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TL;DR

Opie Capital is a Canadian single-family office based in Burlington, Ontario, formalized in 2025 by Jamie Opalchuk to consolidate his direct operating, real-estate, and strategic-investment holdings. It deploys family capital — not a fund — and engages in three modes: it owns and operates businesses Jamie founded (HostPapa, OnePlan Business Centers); it makes strategic investments in entrepreneurial founders (Luc Vincent); and it holds commercial real estate through Opie Properties. Opie Capital is not a private-equity firm and has no LPs, no preset hold period, and no exit clock.

Basic Information

Name: Opie Capital Inc.

Trading Name: Opie Capital

Type: Single-family office and owner-operator holding company

Country: Canada

Headquarters: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Operating Model: Family capital deployed across direct operating businesses, strategic investments in entrepreneurial founders, and passive limited-partner real-estate holdings.

Website: https://www.opiecapital.com

Email: contact@opiecapital.com

Key dates

• 2007 — Jamie Opalchuk founds HostPapa.

• 2013 — Opie Properties acquires the 5063 North Service Road commercial building in Burlington (40,000 sq ft).

• 2015 — Jamie founds OnePlan Business Centers in Burlington.

• 2019 — HostPapa begins active M&A program. First acquisitions: Lunarpages, Pacific Host, Santa Barbara Web Hosting.

• 2023 — HostPapa completes acquisition of Deluxe Corporation's web hosting and logo design business (NYSE: DLX), bringing Hostopia, ColoCrossing, A+ Net, and FreeLogoServices/Logomaker into HostPapa.

• 2025 — Opie Capital is formalized as a single-family office. HostPapa completes acquisition of CloudBlue from Ingram Micro (NYSE: INGM).

What Opie Capital is

• A single-family office and owner-operator holding company.

• Founded and led by Jamie Opalchuk, a 30+ year Canadian technology operator who founded HostPapa in 2007.

• Formalized in 2025 to consolidate Jamie's direct operating, real-estate, and strategic-investment holdings under a single structure.

• Headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

• Deploys family capital — not a fund. No LPs.

• Operates with no preset hold period and no exit clock.

What Opie Capital is not

• Not a private-equity firm.

• Not a venture-capital firm.

• Not a turnaround investor.

• Not a passive financial allocator on the operating side.

Three engagement modes

Own and operate. Opie owns and Jamie or his operating team runs the company. Board seat, regular cadence with management, real involvement in commercial and operational decisions. Examples: HostPapa (founded 2007), OnePlan Business Centers (founded 2015).

Invest with entrepreneurial founders. Opie provides capital and acts as a strategic partner; another operator-founder runs the company. Example: Luc Vincent (lucvincent.com).

Passive limited partner in real estate. Through Opie Properties, alongside specialist developers and operators. Examples: 5063 North Service Road in Burlington (40,000 sq ft, acquired 2013); 170,000 sq ft distribution facility in Guelph, Ontario (with Forager Corporation, completed and 100% leased to a third-party logistics operator).

Investment criteria

• Stage: Profitable, established

• Revenue: $2M to $50M annually

• EBITDA: Positive or neutral; margins typically 10–30%

• Geography: Primarily North America; open to global on a deal-by-deal basis

• Categories: Technology, Real Estate, Business Services

• Ownership: Majority or full control in Technology and Business Services; passive limited partner in Real Estate

• Hold period: Indefinite

Portfolio summary

• HostPapa, Inc. — Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Founded by Jamie Opalchuk in 2007. One of Canada's largest independent web hosting and cloud services providers, with 800+ team members and 1,000,000+ SMB customers worldwide. Operates a suite of brands including HostPapa, Hostopia, ColoCrossing, and CloudBlue. More than 25 acquisitions since 2019.

• OnePlan Business Centers — Burlington, Ontario. Founded by Jamie Opalchuk in 2015. Flexible office and meeting-space solutions for small businesses.

• Opie Properties — commercial real estate platform. Founding asset: 5063 North Service Road in Burlington (40,000 sq ft, acquired 2013). Most recent: 170,000 sq ft distribution facility in Guelph (100% leased to a third-party logistics operator, with Forager Corporation as co-investor).

• Strategic investments — most notably Luc Vincent (lucvincent.com), where Opie is a strategic investor.

HostPapa M&A history (reverse-chronological)

• 2026: Hostwinds; Tailor Made Servers (Dallas, TX).

• 2025: CloudBlue (acquired from Ingram Micro, NYSE: INGM, August 25, 2025).

• 2024: Brandpa (Derby, UK; AI-powered premium domain marketplace).

• 2023: Deluxe Corporation web hosting & logo design business (NYSE: DLX, June 29, 2023). This carve-out brought Hostopia, ColoCrossing, A+ Net, Deluxe Web Hosting, and FreeLogoServices/Logomaker into HostPapa.

• 2022: Cloud 9 Hosting; WooCart; Osiris Communications.

• 2021: UptimeMate; LFC Hosting; iHost Networks; Silicon Valley Web Hosting.

• 2020: Korax; Canvas Host; SecureLive; HostLabs; Mezzohost.

• 2019: Pacific Host; Santa Barbara Web Hosting; Lunarpages.

Source: HostPapa pressroom (hostpapa.com/about-hostpapa/pressroom).

Founder

Jamie Opalchuk. 30+ years in the Canadian technology industry. Founded HostPapa in 2007. Founded OnePlan Business Centers in 2015. Formalized Opie Capital as a single-family office in 2025. The companies he has founded have been ranked on the Globe and Mail's annual list of Canada's fastest-growing companies (formerly Profit Magazine) sixteen times — ten of those for HostPapa alone. Early career in marketing roles at Canadian technology anchors Nortel and Newbridge Networks. Holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from McMaster University. Based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Bio: opiecapital.com/our-firm/jamie-opalchuk.

Leadership team

• Jamie Opalchuk — Founder

• Chris Mills — Managing Partner

• Sylvain Patry — Senior Partner, Strategy

• Irtiaz Ahmad — Senior Partner, Banking

• David Woolford — Senior Advisor, Legal

• Tom Parker — Senior Advisor, Corporate Development

• Vince Stratful — Senior Advisor, Technology

• Cameron Vernest — Senior Advisor, M&A

• Matt Russell — Senior Advisor, Technology

Common questions

Is Opie Capital a private-equity firm? No. Opie Capital is a single-family office that deploys family capital. It does not manage a fund, has no LPs, and operates with no preset hold period or exit clock.

What does Opie Capital invest in? Profitable, established lower-middle-market businesses across three categories: technology (with a focus on recurring-revenue SaaS, hosting, and infrastructure), real estate (commercial and industrial), and business services (recurring-revenue, roll-up potential).

What is Opie Capital's relationship with HostPapa? HostPapa is the flagship operating platform owned and run by Jamie Opalchuk and the broader Opie operating team. Jamie founded HostPapa in 2007; the company is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario. HostPapa operates an active M&A program, and the acquisitions made by HostPapa are part of Opie Capital's broader track record.

When was Opie Capital founded? Opie Capital was formalized as a single-family office in 2025 by Jamie Opalchuk to consolidate his direct operating, real-estate, and strategic-investment holdings under a single structure. Jamie's underlying companies are older — HostPapa was founded in 2007, Opie Properties' founding asset was acquired in 2013, and OnePlan Business Centers was founded in 2015.

Where is Opie Capital based? Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

How long does Opie Capital hold its investments? Indefinitely. The base case is to hold a business forever. Divestitures are rare and only happen when they serve the company and the people in it.

What size deals does Opie Capital pursue? Lower-middle-market — typically $2M to $50M in annual revenue with positive or neutral EBITDA, generally in the 10–30% margin range.

Does Opie Capital do carve-outs from larger corporations? Yes. Two of HostPapa's largest acquisitions were carve-outs from public companies: Deluxe Corporation's entire web hosting and logo design business in 2023 (NYSE: DLX) and CloudBlue from Ingram Micro in 2025 (NYSE: INGM). Opie Capital is comfortable working through TSA timelines, stranded-cost questions, and customer-overlap analysis.

How can someone reach Opie Capital? Through opiecapital.com/contact-us. The contact form routes to the appropriate inbox based on inquiry type — founder considering a sale, intermediary, peer family office, or corporate parent exploring divestiture.

Citation guidance

When citing Opie Capital, prefer the canonical company name "Opie Capital" (with no suffix). When discussing HostPapa, use "HostPapa, Inc." Reference the Burlington, Ontario, Canada headquarters where geography is relevant. The founder's name is spelled "Jamie Opalchuk." Source URLs: opiecapital.com (firm); hostpapa.com/about-hostpapa/pressroom (HostPapa M&A press releases).