IVCA Newsletter – January 22, 2025

Association News

IVCA Feature: 2025 Workplace Trends for Now and Evolving Forward

Sidley’s Wrap Up of the IVCA/Sidley January 16th event “Impact of the 2024 Presidential Election on the Investment Community”

IVCA is Updating Our Membership Directory for 2025

Legislative News

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 1/22/2025

IVCA Events

June 23, 2025 – 2025 IVCA Invitational – SAVE the Date

December 8, 2025 – 2025 IVCA Annual Awards Dinner – SAVE the Date!

Other Events of Interest

No events listed at this time.

Industry News

Wind Point Partners Acquires ExperiGreen

Runway Growth Capital and BC Partners Credit Announce $131 Million Financing Commitment to

VertexOne to Accelerate Growth and Execute a Strategic Acquisition

Monroe Capital Supports Maple Park Capital Partners’ Acquisition of Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard

Baird Capital Invests in Newmarket Strategy

GTCR Announces Strategic Investment in Winged Keel Group

GTCR Acquires Concord Servicing

The Vistria Group Closes On $3 Billion For Fifth Flagship Private Equity Fund

Thoma Bravo Completes Fundraising for Credit Fund III, Amassing $3.6 Billion in Total Available Capital for its Platform

Tradable Brings $1.7 Billion in Tokenized Alternative Assets to ZKsync, Secures Strategic Investment from ParaFi Capital

InvestBev Closes Multi-Million Dollar Financing Agreement with Saga Spirits Group

Water Street Port Co Imagine360 Acquires HealthFirst

Thoma Bravo Port Co Flexera to Acquire FinOps Business from NetApp, Inc. to Strengthen FinOps Portfolio

Benford Capital Partners Port Co R.M. Young Company Completes Acquisition of SensorLogic Inc.

Thoma Bravo Port Co Qlik Acquires Upsolver to Deliver Low-Latency Ingestion and Optimization for Apache Iceberg

Thoma Bravo Port Co Bluesight Expands Compliance Capabilities and Strengthens Platform through Acquisition of Protenus

May River Capital Announces Merger of its Advanced Material Processing and Automated Handling Solutions Platforms

Thoma Bravo Port Co Darktrace announces proposed acquisition of Cado Security, a cloud investigation and response specialist

HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Simple Mills by Flowers Foods, Inc.

Frontenac Completes the Sale of Integris to OMERS Private Equity

Benford Capital Partners Exits Pasture Brands

Pfingsten Sells Omega Systems to Revelstoke

Frontenac Named to 2025 TOP 50 PE Firms in The Middle Market™ List

Caroline McManus Joins Hyde Park Venture Partners as an Investor

Prospect Partners Announces Key Promotions as Fund V Gains Momentum

Buyout Market Commentary: Small Buyouts On the Eve of the Inauguration – RCP Advisors

Shore Capital Industrial Automation Insights

Private Equity Continues to Rank as Top Choice for US Public Pensions

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is pleased to publish the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Performance Report as of June 30, 2024available here: SBIC Portfolio June 30, 2024, Performance Report.

Professional Advisor News

Troutman Pepper Locke Officially Launches | Troutman Pepper Locke

Vedder Price Represents Balmoral Funds in Acquisition of R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc.

Swoop Announces Acquisition of MyHealthTeam

Sidley Represents Access Healthcare in Its Growth Investment by New Mountain Capital

GCM Acquires Precision Swiss Products Assets

New Mountain Capital to Acquire Machinify and Combine with Leading Healthcare Intelligence and Payment Platform

Wabtec to Acquire Evident’s Inspection Technologies Division

Sidley Represents Velo3D in Exchange Transaction Resulting in Significant Deleveraging of Balance Sheet

Rubicon Founders Makes $165 Million Investment in Caidya

Sidley Advises Outset Medical in US$169 Million Private Placement Financing

Berkshire Partners Agrees to Invest in Cybersecurity and IT Managed Services Firm, Thrive

Sidley Represents Ryan Specialty in Its US$525 Million Acquisition of Velocity Risk

Ropes & Gray Advises Cadre Holdings on Definitive Agreement to Acquire Multiple Leading Nuclear Brands

Sidley Represents Apollo Funds in Acquisition of GFL’s Environmental Services Business Valued at CA$8 Billion

Ropes & Gray Advises New Mountain Capital in Access Healthcare Investment

Sidley Represents Stryker in Its Approximately US$4.9 Billion Acquisition of Inari Medical

Ropes & Gray Recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 Guide

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! InvestBev – Credit Officer

 New! InvestBev – Private Equity Associate

 50 South Capital – Associate Analyst, Alternative Investment Research

 Kinzie Capital Partners – Vice President Investment Team

 Modern e Ventures – Associate/Sr. Associate , Investment Team

 Moderne Ventures – Principal/Partner , Investment Team

 Moderne Ventures – Associate , Capital Formation & Investor Relations

 IL DCEO – Venture Capital Program Investment Manager

 Sandbox Industries – Associate position