Exfo founder boosts offer to take company private

Germain Lamonde, who founded Canada’s communications-sector test, monitoring, and analytics equipment maker Exfo and is its majority shareholder, has boosted his offer to take the company private.
Lamonde’s current offer is US$6.25 a share, up from an earlier $6 offer. Shareholders will vote on the offer in a special meeting on Friday. Lamonde is now the company’s executive chairman. He has also chaired the government of Quebec’s digital strategy advisory board as well as