Ronan Vandeputte

Boreal Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm backing founders building durable, capital-efficient businesses in overlooked industries. We focus on companies with early product-market fit, helping founders transform their early sales traction into scalable growth engines. We invest with a VC-meets-PE mindset: underwriting downside, prioritizing fundamentals, and supporting long-term value creation over short-term hype. Our focus is on companies where discipline, governance, and operational rigor create an advantage. Boreal partners with experienced entrepreneurs and management teams across Canada, providing patient capital and active support through growth and scale. We believe great outcomes are built deliberately, collaboratively — not chased.

AXES is a Cloud Information Management Platform that licenses actionable intelligence and applications to the Global Gaming & Amusement Industry. With IoT devices (called the BlackBox), streaming data from more than 40 countries, AXES makes sense of billions of pieces of player, machine, time and space data to enhance player engagement, create value and increase revenue. The AXES platform offers native and third party applications such as jackpot, loyalty, rewards, cashless and accounting to enhance client performance and profitability. The AXES advantage is simple: we can connect to any type, number of machines and location size. Learn more about AXES at www.AXES.ai

Strategic regulatory and clinical plan with early sales strategy

Founded in 2008, Anges Québec is the largest group of angel investors in Canada whose mission is to invest capital and expertise in innovative Québec-based companies. To date, the members of Anges Québec have invested more than $80M in the Québec economy, totalling more than 210 investments in over 115 innovative companies. The Anges Québec professional development centre supports its members in the constant acquisition of new investment-related knowledge and skills.

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Boreal Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm backing founders building durable, capital-efficient businesses in overlooked industries. We focus on companies with early product-market fit, helping founders transform their early sales traction into scalable growth engines. We invest with a VC-meets-PE mindset: underwriting downside, prioritizing fundamentals, and supporting long-term value creation over short-term hype. Our focus is on companies where discipline, governance, and operational rigor create an advantage. Boreal partners with experienced entrepreneurs and management teams across Canada, providing patient capital and active support through growth and scale. We believe great outcomes are built deliberately, collaboratively — not chased.

'OneLink Capital' is a buyout private equity firm based out of Quebec (Canada) with a primary focus on small/medium size businesses in Manufacturing, Tech, Logistics & Distribution and Services. ​

Firm specialized in alternative financing for troubled SMEs – we provide swift and innovative financial solutions. Solas Finance will work with its clients, including borrowers and lenders, to come up with creative financial solutions for troubled situations. Based on the preferences of its clients, Solas Finance is open to structuring transactions either as debt originations or debt acquisitions. In the case of debt originations (i.e., turnaround, bridge or structured financing), funds will be made available directly to the borrower. In the case of debt acquisitions, Solas Finance will purchase the debt from existing lenders thereby providing an alternative exit strategy for the resolution of problem loans. WHERE WE INTERVENE • 60 day notice, fatigued lender • Notice of proposal to creditors – pre-packaged bankruptcy • Proposal to creditors • DIP financing BORROWER PROFILE • Insolvent – over-indebted • Temporarily in financial trouble, but with a profitable track record • Viable after financial restructuring • Asset rich but cash poor FINANCING • $1-7mm per investment (more for portfolios) • 6 months – 3 years • Collateral : real estate, accounts receivable, equipment, inventory PURCHASE OF CLAIMS AT A DISCOUNT • Purchase of single loans and loan portfolios • Mortgage loans and Commercial loans • Loans partially or totally provisioned SWIFT EXECUTION • Letter Of Intent typically within a week of receiving the necessary information • Due diligence only once a binding agreement is signed • Solas team are seasoned lenders with significant experience and provide efficient and creative financing solutions in turnaround situations SOLAS FINANCE WORKS WITH: • Accounting firms and trustees • Lenders • Borrowers • Law firms • Brokers

Real-Estate - Development and Rental operations of residential properties (Private equity - Rental properties)

AXES is a Cloud Information Management Platform that licenses actionable intelligence and applications to the Global Gaming & Amusement Industry. With IoT devices (called the BlackBox), streaming data from more than 40 countries, AXES makes sense of billions of pieces of player, machine, time and space data to enhance player engagement, create value and increase revenue. The AXES platform offers native and third party applications such as jackpot, loyalty, rewards, cashless and accounting to enhance client performance and profitability. The AXES advantage is simple: we can connect to any type, number of machines and location size. Learn more about AXES at www.AXES.ai