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Toronto lower-middle-market M&A advisor that also lends and invests through its own private debt and private equity arms.
FirePower Capital is a Toronto-based firm serving Canada's lower-middle market through two businesses under one roof: an M&A advisory practice that runs sell-side, buy-side and strategic mandates for owner-operated companies, and FirePower Asset Management, which makes C$5–25 million senior secured term loans (private debt) and direct private equity investments through FP Partners. The firm says its advisory team has closed more than 110 deals and its debt business has deployed more than C$220 million, and it describes a 70+ person ecosystem that also includes value-creation (VMX) and in-house AI engineering (FPdev.ai) teams. For recruits, it is one of the few Canadian boutiques where analysts can see both advisory mandates and principal lending/investing.
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Sell-side, buy-side and strategic-transaction advice for Canadian owner-operated mid-market and lower-middle-market companies; recent mandates include sales of Canadian businesses to strategic acquirers such as Accenture and Core & Main.
Senior secured term loans of roughly C$5–25 million for lower-middle-market borrowers, sponsor-backed or not: cash-flowing companies with about C$2M+ EBITDA, and recurring-revenue companies with about C$500K+ monthly recurring revenue that are not yet cash-flow positive. Used for acquisitions, buyouts, refinancing and growth.
FP Partners, a division of FirePower Asset Management Holdings, makes direct equity investments with its own capital alongside ultra-high-net-worth and family-office co-investors; its first medical-aesthetics platform, HiLuxe, was formed in 2025.
Data- and analytics-driven work on pre-sale optimization, performance improvement and post-merger integration for clients and portfolio companies.
In-house AI engineering team inside FirePower Asset Management that builds custom AI tools for portfolio companies and portfolio monitoring.
The official Contact page lists one office, the Toronto headquarters (47 Front Street East). The Careers page says the firm hires for Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver, but no Montréal or Vancouver office address is published, so those cities are not listed as offices. This list may be incomplete.
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M&A advisory and private capital in one firm, so you see both sides of how founder-led companies get funded and sold.
Technology and mid-market focus with an explicitly entrepreneurial client base.
Small team and a visible public profile, so the firm is easy to research properly before an interview.
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FirePower Capital works as one generalist team: bankers staff deals across these sectors rather than joining a group, so there is no group to pick when you apply. Toronto-based lower-middle-market firm combining M&A advisory and value-creation consulting with private debt and private equity investing; only the advisory and value-creation teams are listed here.
Sell-Side M&ABuy-Side M&AStrategic TransactionsValue Creation
Founding Partner and CEO
Firm leadership
Founded FirePower and grew it from a four-person family office into an M&A advisory and private capital firm; sets strategy, oversees key advisory mandates and reviews direct investments. Previously a portfolio manager at a Toronto venture capital firm. MBA from the Ted Rogers School of Management; science degree from Western.
CEO, FirePower Asset Management
Asset Management (Private Debt and Private Equity)
Co-founder and CEO of FirePower Asset Management, which houses the private debt and private equity businesses; sits on the credit and investment committees, manages the firm's limited partnerships and leads its AI strategy through FPdev.ai. Previously ran structured finance and strategic equity for Investec in Canada and earlier headed an equity structuring division at Investec Bank in South Africa. Studied actuarial science and risk at the London School of Economics.
Partner, Head of Private Debt
Private Debt
Leads client engagement and credit underwriting for FirePower's private debt business, structuring senior, subordinated and mezzanine cash-flow loans. Previously managed a portfolio of mid-sized company clients at Roynat Capital. McMaster BComm and DeGroote MBA; CPA.
Partner, M&A Advisory
M&A Advisory
Leads FirePower's M&A advisory team and its engagements, and was on the deal teams for the 2025–2026 Tempaid, IAMConcepts and Canada Waterworks sales. Previously a principal at a boutique investment management firm, with prior experience in venture capital and private equity. Holds an MBA (Ted Rogers), an LLB (Dalhousie) and a BComm (Saint Mary's).
Partner, Private Equity
Private Equity (FP Partners)
Leads FirePower's private equity business, described as Head of Private Equity and Partner at FP Partners in the 2025 HiLuxe announcement. Previously Chief Strategy Officer at fintech lender Thinking Capital, Canada Country Manager at StubHub, co-founder and CEO of iStopOver, and a VP at Brightspark Ventures.
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Sep 28, 2026
Tempaid
Exclusive financial advisor to Tempaid (sell-side) · Logistics & Transport (temperature-controlled pharmaceutical packaging)
Buyer eutecma (backed by Great Point Partners) · Seller Tempaid shareholders
German reusable cold-chain packaging maker eutecma acquired Tempaid, a North American temperature-controlled packaging company; terms were not disclosed.
Sep 9, 2025
IAMConcepts
Exclusive financial advisor to IAMConcepts (sell-side) · Software & Tech (identity and access management)
Buyer Accenture · Seller IAMConcepts shareholders
Accenture acquired Toronto-headquartered identity and access management services firm IAMConcepts to expand its cybersecurity capability in Canada.
Sep 3, 2025
Canada Waterworks Inc. and Canada Waterworks Ottawa Inc.
Sell-side advisor to Canada Waterworks · Industrials (water, wastewater and storm drainage distribution)
Buyer Core & Main · Seller Canada Waterworks shareholders
Core & Main signed a definitive agreement to buy substantially all the assets of Ontario distributor Canada Waterworks.
Aug 18, 2025
Signature Cosmetic Clinics and Beauty Lounges
Co-investor / sponsor (FP Partners) · Healthcare (medical aesthetics)
Buyer HiLuxe (platform formed by FP Partners with Alpha 40 Capital)
FP Partners and Alpha 40 Capital formed HiLuxe, a non-invasive aesthetics platform, whose first acquisition was Ontario clinic network Signature Cosmetic Clinics; FP Partners' first medical-spa investment.
Aug 9, 2024
Avant Imaging and Integrated Media, ULC (AIIM)
Lender (36-month term loan) · Business Services (compliance communications and direct mail)
FirePower issued a 36-month term loan to Ontario-based AIIM to fund its roll-up acquisition strategy, including its largest acquisition to date.
Release (reposted by FirePower) announcing eutecma's acquisition of Tempaid; FirePower's sell-side team advised Tempaid.
FirePower acted as exclusive advisor to the Toronto identity-management firm.
FirePower advised Canada Waterworks on its sale to the U.S.-listed distributor.
FirePower's private equity arm and Alpha 40 Capital formed the HiLuxe aesthetics platform with Signature as its first acquisition.
Private debt arm provides a 36-month term loan to fund AIIM's acquisition strategy.
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