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Blue Deer’s team combines institutional investment management, capital markets, and operating experience with a principal’s mindset.

Every member of the team has built, invested in, or led businesses and not just advised them.

Dan McClure

Principal

Dan brings over 25 years of experience across institutional asset management, private capital, and investment governance. He is the Founder and Principal of Blue Deer Capital Partners, with a career focused on building, structuring, and governing investment platforms.

At Investors Group, a $100B+ asset manager, Dan led the firm’s global research organization and was steward of over $2.5B in growth equity mandates, engaging directly with management teams and boards on governance, capital allocation, and strategy. He was later appointed CEO and CIO of CQI Capital Management, where he led the firm’s transformation into a quantitative platform. Earlier in his career, Dan worked in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley and Scotia Capital Markets.

Dan is Executive Chairman of TriVirtus Capital, a Canadian real estate investment platform he co-founded and structured, and was a founding director of Media Capital Technologies, a specialty finance company for premium content. He has previously served on the boards of ViXS Systems (2007–2010) and DragonWave (2000–2004, Audit Committee), both prior to their public listings.

Dan holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University.

Bradley Trotter

Principal

Brad brings three decades of commercial real estate, financial services, and capital markets experience to Blue Deer, with deep expertise in debt, structured finance, and cross-border platform management.

Most recently, Brad served as Global Head of Debt at Timbercreek Asset Management, where he expanded the platform into the U.S. and Ireland. Prior to Timbercreek, he spent over 26 years in leadership roles at General Electric. At GE Capital Real Estate, he served as President of North America, managing a $22B portfolio of direct debt, equity, and joint venture investments across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He previously served as GE Capital Real Estate’s Managing Director of Canada and European CFO, overseeing a $20B portfolio across 18 countries.

Brad holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Brad White

Advisor

Brad brings over 30 years of capital markets experience as a portfolio manager, analyst, and investor across public equities, hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital.

Brad was a co-founder of EdgeHill Partners, an alternative asset manager, and previously a co-founder of Salida Capital, a $1B+ alternative asset manager where his funds recorded 30% compounded returns over eight years. Prior to fund management, Brad worked as an energy analyst at Morgan Stanley, TD Securities, and BMO Nesbitt Burns. He has held various directorships and is a Director of ReGen III (GIII.V). He is the Founder and benefactor of the White Trading Lab at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Embley Park Foundation, a private philanthropic organization.

Brad holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a CFA designation.

Raj Mehta

Advisor

Raj brings deep institutional capital raising and relationship management experience across global markets, with particular strength in pension fund, insurance, sovereign wealth, and family office capital.

Raj is President, Global Markets at Starlight Investments, a $30B AUM private equity manager specializing in multifamily real estate in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. At Starlight, Raj leads strategy and capital raising across the firm’s business lines and geographies, and manages partnerships with leading global institutions. Over the past 10 years at Starlight, Raj has led over $8.5B in equity raised across commingled funds, joint ventures, and separate accounts.

Prior to Starlight, Raj spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs International in London, where he led investment banking efforts with sovereign wealth and pension fund clients and co-led the private equity group within Goldman Sachs’ European Capital Markets platform. He has also held senior roles at 724 Solutions and Deloitte Consulting, where he worked in London, New York, and Toronto.

Raj holds an International MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Carleton University.

Recent Case Studies

  • TriVirtus Real Estate Fund I LP

    Blue Deer structured, launched, and co-invested in a Canadian net-lease real estate fund, serving as Dealer of Record with ongoing governance and investment committee participation.

  • Saltire Capital Ltd. (TSX: SLT.U)

    Blue Deer provides ongoing corporate finance advisory to a public permanent-capital vehicle including recapitalization analysis, valuation, and strategic options evaluation across portfolio holdings.

  • Venngo Inc.

    Blue Deer advised on a strategic capital partner process involving U.S. private equity providing transaction advisory, diligence support, and commercial term negotiation.

  • Media Capital Technologies (MCT)

    Blue Deer advised on platform strategy, capital positioning, and governance during early platform-building phases, and co-invested in MCT’s parent company alongside a board-level role.

  • ReGen III (TSXV:GIII)

    Blue Deer advised on investor positioning, capital outreach, and board governance.

  • Lacure Villas

    Blue Deer advised on growth-capital positioning and investor outreach, helping a multi-decade luxury hospitality platform frame its investment case for family offices and strategic investors.

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