IVCA Newsletter December 2, 2009

Association News

IVCA Profile Q&A: J.B. Pritzker, Managing Director of The Pritzker Group and Recipient of the 2009 Richard J. Daley Medal at the Upcoming IVCA Awards Dinner
The Pritzker name is a Chicago institution, and J.B. Pritzker is a proud standard bearer for the family legacy. As Managing Director of the Pritzker Group, and founder of New World Ventures, Pritzker keeps exploring new directions in his contribution to the VC industry. Also as a founding board member of the IVCA, he continues to promote Illinois and Chicago as an exciting VC environment.
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IVCA Profile Q&A: Danny Rosenberg, Managing Director of Sterling Partners and Recipient of the 2009 Fellows Medal at the Upcoming IVCA Awards Dinner
As a founding board member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, Danny Rosenberg of Sterling Partners is well versed in the issues and challenges facing the industry today. He also is a frequent speaker at private equity conferences and has lectured at Northwestern University�s Kellogg School of Management, the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago on the PE industry.
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January 18th IVCA Panel to feature Masters of Private Equity
On January 18th at 5:30 PM, IVCA will host a panel discussion with two of the "Masters" profiled in book, The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing written by Robert Finkel of Prism Capital. The event, sponsored by Mayer Brown LLP, will be moderated by David Greising, the book's co-author.
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IVCA Events

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12/7/2009 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 2009 Eighth Annual IVCA Awards Dinner presented by KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
1/12/2010 11:30am-1:30pm Panel Discussion - Topic TBD
1/18/2010 5:00pm-7:30pm January 18th IVCA Panel to feature Masters of Private Equity
2/9/2010 11:30am-1:30pm IVCA Toolkit Series: Topic TBD
3/11/2010 11:00am-2:00pm Luncheon Event - TBD
4/20/2010 11:30am-1:30pm Luncheon
5/19/2010 11:00am-2:00pm IVCA/NVCA Luncheon w/keynote speaker
6/0/2010 1:00pm-5:00pm Annual Baseball Outingwith family & friends
6/2/2010 11:30am-1:30pm IVCA Toolkit Series: Topic TBD
9/14/2010 11:30am-1:30pm IVCA Toolkit Series: Topic TBD
10/21/2010 8:00am-4:30pm 10th Annual CFO Summit for Finance Professionals of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms
11/17/2010 IVCA Toolkit Series: Topic TBD
12/6/2010 5:00pm-9:00pm IVCA Annual Awards Dinner

Other Events of Interest

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12/8/2009 Life Sciences Funds Conference for Managers and Investors
12/15/2009 8:30a-10:00a How to Qualify for Pro Bono Legal Assistance
3/24/2010 11th Annual InvestMidwest, March 24&25, Now Accepting Applications for Companies to Present

Industry News

Prairie Capital Invests in Distributor to Labs of Consumables
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Sequans Raises Capital from Motorola Ventures for LTE Development Program
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Zebra Technologies to invest S$10m in Singapore over 3 years
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Duchossois Technology Partners' Company, Airwalk Communications, Wins Top Awards
Duchossois Technology Partners' AirWalk Communications has been awarded the 2009 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award by the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
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Mid Oaks Investments LLC and D&W Packaging Adds Third Company
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Thoma Bravo Doubles Employment for Manatron, Inc.
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Roundtable Healthcare Partners Owned Bioniche Pharma Creates Jobs
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Cressey & Co's Frist Predicts Senate Will Pass Health-care Bill
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Update on Select Comfort, Sterling Partners
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UIB Capital Backed Ellington Handbags Names CEO
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Research, Resources and Statistics

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11/10/2009 Characteristics of an Entrepreneur - John L. Hines
10/28/2009 The Codification of GAAP (Latham & Watkins LLP)
10/23/2009 Website Spoofing: A New Threat For Financial Services Firms (Wildman Harrold)
10/22/2009 2009 CFO Summit - Accounting (McGladrey & Pullen, LLP)
10/22/2009 2009 CFO Summit - Taxes (WTAS LLC)
10/22/2009 2009 IVCA CFO Summit - Thomson Review - Matt Toole (Thomson Reuters)
10/22/2009 2009 CFO Summit - Federal Outlook - John Taylor (NVCA)
10/22/2009 2009 CFO Summit - Legal - Bruce Ettelson (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)
10/22/2009 2009 CFO Summit - CFO Hot Topics
10/14/2009 iBIO's inaugural issue of PROPEL Connections
9/1/2009 Baker Tilly Survey of U.S. Manufacturing Professionals
8/28/2009 Regulation and Registration of Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund Advisers (Winston & Strawn LLP)
8/27/2009 FDIC Issues Final Policy on Private Equity Acquisitions of Failed Banks (Latham & Watkins)
8/25/2009 FUND FORMATION & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ALERT (Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg)
8/20/2009 Regulatory Implementation of the Changes the 2009 Stimulus Bill Made to the SBIC Program (Wildman Harrold)
8/7/2009 Foreign Investment Reporting Extended for Certain Taxpayers (Blackman Kallick)
7/6/2009 The Expanding SBIC Program: An Untapped Resource For Private Equity Funds (Wildman Harrold)
6/2/2009 Stimulus Package - SBA Implements Recovery Act Changes for SBIC Funds (McGuireWoods)
5/18/2009 State of Venture Capital in Illinois May 2009
5/14/2009 SBIC Limited Partners' Recertification Notice - McGuireWoods
4/10/2009 Addressing Systemic Risk Could Mean Required Registration of Advisers to Private Investment Funds - Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
4/8/2009 Proposed Carried Interest Legislation - Reed Smith LLP
2/2/2009 'Will the Economy Affect Your Business's Value?' - Blackman Kallick LLP
2/2/2009 Supply Chain Risk Identification and Management - Ernst & Young LLP
11/18/2008 11.18.08 Toolkit - BOD Best Practices - Winston & Strawn Presentation
11/18/2008 11.18.08 IVCA Toolkit - BOD Best Practices - Winston & Strawn Handout #1
11/18/2008 11.18.08 IVCA Toolkit - BOD Best Practices - Winston & Strawn Handout #2
11/18/2008 11.18.08 IVCA Toolkit - BOD Best Practices - Winston & Strawn Handout #3
11/18/2008 11.18.08 IVCA Toolkit - BOD Best Practices - NASDAQ OMX Group Presentation
8/1/2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers - Point of View: Fair Value Accounting
7/22/2008 IVCA Private Equity Monitor 2Q2008
5/30/2008 FAS141(R) Business Combinations and Accounting for Income Taxes
5/20/2008 IVCA Private Equity Monitor 1Q2008
5/13/2008 2007 IVCA Annual Report
4/16/2008 Carl Tannenbaum - Presentation for 2008 Annual IVCA/NVCA Luncheon
1/31/2008 IVCA Private Equity Monitor 4Q2007

Jobs

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11/19/2009 Linden Capital Partners:Controller
10/14/2009 Maranon Capital: Post MBA Vice President
8/10/2009 Valor Equity:Portfolio Company Vice President Finance