The Scherzer Deal Report: March 4-8, 2024
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.
Fundraising for PE & VC Funds
Artemis
$36M
Second fund
Capitol Meridian Partners
$900M
Debut fund
Commerce Ventures
$150M
Fifth fund
EQT
$3.3B
Long-hold impact investing fund
Fathom Fund
$100M+
Debut fund
Prudence
$80M
Third fund
Riverarch Equity Partners
$1B
Fourth fund
Silas Capital
$150M
Second consumer growth fund
Private Equity Deals
L Catterton
AmaWaterways
Undisclosed amount
Calabasas, CA-based luxury river cruise line
Keystone Capital
Barkley and OKRP
Undisclosed amount
Merger of consumer marketing firms
AE Industrial Partners
Calca Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Lake Charles, LA-based maker of hydrazine
Charlesbank Capital Partners
EverDriven Technologies
Undisclosed amount
Greenwood Village, CO-based alternative student transportation platform
Carousel Capital
O.R. Colan Associates
Undisclosed amount
Charlotte, NC-based provider of right-of-way services and land management solutions
Lee Equity Partners
PCS Retirement
Undisclosed amount
Philadelphia, PA-based retirement plan recordkeeper
Luxium Solutions
PLX and PLX UK
Undisclosed amount
Deer Park, NY-based designer and manufacturer of optical products for defense and aerospace
Venture Capital Deals
Rockefeller Capital Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Signal
Fire, and Checkr
Argyle
$30M
New York, NY-based provider of income and employment data
IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, South Park Commons, Lachy Groom, and Base Case
Baseten
$40M
San Francisco, CA-based machine learning infrastructure startup
Next Coast Ventures, S3 Ventures, and UPMC Enterprises
BrainCheck
$15M
Austin, TX-based cognitive health assessment startup
Centana Growth Partners
Cayosoft
$22.5M
Columbus, OH-based Microsoft Active Directory management firm
Delta-v Capital, AllianceBernstein, Standard Investments, Toshiba Digital Solutions, SE Ventures, Rockwell Automation, and SVB
Claroty
$100M
New York, NY-based cyber-physical systems protection provider
Sapphire Ventures and Ansa Capital
Defense Unicorns
$35M
Colorado Springs, CO-based provider of continuous delivery software for national security systems.
CapitalG
DTEX Systems
$50M
San Jose, CA-based insider risk management company
ARCH Venture Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, GV, Cormorant Asset Management, RA Capital, General Catalyst, and Alex Gorsky
FogPharma
$145M
Cambridge, MA-based oncology startup
Fin Capital, Glilot Capital Partners, Group11, and TriNet
Healthee
$32M
New York, NY-based health benefits startup
Cerberus Capital Management
Maybell Quantum
$25M
Denver, CO-based quantum infrastructure developer
Base10 Partners, Digitalis Ventures, Conductive Ventures, and Uphonest Capital
Moego
$24M
Los Angeles, CA-based payments and scheduling software company for pet groomers
B Capital
Nalu Medical
$20M
Carlsbad, CA-based developer of miniature neurostimulation devices
Cota Capital, GM Ventures, and RTX Ventures
Neural Propulsion Systems
$17.5M
Pleasanton, CA-based software-defined radar startup
March Capital, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, E14 Fund, Crosslink Capital, Spring Rock Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Harmonic Growth Partners, and the American Dental Association
Overjet
$53.2M
Boston, MA-based dental provider support startup
Powerhouse Capital and the PGA Tour
Pro Shop
$19.25M
Golf media and commerce startup.
BlackRockRapid
SOS
$75M
New York, NY-based emergency response data platform
Ballistic Ventures and Artisanal Ventures
Reach Security
$20M
Sunnyvale, CA-based startup that helps companies get more value out of existing cybersecurity tools.
Octopus Ventures, QED, Mouro Capital, and Counterpart Ventures
Remofirst
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based HR tech startup
Lightspeed, Fin Capital, Naventures, Diagram, Banco Popular, and Mana Ventures
Synctera
$18.6M
San Francisco, CA-based banking-as-a-service startup
Base10 Partners, Anthos Capital, Tech Operators, and StoneMill Ventures
Todyl
$50M
Denver, CO-based modular cybersecurity startup
Upload Ventures, Quiet Capital, and Pear Ventures
Topsort
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based adtech startup