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March 17, 2014

As a leader, my job comes down to one thing: choosing the right people for my private equity team, whether that be executives and front-line staff or our bankers, lawyers, accountants and investors. The interaction, trust and camaraderie of your teams can make or break your business. I’ve made hiring mistakes. Each and every time I did, I found the poor performers were not team players nor were they decent or honest people. As a leader, I can’t do everything in the organization. I need to delegate. I need to ensure that the people who do the work are good, […]

February 1, 2014

Overcoming two disastrous deals would put any entrepreneur to the test, but Brad Nathan’s private equity firm has survived. The past few months have been more thank kind to Brad Nathan: His Toronto-based private equity firm Lynx Equity snapped up a handful of companies, including social media marketing developer Majestic Media, and secured another round of debt financing from TD Bank. But never mind the latest flurry of activity. For Nathan, just to be in good standing with investors and financial institutions at all is a feat in itself, after two disastrous transactions left him with millions in debt and […]

January 1, 2014

REPORT CARDSTUDENT Brad NathanGRADUATED York Mills C.I., 1987BEST SUBJECT Gym, accountingWORST SUBJECT Calculus, scienceCURRENT JOB President, Lynx Equity Ltd. The business of investing in businesses is often imagined as follows. Discover a dynamic and exciting Silicon Valley–style startup. Meet with the spiky- haired developer-cum-CEO. Make a big offer. Move the company out of the garage. Watch as it flourishes into the next Apple or Amazon. These stories make great Hollywood screenplays, but Brad Nathan — president of Lynx Equity Ltd. and a York Mills Collegiate Institute grad — knows all too well this type of risky investment strategy is better […]

November 26, 2013

Toronto – November 26, 2013 – Lynx Equity Limited (“Lynx”) announced today that it has received $15 million in financing from Windsor Private Capital Limited Partnership (“Windsor”). “This financing comes at a period of rapid growth for Lynx. It will allow us to continue with our acquisition strategy and diversify our portfolio. This has been a record year for Lynx, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have Windsor as a partner in this success”, commented Lynx President Brad Nathan. Lynx has acquired four new subsidiaries this fiscal year, with plans to close five more before the end of fiscal […]