VC profile

Onex

Venture capital

Venture Capital, Private Equity · Founded 1984 · Toronto, Canada

#4,655 Investor rankamong investors on Dealroom

Private equity firm that is involved in acquiring large-scale businesses

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37 Portfolio companies+25% in 5 years

9 Unicorns

38 Investments

Dec 2022 Last investment

01 · Exits

Onex’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Onex’s transaction record.

Convex Group

$6.0B acquisition · 2025

Entered Series B+Fintech

Ryan Specialty Group

IPO · 2021

Entered Series B+Now $5.5BFintech

Emerald

$1.5B acquisition · 2026

Now $998MEvent Tech

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Onex’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 37 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

USA24
UK9
Canada2
Denmark1
Germany1

By sectorCount

Fintech5
Transportation4
Travel4
Education3
Food3
Energy2
Enterprise Software2
Legal2
Marketing2
Media2
Real Estate2
Event Tech1

By stage enteredCount

Series B+9
Series A1

By growth stageCount

Mature20
Late stage7
Early stage6
Breakout stage4

03 · Ecosystem map

Onex in the Toronto ecosystem

The Onex office with the hot startups, most funded companies and other investors around it. Hover or tap a pin.

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04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Onex’s portfolio.

The 35 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 37 tracked.

Ryan Specialty Group

Fintech · Unicorn

$5.5B

Boxed

Food

$10K

ResCare

Jobs Recruitment

$498M

Urgently

Transportation

$12M

PowerSchool

Education · Unicorn

$3.8B

SkyFish.Com

Media

$24M

Advanced Integration Technology

Transportation

Resource Environmental Solutions

Energy

Wealth Enhancement

Fintech

Jack's Family Restaurants

Food

Clarivate Analytics

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$1.5B

Unanet Technologies

Hosting

Carestream

Health · Unicorn

$2.4B

Morson Group

Energy

Emerald

Event Tech

$998M

Newport Healthcare

USA

AirSprint

Travel

Parkdean Resorts

Travel

Convex Group

Fintech · Unicorn

$6.0B

Farsound Aviation

Transportation

Integrated Specialty Coverages

Real Estate

OneDigital

Fintech · Unicorn

$7.0B

WestJet

Travel · Unicorn

$5.0B

Survitec

Transportation

$680M

Tomkins PLC

TES Global

Education

Cosmetic Essence Innovations

Wellness Beauty

Save-A-Lot

Food · Unicorn

$1.4B

SMG Holdings

Sports

Imagine Learning

Education

Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino

Travel

$360M

WireCo WorldGroup

Real Estate

EmCare

USA

Ryan

Legal

Acacium Group

Media

05 · Portfolio founders

Where Onex’s portfolio founders come from.

19 founders across the 37 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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