Independent Sponsors & Capital Providers Dealmakers Meeting — Boston
An exclusive, invite-only dealmakers meeting connecting 75 vetted Independent Sponsors with Capital Providers, Family Offices, and PE Firms. Features curated 1-2-1 meetings designed around attendee priorities, working sessions on the competitive landscape, and roundtable discussions on operational value creation. Pre-event profiling interviews personalize the experience for each attendee.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026Boston, MASilicon Valley Bank
Built for the institutional independent-sponsor universe.
An exclusive, invite-only dealmakers meeting connecting 75 vetted Independent Sponsors with Capital Providers, Family Offices, and PE Firms. Features curated 1-2-1 meetings designed around attendee priorities, working sessions on the competitive landscape, and roundtable discussions on operational value creation. Pre-event profiling interviews personalize the experience for each attendee.
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Curated room
Senior-only audience, vetted by the iGlobal team and matched on live thesis fit.
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Persona-driven 1-2-1s
Schedule the meetings that map to your live pipeline, not random introductions.
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Institutional roundtables
Closed-door sessions for family offices, credit, and capital providers.
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Live operating layer
Native iGlobal app keeps schedule, push, messaging, and matching in sync.
Family office capital is available, but elusive. Access requires understanding how they think, structure deals, and measure risk to build trust and alignment.
Guiding questions:
• How do family offices' investment preferences differ across size and generational profile?
• Which co-investment structures create alignment and confidence for them?
• How can you build credibility and relationships that last beyond one deal?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMScott Hutchin (Solamere Capital), Misha Vasilchikov (MVV Capital Partners)
Independent sponsors are everywhere, but only a few thrive. With deal competition doubling in five years, winning is no longer about speed; it is about strategy.
Guiding questions:
• With over 1,500 sponsors competing, how do you identify and secure the right deals before others?
• What structural or operational advantages separate the top 20% of high-performing sponsors?
• Are there sectors where independent sponsors still have an edge due to less competition?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMElena Mervine (CohnReznick LLP), John I. Snow III (Quabbin Capital), Grant Kornman (Align Collaborate)
The deal is won in the structure. Smart partnership terms, anticipated pitfalls, and disciplined regulatory navigation separate the deals that close from the ones that stall.
Guiding questions:
• How are sponsors structuring partnerships with investor partners and targets to align interests and protect value?
• Which M&A and deal-related pitfalls most often derail transactions between signing and close?
• What regulatory dynamics across health services, technology, defense, energy, and life sciences are reshaping deal structures in 2026?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMTodd Boudreau (Arnold & Porter), Naomi M. Hartman, Matthew Owens
Earnings tell the story, operations reveal the potential. While QofE confirms historical results, QofO provides a roadmap to future value creation, showing where improvements, cost efficiencies, or growth initiatives can materially increase returns.
Guiding questions:
• Which operational levers create the biggest impact post-acquisition?
• How can QofO findings influence purchase price or negotiation leverage?
• What processes reliably reveal hidden value and risks before closing?
Family office capital is available, but elusive. Access requires understanding how they think, structure deals, and measure risk to build trust and alignment.
Guiding questions:
• How do family offices' investment preferences differ across size and generational profile?
• Which co-investment structures create alignment and confidence for them?
• How can you build credibility and relationships that last beyond one deal?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMScott Hutchin (Solamere Capital), Misha Vasilchikov (MVV Capital Partners)
The first three months are make-or-break. Early missteps can erase years of value creation.
Guiding questions:
• Which board and management alignment practices accelerate results?
• What KPIs matter most in the early months post-acquisition?
• How can sponsors prevent early operational missteps from escalating?
Family office capital is available, but elusive. Access requires understanding how they think, structure deals, and measure risk to build trust and alignment.
Guiding questions:
• How do family offices' investment preferences differ across size and generational profile?
• Which co-investment structures create alignment and confidence for them?
• How can you build credibility and relationships that last beyond one deal?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMScott Hutchin (Solamere Capital), Misha Vasilchikov (MVV Capital Partners)
Independent sponsors are everywhere, but only a few thrive. With deal competition doubling in five years, winning is no longer about speed; it is about strategy.
Guiding questions:
• With over 1,500 sponsors competing, how do you identify and secure the right deals before others?
• What structural or operational advantages separate the top 20% of high-performing sponsors?
• Are there sectors where independent sponsors still have an edge due to less competition?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMElena Mervine (CohnReznick LLP), John I. Snow III (Quabbin Capital), Grant Kornman (Align Collaborate)
The deal is won in the structure. Smart partnership terms, anticipated pitfalls, and disciplined regulatory navigation separate the deals that close from the ones that stall.
Guiding questions:
• How are sponsors structuring partnerships with investor partners and targets to align interests and protect value?
• Which M&A and deal-related pitfalls most often derail transactions between signing and close?
• What regulatory dynamics across health services, technology, defense, energy, and life sciences are reshaping deal structures in 2026?
11:00 AM → 12:00 PMTodd Boudreau (Arnold & Porter), Naomi M. Hartman, Matthew Owens
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