Association News IVCA Feature: New Member Profile of FM Capital Nominations Are Now Open for the 2026 IVCA Awards CFO Summit Sponsorship Opportunity for your firm! VC and PE Investor Finance Professionals! Join us on October 22 for 2026 IVCA CFO Summit! IVCA Scholars Complete Another Successful Summer Program Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 08/19/2026 IVCA Events October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit December 7, 2026 - IVCA Awards Dinner - SAVE THE DATE! Other Events of Interest September 17, 2026 - McDermott's Chicago Private Equity Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! Industry News The Edgewater Funds Announces Investment in Parker Manufacturing Group Monroe Capital Supports Air Transport Components’ Acquisition of Aero Controls, Inc. Wind Point Partners To Acquire ECI McNally Capital Makes Majority Investment in TENICA, a Leading Provider of National Security and Intelligence Solutions H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of Phoenix ME Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Kneat HPA Backs AI-Native Production Intelligence Platform Revolutionizing Continuous-Flow Manufacturing Monroe Capital Supports Summit Professional Education’s Acquisition of Kids Bowel & Bladder Accelerant Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo Shore Capital Partners Announces Sale of Texas MedClinic to HCA Healthcare Command Alkon Announces Acquisition by Francisco Partners from Thoma Bravo Runway Growth Capital Appoints Michael Rovner as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer Wynnchurch-Backed Trimlite Acquires Barnett Millworks Private Credit: Asset-Backed Finance Explained | Victory Park Capital Wynnchurch Capital Port Co M2S Group Surpasses $1 Billion in Annual Revenue with Acquisition of Heartland Label Printers Frontenac Port Co Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Salentine Pump & Equipment Professional Advisor News Ropes & Gray Advised McNally Capital in Majority Investment in TENICA Global Solutions Sidley Represents Castle Creek Capital in Tri-County Financial Group’s US$204.6 Million Merger with HBT Financial Carried Away Series — Management Fees and Self-Employment Taxes – Structuring for Tax Efficiency After Sirius Solutions and Soroban Ropes & Gray Represented Ripple Fiber in Acquisition by Eaton Fiber Sidley Represents Goldman Sachs Alternatives in Acquisition of Tosca From Apax Funds BDO PRIVATE EQUITY PERSPECTIVES PODCAST EPISODE 57B: No Shortcuts: The Case for Patient Sourcing and Earned Partnerships– PART B Ropes & Gray Advised New Mountain Capital in Acquisition of Jensen Hughes Sidley Represents MarineMax in Its US$1.5 Billion Sale to Blackstone Infrastructure Portfolio Company, Safe Harbor Fifth Circuit Narrows, but Preserves, Taxpayer-Favorable Ruling on Limited Partner Exception to Self-Employment Tax on Rehearing Three Ropes & Gray Partners Named Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law by Crain’s New York Business Sidley Represents Northcote Equity in Investment in Lockhart Capital Management Ropes & Gray Advised NEOS Investments in Sale to Goldman Sachs Sidley Represents Acteon in the Sale of Menck to Cadeler Ropes & Gray Advised Altamont Capital Partners in Accelerant Take-Private Acquisition by Thoma Bravo Sidley Represents Sapiom in US$35 Million Series A Financing Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. NEW! NextGen Growth Partners - Senior Analyst, Investments Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Feature: Profiles of the 2026 IVCA Scholars Participants, Part Two VC and PE Investor Finance Professionals! Join us on October 22 for 2026 IVCA CFO Summit! Nominations Now Open for the 2026 IVCA Awards IVCA Foundation News 2026 IVCA Invitational Brings Together Illinois's Investment Community Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 08/05/2026 IVCA Events October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit December 7, 2026 - IVCA Awards Dinner - SAVE THE DATE! Other Events of Interest September 17, 2026 - McDermott's Chicago Private Equity Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! Industry News Baird Capital Realizes Investment in AEGIS PGIM Acquires Remaining Interest in Deerpath Frontenac Announces Recapitalization of NutriScience, Inc. GTCR Closes Inaugural Capital Solutions Fund HPA Backs AI-Native Production Intelligence Platform Revolutionizing Continuous-Flow Manufacturing Linden Capital Partners Welcomes Elizabeth Ko as Structured Capital Partner May River Capital Port Co, Security Engineered Machinery, partners with Garner Products to expand portfolio of data destruction, e-recycling, and materials recovery solutions for demanding applications McNally Capital Makes Majority Investment in TENICA, a Leading Provider of National Security and Intelligence Solutions Monroe Capital Supports Summit Professional Education’s Acquisition of Kids Bowel & Bladder Monroe Capital Supports AE Industrial Partners’ Investment in Powder Alloy Corporation GP Survey Results and Small Buyout Market Trends – RCP Advisors Command Alkon Announces Acquisition by Francisco Partners from Thoma Bravo Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of padoa Wind Point Partners To Acquire ECI Wynnchuch Capital Port Co Trimlite Acquires Barnett Millworkss Professional Advisor News Sidley Represents Bixby Wealth Solutions on Strategic Minority Investment in F.L. Putnam Ropes & Gray Advised Ares Management in Connection with the Financing of Charterhouse Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Batibig Sidley Advises Kinderhook Industries in Investment in American Aero Vedder Represents Deerfield Group, a Portfolio Company of The Edgewater Funds, in Receipt of Strategic Majority Investment from Martis Capital American Industrial Partners Completes Carve-Out Acquisition of Honeywell’s Warehouse and Workflow Solutions Business Intelligrated Ropes & Gray Advised Valeas Capital Partners on Strategic Investment in My Pension Expert Sidley Represents Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives in its Acquisition of AEGIS Hedging Solutions Ropes & Gray Advised BV Investment Partners in Thomas & Company Investment Sidley Represents CAIS in US$170 Million Series D Financing Sidley Represents Jane Street in Investments in Etched Sidley Represents Elio in US$21 Million Series A Financing Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Feature: Profiles of the 2026 IVCA Scholars Participants, Part One Hello VE and PE Investor Finance Professionals! It’s time to register for the 2026 IVCA CFO Summit! IVCA Foundation News 2026 IVCA Invitational Brings Together Illinois's Investment Community Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 07/22/2026 - IVCA Targeted Bills Await Signature IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative issues 07/22/26 - One Forced resignation, One Indictment = Long Week for House Dems IVCA Events October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit December 7, 2026 - IVCA Awards Dinner - SAVE THE DATE! Other Events of Interest July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 September 17, 2026 - McDermott's Chicago Private Equity Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! Industry News Early bird registration open until July 31 for Cohort 23 of VC University Wynnchurch Capital Announces $1.6 Billion Sale of FloWorks to Ferguson Enterprises GTCR Announces Divestiture of Corza Medical’s Biosurgery Business Unit to EQT Monroe Capital and AIP Capital Successfully Close Inaugural $643.0 Million Aircraft Asset-Backed Securitization HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Moonnox by Certinia Shore Capital Partners Announces Sale of Shore Capital Real Estate Partners Fund I Portfolio to Four Corners Property Trust Linden Capital Partners and Audax Private Equity Agree to Sell StatLab Medical Products to Leica Biosystems HPA Backs AI-Native Cardiovascular Platform Revolutionizing Heart Care Delivery Empirical Security Raises $25M Series A for Next Generation Vulnerability Management Runway Growth Capital Names Carmela Thomson CFO, Tom Raterman to Vice Chairman Frontenac Port Co CROM Expands Texas Presence with Acquisition of Dobbs Coating Systems Benford Capital Port Co Nutrition Service Company Acquires Seymour Flour Mill Water Street Port Co MedSpeed Joins Forces with Am-Tran Benford Port Co Heritage Pasta Group Acquires Primavera Foods Frontenac Port Co Dealer Services Network Acquires GG&D Motor Vehicle Services Professional Advisor News Ropes & Gray Advised General Atlantic, The Vistria Group, and PANTHERx Rare in Sale to Warburg Pincus-Led Investor Group Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Pelican Energy Partners in Acquisition of Veridiam Sidley Represents Olympus Power in Formation of Winslow Power Joint Venture and Acquisition of Generating Assets Understanding Take-Private Transactions: A Guide for Private Equity Firms - BDO Ropes & Gray Advised B Capital in Investor Group Acquisition of Russell Investments Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Microporous in Financing for Virginia Battery Separator Facility Sidley Advises EMZ Partners on Minority Investment in Steinbach & Vollmann Tax Leaders at PE-Backed Portfolio Companies Pursue Growth Amid New Tax Complexity - Key Findings from the 2026 BDO Tax Strategist Survey Ropes & Gray Advised ABC Company on the Structuring of an Innovative Scrip Dividend What PE Practitioners Need to Know About New Del. ABC Act Sidley Represents Clara Vista in Acquisition of Stake in Frosinone Calcio Private Equity Value Creation Starts With People - BDO Ropes & Gray Advised Thrive Pet Healthcare in Sale of VitalRADS to Zoetis Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Cram-Down Financing and Fiduciary Duties in Challenge to Dilutive Preferred Stock Round Sidley Advises Fortitude Re in US$3.8 Billion Reinsurance Transaction with Unum Ropes & Gray Represents CCMP Capital Advisors and BGIS in Acquisition of BGIS by Veritas Capital SEC Seeks Public Comment on Novel Exchange-Traded Funds Sidley Represents U.S. TelePacific Holdings in Connection with Restructuring Ropes & Gray Advised Audax Private Equity in Agreement to Sell StatLab Medical Products Sidley Represents Lenders on Spearmint Energy’s US$325 Million Financing Ropes & Gray Represents Lyric in Acquisition of Concert to Advance Healthcare Decision Intelligence Ropes & Gray Achieves High Rankings in Mergermarket's Global M&A and Private Equity League Tables for 1H 2026 Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Feature: On the Cusp of the IVCA Invitational, Golf Oddities on the Web IVCA Foundation News Last Call for Investor Foursomes Golf Clinic at Olympia Fields – Limited Availability Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 07/07/26 IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 07/07/26 * PE Oversight Bill Goes to Governor IVCA Events July 13, 2026 - 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit December 7, 2026 - IVCA Awards Dinner - SAVE THE DATE! Other Events of Interest July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! September 17, 2026 - McDermott's Chicago Private Equity Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! Industry News Svoboda Capital Partners Exits Its Investment in Horwitz LLC Wynnchurch Capital Completes Sale of Aerospace and Defense Supplier Premier Forge Group Monroe Capital Supports Littlejohn & Co., LLC’s Acquisition of Milrose Consultants Digitt Secures $50 Million Facility from Victory Park Capital to Expand Credit Card Refinancing Platform in Mexico HPA Portfolio Company Handspring Health Raises $19M Series B to Expand High-Quality Mental Health Care for Children and Families Wynnchurch Port Co Principal Industries Acquires GENLED Brands, Strengthening Leadership in Signage and Architectural Illumination Anish Aitharaju Joins 7wire Ventures as Investment Principal Professional Advisor News Ropes & Gray Represented PremiStar in Acquisition of Mechanical Service & Systems Voyager Interests Acquires Rotorcraft Leasing Company With Guidance From Troutman Pepper Locke Sidley Represents Mas Restaurant Group in Sale of 43 Taco Bell Locations in Ohio Ropes & Gray Represented Neuberger in Investment in $780 Million Continuation Vehicle Delaware’s New ABC Act: What Private Equity Practitioners Need to Know Sidley Represents Best Celebrations in Acquisition by Animal Capital Ropes & Gray Represented Ensemble Health in Strategic Investment from Thoreau AI Heightens Old Compliance Risks For Investment Advisers Sidley Represents Bio-Techne in US$11.3 Billion Acquisition by Merck KGaA Ropes & Gray Advised New Mountain Capital and Cumming Group in Sale to Leonard Green & Partners FUNDamental QuickStudy: SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Economic Conflicts of Interest for Investment Advisers Sidley Represents Caidya in Strategic Combination With Simbec-Orion Ropes & Gray Named Private Capital Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2026 Sidley Represents Policygenius LLC in Sale of Its Property and Casualty Insurance Portfolio Ropes & Gray Advised Engineering Group on Agreement with Accenture for the Sale of Industries eXcellence Group Sidley Represents South32 in Aluminum Value Chain Sale to Alcoa Valued up to US$5.6 Billion Ropes & Gray Represents EBI in Acquisition of Xstim Ropes & Gray Represents Sanofi Ventures in Its Investment in Bionyra Pharma’s $165 Million Series A Financing Ropes & Gray Represents Golden Goose Management Team on HSG’s Majority Investment and Addition of Temasek a s Minority Shareholder Ropes & Gray Represented Patient Square Capital as Lead Investor in Osanni Bio’s $190 Million Series B Financing Ropes & Gray Advised SOMACIS Group, a Bain Capital Portfolio Company, on the Acquisition of Group ACB Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News Building the Next Generation: Inside the Evolution of the IVCA Scholars Program Limited Investor Foursomes Remaining: IVCA Invitational Announcing the 2026 IVCA Scholars Cohort IVCA Foundation News New to Golf? Start Here — Then Join the IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 06/24/2026 IVCA Events July 13, 2026 - 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit December 7, 2026 - IVCA Awards Dinner - SAVE THE DATE! Other Events of Interest July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! September 17, 2026 - McDermott's Chicago Private Equity Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! Industry News ARCH-backed SonoThera secures Series B funding to advance safer gene therapies Frontenac Named to Private Equity CXO’s 2026 List of Top 50 Private Equity Firms for Executives H.I.G. Capital Completes Sale of Celerion, Highlighting a Period of Robust Exit Activity H.I.G. Capital Announces Sale of Investment in The Bluebird Group High Street Capital Expands Investment Team Jump Capital Leads $20M investment in Vinyl Equity for transfer agent software Stephano Slack Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Madison Dearborn Partners Monroe Capital Supports Sands Point Risk’s Acquisition of Launch Environmental Underwriters RCP Advisors Featured on Capital Allocators’ Investment Management Operations Podcas t Professional Advisor News Law firm Sidley Austin agrees to anchor new 45-story Related project Carried Away Series — Trickle-Down Carry Sidley Represents Digital Asset Holdings, Inc. in US$355 Million Series F Financing AI Defensibility — What It Means, Why It Matters, and How Diligence and Deal Documents Are Catching Up Sidley Represents Wafra in US$1.9 Billion Acquisition of Navitas Sidley Represents Apono in Its Acquisition by 1Password Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Profiles: Advocacy Partner David Stricklin of Stricklin & Associates IVCA Foundation News 5 Weeks Out: Secure Your Spot at the IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues 06/10/2026 - IVCA FACES HEADWINDS IN 2026 SESSION IVCA Events July 13, 2026 - 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit Other Events of Interest June 16, 2026 - Venture Summit [West] July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! Industry News 5th Century Partners Announces Final Close of Fund II Above Target at $276 Million Two VC University Opportunities Benford Capital Partners Recapitalizes CGRS Alliance Clinical Network and Atlas Clinical Research Announce Strategic Merger First Analysis portfolio company Dina has been acquired by Integrated Home Care Services Frontenac Ranked 5th in HEC Paris-Dow Jones Small Cap Buyout Performance Report Frontenac Port Co MCE Acquires Tripp Electric Motors, LLC H.I.G. WhiteHorse Provides Financing to Novacel Vinyl Equity raises $20M for transfer agent software; $20M Series A Funding Led by Jump Capital May River Capital Announces Four Promotions Signaling Continued Firm Momentum McNally Capital-Backed Foundral Acquires A. Hattersley & Sons Periscope Equity Port Co Reservoir Communications Group Acquires Applied Patient Experience (“AppliedPX”) to Integrate Patient-Focused Evidence & Engagement Across Core Offers Prospect Partners’ Brett Holcomb Featured on BluWave’s Karma School of Business Podcast Runway Growth Capital and PitchBook Release 2025-2026 Venture Debt Review: Venture Debt Hits Record $68.8 Billion Goshe Energy Storage Secures $40 Million Strategic Financing Facility from S2G Investments Alongside Energizing its First 100 MW Asset S2G Investments Report Reveals Capital Concentration and Correlated Risk Across Energy Transition Private Markets Kneat Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo in an All-Cash Transaction, Valuing Kneat at Approximately C$650 Million Thoma Bravo Port Co Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Accelerate Agentic Intake and Orchestration for Global Trade WWEX Group and Thoma Bravo Port Co Auctane Complete Merger Water Street Port Co Pillr Health Acquires Cooper Strategy Scratch Financial, Inc. announces purchase facility with Victory Park Capital to expand technology platform that offers financing options for veterinary care Wynnchurch Capital Exits Labrie Environmental Group Professional Advisor News Ropes & Gray Advised Wynnchurch Capital on Sale of Labrie Environmental Private Funds CFO: Fees & Expenses Survey 2026 Sidley Represents Private Equity at GS Alternatives in acquisition of FGI Worldwide Ropes & Gray Represents Carlyle AlpInvest in Littlejohn & Co. Continuation Vehicle Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Nautic Partners on Sale of HES Facilities Management to GI Partners Sidley Represents Nourish in US$100M Series C financing Ropes & Gray Advised Swoop in Acquisition of Nimble Domtar Completes Sale of EAM to Saothair Capital Partners With Guidance From Troutman Pepper Locke Sidley Represents Post Oak Energy on sale of Switchgrass Ropes & Gray Advised Arca Space Capital on the Acquisition of Rogelfrut Troutman Pepper Locke Represents the Valcourt Group in Continuation Vehicle Transaction With Littlejohn & Co. Sidley Represents Restive Ventures in Fund Formation Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Tecum Capital, Genesis Park, and SharpVue Capital in Procare Strategic Partnership Sidley Represents Peach finance in acquisition by SoFi Ropes & Gray Advised American Industrial Partners in Completing the Sale of Molycop to Tega Industries in Consortium with Apollo Funds Sidley Represents Equity Group Investments on its exit of its investment in CBX Peter Rosen Joins Ropes & Gray in New York, Strengthening Market-Leading Global Secondaries Practice Blackstone Life Sciences Enters Financing Collaboration with Apogee Therapeutics for up to $1.3 Billion Ropes & Gray Advised Littlejohn & Co. in Milrose Consultants Acquisition Ropes & Gray Advised CIVC Partners in Strategic Investment in Nationwide Legal Ropes & Gray Advises ABC Company on Investment in Tensotend and CSC Allestimenti Ropes & Gray Advised Investor Advent International in Coralogix’s $200 Million Series F Fund Ropes & Gray Advised GI Partners in Majority Investment in HES Facilities Management Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Education Session Preview: Moderator Jim Dugan on ‘Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices’ Lunch and Learn! May 28th - Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices IVCA Foundation News Don’t Miss the Shot – Partner with Us! 2026 IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 05/13/2026 IVCA Events May 28, 2026 - IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices July 13, 2026 - 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit Other Events of Interest June 16, 2026 - Venture Summit [West] July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! Industry News Baird Capital Closes Oversubscribed Continuation Fund to Fuel Growth of Blue Matter Benford Capital Partners Welcomes Evan Lakins Frontenac Port Co Integrated Openings Solutions Acquires Commercial Door and Hardware, Entering the Arkansas Market and Western South Central Region High Street Capital Sells NeoSystems ESG Backed by healthcare technology investor Hughes & Company, Curvo and BroadJump Announce Merger Designed to Transform Healthcare Supply Chain Join the HPA Team: We’re Hiring a Venture Operations Manager! M25 - Why We Invested in Stock Monroe Capital Supports First Reserve’s Strategic Growth Investment in Lindsey Systems Runway Growth Capital Promotes Avisha Khubani to Chief Credit Officer and Adds JD Tamas as Managing Director S2G Investments Closes $1 Billion Solutions Fund I to Scale Growth-Stage Companies Across Food & Agriculture, Energy, and Oceans Thoma Bravo Port Co Coupa Acquires Rossum to Accelerate End-to-End Autonomous Spend Management Professional Advisor News Earn 1.5 CPE credit in Taxes - BDO Talks Transactions: Key M&A Tax Planning Considerations Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Del Monte Capital in Platform Investment in DLG Infrastructure Services Sidley Represents Siris Capital in Its US$4.2 Billion Sale of Equiniti to Bullish Ropes & Gray Advised Bain Capital in Growth Investment in Power Home Remodeling Troutman Pepper Locke Represents The Valcourt Group in Acquisition of Omega Waterproofing Sidley Represents Archimed in US$1.1 Billion Acquisition of Esperion Therapeutics Ropes & Gray Advised Genstar and PlayMetrics in Acquisition of SportsEngine Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Blue Heron Capital on Investment in Virtual Rheumatology Provider Remission Medical Sidley Represents Apollo on Its Strategic Investment in vVARDIS Ropes & Gray Advised THL Partners in Close of $6.35 Billion “Fund X” Delaware Court of Chancery Holds That Conditioning Merger Consideration on Execution of a Release Agreement Breaches the Certificate of Incorporation Sidley Represents ModMed in Its Acquisition of Bonsai Health Ecovyst Enters Agreement to Acquire Calabrian Sulfur Dioxide & Sulfur Derivatives Business A Merger of the Minds: The Role of Knowledge Management in AI Adoption Sidley Represents Churchill Downs Incorporated in Its Acquisition of Preakness IP Rights Ropes & Gray Advised THL Partners Portfolio Software Company AMI in Sale to Lattice Semiconductor for $1.65 Billion Investment Management Update – Q1 2026 Sidley Represents Orion Resource Partners in Combination of Sweetwater Royalties With Uranium Royalty Ropes & Gray Advised Long Path Partners on Take-Private Acquisition of Idox plc Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Climate Investment on Series B Financing in Membrane Technology & Research Blackstone Life Sciences Invests $250 Million in Anagram Therapeutics to Advance Therapy for Pancreatic Insufficiency Ropes & Gray Advised GI Partners in Acquisition of Cell Solutions Businesses and CDMO From Charles River Laboratories, Forming Rose BioSolutions Ropes & Gray Named a Winner in Mergers & Acquisitions Mid-Market Deals of the Year for 2026 Ropes & Gray Represents Empire Today® in Recapitalization Ropes & Gray Represented Advent and Bain in Investment in DeployCo, a Joint Venture with OpenAI Carried Away Series – What’s Changing in GP Economics Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. Hyde Park Angels - HPA Venture Operations Manager NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Education Session Preview: Moderator Jim Dugan on ‘Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices’ Lunch and Learn! May 28th - Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices IVCA Foundation News Don’t Miss the Shot – Partner with Us! 2026 IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 05/13/2026 IVCA Events May 28, 2026 - IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices July 13, 2026 - 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event October 22, 2026 - IVCA CFO Summit Other Events of Interest June 16, 2026 - Venture Summit [West] July 20 - 26, 2026 - TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! Industry News Baird Capital Closes Oversubscribed Continuation Fund to Fuel Growth of Blue Matter Benford Capital Partners Welcomes Evan Lakins Frontenac Port Co Integrated Openings Solutions Acquires Commercial Door and Hardware, Entering the Arkansas Market and Western South Central Region High Street Capital Sells NeoSystems ESG Backed by healthcare technology investor Hughes & Company, Curvo and BroadJump Announce Merger Designed to Transform Healthcare Supply Chain Join the HPA Team: We’re Hiring a Venture Operations Manager! M25 - Why We Invested in Stock Monroe Capital Supports First Reserve’s Strategic Growth Investment in Lindsey Systems Runway Growth Capital Promotes Avisha Khubani to Chief Credit Officer and Adds JD Tamas as Managing Director S2G Investments Closes $1 Billion Solutions Fund I to Scale Growth-Stage Companies Across Food & Agriculture, Energy, and Oceans Thoma Bravo Port Co Coupa Acquires Rossum to Accelerate End-to-End Autonomous Spend Managementn Professional Advisor News Buyer Beware – When Unclaimed Property Comes with The Deal - Andersen Earn 1.5 CPE credit in Taxes - BDO Talks Transactions: Key M&A Tax Planning Considerations Ropes & Gray Advised TPG in Acquisition of Learfield Vedder Represents TeachTown, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Sale to Everway Ropes & Gray Advised H.I.G. Capital in Investment in Inventus Power Vedder Represents The Edgewater Funds in its Investment in AFT Industries, Inc. Ropes & Gray Advised Underwriters in Arxis’ $1.3 Billion IPO Alessandro Capogrosso Featured in FundsPeople Discussing Global Sponsors Looking at Italy Through the Lens of Public Market Opportunities Ropes & Gray Advised Neuberger and GIC as Lead Investors in Onex Partners’ $1.6 Billion Continuation Vehicle Ropes & Gray Shortlisted for Private Capital Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards Ropes & Gray Advised American Industrial Partners in Carve-out of Honeywell’s Warehouse and Workflow Solutions Business Ropes & Gray Advised Bluegem Capital Partners on the Combination of Australian Bodycare and Ecooking Ropes & Gray Advised HarbourVest Partners as Co-Lead Investor in New Mountain Capital’s $2.4 Billion Continuation Vehicle Ropes & Gray Advised Charlesbank and Bridgepointe in Strategic Growth Investment Ropes & Gray Advised Capacity Sports Group in its Acquisitions of YSC Sports, United Sports Training Centers, and Sideline Sports Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Feature: New Member Profile of Sheppard Law Firm Join us on May 28th for Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices Sponsorship Opportunity — May 28 IVCA Education Session IVCA Foundation News Make the Cut - Become a Sponsor Legislative News "Illinois Bills on Private Equity Making Moves in the Capital" - IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 04/29/2026 IVCA Events May 28, 2026 – IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Event Other Events of Interest July 20 – 26, 2026 – TECHICAGO Week 2026 July 29, 2026 - 2026 ILGIF Summit - Save the Date! Industry News Mergermarket Deal Focus Spotlights autoLOTO, Features Arras and Schlagenhauf Baird Capital Exceeds Target, Closes Third Global Fund at $450M Benford Capital Partners Completes Sale of Brothers International Food Holdings to SK Capital Concentric Equity Partners Welcomes Aleks Spellman as Vice President, Deepening Waste Industry Expertise and Strategic Partnership with Summer Street Capital GTCR Completes Acquisition of Fiduciary Trust Company, Doris Meister joins as Executive Chair H.I.G. WhiteHorse Provides Financing to Globe Groupe H.I.G. Capital Announces the Sale of Celerion Synctera acquires compliance startup Jump Capital Port Co Cable Monroe Capital Supports Growth of Royal Interpack Group Monroe Capital Supports Frontenac’s Recapitalization of Honk Technologies From Hypersonics to Formula1: Why We Invested in Intalus – Origin Ventures The Edgewater Funds Announces Investment in AFT Industries, Inc. ESKARIAM secures a €50 million strategic senior credit facility from U.S.-based Victory Park Capital to lead the damages claims market in Spain Professional Advisor News Buyer Beware – When Unclaimed Property Comes with The Deal - Andersen Earn 1.5 CPE credit in Taxes - BDO Talks Transactions: Key M&A Tax Planning Considerations Ropes & Gray Advised TPG in Acquisition of Learfield Vedder Represents TeachTown, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Sale to Everway Ropes & Gray Advised H.I.G. Capital in Investment in Inventus Power Vedder Represents The Edgewater Funds in its Investment in AFT Industries, Inc. Ropes & Gray Advised Underwriters in Arxis’ $1.3 Billion IPO Alessandro Capogrosso Featured in FundsPeople Discussing Global Sponsors Looking at Italy Through the Lens of Public Market Opportunities Ropes & Gray Advised Neuberger and GIC as Lead Investors in Onex Partners’ $1.6 Billion Continuation Vehicle Ropes & Gray Shortlisted for Private Capital Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards Ropes & Gray Advised American Industrial Partners in Carve-out of Honeywell’s Warehouse and Workflow Solutions Business Ropes & Gray Advised Bluegem Capital Partners on the Combination of Australian Bodycare and Ecooking Ropes & Gray Advised HarbourVest Partners as Co-Lead Investor in New Mountain Capital’s $2.4 Billion Continuation Vehicle Ropes & Gray Advised Charlesbank and Bridgepointe in Strategic Growth Investment Ropes & Gray Advised Capacity Sports Group in its Acquisitions of YSC Sports, United Sports Training Centers, and Sideline Sports Job Postings Please view the full details for each Job Posting listed below, on our website HERE . Once at Job Postings please scroll down the pages to view the jobs. They are listed chronologically as received, most current first. NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant