There was little time for spring cleaning or golf games for the Spara Team as we were “all work and no play” driving the closing of three back-to-back-to-back deals, which included: The acquisition of Planview Utility Services Ltd. (“Planview”) by Oakville Enterprises Corporation (“OEC”). Spark Power Services Corp’s (“Spark”) acquisition of the Tillsonburg and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On the back of Burger King’s recently announced plans to acquire Tim Horton’s Jason Sparaga, President of Spara Capital was featured in the Financial Post’s Leadership section in an article entitled What executives need to know about winning ‘roll ups’.
Inside you’ll find all the Spara news that’s fit to print; keeping you updated on the latest transaction news and information from Spara and the marketplace. President’s Message Happy Spring/Summer to All! It has been a busy past few months here at Spara Capital Partners, both in the advisory practice and in our portfolio ‘fleet’…
The Association for Corporate Growth Toronto’s Chapter President, Steve Smith today announced the date for Capital Connection Toronto 2014 as Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 and that Spara Capital President, Jason Sparaga and TorQuest Partners, Darin Brock have agreed to Co-Chair this year’s event. Smith identified the significant efforts of Sparaga as Chair and Brock as…