Association for Corporate Growth

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth has chapters worldwide representing 14,500 members. ACG serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders and advisers to growing middle-market companies. ACG’s mission is to drive middle-market growth.

75% of ACG members report that they have done business with fellow members.

This return on investment has made ACG the most trusted and respected resource for middle-market dealmakers and business leaders who invest in growth and build companies.

Why Join ACG?

* Access a global network of over 14,500 members from all areas of midmarket M&A.
* Over 1,200 networking events globally including DealMAX—one of the largest M&A conferences.
* Expert intelligence with Middle Market Growth magazine, webinars, podcasts and more.

ACG Members represent the most active and engaged professionals within the middle market. They embody ACG’s mission of driving middle-market growth by carrying out their own missions: to source and close deals, to grow their own organizations, to win business, and to continue developing their own careers.

And we help make it happen. When you join ACG as a member, you gain access to the exclusive network and benefit from the connections that ACG actively facilitates.

Does this sound like you? Are you among the middle-market’s foremost, deal-making, business-growing, investment-finding, ladder-climbing, acquisition-targeting, talent-sourcing, hand-shaking (metaphorically speaking), professionals?

If so, we encourage you to join ACG as a member and take advantage of the many benefits.

Why Join?
ACG Members represent the most active and engaged professionals within the middle market. They embody ACG’s mission of driving middle-market growth by carrying out their own missions: to source and close deals, to grow their own organizations, to win business, and to continue developing their own careers.
And we help make it happen. When you join ACG as a member, you gain access to the exclusive network and benefit from the connections that ACG actively facilitates.

Does this sound like you? Are you among the middle-market’s foremost, deal-making, business-growing, investment-finding, ladder-climbing, acquisition-targeting, talent-sourcing, hand-shaking, professionals?

If so, we encourage you to join ACG as a member and take advantage of the following benefits:

Member-Exclusive Events and Programming – Collaborate with other members and benefit from expert panels and industry insights.

Member-Only Discounts for all ACG-hosted events

Access to the ACG Member Directory: Search for and connect with fellow ACG members with our exclusive directory of middle-market professionals

A Subscription to Middle Market Growth® Magazine: Keep up to date on news, trends, best practices and thought leadership in the middle market

Middle Market Insights Webinars – Relevant knowledge-shares from thought leaders

GrowthTV – Videos that cover trends and breaking news, highlight noteworthy deals, and have in-depth conversations with top Middle Market professionals

GF Data – ACG members receive a 20% discount on subscriptions to GF Data, the most reliable data on private M&A transactions ranging from $10-$500 million.

ACG JobSource® – Post or search for a job on ACG’s job board for middle-market professionals

Member-Only Offers courtesy of ACG’s Partners

Exclusive benefits on a subscription to Grata, a modern company search engine for proprietary deal-sourcing, market mapping, and targeted B2B campaigns.

Pre-approval for a free membership to EPG, a dynamic Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) that can help you leverage over $60B in purchasing power by negotiating some of the lowest rates on popular business services like UPS, Maersk, and many others.

6-Month Free Trial for FoundersCard

Member discounts and benefits can vary slightly depending on which chapter you join. We encourage you to find your local chapter with the Chapter Locator to learn more.

FUN FACTS
According to our members:
* 75% of ACG Members do deals with other members.
* 86% of ACG Members are either very or extremely likely to recommend ACG to a friend or colleague.

Driving Middle Market Growth®
ACG hosts hundreds of events annually for middle-market professionals. ACG events offer something for everyone operating in middle-market M&A, including special networks for corporate development officers, family offices, women, and young professionals.

About ACG Networks
While you can find information in so many places these days, ACG’s peer-to-peer networks offer invaluable wisdom. ACG actively cultivates networks for a variety of subsets within the middle-market community to provide you with focused peer-to-peer networking and best practice sharing.

Find Your Network
View the current list of networks available to ACG members below. Click on any of the following to view the ACG chapters that offer programming focused on these valued midmarket professionals.

ACG Media
ACG Media produces content for middle-market M&A professionals and business operators across print, web and multimedia channels. Its offerings include two print magazines—Middle Market DealMaker and Middle Market Executive—along with special reports, e-newsletters and web-exclusive content at middlemarketgrowth.org. ACG Media also spans video, with its GrowthTV channel, and audio, with the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast. Across its various platforms, ACG Media keeps more than 200,000 middle-market dealmaking and operating professionals up to date on news, trends and best practices.

Thank You to All of Our ACG Sponsors!
ACG sponsors are companies and organizations that are invested in promoting ACG’s mission of Driving Middle-Market Growth® by supporting key strategic initiatives and making a sustained and important contribution to ACG’s success. This distinguished group does so by educating today’s decision makers on trends and best practices, while also further expanding their brand and position in the middle market industry.

Learn more about opportunities to become a sponsor. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact Kaitlyn Gregorio at sponsorship@acg.org to learn more

CONTACT ACG

ACG HQ
227 W. Monroe Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60606

Partnerships/Sponsorships
Kaitlyn Gregorio
Vice President, Sales
602-741-2226
sponsorship@acg.org

Chapter Inquiries
Chris Dickman
Senior Manager, Chapter Operations
312-724-6935 Ext. 851
chapters@acg.org