{"id":32559,"date":"2021-08-18T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32559"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:42:08","slug":"press-release-pender-growth-fund-announces-acquisition-of-a-private-portfolio-company","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/news\/press-release-pender-growth-fund-announces-acquisition-of-a-private-portfolio-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Pender Growth Fund Announces Acquisition of a Private Portfolio Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vancouver, C.-B. (TSXV : PTF) <\/strong>Pender Growth Fund Inc. (\"Pender\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report that a private portfolio company, One45 Software, Inc. (\"One45\"), has been acquired by Altus Assessments, Inc<\/p>\n<p>One45 has grown from an evaluation-only system to a MedEd management platform that powers the unique operations, data collection and reporting needs of over 100 medical schools worldwide. Its analytics offering provides medical schools with deep insights into program, cohort and individual student performance. At its core is a data warehouse engine that allows medical schools to seamlessly integrate and centralize MedEd data sets in near real-time. One45 helps medical schools streamline day-to-day operational details and provides easy access to the data required to optimize programs and student performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis transaction marks an important milestone and a significant achievement for One45. Without the talented and dedicated team, all of this would not have been possible.\u201d\u00a0said David Barr, CEO of Pender Growth Fund. \u201cWe have been proud supporters of One45 from the beginning and throughout their journey in building an incredible solution to assist medical schools with student training and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please see the Altus Assessment, Inc. news release at the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/altus-assessments-acquires-one45-862352991.html\">https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/altus-assessments-acquires-one45-862352991.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Pender Growth Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Company\u2019s objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation for its investors. The Company utilizes its small capital base and long-term horizon to invest in unique situations, primarily small cap, special situations, and illiquid public and private companies. The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol \"PTF\".<\/p>\n<p>Veuillez visiter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pendergrowthfund.com\">www.pendergrowthfund.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Rautava<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gestion de capital PenderFund lt\u00e9e<br \/>\n(604) 653-9625<br \/>\nSans frais : (866) 377-4743<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ni la Bourse de croissance TSX ni son fournisseur de services de r\u00e9glementation (tel que ce terme est d\u00e9fini dans les politiques de la Bourse de croissance TSX) n\u2019acceptent de responsabilit\u00e9 quant \u00e0 la pertinence ou \u00e0 l\u2019exactitude du pr\u00e9sent communiqu\u00e9 de presse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renseignements sur les \u00e9nonc\u00e9s prospectifs <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This news release contains certain \"forward looking statements\" and certain \"forward-looking information\" as defined under applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws (together, \u201cforward-looking statements\u201d). Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as \"may\", \"will\", \"expect\", \"intend\", \"estimate\", \"anticipate\", \"believe\", \"continue\", \"plans\", \"potential\" or similar terminology. These statements are based on the Company\u2019s expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and include, without limitation, statements regarding completion of the Potential Acquisition. The forward-looking statements in this news release are based on certain assumptions; they are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to control or predict. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, failure to satisfy the closing conditions of the Potential Acquisition. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Readers, therefore, should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Further, these forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and, except as expressly required by applicable law, the Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fund-type":[],"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-32559","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Press Release: Pender Growth Fund Announces Acquisition of a Private Portfolio Company - PenderFund Capital Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/news\/press-release-pender-growth-fund-announces-acquisition-of-a-private-portfolio-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Release: Pender Growth Fund Announces Acquisition of a Private Portfolio Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VANCOUVER, B.C. 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