IVCA Newsletter – March 4, 2026

Association News

IVCA Feature: New Member Profile of McNally Capital

Coming up next week! Webcast – Deep Dive on Transaction Liability Insurance

Opportunity for VCs: BoilerLaunch Student Startup Pitch Event

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Legislative News

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 03/04/2026

New California Reporting Requirements May Affect Illinois VC Firms

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IVCA Events

March 11, 2026 – IVCA Insurance Market Webcast Series – #2 Deep Dive on Transaction Liability Insurance

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Other Events of Interest

March 5, 2026 – Venture Forward’s “VC Power Hour”

July 20 – 26, 2026 – TECHICAGO Week 2026

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Industry News

Uber to Acquire OCA Ventures Port Co Parking App SpotHero

Wynnchurch Capital to Acquire Arcosa Marine

Cincinnati’s FinOpsly raises $4.45 million Seed Round to automate the “Control Plane” of AI and cloud costs; Hyde Park Venture Partners Participates

Patriot Capital Announces Investment in Flash-Rite

Baird Capital Invests in autoLOTO

Monroe Capital Supports First Reserve’s Acquisition of WGI, Inc.

The Vistria Group Announces New Partnership with Lumen Holdings to Capitalize on Growth in Specialty MGA Market

Thoma Bravo to Acquire WWEX Group and Combine with Auctane to Form Global Logistics Leader

Benford Capital Port Co Argus Monitoring Solutions Expands North American Platform with Acquisitions of Civionic Engineering & Consulting and Piedmont Geologic

Frontenac Port Co Dealer Services Network Expands Footprint with Acquisition of MVD Express

Monroe Capital Selected as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year by Private Debt Investor

Pfingsten Named to 2026 TOP 50 PE Firms for Founders in the Middle Market™ List

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Professional Advisor News

Ropes & Gray Advised Management on the Proposed Acquisition of Aluminium Dunkerque by Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) from American Industrial Partners (AIP)

BDO Private Equity Perspectives Podcast Episode 55A – Tariffs, Interest Rates, and Dry Powder:  Lessons from 2025 for the Year Ahead

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of SB 21: The Amended Section 144 Safe Harbors Are Here to Stay – Troutman Pepper Locke

Vedder Represents L Squared Capital Partners in its Acquisition of Functional Devices

GI Partners to Acquire Charles River Laboratories’ CDMO and Cell Solutions Businesses

Food and Beverage Industry Updates 2026 – Troutman Pepper Locke

Ropes & Gray Advised Secured Lenders in PosiGen Chapter 11 Proceedings

Materiality Scrape Meets the Absence of Changes Representation: Delaware Superior Court Establishes Order of Operations for Deal Attorneys – Troutman Pepper Locke

New Mountain Capital Portfolio Company Azuria Water Solutions Acquires Waterline Renewal Technologies

Ropes & Gray at with.Intelligence’s 19th Annual Women’s Private Equity Summit

Michael Beauvais Honored by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as a 2026 Go To Lawyers for Business Transactions

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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.

NextGen Growth Partners – Director, BD

Gies College of Business – Specialized Faculty (Open rank, non-tenure rank) Dept. of Finance, Venture Capital

7wire Ventures – Principal Role in Chicago

Decasonic – AI Operations Manager

TechNexus Venture Collaborative – Sr. Accountant