Darren Smart

Scotia Merchant Capital Corp. is a private equity firm located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX: BNS). Founded in 1997.

Teachers' Private Capital is a private equity firm founded in the year 1991. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with additional offices in London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Aquilex Holdings LLC operates as a holding comapny. The provides maintenance, repair, overhaul, and industrial cleaning solutions. It offers piping, vessels, boilers and lubrication and hydraulic oil systems. The company was founded on December 21, 2006 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Teachers' Private Capital Fund invests in large and mid-cap companies located in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific with strong management teams and stable/growing operating cash flows. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of consumer, retail & industrials, financial services & healthcare and telecom, media, technology & energy. It provides financing for acquisitions, strategic block purchases in public companies, MBOs, LBOs, privatizations, recapitalizations and expansion stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $75 to $300 million. It makes direct co-investments with minimum investment size of $75 million and invests in private equity & venture capital funds in the range of more than $50 million.

BluEarth Renewables, Inc. engages in the development and production of renewable energy. It also acquires, develops, constructs, and operates wind, water and solar projects. The company was founded by John D, Keating, Ross Keating, Kathy Bolton, Kent Brown, Geoff Carnegie and Kelly Matheson-King in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Hawkwood Energy Management LLC engages in production of oil and gas. It focuses in its East Texas operations. The company was founded by Peter E. Jeffe in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

KANATA Energy Group Ltd. operates as a midstream infrastructure and services company. It focuses on the acquisition, construction and operation of gathering, processing and liquids extraction facilities in Western Canada. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.