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October 26, 2022 Please join us to honor this year’s Awardees: Stephen V. King, AIM Clinics and TPC, by purchasing a table or individual tickets, which are now available by contacting Kathy Pyne. The 2022 IVCA Awards Dinner sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP will take place on Monday, December 5, 2022 The Four Seasons Hotel…

September 28, 2022 Registration is open for the 4th and last in our Diversity Series “Inclusion in Action”! On November 18 via Zoom, IVCA presents “Strategies for Survival: Cultivating Mentors and Allies for Success”Date:  Thursday, November 18, 2022Location:  IVCA Webcast via ZoomTime: 12:00noon – 1:30pm CST  To Register: We know that when people are showing up to…

September 28, 2022 Mark your calendars for the 2023 IVCA Invitational Golf Event on June 26, 2023, as we return to Olympia Fields Country Club! IVCA thanks the nearly 200 attendees who participated in the 2022 event and a special thanks goes out to our Sponsors: Champion Sponsors: PwC RSM Winston & Strawn LLP Wintrust Bank…

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, October 26, 2022 INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP BILL UPDATE IVCA Executive Director Maura O’Hara and representatives from Wind Point Partners testified last week on behalf of the industry before the Illinois House Revenue Committee. The committee took input from IVCA on our bill to clarify…

October 26, 2022 From time to time, the IVCA newsletter will be highlighting entrepreneurial development around the Midwest, to provide information about investment opportunities both inside and outside the box of Chicagoland. To begin this series, a profile of the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, through its Director, Michael Stubbs. IVCA: What is a brief background summary on…

October 26, 2022 2022 IVCA Stanley C. Golder Award will be awarded to Stephen V. King, Co-Founder of Prairie Capital, who epitomizes what the IVCA Golder Award is all about: an exceptional leader who upholds the strongest ethical standards, an astute investor with a strong track record of success, and a civic-minded philanthropist who uses his platform to…

October 12, 2022 Making a difference in DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion) is an ongoing discussion in the Venture Capital and Private Equity industries, and the IVCA has been expanding the discussion through their Diversity Program Series in 2022. The first three parts have taken place, and the series final event – “Strategies for Survival: Cultivating…

September 28, 2022 The IVCA Scholar Program is intended to create an inclusive industry with more gender, racial and ethnic diversity by providing undergraduate students exposure to a possible career in the venture capital/private equity industry.  The IVCA Scholarship provides undergraduate students a very rare opportunity to be placed with a venture capital or private equity firm for 10…

September 28, 2022 Registration is open for the 4th and last in our Diversity Series “Inclusion in Action”! On November 18 via Zoom, IVCA presents “Strategies for Survival: Cultivating Mentors and Allies for Success”Date:  Thursday, November 18, 2022Location:  IVCA Webcast via ZoomTime: 12:00noon – 1:30pm CST  To Register: We know that when people are showing up to…

September 28, 2022 Mark your calendars for the 2023 IVCA Invitational Golf Event on June 26, 2023, as we return to Olympia Fields Country Club! IVCA thanks the nearly 200 attendees who participated in the 2022 event and a special thanks goes out to our Sponsors: Champion Sponsors: PwC RSM Winston & Strawn LLP Wintrust Bank…