Portfolio Company of the Year Award
IVCA Annual Awards
Begun in 2010, the Portfolio Company of the Year Award recognizes a venture capital-backed and a private equity-backed company based on the following criteria:
- Company is located in Illinois
- Is/Was VC or PE backed, had a realized liquidity event in 2020 or 2021 and the exit was successful for investors
- Examples of a great outcome might include:
- Great returns to investors
- Speed to achieve key milestones
- Impressive revenue growth
- Impressive net growth
- Impressive employment growth
- Introduced a key and impactful technology
- Turnaround story
Previous Awardees are:
2021: Factor (Venture-backed) 2021: Option Care (Private equity-backed) 2020: Sprout Social (Venture-backed) 2019: Livongo (Venture-backed) 2019: Evans Food Group (Private equity-Backed) 2018: Aptinyx (Venture-backed) 2018: The Stepping Stones Group (Private equity-backed) 2017: Naurex, Inc. (Venture-backed) 2017: Kronos Foods (Private equity-backed) 2016: Cleversafe (Venture-backed) 2016: Sage Products (Private equity-backed) 2015: Paylocity (Venture-backed) 2015: Sterigenics International (Private equity-backed) 2014: GrubHub (Venture-backed) 2014: Fieldglass (Private equity-backed) 2013: Gogo (Venture-backed) 2013: Actient Pharmaceuticals (Private equity-backed) 2012: SurePayroll (Venture-backed)
2012: Flexera Software (Private equity-backed)
2011: Accretive Health (Venture-backed)
2011: Great Kitchens (Private equity-backed)
2010: Initiate Systems, Inc. (Venture-backed)
2010: Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Private equity-backed)
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