20th Corporate Growth Awards

The Washington, DC metro region’s most successful growth companies, significant deals and active deal teams for 2021 will be honored at ACG's Corporate Growth Awards Gala on June 8th, 2022. ACG National Capital recognizes the companies, executives and deal teams that are responsible for making this region one of the best in which to do business.  Click here to see last years' winners. 

 

Announcing the Finalists for the Twelve Award Categories: 

 

Deal of the Year: Under $50M 

Buchanan & Edwards acquires RenXTech 

GCOM, a Sagewind Capital portfolio company, acquires Qlarion 

Mytonomy Series B Equity Raise ($25M) 

System One acquires Quadel 

 

Deal of the Year: $50M - $250M 

Arlington Capital Partners acquires L3Harris Technologies’ Electron Devices and Narda Microwave-West divisions to form Stellant Systems 

Parsons acquires BlackHorse Solutions 

Robotic Research Series A Equity Raise ($228M) 

Sigma Defense, a Sagewind Capital portfolio company, acquires SOLUTE 

 

Deal of the Year: $250M - $1B 

Arlington Capital Partners acquires Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc. (SPA) 

GovCIO, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe portfolio company, acquires Salient CRGT 

Jacobs acquires BlackLynx 

OceanSound Partners acquires DMI 
 

Deal of the Year: Over $1 Billion 

Accenture Federal Services acquires Novetta 

Axel Springer acquires POLITICO 

Cvent merger with special purpose acquisition company Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II to become a publicly traded company 

Peraton, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, acquires Perspecta Inc. 

 

Deal Team: Public Company of the Year 

The AES Corporation 

Booz Allen Hamilton 

ICF 

Jacobs 

 

Deal Team: Growth Equity or Venture Capital Firm of the Year 

Blue Delta Capital Partners 

Enlightenment Capital 

Razor's Edge Ventures 

Saas Ventures 

 

Deal Team: Private Equity Firm of the Year 

AE Industrial Partners 

Arlington Capital Partners 

HCI Equity Partners 

OceanSound Partners 

 

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M 

Amivero 

AutoSled 

cBEYONData 

Curbio 

 

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M - $75M 

Caribou 

CTI 

Procentrix 

 

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M - $250M 

Aeyon 

Brillient 

Two Six Technologies 

 

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M 

Amentum 

Avantus Federal 

Guidehouse 

REGENXBIO 

 

Service Project of the Year (Voted on the night of the Gala) 

Join us at the Awards Gala for the live voting for Service Project of the Year. 
Videos of our nominees' (below) projects will be released soon!   

Bernstein Private Wealth Management, Washington, DC: Employee-led culture of service and giving in the National Capital Region 

Brillient: Children's Inn at NIH/Educate Fairfax 

INOVA: Inova Care Clinics for Families (ICCF)/Inova Care Clinics for Children (ICCC) 

MissionLink.Next: America’s Warrior Partnership/Defense Intelligence Memorial Fund (DIMF)/Spookstock 

PenFed / SOSi: PenFed Foundation Master’s Programs Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program 

Raymond James: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)