C$500 Million Raises: How First Nations Pool Capital for Equity Stakes

Podcast: Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast · Canadian Indigenous Investment Forum

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

Indigenous equity deals in Canada tend to start at C$300 million, while most First Nations find it difficult to raise C$100 million, according to Colby Delorme. In the first of two conversations, the President of the Imagination Group of Companies sets out how nations are closing that gap. Some are going to market for financing of around C$500 million, at times as a group of nations. Others are building from a smaller base, with First Nations corporations acquiring businesses worth C$1 million to C$3 million to grow or scale them. For a project finance banker...