EXEL Research Inc. is a family-owned and operated company. It was founded in September 1984 by Dr. Savvas Chamberlain. The head office of EXEL is in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
EXEL carries out business in three areas. It invests in small to medium sized local businesses, primarily in high-tech. However, it also believes in the importance of healthy manufacturing companies in Ontario and Canada, manages vacation and commercial rental properties and also manages investment portfolios.
The company’s vacation rental properties are located in two areas: Marco Island, Florida (US) and in Blair’s Grove in Bruce County, Ontario, on the beaches of Lake Huron.
EXEL’s investment portfolios include investments in both small high-tech companies and in blue-chip large-capitalization international companies. Some of the small high-tech companies include Pleora Technologies, Huron Digital Pathology and Primal Fusion. EXEL has also invested in a custom metal fabrication and machining company Ball Service Group Inc.
EXEL was the founding investor in DALSA Corporation (now Teledyne DALSA) in 1985. With the leadership of the founder Savvas Chamberlain as CEO and Chairman, DALSA Corp became a leading high-tech international company with 1,100 employees and with more than $250 million annual revenue. On February 12, 2011, DALSA was acquired by Teledyne.
