IVCA Newsletter – May 27, 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 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