Technology

Last month, XL Fleet, a provider of vehicle electrification solutions, announced plans to go public through a merger with Pivotal Investment Corporation II, a special purpose acquisition company. [more]

Last month Amwell and GoodRx, two telehealth-focused companies, listed publicly through IPOs. Amwell raised $922M with a current market cap of $7.8B, while GoodRx raised $1.3B with a current market cap of $20B. [more]

The video game industry is quickly expanding with multiple acquisitions as publishers and game developers create new innovative products and services. Growing trends in the industry include live-service games, subscription-based gaming platforms, and ESports offerings [more]

In September, CloudMD announced a series of acquisitions to expand its telehealth services. CloudMD spent approximately $19M on three acquisitions, including Benchmark Systems, iMD Health Global, and Snapclarity. [more]

Earlier this month, Loblaw, through its subsidiary Shoppers, announced a $75M minority stake investment in Maple, a Canadian telemedicine company. The acquisition is expected to expand Shoppers’ virtual healthcare services across Canada. [more]

Earlier this month, NVIDIA announced a $40B acquisition of ARM, a U.K. semiconductor company focused on designing CPUs and licensing out IP. SoftBank, a Japanese holding company, acquired ARM for $32B in 2016. [more]

Alberta’s Energy Minister, Sonya Savage, visited E3’s office in Calgary to show the Alberta Government’s commitment to mineral development in the province. E3’s patented technology extracts lithium from oil field brine waters, with planned production starting in 2022. [more]

Last week, Nuvei, a Canadian technology company focused on electronic payment solutions, started trading on the TSX, raising $833 million in the largest tech IPO in TSX history. Two classes of shares were issued, the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares. [more]