David is a partner in Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Practice Group in our Toronto office. David’s practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate/commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on the representation of emerging and high growth companies (throughout their lifecycles), the venture capital, growth equity and private equity funds and other investors that finance them and the strategic acquirors who buy them. David is broadly experienced with corporate formation and governance matters, venture capital and private equity financing transactions and a variety of acquisition and divestiture transaction structures on both the buy and sell side.
David plays a central role in Osler’s relationships with Rotman’s Creative Destruction Lab, Next Canada (including Next AI, Next 36 and Next Founders) and the C100.
David completed his J.D. degree at Queen’s University and obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Studies. During his studies, David participated in study abroad exchanges at Sydney University (Australia), the Queen’s International Study Centre (England) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).
Areas of Expertise
Representative Work
- ArenaX Labs
- ArenaX Labs in its closing of a $6 million financing round
- Sibli
- Sibli in its closing of $6 million of seed funding
- Erthos
- Erthos in its $6.5 million Series A financing round
- Agnostiq Inc.
- Agnostiq Inc. in its raising of $8.22 million financing
- Loopio Inc.
- Loopio Inc. in its acquisition of Avnio
- Future Fields Cellular Agriculture and Research Ltd.
- Future Fields in its $15 million Seed Extension Round
- Round13 E-Fund, L.P.
- Round13 in its investment in Alvéole’s Series A financing round
- Halp Technologies
- Halp in its $5.5 million financing
- Avidbots
- Avidbots in its US$70 million Series C financing
- Integral Treasury Inc.
- Integral in its $8.5 million Seed Financing
- LumiQ
- LumiQ in its $5 million funding round
- AtomVie Global Radiopharma
- AtomVie in its spinout and Series A Financing
- Interaxon
- Interaxon in its US$9.5 million Series C financing round
- Oncoustics Inc.
- Oncoustics in its $5.5 million seed financing
- Delphia
- Delphia in its US$60 million Series A financing round
- Neo Financial Technologies
- Neo Financial Technologies in its $185 million Series C Financing
- COSM Medical
- COSM Medical in its US$3.8 million seed round
- e-Zinc
- e-Zinc in its US$25 million Series A financing round
- IntelliCulture
- IntelliCulture in its seed round
- Mayday
- Mayday in its seed financing
- Flashfood
- Flashfood in its US$12.3 million Series A financing
- Inkbox Ink
- Inkbox Ink in its US$65 million acquisition by BIC
- Angus Systems
- Angus Systems in its acquisition by MRI Software
- Ten Coves Capital
- Ten Coves Capital in its connection with Boosted.ai’s US$35 million Series B financing round
- Ten Coves Capital. in connection with TealBook’s US$50 million Series B Financing
- SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. in its $10 million Series A financing round
- Meta in connection with its acquisition by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
- Insception Biosciences in connection with its sale to Cell Care, and its prior acquisition of Lifebank by way of takeover bid.
- ScribbleLive in connection with its expansion round of financing and acquisitions of Appinions, Visually, Scompler and Linkdex.
- Blynk in connection with its acquisition by Kik Interactive Inc.
- Universe in connection with its sale to Ticketmaster.
- Affinium Pharmaceuticals in connection with its sale to Debiopharm.
- IBM in connection with its acquisition of Varicent Software and Platform Computing.
- TMX Group in connection with the formation of FTSE TMX Debt Capital Markets joint venture with FTSE.
- Zelnick Media in its investment in 9 Story Limited.
- Numerous emerging technology companies and venture capital and angel investors in connection with various financing transactions.
- ArenaX Labs in its closing of a $6 million financing round
- Sibli in its closing of $6 million of seed funding
- Erthos in its $6.5 million Series A financing round
- Agnostiq Inc. in its raising of $8.22 million financing
- Loopio Inc. in its acquisition of Avnio
- Future Fields Cellular Agriculture and Research Ltd.
- Future Fields in its $15 million Seed Extension Round
- Round13 E-Fund, L.P.
- Round13 in its investment in Alvéole’s Series A financing round
- Halp Technologies
- Halp in its $5.5 million financing
- Avidbots
- Avidbots in its US$70 million Series C financing
- Integral Treasury Inc.
- Integral in its $8.5 million Seed Financing
- LumiQ
- LumiQ in its $5 million funding round
- AtomVie Global Radiopharma
- AtomVie in its spinout and Series A Financing
- Interaxon
- Interaxon in its US$9.5 million Series C financing round
- Oncoustics Inc.
- Oncoustics in its $5.5 million seed financing
- Delphia
- Delphia in its US$60 million Series A financing round
- Neo Financial Technologies
- Neo Financial Technologies in its $185 million Series C Financing
- COSM Medical
- COSM Medical in its US$3.8 million seed round
- e-Zinc
- e-Zinc in its US$25 million Series A financing round
- IntelliCulture
- IntelliCulture in its seed round
- Mayday
- Mayday in its seed financing
- Flashfood
- Flashfood in its US$12.3 million Series A financing
- Inkbox Ink
- Inkbox Ink in its US$65 million acquisition by BIC
- Angus Systems
- Angus Systems in its acquisition by MRI Software
- Ten Coves Capital
- Ten Coves Capital in its connection with Boosted.ai’s US$35 million Series B financing round
- Ten Coves Capital. in connection with TealBook’s US$50 million Series B Financing
- SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. in its $10 million Series A financing round
- Meta in connection with its acquisition by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
- Insception Biosciences in connection with its sale to Cell Care, and its prior acquisition of Lifebank by way of takeover bid.
- ScribbleLive in connection with its expansion round of financing and acquisitions of Appinions, Visually, Scompler and Linkdex.
- Blynk in connection with its acquisition by Kik Interactive Inc.
- Universe in connection with its sale to Ticketmaster.
- Affinium Pharmaceuticals in connection with its sale to Debiopharm.
- IBM in connection with its acquisition of Varicent Software and Platform Computing.
- TMX Group in connection with the formation of FTSE TMX Debt Capital Markets joint venture with FTSE.
- Zelnick Media in its investment in 9 Story Limited.
- Numerous emerging technology companies and venture capital and angel investors in connection with various financing transactions.
Latest Insights
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Report May 6, 2024
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Report Mar 14, 2024
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Awards and Recognition
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Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Startups and Emerging Companies
Media Mentions
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Osler News Dec 13, 2021
Osler ranked Band 1 in Chambers FinTech 2022 guide
Osler is proud to have been ranked once again as the only firm in Canada as Band 1 in the Chambers FinTech 2021 Canada guide. This guide highlights...
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Osler News Mar 1, 2020
Osler welcomes 11 new partners, 1 new counsel
Osler is proud to announce the addition of 11 new partners and one new counsel across three of our offices, effective March 1.
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Community Involvement
- NEXT Canada, Next 36, Next Founders and NextAI
- Creative Destruction Lab – University of Toronto
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
Credentials
Education
- Queen’s University, J.D.
- McGill University, Bachelor of Commerce
Languages
- English
- French
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
