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Event Details
When:
June 4, 2026 6 PM - 9 PM EDT
Where:
Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner
Overview
Join ACG National Capital on June 4 for our premier Annual Corporate Growth Awards Gala — an evening celebrating the companies, executives, investors, and dealmakers driving growth and innovation across the middle market.
As one of the region’s marquee business events, the Awards Gala brings together top leaders from across the Greater Washington corporate community for an unforgettable night of recognition, networking, and celebration at the The Ritz-Carlton. We are grateful to our sponsors and partners whose support makes this special evening possible and helps us continue recognizing excellence in corporate growth throughout the region.
Join us for an incredible evening with the area’s leading business professionals and celebrate the achievements shaping the future of the middle market community.
Questions: Megan Kmiotek mkmiotek@acg.org or Jeanna Hilton jhilton@acg.org
We are proud to recognize this year’s outstanding finalists whose achievements continue to shape and strengthen the middle market community:
2026 ACG Award Finalists
Deal Under $50 Million
Razor's Edge/Integer Technologies
Aprio/NextFed
Xcelerate Solutions/ClearAvenue
Piper Sandler/G Squared Capital Partners
CASE/Ragnarok Technologies
Deal $50 Million to $250 Million
SAIC/SilverEdge Government Solutions
American Systems/Epsilon
Alpha Omega/Marco Solutions, SeKON
Enlightenment, Razor's Edge/Expedition Technology
Falfurrias Management Partners/Woven Solutions
Deal Over $250 Million
AV/BlueHalo
Serco/Northrop Grumman's Mission Training and Satellite Ground Network Communications Software Business
Carlyle/Quantum Leap
LockHeed Martin/Amentum’s Rapid Solutions Business
Deal Team: Growth Equity or Venture Capital
Razor's Edge
Lafayette Square
Updata Partners
Deal Team: Private Equity
Falfurrias Management Partners
Arlington Capital Partners
McNally Capital
The Carlyle Group
The Brydon Group
Deal Team: Public Company
BigBear.ai
SAIC
Serco
V2X
Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25 Million
X8
Frontier Design
ThinkTek
FOCUS Learning
Humango Solutions
Corporate Growth Company Award $25 Million - $75 Million
Amnivero
WorldWide Mission Critical
Blue Sky Innovators
ShorePoint
Makwa Global
Corporate Growth Company Award $75 Million - $250 Million
Hawkeye
CATHEXIS
Sport Squad d/b/a Joola
Alpha Omega
eSimplicity
Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250 Million
GuidePoint Security
AV
Liquidity Services
Stride
GovCIO
Executive of the Year – Private Company
Kristine McGuire, Victory Solutions
Steve Sheamer, Frontier Design
John Steckel, American Systems
Anne Defot-Sido, Makwa Global
Executive of the Year – Private Equity
Bob Pudney, Black Sea
Damon Griggs, Revolutional
Katie Selbe, GRVTY
David Popelier, ATS
Jonathan Evans, B&A
Executive of the Year – Public Company
Jeremy Wensinger, V2X
Wahid Nawabi, AV
Kevin McAleenan, BigBear.ai
Community Service Award Winners
This year we are proud to announce two exceptional companies making an impact in the community service award arena:
ATS
Makwa Global
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