ACG SV C-Circle - August 2026

ACG Silicon Valley’s C-Circle is the chapter’s smaller corporate and strategics block: an evening for people who sit on the company side of middle-market growth, partnerships, and M&A. The August 27 session is hosted with Melanie Walker of CFGI, a finance consultancy, and Nick Sheets of DLA Piper, the law firm lending the Palo Alto office. Chapter promotion describes candid conversations among CEOs and senior leaders working through similar growth and decision-making questions, rather than a ballroom panel. If that is your seat at the table, C-Circle is the August block that matches it.

The Association for Corporate Growth, founded in 1954, is a global middle-market deal community. ACG Silicon Valley’s C-Circle began as a CEO Circle and later opened to C-suite executives who meet to share operating issues and strategies. It sits next to the chapter’s M&A Circle and outlook panels as a leadership lane, not a general mixer. Register on the ACG Silicon Valley event page; member status is checked at checkout.

Go if you work corporate development, strategy, finance, or advisory around Silicon Valley growth companies, or you are a CEO or C-level operator who already uses ACG. Skip if you need pan-Asian membership socials, an open AI demo night, or a San Jose chamber coffee. Non-members can buy in, but the conversation stays senior and company-side. Bring a concise operating or deal question, not a cold pitch.

Thursday, August 27, 2026, 4:00 to 6:00 PM PDT at DLA Piper, 3203 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Hanover Street office towers need building access discipline; arrive with registration confirmation. Peninsula evening traffic into Palo Alto at 4:00 PM is the logistics risk. Pair with ACG San Francisco’s Lafayette soiree only if both chapters and both calendars match your week; Tuesday in Lafayette and Thursday in Palo Alto are separate association rooms.

Listed pricing: Silicon Valley chapter members complimentary, other ACG chapter members $30, non-members $60. Complimentary SV-member admission still requires checkout with matching member status. Confirm live inventory on acg.org before you block Hanover Street.