The Board of Directors of the Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards announced today that Ridley College Alumni and Celebrity Entrepreneur, Bruce Croxon will deliver keynote remarks at the organization’s Nominee Breakfast at Ridley College, this November 22nd. “Bruce Croxon is a serious Canadian entrepreneur and also has a connection to Niagara,” said Keith Cumming,…
Spara Capital announced today its participation in a Brock University student club event called Monster Pitch, whereby budding student-entrepreneurs will prepare business “pitches” and compete against their peers for the chance to win a start up prize package. The contest will be judged by experts in growing, financing and selling early stage businesses and include;…
We are pleased to announce the closing of the acquisition of Northwind Solutions. (“Northwind”), 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. Founded in 2004, Northwind Solutions is a progressive,…
After Robert’s passing in 2010, Joel Rose, a longtime friend of Robert Kerr and Senior Partner for Aird & Berlis, was appointed executor of Robert Kerr’s Estate. On behalf of the estate Joel engaged Spara Capital to sell Blue Star. Spara went to market to find a strategic qualified suitor that would continue to operate the…
Jason Sparaga of Spara Capital appears on BNN’s The Close to discuss Spara’s investment and role in venture stage companies.
Titanium Trucking Services Inc. employs a staff of over 50 people and provides supply chain network solutions including logistics, warehousing, cross docking, and distribution services. Based in Woodbridge, Ontario, the company owns local cartage fleets and cross border highway units and offers trucking, transportation, and international logistics services. Acting on behalf of Titanium, an asset-based…
As we discussed last month, selling a business is a highly emotional and sometimes challenging process for even the most rational and staid entrepreneur. As M&A specialists, in the past fifteen years, we have seen every; flavour, brand and size of emotion known to man – we’ve seen behaviour that would make Charlie Sheen look…
(Oakville, Ont.) Spara Capital, a boutique investment/merchant bank confirmed today, that it has completed an investment in its client and partner, Basic Funerals and Cremation Choices Inc. Basic Funerals is a disruptive provider of funeral and cremation services. The size and terms of the financing were not disclosed. “This is an exciting day for our…
I have always believed, at a fundamental level, that the best businesses, (like the best entrepreneurs) only have two “gears”; growing and selling. Best in class entrepreneurial companies are either setting the “world on fire” by expanding aggressively into new markets and products or services with passion, drive and zeal – or they are not. …
When Looby Construction began building bridges in Ontario, in 1904, there were few “horseless carriages” in rural parts of the Province. In fact the Spara Capital Partners divestiture client; a third-generation, Dublin-based Company, built those early structures exclusively for horse-drawn wagons and tractors. Today, some thousand structures later (both bridges and culverts), Looby Construction remains…