Who are Torrent Capital?
From their website:
"Torrent Capital is a publicly traded investment company & merchant bank listed in Canada under the symbol TORR.V.
Our Focus
Torrent Capital invests in companies that are deemed to be trading at a discount to their intrinsic value or early stage businesses offering a high return on investment. On behalf of our shareholders, we allocate capital towards a multitude of sectors and businesses at various stages of development ... "
Something that has been done with great success:
https://torrentcapital.ca/quarterly-performance/
It has been growing its investment portfolio from $5.6 million in 2016 to an excess of $30 million in 2021.
And what does this have to do with Nova Leap Health?
Well, in addition to also coming from Halifax as Nova Leap Health, they have now also recruited Mr Wayne Myles to the Company's Board of Directors, which they proudly state here:
https://torrentcapital.ca/torrent-capital-reports-28-year-over-year-nav-growth-in-q3-2021-results-and-appoints-new-directors/
Wayne Myles who is one of Nova Leap Health's largest owners and Independent Director on their board for a couple of years:
https://novaleaphealth.com/board-of-directors/
Myles has significantly increased its holding in Nova Leap Health this year, but paused/stopped just before taking the board position in Torrent Capital. Search for his name here:
https://stockhouse.com/companies/insiders?symbol=v.nlh
With the insight of Myles and the low stock market value in Nova Leap Health in particular, it is probably likely, if there is no ownership conflict, that Torrent Capital can take a position. Especially since these are their investment criteria:
- Successful management teams with significant ownership
- Well-defined assets and / or a disruptive business model
- Mispriced securities in relation to an underlying company’s prospects
- Near term catalysts to drive a rerating in the market
- Favorable capital structure and ample liquidity
- Emerging profitability and free cash flow
- An experienced board with solid corporate governance
- Exposure to a rapidly growing sector