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January 1, 2015

If you want to impress Brad Nathan, the 46- year- old Founder and CEO of Lynx Equity Ltd., the honest approach is best. The former merchant banker, who also contributes to The Globe and Mail’s Leadership Lab column, founded Lynx – a private equity firm that specialize in buying small to medium sized businesses from retiring owners – in 2007 right before the recession of 2008-2009, believes cultivating an authentic connection in business is paramount. Nathan encourages open conversation about the pros as well as cons, when negotiating with prospective businesses. “There’s a problem in every single business. It’s better to […]

November 4, 2014

A Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer changed hands late last week, as Majestic Media, which is based in Toronto, announced that it was acquired by Toronto-based private-equity firm Lynx Equity. Terms were not disclosed. Majestic Media was founded in 2008 by Managing Director Mario Zelaya, who said in a press release announcing the transaction: I couldn’t imagine a better fit for us than Lynx. Its team and vision is perfectly aligned with how I imagined Majestic growing over the next five years. I’ll be working very closely with Lynx to acquire other companies in the marketing and technology space. It’s going to be a very exciting time […]

November 3, 2014

The leaders of the 22 most dynamic companies in the money business share their best financing tactics The past five years have not been easy for the financial sector. The great recession made it difficult for many firms in the business to keep the lights on—much less grow. That’s why the 22 financial services firms that made the 2014 PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies are so remarkable. At a time when stagnation was status quo, each took on new customers and added new lines of business to stay on the growth track. Canada’s Fastest-Growing Finance Firms grew their sales by an […]

September 25, 2014

Canadian firm Lynx Equity set a lofty goal this year: making 50% of its portfolio U.S. companies. Brad Nathan , founder and president of Lynx, started the firm in Toronto in 2007 and, over the years, built a portfolio of 24 Canadian companies before looking to expand into the U.S. “We have access to a market in the U.S. that is 10 times the size of Canada’s,” Mr. Nathan said. In January, Lynx formed Succession Capital, a subsidiary in La Jolla, Calif., and added U.S.-based partners Brandon Laughridge and Nathaniel Broughton. Despite the geographic deviations, the partners in Toronto and La Jolla […]