IVCA Newsletter – August 5, 2026

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