IVCA Newsletter – July 22, 2026

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