IVCA Newsletter – October 1, 2025
Association News
Deadline Extended: IVCA Rising Star Award
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, 2025 – IVCA 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
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
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
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
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
Sidley Represents DigiCert in Its Acquisition of Valimail
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
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
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Sandbox Industries – Associate position (Clinical Innovation)