Gilbert S. Palter
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner @ EdgeStone Partners
Toronto, Canada
Gilbert S. Palter is a venture - series unknown investor at EdgeStone Partners in Toronto focused on Retail and Commercial. Gil joined EdgeStone in May 1999 as a co-founder. Prior to joining EdgeStone, he was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Eladdan Capital Partners, a Toronto-based private equity fund targeting middle-market Canadian and U.S. companies. He also founded Eladdan Enterprises, a boutique investment bank specializing inproviding buy-side mergers and acquisitions advice to Canadian and U.S. companies, particularly on cross-border acquisitions and investments. Gil has previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, McKinsey & Company and Clairvest Group Inc.Gil currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aurigen Capital Limited, Continental Alloys & Services, and Specialty Catalog Corporation and is a member of the Board of Directors of Eurospec Manufacturing and Mitel Networks Corporation. He is a former Chairman of Hair Club Group, Stephenson’s Rental Services, BFI Canada and Farley Windows and was previously a director of Alliance Films, Eurospec Manufacturing, Trimaster Manufacturing and Xantrex Technology.Gil holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where he attended on a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and graduated as a Baker Scholar and winner of the John L. Loeb Fellowship in Finance. He was the Gold Medalist in his graduating class at the University of Toronto where he attended on the J.W. Billes Scholarship earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics. Gil is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations. He was recognized in 2003 as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40, was nominated for The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in 2006 and 2007, and is a member of the Young President's Organization (YPO).
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Gilbert S. Palter invests in
Stages Gilbert S. Palter invests in
Countries Gilbert S. Palter invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (100%)
- Commercial 1 (100%)
- Manufacturing 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Avid Apparel
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AA is an apparel company that specializes in offering high-quality custom apparel design, production, manufacturing, and distribution. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 30, 2021 |
Co-Investors
Alignvest Management Corporation
1 deal together
About EdgeStone Partners
EdgeStone Partners is a private equity and venture capital arm of GMP Securities, specializing in direct investments and fund of funds investments. It seeks to make private equity, mezzanine, and venture capital investments in middle market, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, industry consolidation, recapitalizations,roll-up strategy, management buy-in or buy-out, divestiture of non-core business and growth capital stages Within direct investments. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in venture capital funds and private equity funds within fund of fund investments. It specializes in investments in venture capital and buyout funds through its fund of funds. EdgeStone Partners manages and invests through its funds, Later Stage Equity (EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund); Mezzanine Debt; Energy Capital (EdgeStone Capital Energy Fund), and Venture Capital (EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund) funds. It prefers to invest in light manufacturing, business, and consumer and financial services. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in companies based in North America with a focus on Canada. It seeks to invest in Canada and focuses on primary investments, with a limited amount of capital allocated to secondary investments. It typically invests between $5 million and $15 million. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in companies with EBITDA range of $10- $50 million and Enterprise Value range of $50- $250 million. It seeks to invest in equity and equity related securities, and prefers majority ownership/control positions and active board involvement in its portfolio companies and targets an IRR of 20 percent to 25 percent per year. EdgeStone Partners exits an investment within a period of three to seven years. It preferred exit options include: sale to a strategic or financial buyer; share re-purchase by the company; initial or secondary public offering; and financial restructuring and targets an IRR of 40 percent. It prefers to invest between Cdn $25 million ($22.14 million) and Cdn $60 million ($53.15 million) and more through the Later Stage fund. EdgeStone Partners seeks to make subordinated debt, preferred share, and related equity investments in buyouts, going private transactions, growth capital financings, expansion capital, and acquisitions of middle market and later stage private and public companies through the Mezzanine Debt fund (EdgeStone Capital Mezzanine Fund). It seeks to invest in companies based in North America through the mezzanine fund. EdgeStone Partners typically invests between Cdn $10 million ($8.85 million) and Cdn $40 million ($35.43 million) in its portfolio companies and also considers higher investments. It seeks an IRR between 15 percent and 20 percent and exits its investment within a period of three to seven years. The fund also prefers to take a seat on the Board of Observers of its portfolio companies. Through its Energy Capital (EdgeStone Capital Energy Fund), the firm makes acquisition and organic growth investments in small and mid-sized public and private companies. The firm seeks to make equity and equity related investments in the exploration, production, and service sectors of the energy industry, oil and gas, and other energy-related sectors through the Energy Capital fund. EdgeStone Partners primarily invests in companies based in Western Canada. It prefers to invest $5 million to $10 million per transaction. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in common equity or equity-related securities, such as preferred shares or convertible debt. It seeks to exit its investments in three to five years; has an Observer attend at all the board meetings of portfolio companies. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in early and mid- stage technology companies through its Venture Capital fund (EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund). It seeks to invest in companies that sell technology solutions to the enterprise and where the intellectual property resides in the software. EdgeStone Partners typically invests between Cdn $3 million ($2.59 million) and Cdn $10 million ($8.65 million) in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for three to five years, targets an IRR of 40%, and it also makes co-investments. EdgeStone Partners also seeks membership on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in the telecommunications and other high technology sectors. EdgeStone Partners began operation in February 1999. It has its headquarters in Toronto in Canada with additional offices in Montréal and Calgary in the same country.
EdgeStone Partners Contacts
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Bryan W. Kerdman
Partner
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Gilbert S. Palter
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner
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Samuel L. Duboc
President and Managing Partner
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Andrew Walton
Principal
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Sandra Bosela
Partner
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What does Gilbert S. Palter invest in?
Gilbert S. Palter invests primarily in Retail, Commercial and Manufacturing startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Gilbert S. Palter last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gilbert S. Palter closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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