a little different. “At Spara Capital, we founded a quarterly hockey game that pitted financial service firms from Bay…
Spara Capital was the exclusive advisor for the follow-on acquisition of UTS Consultants Inc. by Oakville Hydro Corporation (OHC), in pursuit of its construction and related services growth strategy. Founded in 1992, UTS Consultants operates out of Fergus and North Bay, Ontario and is a leading provider of engineering services to municipalities, telecommunications and power…
We are pleased to announce the closing of the acquisition of Rondar Inc. (“Rondar”), by Spark Power Services Corp (“Spark”), a leading provider of technical operations and maintenance services for high voltage and renewable energy assets. Spark Power Services is a portfolio company of Spara Capital Partners. Established in 1970, Rondar is a wholly owned,…
The Spara Capital team joined with members of its portfolio companies; Spark Power (comprised of team members from Spark Solar, AGRIS Solar and Northwind Solutions) recently, in a unique and fun approach to corporate social responsibility they’ve affectionately called “volun-teaming”. For the past four years, Spara Capital Partners and Spark Power Corp have supported Unity…