IVCA Newsletter – October 1, 2025

Association News

Only 6 days left until October 7th’s IVCA Panel: Leveraging AI to Transform VC & PE Firms sponsored by Ropes & Gray

Deadline Extended: IVCA Rising Star Award

IVCA Celebrates 25 Years


Legislative News

IVCA Provides Updates for State Legislative Issues – 10/01/2025


IVCA Events

October 7, 2025 – IVCA Panel: Leveraging AI to Transform VC & PE Firms sponsored by Ropes & Gray

October 23, 2025IVCA CFO Summit for Finance Professionals of Venture Capital and Private Equity firms

December 8, 2025 – IVCA Annual Awards Dinner – Save the Date!


Other Events of Interest

October 9, 2025 – MVCA 18th Annual Awards Celebration

November 12, 2025 – BUILDING BLOCKS: The Fundamentals of M&A Transactions

December 9, 2025 – BDO’s 2025 Private Equity Fund CFO Roundtable


Industry News

America’s Top Venture Capital Firms of 2025 – Time Magazine 

Plymouth Growth is now Straylight! 

Baird Capital Invests in EvoluteIQ 

Dentalcorp Agrees to be Acquired by Investment Funds Affiliated with GTCR in C$2.2 Billion Transaction 

HPA Invests in Iris Finance’s $6.2M Series Seed, a CFO Platform for CPG 

Arbor Investments Announces Acquisition of Acxion Foodservice 

Janus Henderson, Victory Park Capital, and CNO Financial Group Announce Strategic Partnership  

Frontenac Announces Recapitalization of Professional Services Firm, Beckway  

Monroe Capital’s Independent Sponsor Group Supports Red Dog Equity’s Successful Exit of Superior Waste  

SimpliSafe Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by GTCR 

PROS Holdings, Inc. Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Thoma Bravo

Moderne Ventures Named to TIME Magazine 2025 “Top Venture Capital Firms” List

Monroe Capital’s Ted Koenig Calls for Federal Reserve Independence as Markets Weigh Rate Path  

Kinzie Capital Partners Expand Team, Advancing Client Service and Portfolio Value Creation 

Baird Capital’s Katie Schoen Featured in The Drawdown 

PitchBook Recognizes RCP’s Secondary Program with Top Rankings

Water Street Port Co Lumelight Acquires BMI Audit Services 

BPOC Port Co. Praxis Packaging Solutions Expands with Acquisition of Advanced Concept Innovations, LLC 

Thoma Bravo Port Co ServiceTitan to Empower HVAC Contractors with Acquisition of Conduit Tech 

The Edgewater Funds Announces Silver State’s Acqusition of Four Commercial HVAC Service Providers

Baird Capital Port Co Cleanwater1 Acquires PureAir Filtration 

CORE Industrial Partners Portfolio Company Momentium Acquires Superior Lithographics 

Thoma Bravo Port Co BlueMatrix Expands Global Reach and Product Breadth Through Acquisition of RMS 

Wynnchurch Capital Port Co Handgards Acquires Albany Packaging USA Solifi Acquires DataScan, Expands Automobile Wholesale Finance and Inventory Risk Management Solutions 


Professional Advisor News

Employers should brace for sharp rises in healthcare costs in 2026. Read @Lockton’s Q3 People Solutions Market Update on what’s driving the increase. 

BDO – AI Use Case Portfolio for Private Equity 

Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Station Partners in Strategic Investment in First Children Service

Ropes & Gray Wins Two Awards at the 2025 Asia Legal Awards 

Sidley Represents Affinity Partners in Consortium’s Landmark US$55 Billion Acquisition of EA

Genesis Park, Guided by Troutman Pepper Locke, Forms Strategic Partnership With Perfect Feast and SageLink Capital

Ropes & Gray Advises SimCorp on the Acquisition of Domos 

Sidley Represents Fortegra Group in Its US$1.65 Billion Acquisition by DB Insurance

Troutman Pepper Locke Represents HMP Global in Acquisition of Psychiatry Redefined

Ropes & Gray to Host Pharmaceutical Licensing Group Autumn Workshops & Networking Reception on Blended Venture Deals 

Sidley Represents DigiCert in Its Acquisition of Valimail

Delaware Court of Chancery Rescinds Stock Cancellation and Stock Repurchase Agreements for Board of Directors’ Failure to Adhere to Corporate Formalities

GHO Capital Partners Enters Agreement to Acquire AI-Powered R D Orchestration Platform Scientist com 

Sidley Represents Newfold Digital in Sale of Markmonitor

Delaware Court of Chancery Invalidates Noncompete in Incentive Equity Agreements Due to Overbreadth

Ropes & Gray Represents Patient Square Capital as Regulatory Counsel in $2.6 Billion Take-Private Acquisition of Premier Inc. 

Sidley Represents MaxHome.AI in US$5 Million Series Seed Funding

Cohere Capital Completes Strategic Growth Investment in Leverege, a VisionAI Technology Company 

Sidley Represents ChowChow Cloud in Its IPO and Listing on NYSE AmericanRopes & Gray Shortlisted for Private Capital Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2025 


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.

Sandbox Industries – Associate position (Clinical Innovation)

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