About Us

Delavaco’s objective

To combine access to capital, industry expertise, and extensive capital markets to create significant value in its investment portfolio. The Company has had tremendous success in retail and consumer brands, and product areas with companies such as Jamba Juice, Cold Stone Creamery, Pinkberry, Blimpie’s Subs, Taco Time, Aphria, and American Apparel.

Delavaco has a strong track record of forming and actively managing early and mid-stage enterprises in addition to the reorganization and recapitalization of certain high-profile brands mentioned above.

Delavaco’s goal

The development of all core investments into strong public companies with a solid management and well-funded balance sheets.

Delavaco’s shareholders have a unique opportunity to gain direct and indirect exposure to early stage private equity investments.

Delavaco was founded in 2007 and has since funded and structured funding in excess of $3.3 billion since its inception.

Executive Team

Delavaco’s executive team consists of professionals with extensive experience in business services, corporate finance, merchant banking and corporate advisory services. Delavaco also utilizes a broad and diverse network of prominent advisors and consultants including: investment banking professionals, institutional fund managers, legal advisors and CEOs or senior managers from leading international growth companies.

Private Equity

Identify Opportunity

Identify private companies or assets that are undervalued and undercapitalized.

Restructure

Identify and instill experienced management teams and boards of directors.

Capitalize

Arrange for appropriate capital to develop companies and grow their assets.

Structure Acquisition

Acquire majority or de-facto controlling interests in target companies.

Establish Business Plan

Work with management to develop and implement strategic, operational, finance and governance initiatives.

Pursue Liquidity Event

Pursue a liquidity event in the form of an initial public offering, reverse take-over or sale.

Investment

Track-Record of Building Shareholder Value

Funded, jointly funded or arranged funding in excess of C$2.2 billion over the past three years. Involvement in recent transactions has generated significant return on investment to shareholders. 

Strong Transaction Pipeline

Strong regional relationships ensure access to opportunities.

Active Management of Portfolio

Significant shareholder positions, board representation and senior management roles in investment companies provide. Delavaco a degree of control. Early Stage Investor.

Unique opportunity to gain direct and indirect exposure to early stage private equity investments, including seed-round investments, which can provide significant outperformance over the course of the business cycle.