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Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at more than 13,000 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 51 chapters in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.ACG.org.
Interested in joining ACG Boston? Click here to download Individual Membership Information (pdf). Please note: pricing for individual membership is increasing to $395 on July 1, 2008.
For information about Corporate Plus Memberships, please email Gail Long, CEO of ACG Boston at glong@acgboston.org or click here to download the Corporate Plus Membership brochure.
About ACG Boston
Located at the hub of Boston's growth-oriented economy, ACG Boston is among the largest and most active of all Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) chapters, offering its members premier opportunities for networking, professional education, and business development.
Our Mission
The mission of ACG Boston is to enhance our members' effectiveness by providing educational events and access to information on dealflow and the capital markets. More than 950 members cite ACG Boston as an indispensable source of dealflow in New England, as well as a center for excellence in all the disciplines related to dealmaking.
We offer more than 40 programs, including major annual conferences and a series of smaller seminars, roundtables, and regularly scheduled monthly meetings. Held annually in Boston, our Growth Conference is one of the region's foremost gatherings of local and national dealmakers, providing insight into market trends, successful strategies, and emerging opportunities in growth company investment and management.
ACG Boston has been - and continues to be - an innovator within the international network of ACG chapters. Our survey, measuring market sentiment and dealflow, has become an important gauge of private equity and M&A activity in the Boston area, and has been replicated on a national level by the ACG organization.
We also were the first to offer ACG Capital Connection, a gathering where corporate executives and intermediaries interact with hundreds of private equity investors in a tradeshow-like setting. This groundbreaking idea has now been implemented in other cities, and has recently been extended to the buyout universe as well.
Our chapter draws together company owners, investment bankers, private equity investors, service providers, and others, representing a full spectrum of the dealmaking community. In addition to broadly based networking events for our entire membership community, we also offer narrowly targeted, peer-to-peer forums for buyout professionals, technology executives, businesswomen, and other groups. We provide these programs within a collegial environment, where members can forge relationships while enhancing the success of their businesses.
ACG Boston Events
ACG Boston organizes a series of networking events, educational meetings, conferences and industry forums throughout the year, including:
DealMakers Breakfast Series: The New England M&A and corporate business community gathers monthly to hear from industry experts and CEOs on the business climate, the M&A environment and corporate growth strategies. This event attracts more than 200 private equity investors, corporate development specialists, intermediaries and other dealmakers.
Corporate Development Forum: The exclusive ACG Boston Corporate Development Forum is open solely to corporate development executives involved with corporate strategy and business development. An ongoing breakfast seminar series provides a venue for networking with peers and for hearing from content experts on corporate development, strategic partnerships and mergers and acquisitions.
Growth Conference and ACG Capital Connection: The largest M&A conference on the East Coast, this event draws more than 1,000 dealmakers, including private equity firms, investment banks and corporate development offices. It offers the ACG Capital Connection, an M&A marketplace featuring private equity and mezzanine debt providers from across the country, plus ACG DealSource, where intermediaries and private equity firms take part in one-on-one meetings.
Tech DealMakers Awards & Conference: The ACG Boston Tech DealMakers Awards & Conference, in partnership with Mass High Tech, gathers executives from later-stage technology companies and deal intermediaries. The event offers insights into the business of technology and provides access to capital providers.
Networking Nights: Throughout the year, ACG Boston organizes end-of-day networking events along Route 128 and in Boston. The Big Deal events - a series of exclusive gatherings designed especially for private equity professionals and investment bankers - are by invitation only.
Annual Ski-and-Snowboard Day: Nearly 100 members and guests participate in our annual business networking program at a local-area ski resort. This daylong event includes both skiers and snowboarders of all levels. In addition, members enjoy the ever-popular apres-ski networking social.
Buyers Roundtable: The Buyers Roundtable is a monthly breakfast series open only to the corporate and private equity members of ACG Boston. Limited to 40 attendees, this exclusive event provides and opportunity for members to interact with their peers and featured speakers in a welcoming environment. The presentations focus on key issues of interest to ACG Boston's core members.
Annual DealMakers Outlook Conference: The Annual DealMakers Outlook Conference, formerly known as the Economic Outlook Conference, provides a unique perspective on the economy from leading national economists, investment strategists and CEOs. This popular afternoon event consistently draws more than 500 people and is followed by a lively networking reception.
Women's Executive Forum: Businesswomen from a broad range of industries meet quarterly for networking and dynamic discussions on topics of importance to women in the corporate environment. Most forums are conducted as breakfast meetings with 40 to 50 women executives and featured speakers. These gatherings have also included wine-tasting events and golf outings, offering a relaxed setting for networking.
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