Clairvest

Clairvest is a private equity firm based in Toronto, Canada. It partners with entrepreneurs to help build strategically significant businesses. It provides guidance and capital to the people and companies it works with.

A group of successful entrepreneurs founded Clairvest in 1987. The firm has more than 4.6 billion dollars of capital under management. It is a publicly listed company on the TSX under the symbol CVG. It manages its own capital and co-invests alongside institutional investors in owner-led businesses.

Clairvest says it is an invested partner that shares risk with management teams. It invests its own money and is the largest investor in its own funds. It seeks minority positions alongside its operating partners and is comfortable with ownership levels that match their interests. It describes itself as a long-term investor focused on building value rather than on market timing or financial engineering.

Management teams work with Clairvest through key milestones, such as growing their companies, taking on new challenges and making acquisitions. The firm says it has a well-developed playbook for creating value. Its track record spans more than 30 years, and its senior team has worked together for over 20 years.

Clairvest reports 74 partnership investments to date. It says its partners created more than 2 billion dollars of personal net worth after its investment. Its 50 exited investments grew capital by 3.5 times. Portfolio companies created more than 6,000 jobs in the last 10 years, and they completed more than 450 add-on acquisitions.

Recent news shows the firm at work. Clairvest closed its acquisition of MGM Northfield Park in April 2026. It announced the sale of Star Waste Systems to Casella Waste Systems earlier that month. In December 2025 it announced the recapitalization of F12.net.

The firm says its work creates value for all stakeholders, supports employment and economic growth, and supports the communities where its people live.

Services

• Private equity investment
• Growth capital
• Co-investment with institutional investors
• Minority investments in owner-led businesses
• Support for add-on acquisitions