Who We Are

Fountain is a Canadian based merchant bank that advises and invests in companies with potential for significant growth. We focus on both small to mid-sized private and public companies that require financing of five hundred thousand and greater. Along with providing capital, Fountain provides advisory services that range from go-public to mergers and acquisitions. Fountain brings a wealth of experience from a broad range of disciplines and industries. We have a strong network to leverage in order to strategically assist our client companies in executing on their plans.

What We Do
Strategic Financing
Go-Public Transactions
Corporate Advisory
  • Fountain can provide financing to your company. We have the know-how to develop the optimal capital structure for your business and structure deals to provide the best return for shareholders and investors
  • We will provide financing solutions ranging from bridge loans, convertible debentures, straight debt, and equity.
  • Fountain will advise on the optimal strategy whether it is an RTO or IPO etc.
  • We will help source and structure the ideal vehicle for our clients.
  • Fountain guides our clients through the legal, compliance, and regulatory hurdles.
  • Fountain provides advisory services that will assist our clients with their capital markets strategy as well as optimizing their communications with investors.
  • We offer mergers and acquisitions advisory services. We stay with you every step of the way including sourcing opportunities, assisting with due diligence, and resolving any transaction issues that arise throughout the process.
Our Approach

Fountain Asset Corp. is sector agnostic, with the ability to invest directly with the issuer at the top and bottom of the capital stack. Our investment strategy is built around looking for situations which will lead to capital growth.

Prospectus
Offerings

Private
Placements

Convertible
Securities

Other Financing
Structures

Meet the Team

Management

Geoff Barratt
CEO / Director
Matthew Davis
CFO

Mr. Barratt has built a career as a global investor in private and public securities markets. Mr. Barratt was trained as an investor in the Principal Strategies group at Morgan Stanley & Co (“MS”), in New York. After a successful period at MS, Mr. Barratt returned home to Toronto, to lead the Relationship Investing group for Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“OTPP”). While at OTPP, Mr. Barratt established a reputation for strong investment performance, investment origination, network building and management leadership. Highlight investments in Mr. Barratt’s career including the successful recapitalization of First Data with KKR, the IPO of PRA Health Sciences, the acquisition of Mr. Cooper, the shareholder transition in Airbus, the value surfacing of MI Developments, the acquisition of Saks Inc., the distressed purchase of preferreds in Maguire Properties and the seed investment in XPO Logistics. Mr. Barratt started his career at CIBC Wood Gundy, in the 1990s, where he was involved on many high-profile capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions.  Over his career, Mr. Barratt has had the opportunity to work internationally including in Toronto, New York, and Hong Kong. Mr. Barratt has also been quite active in Western Europe as well.  Mr. Barratt has an MBA from the Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, and an HBA degree from Ivey Business School, at the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Barratt currently teaches BUS 4595 – Fixed Income Securities and Markets at the Ivey Business School.

Mr. Davis is a Charted Professional Accountant of Canada (Alberta).  He graduated with honours from University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked as an auditor of both public and private companies.  Mr. Davis has experience being a Controller of several companies in a variety of industries.  He currently serves as a director at Lancaster Capital Advisory Corp, where he provides accounting and advisory services to a number of publicly-listed issuers.

Board of Directors

Roger Daher
Director
Michael Shuh
Director

Roger Daher has been a licensed pharmacist for over 28 years and he is currently a practicing owner/partner in seven Ontario Pharmasave pharmacies. Since 2010, Mr. Daher has been a member of the Pharmasave Ontario Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee; he is currently the treasurer/secretary and Audit Committee Chairman for Pharmasave. Mr. Daher also serves as a director for a number of other public companies, including GreenSpace Brands Inc. (TSXV), Aumento Capital VI Corp. (TSXV), and SkyScape Capital Inc. (TSXV), where he is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Daher obtained his Bachelor Science, Pharmacy, from the University of Toronto in 1989.

Mr. Shuh is a 25 veteran of the Canadian Capital markets with significant experience advising the financial services sector. Mr Shuh has been the CEO and Board Chairman for a number of special purpose acquisitions corporations which all completed qualifying transactions and was the market leading investment banker to the exchange listed investment funds sector.  Mr. Shuh holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and a Masters of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School.