# Crown Capital Partners

> Crown Capital Partners is a VC fund in Toronto backing Energy and Oil and Gas. See 8 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 88%
- Fund size: $300M
- Last fund: Jul 2017
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowncapitalpartnersinc.
- Website: http://www.crowncapital.ca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrownCapitalPartners

Crown Capital Partners is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Energy and Oil and Gas. Crown Capital is a specialty finance company focused on providing capital to middle-market companies.They originate, structure and provide tailored financing solutions with minimal or no ownership dilution. These solutions allow their business owners to retain the vast majority of the economic rewards associated with their business, whileproviding us with stable and predictable cash flows.Their tailored, innovative financing solutions include subordinated term and bridge loans, perpetual debt, income streaming and royalties. Their investee firms – diverse both by sector and by geography – are successful private and public enterprises that generate cash flow and have experienced leadership teams.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | $7M–$60M |
| Debt Financing | $3.9M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 25% |
| Oil and Gas | 2 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |
| Hospital | 1 | 13% |
| Internet | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | 5 | 63% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 38% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brent Hughes | Executive Vice President & CCO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brent-hughes |
| Chris Johnson | President, Co-Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-johnson-c95c |
| Christopher Johnson | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-johnson-4 |
| Gregory J. Cochrane | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-j-cochrane |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Centric Health | Centric Health is focused on producing leading patient outcomes and delivering quality, innovation and sustainable value to patients, clients and stakeholders.Centric Health is uniquely positioned to meet growing healthcare needs in key markets, address capacity issues and reduce wait times. Our long-term strategy focuses on organically growingcore high-margin business units with strong profitability and targeting select expansion opportunities to further our national reach in our core focus areas. | $29.8M | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 31, 2020 | http://www.centrichealth.ca/ |
| Corridor Communications | Corridor Communications is an internet service company. They specialize in providing fixed-point wireless connections to homes, the voice-over-internet protocol, and business-shared services. | $3.9M | Debt Financing | Mar 27, 2020 | http://cciwireless.ca |
| DATA Communications Management | DATA is a leading provider of business communication solutions, bringing value and collaboration to marketing and operations teams in companies across North America. Their extensive footprint takes in more than 20 locations including 5 centres of excellence, supported by highly-skilled professionals who combine technology and process to streamlineworkflows, mitigate risk, and delight clients. | $7M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 19, 2019 | http://www.datacm.com/ |
| Mill Street & Co. | Mill Street & Co. is a diversified investment company committed to creating sustainable, long-term growth through the intelligent application and management of capital. Mill Street actively manages its investments with the goal of providing its investors with stable returns exceeding major indices and mutual funds. Mill Street invests primarilyby purchasing equity positions in private and public companies. | $10M | Debt Financing | May 17, 2018 | http://www.millstreetco.com/ |
| Source Energy Services | Source Energy Services is an employer of choice with over a decade of proppant supply and oilfield logistics experience. | $15M | Debt Financing | Dec 02, 2016 | http://sourceenergyservices.com/ |
| Medicure | Medicure is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for the U.S. hospital market.Medicure’s vision is to become a leading specialty pharmaceutical company that improves the lives of patients while delivering value for its shareholders. The Company’s current focus is in the area ofacute cardiovascular care, a market served by its commercial product, AGGRASTAT (tirofiban HCl). The Company is also looking to develop and acquire additional hospital products. To accomplish this, the Company is leveraging its historical expertise in clinical development as well as exploring acquisition opportunities with growth potential.Medicure was established in 1997, and spent its first decade focused on research and development. In 2008, the Company began a transition to focus on its commercial, specialty pharmaceutical business. This new direction was solidified in October 2013 with the U.S. FDA approval of the new label for AGGRASTAT. The label change has provided a basis for the Company to grow sales and achieve profitability, and also to pursue development and acquisition opportunities.Medicure’s board and management is committed to building value for its existing shareholder base and is patiently pursuing a long-term view to establishing the Company as a leading, international pharmaceutical company - one that is distinguished by its unique fit within the contemporary market.Medicure Inc. is based in Winnipeg, Canada and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture under the symbol MPH. Its subsidiaries include Medicure International, Inc. (Barbados), which owns the U.S. rights to AGGRASTAT, as well as two U.S. corporations, Medicure USA, Inc. and Medicure Pharma, Inc., which distributes the Company’s products in the United States. Medicure Inc. and Medicure USA have a minority interest and fixed option to acquire the holding companies of Apicore LLC and Apicore US LLC (collectively, Apicore). Apicore is a developer and manufacturer of specialty Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and generic products (ANDAs). | $60M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 18, 2016 | http://medicure.com/ |
| Touchstone Exploration | Touchstone Exploration is a Canadian-based, international upstream oil and gas company. It is one of the largest independent onshore oil producers in Trinidad. | $15M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 08, 2016 | https://www.touchstoneexploration.com |
| Distinct Infrastructure Group | Distinct Infrastructure Group is a design, engineering, construction, services, and maintenance company in Canada. It offers technical and maintenance, directional drilling, underground and aerial civil construction, hydro-excavation, and third party material management services to the utilities and telecommunications sectors. | $15M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 25, 2015 | http://diginc.ca/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ontario Pension Board](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ontario-pension-board) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Yorkville Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yorkville-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Crown Capital Partners invest in?

Crown Capital Partners invests primarily in Energy, Oil and Gas and Medical startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Crown Capital Partners invest in?

Crown Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $7M–$60M at Post-IPO Debt and $3.9M–$15M at Debt Financing. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Crown Capital Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Crown Capital Partners took part in.

### How do I contact Crown Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Crown Capital Partners?

The team at Crown Capital Partners includes Brent Hughes (Executive Vice President & CCO), Chris Johnson (President, Co-Founder & CEO) and Christopher Johnson (President and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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