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Teranet Income Fund
Teranet has built a reputation as a leader in the delivery of electronic information services; by creating the world's first electronic document land registration system and operating Ontarios Electronic Land Registration System. Whitecastle was a founding investor in Teranet's parent company and was active on its Board of Directors until the company went public in 2006.
Genus Medical
Genus Medical designed, manufactured and distributed
medical devices for the home care and rehab markets worldwide. Genus
was founded in 1992 as an amalgamation of several small businesses.
Whitecastle provided the initial funding and a follow-on investment
to finance growth. By 1994 Genus achieved distribution throughout
Europe and was dominate in its market in North America and in 1995
the company was sold to Invacare. During this period Whitecastle
was very active in helping the company manage its growth, including
assisting in executive recruitment, financial modeling, strategic
planning and serving on the Board of Directors.
Positron Fiber Systems Corporation
Positron Fiber System Corporation rapidly grew
to become a leading manufacturer of telecommunications equipment
for high reliability and critical service applications. Established
in 1995 under the name Positron Fiber System Corporation and its
French version, Corporation Systems de Fibres Positron, we together
with Quorum Growth Inc. and Innovatech, invested the first seed
capital in the company in August 1995.
Eph Diamond, Chairman of Whitecastle Investments
Ltd., served on the Board and the audit committee and the Whitecastle
team was active in helping guide the company through its first year
as a public company on the TSE and NASDAQ. In addition, Whitecastle
helped guide the company's September 1998 sale to RELTEC Corporation
(NYSE:RLT), known today as Marconi Communications Optical Networks
- a US leader in telecommunication systems.
Electrophotonics Corporation
Electrophotonics Corp. was an innovative developer
of components and modules for optical networks. Their products span
the range from Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) components,
dispersion equalization modules and network performance monitoring
subsystems.
In June 1999, Electrophotonics was acquired
by E-TEK Dynamics Inc (NASDAQ: ETEK) of San Jose, California. E-TEK
is a leader in the design and manufacture of passive optical network
components and modules for fiber optic systems. In January 2000,
E-TEK and JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU; TSE: JDU) announced the signing
of a definitive merger agreement.
We provided initial venture capital funding
to Electrophotonics in February 1998.
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IMagicTV Inc.
IMagicTV, a New Brunswick based software company
incorporated in January 1998, forged a new niche in the overall
telecom communications software market by offering service providers
an open and flexible platform for creating, delivering and managing
digital television and rich media services over broadband DSL networks.
Its software enabled services such as digital TV, pay-per-view and
video-on-demand, and features field-proven provisioning tools for
managing content, subscribers and client devices, easily and efficiently.
In 1999 Whitecastle led an equity financing of $10 million to support
iMagicTV's aggressive growth plans and contributed to a pre-IPO
financing in 2000. In November 2000 iMagicTV became public on NASDAQ
and TSE. In April 2003 Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) acquired 100% of iMagicTV
and iMagicTV now operates under the Alcatel name.
PC DOCS Group International Inc.
PC DOCS is a leading worldwide provider of open document management
systems for enterprise networks, the Internet, and corporate Intranets.
In June 1993, we invested together with a consortium led by Quorum
Growth Inc., in a company that ultimately became PC DOCS Group International,
with listings on both the TSE and NASDAQ.
Carey Diamond was active as a Director of PC
DOCS from 1993 to 1997. The Board was especially active, directing
PC DOCS through a corporate restructuring, operational turn-around
and subsequent successful secondary public offering. Carey also
served as a member of the Compensation Committee. In June 1999,
HUMMINGBIRD acquired PC DOCS Group International.
Broadband Networks Inc.
Broadband Networks Inc. was a leader in the design
and manufacture of broadband wireless networks operating at frequencies
of between 2 and 42 gigahertz (GHz). Founded in 1994, BNI skyrocketed
in 3 short years in this expansive new market sector - deploying
systems in Canada, U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.
We provided the first venture capital in 1996
and were very active in helping this dynamic young company handle
its explosive growth, including assisting in executive recruitment,
financing, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. BNI,
headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada, under Whitecastles direction,
attracted strategic investment from both Newbridge Networks and
Siemens.
In 1998, just prior to an anticipated IPO, BNI was
sold to Northern Telecom (NYS:NT). It was the first significant
acquisition that Nortel had made. Whitecastle was retained by Broadband
Networks Inc. to negotiate the sale.
Loran International Technologies Inc.
Located in Ottawa, Loran was founded in 1992
as a systems integrator of high-speed networks. While integrating
networks for more than 350 leading organizations, they identified
critical needs in these organizations' management tools. Loran began
developing their patented product, Kinnetics, to address these needs
in 1995.
In April 1998 we provided Loran with venture
capital to accelerate their expansion globally. In July of 1999
with our involvement, Loran Systems entered into a strategic relationship
with Peregrine Systems - a leader in infrastructure management software.
In August 2000 Loran was acquired by Peregrine Systems.
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