Private Equity
Vancouver single-family office making long-term majority acquisitions of mature Canadian and western US businesses and real estate.
Tricor Pacific Capital is a Vancouver-based family office that invests its own capital in long-term majority stakes in mature businesses and real estate. Co-founded by Rod Senft in 1996, it raised a series of institutional private equity funds (Funds I to V on its history page) before becoming a single-family office in 2015, when its institutional fund business was rebranded as Parallel49 Equity. It targets companies with $5–25 million of EBITDA across Canada and the Midwest and western US, and reports 20+ active portfolio companies and 100+ acquisitions since inception; its most recent deal was the July 2026 purchase of Calgary-based Arctec Alloys. For recruits, it is a small Vancouver deal team (two Managing Directors, two Principals and two Senior Associates on the team page) with an owner's long-hold mindset rather than a fund cycle.
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Long-term control investments in mature, durable businesses in essential industries across Canada and the Midwest to western US, with selling owners often keeping equity; examples include Rockmount Research & Alloys, Arctec Alloys, Eden-Valders Stone, 37th Street Bakery and Big Country Equipment Repair.
Co-founded the Founders Group of Food Companies in 2014, which owns meat, seafood and chocolate businesses such as Presteve Foods, Totally Chocolate and Rainier Pure Beef.
Industrial real estate holdings and residential development with partner Areva Living.
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Western Canadian supplier of proprietary repair and maintenance welding consumables; combined with Rockmount into a maintenance welding platform.
Industrial ProductsCalgary, ABSince 2026
Beverage co-packer that acquired and restarted an idled plant offering hot-fill, cold-fill, canning and Tetra Pak packaging.
Beverage Co-PackingWest Sacramento, USASince 2025
Supplier of organic, grass-fed and conventional beef to ingredient, retail and foodservice customers in the US.
Food (Founders Group company)Since 2021
Partnership backed by Tricor that acquires and builds a group of food and beverage businesses in mature categories.
Food Manufacturing and DistributionVancouver, BCSince 2014
Alberta container drayage, storage, transloading and warehousing provider offering first and final mile logistics.
Transportation & LogisticsAcheson, ABSince 2013
Industrial bakery producing fully-baked, thaw-and-serve pastries such as croissants, danishes and cinnamon rolls for North American customers.
FoodChicago, USA
Real estate developer of residential, hotel and commercial projects in British Columbia, with Tricor investing in each project.
Real Estate and Land DevelopmentVancouver, BC
Heavy equipment maintenance and repair services for mining, forestry, construction and oil and gas clients in Western Canada.
Industrial ServicesKamloops, BC
Provider of debit, credit and prepaid payment card production, personalization and digital issuance solutions.
Business ServicesLittleton, Colorado, USA
Manufacturer of recycled rubber flooring, tiles and custom surfacing for indoor and outdoor applications.
Building MaterialsSalmon Arm, BC
Quarrier and fabricator of natural stone, including dolomitic limestone and quartzitic sandstone, for North American building markets.
Building MaterialsWisconsin, USA
Processor and distributor of beef, pork and specialty proteins for Pacific Northwest and Asian customers.
Food (Founders Group company)Seattle, USA
TSX-listed specialty food manufacturing and distribution company with dozens of businesses in Canada and the US; Tricor is a key shareholder.
Food Manufacturing and Distribution
Processor of wild-caught freshwater fish from the Great Lakes for retail, foodservice and wholesale customers.
Food (Founders Group company)Ontario, Canada
Maker of maintenance welding consumables and alloys sold across the US and Canada, backed by technical sales support.
Industrial ProductsVancouver, Washington, USA
Seafood and premium meat distributor, including Lombardi Brothers Meats, serving the Rocky Mountain region.
Food (Founders Group company)
Family meat processor making all-natural sausages, specialty game and custom-cut proteins for chefs and retailers.
Food (Founders Group company)Reno, Nevada, USA
Producer of custom-branded chocolates and packaging for corporate clients, retailers and event planners.
Food (Founders Group company)Blaine, Washington, USA
Professional League of Ireland soccer club with men's and women's teams; Tricor's first sports investment.
OtherLimerick, Ireland
Tricor Property Partners
Real estate investor acquiring, developing and managing industrial and commercial properties across North America.
Real Estate and Land Development
Chairman
Leadership Team
Co-founded Tricor Pacific Capital in 1996 and, as Managing Partner, raised and managed institutional funds deploying over $1.2 billion before the firm became his family office; became Chairman in 2019. Earlier practised corporate and securities law, and is a founding partner of Pender West Capital Partners. University of Manitoba BCom and LLB.
CEO & Managing Director
Leadership Team
Joined Tricor as CEO and Managing Director in 2019 and oversees investments, operations and strategy. Spent 15 years at Vancouver private investment firm Stern Partners as Vice President and General Counsel, after six years as an M&A and private equity lawyer at Paul, Weiss in New York. McGill law and architecture degrees.
Managing Director
Leadership Team
Works on strategy, business development, capital deployment and oversight of investment partnerships; chairs OCTS and oversees Tricor's industrial real estate. Co-founded the Founders Group of Food Companies in 2014 and has led 40+ buyouts and add-ons since 2012. Started at CIBC investment banking; Dartmouth BA and London Business School MBA.
Managing Director
Deal Professionals
Focuses on origination, asset allocation and portfolio performance, and sits on the boards of 37th Street Bakery, Big Country Equipment Repair and Redwood Beverage Group. Bought ProSource Supply in 2015 and grew it into a six-branch western Canadian irrigation and landscaping distributor. UBC BComm and CPA.
Principal
Deal Professionals
Sources and grows investments in Tricor's industrial platform; Co-President and Chair of Rockmount Research & Alloys and Arctec Alloys and Chair of Big Country Equipment Repair. Spent seven years in leadership roles at lululemon. McGill biology degree and SFU postgraduate business diploma.
Principal
Deal Professionals
Co-leads deal origination and execution (diligence, structuring, valuation, financing) and sits on the boards of Eden-Valders, 37th Street Bakery, Rockmount and Arctec. Previously a senior associate at Founders Group of Food Companies and at PwC; received ACG British Columbia's Rising Star Award in 2023. SFU Beedie graduate and CPA.
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Jul 3, 2026
Arctec Alloys Limited
Acquirer · Maintenance welding consumables (industrial MRO)
Buyer Tricor Pacific Capital · Seller Trenke family (Arctec shareholders)
Tricor bought Calgary-based Arctec Alloys (founded 1968) and combined it with portfolio company Rockmount Research & Alloys to form a North American maintenance welding platform; President Mark Trenke stays on as an equity partner. MLT Aikins, Kalos and PwC advised Tricor and CIBC provided senior debt; National Bank of Canada Capital Markets and BLG advised the sellers.
Tricor acquires a Calgary welding-consumables supplier and merges it with its US-based Rockmount business.
Lewis joins as CEO and Managing Director; Rod Senft becomes Chairman.
Tricor becomes Rod Senft's family office; the institutional fund management business rebrands as Parallel49 Equity.
Rod Senft and partners launch Tricor's first private equity fund.
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