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

Association News IVCA Profiles: New IVCA Chair Ira Weiss of Hyde Park Venture Partners C’mon folks, let’s get you signed up! 2026 IVCA Spring Event Featuring the NVCA is next week, April 22nd! IVCA’s May Event! Register Now! May 28th Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices IVCA Foundation News Sponsorship Opportunities Now Open: 2026 IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 04/15/2026 Bills to rein in outside investment in law firms advance in California, Illinois IVCA Events April 22, 2026 – IVCA Spring Event Featuring the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) May 28, 2026 – IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Even t Other Events of Interest April 28, 2026 – SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program July 20 – 26, 2026 – TECHICAGO Week 2026 Industry News First Analysis portfolio company Bindplane has been acquired by Dynatrace BPOC Completes Sale of Midwest Products & Engineering Concentric Equity Partners and Summer Street Capital Partners Announce Exit of Frontier Waste Solutions The Edgewater Funds Announces Investment in AFT Industries, Inc. Thoma Bravo Announces Agreement to Combine HCSS with the Nemetschek Group’s Build & Construct Segment and Create Next Global Construction Technology Leader GTCR Completes Acquisition of Zentiva, a Leading European Generics Pharmaceutical Company Water Street Partners with Brundage Group Thoma Bravo and Google Cloud Launch Strategic Partnership to Deliver on the Promise of AI for Enterprise Software Frontenac Announces Recapitalization of Honk Technologies Monroe Capital Supports EagleTree Capital’s Acquisition of The Opus Group Eric Shan and Cameron Raglin Join 7wire Ventures Mayriver Capital Port Co Cashco Acquires 3B Controls to Expand its Tank Safety and Storage Portfolio for Chemical, Petrochemical, Biogas and Other High Value Industrial Applications Baird Capital Portfolio Company Newmarket Strategy Acquires Visible Analytics PPC Port Co. C.H. Guenther Accelerates Growth with Acquisition of Mejicano Foods, Expanding Tortilla Platform Across North America Professional Advisor News AI in the Middle Market: What PE Investors Should Actually Be Paying Attention To – Vokal Ropes & Gray Advised Advent in Its Investment in Defense Tech Company Shield AI Buyer Beware – When Unclaimed Property Comes with The Deal – Andersen Ropes & Gray Advised AppViewX in AI Cybersecurity Acquisition Unlocking Value in Distressed Companies: Debt-for-Equity and Loan-to-Own Strategies – Troutman Pepper Locke Ropes & Gray Advises Cordillera Investment Partners on New Strategic Investment in Northridge Ropes & Gray Advises BV Investment Partners in Sale of CallTower Ropes & Gray Advised Hitachi Rail in Agreement to Acquire Clever Devices Ropes & Gray Advised Advent in its Investment in Defense Tech Company Saronic Ropes & Gray Named Finalist in Asian Legal Business’ SE Asia Law Awards 2026 Ropes & Gray Advised InfraVia Critical Metals Fund on its Agreement to Invest in Carester, a Leader in Rare Earth Recycling and Separation 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 Gies College of Business – Specialized Faculty (Open rank, non-tenure rank) Dept. of Finance, Venture Capital 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News IVCA Feature: New Member Profile of Vokal IVCA Event #1! Register Now! 2026 IVCA Spring Event Featuring the National Venture Capital Association on April 22nd! IVCA Event #2! Register Now! IVCA’s May 28th Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices IVCA Foundation News Sponsorship Opportunities Now Open: 2026 IVCA Invitational Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 04/01/2026 – IVCA Cautions Against Anti PE Measures In The Legislature IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 04/01/2026 – Proposed Measures of Concern Have Not Advanced IVCA Events April 22, 2026 – IVCA Spring Event Featuring the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) May 28, 2026 – IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Even t Other Events of Interest July 20 – 26, 2026 – TECHICAGO Week 2026 Industry News Arbor Investments Named Agribusiness Fund Manager of the Year CORE Industrial Partners Completes the Sale of PrecisionX Group Frontenac Announces Recapitalization of Bill Gosling Outsourcing GTCR Appoints Donnie Phillips as Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director Monroe Capital Supports Edustaff’s Acquisition of E-Therapy Pfingsten Port Co Environmental Lights Partners with Nova Flex RCP Advisors Managing Partner, Alex Abell, Featured on the How I Invest Podcast The Edgewater Funds Announces Nationwide Cooling Group, LLC’s Acquisition of Protecall Corp Wynnchurch Port Co Archer Foodservice Partners to Acquire Sterno Foodservice Business Professional Advisor News Following IVCA’s recent insurance webinars, Lockton has shared an insurance market intelligence resource for IVCA members BDO PRivate EQuity PErspectiveS podcast – Lessons Learned, Exits Reimagined: PE’s 2026 Playbook – Part B California Suspends Implementation and Enforcement of Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Act Pending Rulemaking Process Ropes & Gray Advised Audax Private Equity on Acquisition of AKAM Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Hull Street Energy in Agreement to Acquire Power Plants in Illinois and Ohio From Rockland Capital Ropes & Gray Ranked in Chambers Europe 2026 Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Franchise FastLane in Acquisition of Franchise Creator Ropes & Gray Named a Finalist in Three Categories in Asian Legal Business‘ ALB China Law Awards 2026 Leveraging Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors in Distressed Deals Ropes & Gray Advised Advent on Acquisition of Salt & Stone IEEPA Tariff Refunds May Come With an Unforeseen Cost — Exposure to Consumer Class Actions Ropes & Gray Advised QHP Capital on $1.1 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Azurity Pharmaceuticals Time Back on the Clock: Delaware Court of Chancery Equitably Extends Earnout Period to Remedy Buyer’s Breach Ropes & Gray Ranked in Legal 500 EMEA 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. NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD Gies College of Business – Specialized Faculty (Open rank, non-tenure rank) Dept. of Finance, Venture Capital 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

Association News Sign up for the 2026 IVCA Spring Event Featuring the National Venture Capital Association on April 22th! Register for IVCA’s May 28th Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices IVCA Foundation News IVCA Profiles: New IVCA Foundation Board Members Libby Baker & Kelly Zitlow Legislative News IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 03/18/2026 Legislative Alerts — Key Bills to Watch in Springfield IVCA Events April 22, 2026 – IVCA Spring Event Featuring the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) May 28, 2026 – IVCA Education Session: Fundraising Market Conditions & Best Practices 2026 IVCA Invitational Golf Even t Other Events of Interest July 20 – 26, 2026 – TECHICAGO Week 2026 Industry News Pfingsten Completes Patriot Compressor Parts Acquisition HPA Invests in Digit’s AI Operating System for Manufacturers and Distributors Decasonic led Giant’s $8M funding round Patriot Capital Announces Investment in Agathos AEC Monroe Capital Supports IMMEC’s Investment in Helton Electrical Services Thoma Bravo to Acquire WWEX Group and Combine with Auctane to Form Global Logistics Leader Wynnchurch Port Co Trimlite Acquires Harris Door & Millwork RiverGlade Port Co Dynamic Access Acquires PICC Stat in Minnesota Wynnchurch Port Co Hydraulic Technologies Acquires Foxtrot Industriel PPC Port Co ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of TC Transcontinental Packaging Frontenac Port Co Monterey Bay Herb Co. Acquires NP Nutra, Expanding Leadership in Nutraceutical Ingredients Wynnchurch Port Co ORS Nasco Acquires AD Member Supply and Alliance Distribution Partners H.I.G. Capital Wins PE Hub’s 2025 Small-Cap North America Deal of the Year Award Victory Park Capital Announces Key Promotions, Including New CFO and CCO Professional Advisor News Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Automated Financial Systems in Sale to OceanSound Partners BDO PRivate EQuity PErspectiveS podcast – Lessons Learned, Exits Reimagined: PE’s 2026 Playbook – Part B Ropes & Gray Advised on $3.9 Billion Select Medical Take-Private Merger Agreement Delaware Court of Chancery Holds That Granting a Security Interest Can Constitute a ‘Transfer,’ With Significant Implications for Financing Transactions Ropes & Gray at with.Intelligence’s 19th Annual Women’s Private Equity Summit California Venture Capital Reporting Law Ropes & Gray Advised PK Consumer Health on its Acquisition of HealthAid, a Leading UK VMS Player Lakeview Capital to Sell MyMochi Ice Cream to Morinaga Ropes & Gray Represents Biocare Medical in Sale to Agilent for $950 Million Altamont Capital Invests in Corrugated Box Manufacturer Key Container  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 Gies College of Business – Specialized Faculty (Open rank, non-tenure rank) Dept. of Finance, Venture Capital 7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago Decasonic – AI Operations Manager TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

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