Firm Events

MCB is a proud sponsor of The 2024 West Coast Capital Summit & CapitaLinx, April 9-11, 2024, at The Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, California. The West Coast Capital Summit brings together more than 200 lower middle market fund managers, limited partners, investment bankers, and industry professionals. Conference attendees will gain insights into the legislative and regulatory agendas in Washington. They will hear from SBA Investment Division Chiefs on key details in licensing, operations and examination as well as updates on SBIC programs, internal operations, new initiatives, and goals for the year ahead.

The conference also provides an environment for networking with senior-level decision makers and is a host for CapitaLinx, SBIA’s exclusive matchmaking opportunity for institutional investors and lower middle market funds.

Please join us on February 29, 2024, at 6:30 pm to cook Braised Lentils with Polish Kielbasa and Cabbage. This recipe serves 4 so invite family and friends to cook and enjoy with you.

When looking for a hearty meal, look no further than this dish. It’s full of vegetables, earthy lentils, and garlicy kielbasa sausage, simmered in chicken broth and scented with rosemary.

This recipe can easily be adapted to make it vegetarian, just swap the chicken broth for vegetable broth, and substitute the sausage for smoked tofu or vegetarian kielbasa, Tofurky brand.

Ingredient List

•  2 tablespoons vegetable oil

•  1 yellow onion (thinly sliced)

•  2 garlic cloves (minced)

•  Minced fresh flat-leaf parsley, for serving.

•  1 small cabbage, any color you prefer – enough for roughly 4 cups (thinly sliced)

•  4 celery stalks (thinly sliced)

•  4 carrots (peeled and thinly sliced)

•  1 teaspoon dried rosemary

•  Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

•  2/3 cup dry white wine or apple juice

•  4 cups chicken broth

•  12 oz Polish kielbasa (cute into bite-sized pieces)

•  1 cup dried lentils (rinsed and soaked overnight)*

*To help facilitate a quicker cook time, be sure to presoak your lentils. Alternately, you can use pre-cooked, ready to eat lentils that come in a pouch.

MCB is a proud sponsor of The Southern Private Equity Conference, February 22-23, 2024, at the JW Marriott Nashville in Tennessee. The Southern Private Equity Conference brings together lower middle market colleagues including fund managers, limited partners, investment bankers, and industry professionals. They will be provided with insights into U.S. economic trends, updates about potential policy changes affecting a fund’s bottom line, and strategic, high-level networking opportunities.

Matthew Dwyer, Principal and leader of the firm’s Private Equity practice, will be in attendance.

MCB is a proud sponsor of The Northeast Private Equity Conference, January 23-24, 2024, at the Lotte New York Palace in New York. The Northeast Private Equity Conference brings together lower middle market fund managers, limited partners, investment bankers, and industry professionals. Along with being a forum for networking, the conference includes updates on regulatory and legislative issues and panel discussions on fund strategies, fundraising and much more.

Matthew Dwyer, Principal and leader of the firm’s Private Equity practice, will be in attendance.