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IVCA Newsletter – January 7, 2026

By Kathy Pyne | January 7, 2026

Association News

IVCA Feature: The Best Quotes and Perspectives of 2025

IVCA Announces 2026 Board Leadership

Get ready for Summer 2026: Host an IVCA Scholar and Help Shape the Future of PE/VC

Round Two Applications Now Open for the 2026 IVCA Scholar Program!


Legislative News

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 01/07/2026


IVCA Events

Check back for our 2026 Calendar of Events!


Other Events of Interest

January 30, 2026 – VC University Bootcamp – Application Deadline


Industry News

First Analysis invests in supply chain test automation platform Cycle Labs

Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of PROS Holdings, Inc.

Monroe Capital Supports Growth of Recognize Partners’ SDG Corporation

Azul Closes Strategic Investment from Thoma Bravo

Wind Point Partners Combines Turf Masters with Portfolio Company ExperiGreen

Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Verint, a Leader in AI-Driven Customer Experience Automation

GTCR Partners with Ownership Works to Advance Employee Ownership Across its Portfolio

Agent Capital Awarded “Partner of the Year” by Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania

Runway Growth Capital Welcomes Ryan McCarthy as Managing Director

RCP Advisors Recognized by Pensions & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management and Crain’s 2025 Best Places to Work in Chicago

Monroe Capital Launches Monroe Capital Enhanced Corporate Lending Fund (MLEND)

Water Street Healthcare Port Co Hansen Hunter and LTC Consulting Join Forces

Victory Park Capital Announces New Warehouse Facility with Zip, Expanding Long-Standing Partnership


Professional Advisor News

Sidley Represents BioRender in Investment Valuing Company at $900 Million

Ropes & Gray Advised McNally Capital on Airforce Turbine Service Acquisition

Sidley Represents Aboitiz Equity Ventures on Their Strategic Partnership With Global Infrastructure Partners in Aboitiz InfraCapital

Ropes & Gray Advised Steward Partners in Securing Strategic Capital from Ares

Sidley Represents Armis in Its US$7.75 Billion Sale to ServiceNow

Ropes & Gray Names New Leadership Team for Corporate Practices to Accelerate Opportunity and Outcomes for Clients

Sidley Represents ABM In Its US$275 Million Acquisition of WGNSTAR

TPG to Acquire Majority Stake in Conservice

Sidley Represents Lumexa Imaging in US$462.5 Million Initial Public Offering

Ropes & Gray Advised Specialty Alliance in $15 Million Cosan Strategic Growth Investment

Sidley Represents Apollo Funds in Majority Investment in Prosol Group

Oriflame Closes Transformative Recapitalisation Transaction, Delivering Approximately €500 Million Debt Reduction


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.

7wire Ventures – Associate & Principal Roles in Chicago

Decasonic – AI Operations Manager

TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant

NEWS ARCHIVE:

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 03/15/2023

By Kathy Pyne | March 15, 2023

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, March 15, 2023 IVCA PARTNERSHIP BILL CLEARS SENATE COMMITTEE On a unanimous vote…

IVCA Feature: The Latest on What Venture Capital and Private Equity Don’t Like

By Kathy Pyne | March 15, 2023

The opinions on what trends the Venture Capital and Private Equity industries don’t like are as prevalent as the success factors within the institutions. For…

Don’t miss “Establishing A Private Equity Firm: Then, Now, and in the Future”

By Kathy Pyne | March 15, 2023

On April 11, 2023, IVCA presents our annual Spring Luncheon! Join us for “Establishing A Private Equity Firm: Then, Now, and in the Future” with:…

IVCA Newsletter – March 1, 2023

By Kathy Pyne | March 1, 2023

Association News IVCA Feature: 2023 Investment Trends for Venture Capital and Private Equity, According to Financial Press Meet IVCA’s New Executive Director at Happy Hour…

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 03/01/2023

By Kathy Pyne | March 1, 2023

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, March 1, 2023 VALLAS/JOHNSON RUNOFF While not a state office there is no…

IVCA Feature: 2023 Investment Trends for Venture Capital and Private Equity, According to Financial Press

By Kathy Pyne | March 1, 2023

As we are now two months into the new year, the trends for investments in the Venture Capital and Private Equity industries are emerging. What…

IVCA Newsletter – February 15, 2023

By Kathy Pyne | February 16, 2023

Association News IVCA Feature: After the Cryptocurrency Collapse in 2022, What is the Future of the Market in 2023? Join IVCA on April 11th for…

Join IVCA on April 11th for “Establishing A Private Equity Firm: Then, Now, and in the Future”

By Kathy Pyne | February 15, 2023

On April 11, 2023, IVCA presents our annual Spring Luncheon! Join us for “Establishing A Private Equity Firm: Then, Now, and in the Future” with:…

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 02/15/2023

By Kathy Pyne | February 15, 2023

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, February 15, 2023 BUDGET EDITION Governor JB Pritzker submitted his FY 24 budget…

IVCA Feature: After the Cryptocurrency Collapse in 2022, What is the Future of the Market in 2023?

By Kathy Pyne | February 14, 2023

The just past Super Bowls Ads were missing a significant player from 2022 … Cryptocurrency. After several celebrity-based endorsements during the big game last year,…