Investments
Dakwakada Capital Investments is a First Nations-held private equity investment firm headquartered in Whitehorse, with business and real estate holdings across Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska. We have a focus in the growing construction and manufacturing sectors, commercial real estate, and resources.
Current holdings include:
Canada West Garage Doors.
With four divisions in Medicine Hat, Victoria, Kelowna, and Whitehorse, Canada West Garage Doors is Western Canada’s go-to provider of residential and commercial garage doors, gates, and entry systems. Depending on local markets, the divisions specialize in high-end custom residential garage doors, working with builders and stratas to provide and maintain entry systems, parkade gates, garage doors for tricky heritage home renovations, commercial swing doors and bay doors, and driveway gates.
Mac Plastics and Skylights.
From its Edmonton workshop, Mac Plastics and Skylights hand-crafts a full range of skylights and custom plastics. Their skylights, from small portals through expansive industrial arrays, can be found in homes, commercial operations, seniors’ residences, and government buildings across western Canada. Their plastics division creates products a number of lines – replacement Ski-doo, boat, and golf cart windshields; snow cargo sleds; custom display cases; shelving, safety equipment, and even bee hive roofs. During the COVID-19 pandemic they supplied protective barriers for numerous retail and office locations. If you can think it up, chances are Mac can make it out of plastic.
Castle Rock Enterprises.
One of Yukon’s largest civil construction and contracting companies, Castle Rock Enterprises installs underground utilities, builds roads, prepares construction sites, remediates contaminated soil, sells gravel and topsoil from its quarries, provides trucking, and removes snow in winter.
Northerm Windows and Doors & Capital Glass.
Based in Whitehorse, Northerm manufactures, installs, and services doors, windows, garage doors, glass, skylights, curtain walls, and entry systems for residential, commercial, public, and industrial buildings. They manufacture doors and windows right in Whitehorse – designed and crafted for the north’s unique winter climate and long summer days. Northerm’s sister company Capital Glass does similar work out of Anchorage, Alaska. We own a two-thirds share in Northerm and Capital Glass, with other First Nations organizations owning the balance.
Properties and real estate.
We have interests in properties and real estate around Whitehorse – Black Street, Jarvis Street, Laberge Road, Lead Dog, and the Yukon Inn.
Investment funds.
DCI is the largest shareholder in the Yukon First Nation Investment Corporation, which is invested in the Panache Ventures Investment Fund – Canada’s most active seed-stage venture capital fund.
We are always seeking investments in operating companies with strong management teams, competitive advantages, and healthy financial positions.
Do you feel your business would be a good fit in a partnership with DCI? If so, please complete the form below and email it to david@dakwakada.com