IVCA Newsletter – May 13, 2026

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