IVCA Newsletter – December 17, 2025

Association News

Relive the Celebration: 25 Years of IVCA Impact & Award Winners

IVCA Profile: Shoshana Vernick, Co-Founder/Managing Director of Avathon Capital, 2025 IVCA Foundation Award Recipient at the IVCA Awards Dinner

IVCA Profile: Recipient of The IVCA Rising Star Award is M25 Ventures, honored at the IVCA Awards Dinner

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IVCA Events

Check back for our 2026 Calendar of Events!

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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

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Professional Advisor News

BDO Private Equity Perspectives Podcast Episode 54A.  2025 Reflections: Private Equity’s Year of Adaptation

Troutman Pepper Locke Represents HMP Global in Acquisition of Music City SCALE

Ropes & Gray Represents Audax Private Equity Origins in Its Sale of Enviromatic Systems to Wind Point Partners

Sidley Represents Radiology Partners and Its Subsidiary Mosaic Clinical Technologies in the Acquisition of Cognita Imaging

Investors Gear Up for Market Momentum in Health Care IT

Ropes & Gray Advised Partners Group on Colead Investment in $835 Million Continuation Vehicle

Sidley Represents Clara Vista Partners and Portman Holdings in Its Majority Investment in Ipswich Town Football Club

Early-Stage Spotlight – Kyha’s Approach to Women’s Health

Ropes & Gray Advised Bain Capital and Portfolio Company Jamco on Acquisition of Iacobucci HF Aerospace, Expanding Global Cabin Interiors Platform

Sidley Represents Lido Advisors in Its Partnership With Stuart Chaussée & Associates

Ropes & Gray Advised PAI Partners on the Acquisition of the Innovad Group from IK Partners

Sidley Advises Leonard Green & Partners on Financing for Majority Acquisition of Topgolf

Applied Therapeutics Announced Sales Agreement to Cycle Group

Sidley Represents Capricor Therapeutics in US$172.5 Million Common Stock Offering

Ropes & Gray Advises Ad hoc Group of Lenders and Noteholders in Luminar Technologies, Inc. Chapter 11

Sidley Advises Bessemer Investors on Strategic Investment in Xanitos

Ropes & Gray Advises Galderma on Increased Equity Investment from L’OréalBain Capital Completes Acquisition of Service Logic

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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