The Scherzer Deal Report: April 7-11, 2025
Here is this week’s Deal Report for private equity and venture capital activity for US-based PE and VC firms and portfolio companies, brought to you by Scherzer International.
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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds
AlpInvest
$3.2B
Second portfolio finance fund
Andros Capital Partners
$1B
Third fund
Excelsior Energy Capital
$1B+
Second energy transition fund
FM Capital
$240M
Fourth fund
JPMorgan Asset Management
$1.5B
Second forest and climate solutions fund
KSL Capital Partners
$1.44B
Second tactical opportunities fund
Lerer Hippeau
$200M
Ninth flagship VC fund
Pantheon
$5.2B
Third private credit secondaries fund
RCP Advisors
$994M
Fifth co-investing fund
SignalFire
$1B+
Latest fund
Private Equity Deals
Altus Capital Partners and Centerfield Capital Partners
ALM Positioners
Undisclosed amount
Rock Island, IL-based provider of automated positioning equipment for manufacturers
Seaside Equity Partners
Capstone
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of tax, accounting, and advisory services to small and mid-size clients in the Pacific Northwest
LongueVue Capital
Daedalus Industrial
Undisclosed amount
Bradenton, FL-based maker of management and control systems for data centers and industrials
Middle West Partners
David Webb
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based jeweler
Paceline Equity Partners
Kassel Mechanical
Undisclosed amount
Columbus, OH-based installer of MEPF systems
DFW Capital Partners
Kept Companies
Undisclosed amount
Fairfield, NJ-based cleaning and maintenance company
Bain Capital
Lincoln Financial
$825M
Radnor, PA-based financial services company
New Mountain Capital
Office Ally
Undisclosed amount
Vancouver, WA-based provider of cloud-based clearinghouse and software to health care
Apollo
Plume
Undisclosed amount
Denver, CO-based tokenization business
Wind Point Partners
Sigma
Undisclosed amount
Cream Ridge, NJ-based maker of waterworks infrastructure products
Bain Capital
Sizzling Platter
$1B+
Salt Lake City, UT-based restaurant chain
New Mountain Capital
Thoughtful.ai
Undisclosed amount
Austin, TX-based revenue cycle automation company
Venture Capital Deals
DTCP, Glilot, Vertex, and Red Dot
Anecdotes
$55M
Palo Alto, CA-based GRC automation platform
Glade Brook Capital, YC, Day One Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Oliver Jung, and Fellows Fund
Artisan
$25M
Milwaukee, WI-based AI sales agent startup
Mayfield and Menlo Ventures
Aurascape
$50M
Santa Clara, CA-based provider of security and observatbility for AI apps
a16z, Addition, Lightspeed, Valor Equity Partners, Thrive Capital, Altimeter, Terraine, and Trust Ventures
Base Power
$200M
Austin, TX-based provider of residential backup batteries
Spark Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Amex Ventures, and a16z
Blackbird Labs
$50M
Cupertino, CA and Ukraine-based blockchain-enabled payment option for restaurants
Shine Capital, Synchrony Ventures, Sheva Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Cerca Partners
Bliss Aesthetics
$17.5M
Bay Harbor Islands, FL-based cosmetic surgery startup
Index Ventures and Motorola
Brinc
$75M
Seattle, WA-based maker of public safety drones
SineWave Ventures, Razor’s Edge Ventures, and Ten Eleven Ventures
Corsha
$18M
Vienna, VA-based provider of machine-to-machine communication solutions
Bain Capital Ventures, a16z, and Abstract Ventures
Krea
$83M
San Francisco, CA-based platform for creatives working with genAI
Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Hanabi Capital
LiveKit
$45M
San Jose, CA-based network infrastructure startup for multimodal AI apps
Bain Capital Life Sciences, BVF Partners, Third Rock Ventures, GV, and PXV Funds
MeridaBiosciences
$121M
Cambridge, MA-based biotech focused on serious autoimmune and allergic diseases
CapitalG, M12, Micron Ventures, NVIDIA, and Socratic Partners
nEye Systems
$58M
Emeryville, CA-based optical switch startup
T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Tiger Global, Greylock, and XN
Nuro
$106M
Mountain View, CA-based developer of autonomous driving tech
NewRoad Capital Partners, MK Capital, and Moore Strategic Ventures
Optilogic
$40M
Ann Arbor, MI-based provider of supply chain design software
Updata Partners and Elsewhere Partners
Portnox
$37.5M
Austin, TX-based provider of zero trust access control solutions
Prosus
Rain
$75M
Los Angeles, CA-based earned wage access app
Foresite Capital and OrbiMed
RayThera
$110M
San Diego, CA-based immunology biotech
Applied Ventures, Atika Capital, Foxconn, Hanwha Deeptech Venture Fund, Hitachi Ventures, NEC Orchestrating Future Fund, NVIDIA, Prosperity7, SineWave Ventures, Translink Capital, University of Michigan, and YC
Rescale
$115M
San Francisco, CA-based digital engineering platform
Google, Nvidia, and BNP Paribas
SandboxAQ
$150M
Palo Alto, CA-based Alphabet spinoff developing AI models for enterprise
Eli Lilly, Biovision Ventures, Pappas Capital, and Hengdian Group Capital
Solu Therapeutics
$41M
Boston, MA-based developer of blood cancer immunotherapies
WestBridge Capital, B37 Ventures, Rocketship.vc, and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tessell
$60M
San Ramon, CA-based developer of multi-cloud database-as-a-service