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The Scherzer Deal Report: July 28-August 1, 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

50 South Capital
$2.1B
Fifth private equity secondaries fund ($1.2B) and its 11th direct PE fund ($893M)

Deciens Capital
$93M
Third fund

Dextra Partners
$825M
Seventh co-investment fund

Frazier Life Sciences
$1.3B
12th venture fund

Gilgamesh Ventures
$20M
Second fintech-focused fund

Silversmith Capital Partners
$1.7B
Fifth fund

Skyline Investors
$125M
Debut fund

Private Equity Deals

Archimed
Arkstone
Undisclosed amount
Boca Raton, FL-based clinical decision support firm focused on infectious disease

Warburg Pincus
FlavorSum
Undisclosed amount
Kalamazoo, MI-based provider of natural flavor solutions for food and beverage companies

GTCR
FMG Suite
Undisclosed amount
San Diego, CA-based provider of marketing automation software for financial advisors and insurance brokers

Gridiron Capital
Greenix
Undisclosed amount
Orem, UT-based pest control company

TA Associates
HealthMark Group
Undisclosed amount
Addison, TX-based clinical information exchange solutions for health-care providers

L Catterton
L.A.B. Golf
Undisclosed amount
Creswell, OR-based golf putter maker

EQT
Neogov
Undisclosed amount
El Segundo, CA-based provider of public sector HR management and policy management software

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Shipley Do-Nuts
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based donut and coffee shop franchisor

Integrum Holdings
Stout
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based investment bank

Thoma Bravo
Trading Technologies
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based capital markets tech platform

Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners
Triumph Group
Undisclosed amount
Radnor, PA-based maker of aftermarket parts for aerospace and defense systems

Venture Capital Deals

A16z, Oak HC/FT, OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and Optum Ventures
Ambience Healthcare

$243M
San Francisco, CA-based AI scribe startup

Insight Partners and Mubadala Capital
Anaconda
$150M
Austin, TX-based provider of AI dev tools

Valtruis, Transformation Capital, Shaper Capital, and Healthy Ventures
Arbital Health
$31M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of health care payments solutions

Sofinnova Investments, B Capital, F-Prime, Omega Funds, Third Rock Ventures, QIA, and Alexandria Venture Investments
Artbio
$132M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of radiopharmaceuticals for treating cancer

TQ Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, NewFare, WIN, Interlace, Arena Holdings, and Tony James’ family office
Augmodo
$37.5M
Seattle, WA-based retail inventory management startup

O.G. Venture Partners, Lightspeed, Hetz Ventures, and Vertex Growth
BlinkOps
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of cybersecurity “micro-agents”

Emergence Capital, Pace Capital, 1984 Ventures, Essence VC, and Cox Exponential
Cline
$32M
San Francisco, CA-based AI coding agent

Abstract Ventures, True Ventures, and HOF Capital
Conversion
$28M
Brentwood, TN-based marketing automation startup

Theory Ventures, Madrona, Decibel Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, and IQT
Dropzone AI
$37M
Seattle, WA-based developer of cybersecurity agents

Insight Partners, Decibel, Sunflower Capital, and Kaya
E2B
$21M
San Francisco, CA-based open-source cloud infrastructure company

Notable Capital and Hyperwise Ventures
Echo
$15M
Blue Bell, PA-based software infrastructure security startup

Greylock and Redpoint Ventures
Fable Security
$31M
San Francisco, CA-based human risk management platform

Meritech, Salesforce Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kindred Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Notable Capital, First Round Capital, Unusual Ventures and Village Global
Fal
$125M
San Francisco, CA-based AI infrastructure company

a16z, Norwest Venture Partners, Canvas Ventures, and Camber Creek
Flyhomes
$15M
Issaquah, WA-based real estate platform

PSGHero
Devs
$125M
Sandy, UT-based provider of OSS security tools

GFT Ventures, Sound Venturesled, Silicon Road Ventures, Osage Ventures, and Rise of the Rest
Knit
$16.1M
Austin, TX-based consumer research startup

Maor Investments, Dell Technologies Capital, Norwest, and Zeev Ventures
LakeFS
$20M
Santa Monica, CA-based version control system for enterprise data

Coatue, Accel, and Picture Capital
Legion
$38M
New York, NY-based AI security operations center startup

Wing VC, Norwest, and S Capital
Lumana
$40M
Los Gatos, CA-based video security startup

Forbion, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Sanofi, T. Rowe Price, Avego BioScience Capital, Novo Holdings, 5AM Ventures, and Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities
MapLight Therapeutics
$373M
Redwood City, CA-based biotech focused on CNS disorders

Kleiner Perkins and AllianceBernstein
Motive
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based ops platform for the physical economy

Onto Innovation, Lam Capital, UMC Capital, and MediaTek Capital
Multibeam
$31M
Santa Clara, CA-based process control startup for semiconductors

Sutter Hill Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, and Capital One Ventures
Observe
$156M
San Mateo, CA-based observability startup

Dragoneer, Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, a16z, Altimeter, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Thrive Capital
OpenAI
$8.3B
San Francisco, CA-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company

Foundation Capital and Green Bay Ventures
PlayerZero
$20M
Atlanta, GA-based predictive software quality company

Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Flume Ventures, Resilience Reserve, 1517 Fund, and Unless
Positron AI
$51.6M
Reno, NV-based developer of a transformer inference appliance

Insight Partners and a16z
Promptfoo
$18.4M
San Francisco, CA-based AI security and evaluatoon platform

Accel and Bain Capital Ventures
Prophet Security
$30M
Palo Alto, CA-based provider of agentic AI for SOCs

Iconiq, Sutter Hill Ventures, Lightspeed, T. Rowe Price, GV, Emerson Collective, Operator Collective, Pinegrove Capital Partners, Founders Fund, D1 Capital Partners, GIC, Coatue, Avenir Growth, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Sands Capital, 8VC, Lux Capital, Altimeter, Definition Capital, 137 Ventures, General Catalyst, and Stripes
Ramp
$500M
New York, NY-based financial ops platform

Ballistic Ventures, defy.vc, Booz Allen Ventures, Shield Capital, Next Frontier Capital, and Madison Valley Partners
Reveal Technology
$30M
Bozeman, MT-based defense-tech focused on imagery and mapping

Human Capital, Pax VC, Washington Harbour Partners, a16z, Point72 Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, and Forward Deployed VC
Rune Technologies
$24M
Arlington, VA-based developer of predictive software for the battlefield

Avataar Ventures, SIG Venture Capital, NextEquity Partners, and Prosperity7 Ventures
Safe
$70M
Palo Alto, CA-based cyber risk company

A16z, Matrix Partners, Michael Ovitz, and YC
Salient
$60M
San Francisco, CA-based loan servicing platform

FTV Capital
Saphyre
$70M
Hoboken, NJ-based provider of finance ops and trading workflow software

Valspring Capital, Primary Venture Partners, C&S Family Capital, Lerer Hippeau, and Toba Capital
Small Door Veterinary
$35M
New York, NY-based membership-focused veterinary care company

Silver Lake Waterman
Sparrow
$35M
San Francisco, CA-based employee leave management startup

Bitfinex, Hack VC, Franklin Templeton, eGirl Capital, Mirana, Castle Island Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, Nascent, and Blue Pool Capital
Stable
$28M
San Francisco, CA-based tether-focused layer-1 blockchain

Material Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Azolla Ventures, Fortescue, Impact Science Ventures, and SOSV
Still Bright
$18.7M
Newark, NJ-based developer of copper extraction tech

Wellington, Atlassian Ventures, CrowdStrike Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, and JPMorgan
Vanta
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based enterprise compliance management startup

Toba Capital
Wallarm
$55M
San Francisco, CA-based API and AI security startup

Touring Capital, a16z, Long Journey Ventures, Distributed Ventures, and Company Ventures
Wingspan
$24M
New York, NY-based payroll platform for independent contractors

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 14-18, 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

Blue Owl Capital
$850M
Alternative credit fund

Mantis VC
$100M
Third fund

Modi Ventures
$88M
Second fund

Neuberger Berman
$2.8B
Fifth co-investing fund

Pantheon
$2.2B
Third fund

Stone Point Capital
$11.5B
Tenth flagship fund

The Riverside Co.
$750M
Second fund for SMEs

Valante Capital
$115M
Second fund

Private Equity Deals

NexPhase Capital
Empower Community Care
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based provider of behavioral care to at-risk youth

Frontier Growth
EPR Fireworks
Undisclosed amount
Jacksonville, FL-based records management and operations software for fire and emergency medical services agencies

Watchtower Capital
Fence Builders and Green Hill Fence Company
Undisclosed amount
North and South Carolina fencing companies 

KKR
ghSmart
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based C-suite leadership and advisory firm

Warburg Pincus
Keystone Agency Partners
Undisclosed amount
Mechanicsburg, PA-based insurance broker and agency network

Mitchell Capital
Optelos
Undisclosed amount
Deer Park, TX-based visual inspection platform using digital twins

Bain Capital, Kohlberg, and Mubadala Investment Company
PCI Pharma Services
Undisclosed amount
Philadelphia, PA-based contract development and manufacturing organization

The Sterling Group
Precision Concepts International
Undisclosed amount
Huntersville, NC-based provider of specialty rigid packaging solutions

HKW
Sepratech Liquid Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Gonzales, LA-based industrial water and wastewater treatment service

KKR
SupplyHouse
Undisclosed amount
Melville, NY-based e-commerce platform for the HVAC, plumbing, and electric distribution

Lightview Capital Vermana, Pulexa, and n
V Pools
Undisclosed amount
Three Orlando, FL-based affiliated commercial pool service companies

Mascarene Partners
Voyager Trucking
Undisclosed amount
Newark, NJ-based waste transportation provider

Northleaf Capital Partners and Avalt
Wash Multifamily Holdings
Undisclosed amount
Torrance, CA-based laundry infrastructure services company

Venture Capital Deals

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and Kimmeridge Energy Management Company
38 Degrees North
$230M
Sausalito, CA-based company focused on community solar

Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley
Amogy
$23M
New York, NY-based provider of ammonia-to-power solutions

8VC and Eclipse
Bedrock Robotics
$80M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of autonomous heavy machinery

JMI Equity, Index Ventures, and VMG Partners
Boulevard
$80M
Los Angeles, CA-based maker of software for self-care businesses

Centana Growth Partners
CertifID
$47.5M
Austin, TX-based real estate wire fraud prevention company

Union Square Ventures, a16z crypto, and Lightspeed Faction. Coinbase, Offline Ventures, Sound Ventures, and Distributed Global
Ephemera
$20M
New York, NY-based company with an open-source messaging protocol

Navis Capital Partners
Eton Solutions
$58M
Morrisville, NC-based wealth management platform for family offices

Zeev Ventures, Greenfield Partners, 10D VC, Square Peg, JIBE, Vintage Investment Partners, and Leblon Capital
Exodigo
$96M
Palo Alto, CA-based underground data intelligence company

5AM Ventures and The Forest Road Company
Fellow Health
$24M
San Leandro, CA-based company male reproductive health startup

Energize Capital, BCV, and Footwork
Felt
$15M
Oakland, CA-based platform for geospatial work

New Enterprise Associates, Washington Harbour Partners, Lockheed Martin, and Booz Allen Hamilton
Firestorm Labs
$47M
San Diego, CA-based drone printing company

Translink Capital, RRE Ventures, McRock Capital, Escape Investment Management, and Fifth Growth Fund
Foundation EGI
$23M
Los Altos, CA-based engineer automation startup

Impact Venture Capital, CerraCap Ventures, G Vision Capital, Mark IV Capital, and SourceCode Cerberus
GigaIO
$21M
Carlsbad, CA-based A.I. infrastructure developer

FemHealth Ventures and Warren Point Capital
GT Medical Technologies
$16M
Tempe, AZ-based medical device company

Insight Partners, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, and Flex Capital
Heron
$16M
New York, NY-based workflow automation company

SYN Venturesi
Counter
$30M
Dallas, TX-based cyber risk intelligence company

Volition Capital
Linkby
$15M
Boston, MA-based performance marketing platform

NGP Capital, Sorenson Capital, Headline, Flybridge Capital, Notable Capital, Mango Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, and IBM
NetBox Labs
$35M
New York, NY-based network and infrastructure management company

Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins,Coatue, Conviction, and Thrive
OpenEvidence
$210M
Cambridge, MA-based AI medical assistant for doctors

Five Elms Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, and Inovo VC
Spacelift
$51M
Redwood City, CA-based data-center infrastructure automation platform

Andreessen Horowitz, The Chernin Group, BOND, Klutch Sports Group CEO Rich Paul, and Skims CEO Jens Grede
Substack
$100M
San Francisoc, CA-based email newsletter platform

Greycroft, Craft Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, and South Park Commons
Vultron
$17M
San Francisco, CA-based proposal development platform

Interactive Brokers
Zerohash
$100M
Chicago, IL-based crypto infrastructure business

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 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

BlueFive Capital
$2B
Debut fund

Boldstart Ventures
$250M
Seventh fund

Coller Capital
$6.8B
Second private credit secondaries fund

Ego Death Capital
$100M
Second crypto-focused fund

Haveli Investments
$4.5B
Debut fund

Heavybit
$180M
Fifth flagship fund and second opportunity fund

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
$3.6B
Seventh flagship fund

Lorient Capital
$500M
Third health-care PE fund

OnePrime Capital
$305M
Third secondaries fund

Propel Venture Partners
$100M
Fifth fintech fund

Sarah Smith Fund
$16M
Debut fund

Private Equity Deals

Hg
A-lign
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based provider of cybersecurity compliance services

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
AIA Contract Documents
Undisclosed amount
Washington, DC-based risk management and workflow platform for the architecture, engineering and construction industry

Blue Sage Capital
Clean Scapes Enterprises
Undisclosed amount
Austin, TX-based commercial landscaper.

GTCR
Clear Capital
Undisclosed amount
Reno, NV-based provider of residential property valuation services

TPG
DirecTV
Undisclosed amount
El Segundo, CA-based pay TV provider

Nautic Partners
Ideal Tridon
Undisclosed amount
Smyrna, TN-based maker of fastening, sealing, and support systems

Constellation Wealth Capital
Merit Financial Advisors
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based wealth manager

Liberty Hall Capital Partners
Paxia
Undisclosed amount
Herndon, VA-based provider of in-flight catering management software for commercial aerospace

Strategic Value Partners
Red Oak Power
Undisclosed amount
Sayreville, NJ-based 831 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant

Main Post Partners
Smoothie King
Undisclosed amount
Dallas, TX-based food chain

Oak Hill Capital and Pamlico Capital
Socket Telecom
Undisclosed amount
Columbia, MO-based fiber internet service provider

BVP Forge
Technical Toolboxes
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based provider of engineering and maintenance software for energy infrastructure

Monogram Capital Partners
Western Smokehouse Partners
Undisclosed amount 
Galesburg, IL-based meat snack maker 

Venture Capital Deals

M Ventures, Hadean Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, 4BIO Capital, Bioqube Ventures, Innovestor’s Life Science Fund, Investinor, Surveyor Capital, and Arkin Bio Ventures
Actithera
$75.5M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of radioligand therapies

Paradigm and Dragonfly
Agora
$50M
Santa Clara, CA-based stablecoin startup

Bold Capital, Bold Longevity Growth Fund, Genoa Ventures, Manta Ray Ventures, and Yu Galaxy
Aqtual
$31M
Hayward, CA-based developer of diagnostic tests for chronic diseases

General Catalyst and GID
Bilt
$250M
New York, NY-based rent credit card provider

Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and Paradigm
Harmonic AI
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based math-focused AI startup

Alpha Edison, Wasserstein & Co, Audeo Ventures, Interlock Partners, and New Wave Capital
Honor Education
$38M
San Francisco, CA-based learning platform

T. Rowe Price, SurgoCap Partners, Temasek, UBS, and BNY
iCapital
$820M+
New York, NY-based provider of private markets tech platform for financial advisors

Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, D.E. Shaw Ventures, Amity Ventures, August Capital, Founders Circle Capital, Sozo Ventures, and Fifth Down Capital
MaintainX
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based asset management platform

EQT Life Sciences, USVP, Amzak Health, Osage University Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, and Aperture Venture Partners
Neuros Medical
$56M
Cleveland, OH‑based maker of nerve‑stimulation devices

Next47, Workday Ventures, Bling Capital, and Hyperwise Ventures
Nominal
$20M
New York, NY-based automation platform for finance ops

Threshold Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Building Ventures, Heartland Ventures, and Hometeam Ventures
Parspec
$20M
San Mateo, CA-based construction supply chain tech startup

General Catalyst, M13, and Shine
Polimorphic
$18.6M
New York, NY-based provider of resident services software for local governments

5AM Ventures, Atlas Venture, OrbiMed, and Qiming Venture Partners USA
Renasant Bio
$54.5M
Berkeley, CA-based developer of a kidney disease drug

Rizvi Traverse, Forge Global, and Ava Family Office
SandboxAQ
$95M
Palo Alto, CA-based Alphabet spinoff developing AI models for enterprises

PeakSpan Capital, Hearst Ventures, Trestle Partners, Capital Midwest Fund, and Litquidity Ventures
ServiceUp
$55M
Los Gatos, CA-based vehicle repair management platform

GreatPoint Ventures
Sundial
$16M
San Francisco, CA-based AI analytics startup

Khosla Ventures, NFDG, Bloomberg Beta, Homebrew, and Lachy Groom
Tolan
$20M
Saint Augustine, FL-based AI companion

Leaders Fund, Socii Capital, YC, Rebel Fund, and Eastlink Capital
Vellum
$20M
New York, NY-based AI development platform

Iconiq, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Capital, and The Chertoff Group
Virtru
$50M
Washington, DC-based data security startup

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 30-July 4, 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

Counterpart Ventures
$132M
Third fund

Galaxy Ventures
$175M
Debut fund

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
$3.2B
Eighth midmarket buyout fund

Sorenson Capital
$150M
Third VC fund

Private Equity Deals

Foundation Investment Partners
AAA Industrial Supply
Undisclosed amount
Garrett, IN-based distributor of industrial supplies and safety equipment

Nordic Capital
Arcadia
Undisclosed amount
Boston, MA-based health-care data platform. Sellers include Revelation Partners and Cigna Ventures

Aquiline
Archway
Undisclosed amount
Oaks, PA-based SEI’s family office services business

Trinity Hunt Partners
Blackhawk Supply
Undisclosed amount
Hoffman Estates, IL-based distributor of HVAC parts

Altaline
Brazos Safety Systems
Undisclosed amount
Fort Worth, TX-based provider of flight safety tech and analytics

Audeo Capital
Carlson Hall
Undisclosed amount
Boston, MA-based provider of offshore hiring solutions for U.S. tech startups

Blackstone
Cvent
Undisclosed amount
McLean, VA-based events software platform

TorQuest Partners
GlassRatner
$118M
Atlanta, GA-based financial advisory firm

Pact Capital Partners
Graham Partners
Undisclosed amount
Newtown Square, PA-based PE firm focused on manufacturing and tech-enabled services

Advent International
LayerZero
Undisclosed amount
Aurora, OH-based maker of static transfer switches and power distribution units for data centers

CenterOak Partners
Now CFO
Undisclosed amount
Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of outsourced finance and accounting services for SMB

Thoma Bravo
Olo
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based restaurant SaaS provider

Brightstar Capital Partners
PlayAGS
$1.1B
Las Vegas, NV-based casino game equipment maker

Stone Point Capital
The Difference Card
Undisclosed amount
Mt. Kisco, NY-based provider of health-care cost containment solutions

Harvest Partners
The Learning Experience
Undisclosed amount
Deerfield Beach, FL-based provider of early childhood education

Charger Investment Partners
Versa-Drill
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based maker of drilling rigs

Truelink Capital
Zep
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based maker of maintenance and cleaning solutions

Venture Capital Deals

Thrive Capital, Field Ventures, Homebrew, BoxGroup, Designer Fund, Mischief, and Not Boring
Ambrook
$26.1M
Denver, CO-based provider of accounting software for agriculture

Accel, Foundation Capital, YC, and Capital 49
Campfire
$35M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of ERP software

Radical Ventures, Nvidia, and Amplo
Emerald AI
$24.5M
Washington, DC-based data center power startup

BioStar Capital and Cue Growth
Field Medical
$35M
Encinitas, CA-based developer of cardiac ablation technology

Digitalis Ventures, Bold Capital, Hill Creek Partners, and NovaQuest Capital Management
Gallant
$18M
San Diego-based developer of off-the-shelf stem cell therapies for pets

Battery Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, 01A, New View Capital, and World Innovation Lab
Levelpath
$55M
San Francisco, CA-based procurement platform

Inspired Capital, Stripe, Neo, Spero Ventures, Shine Capital, and Visible Ventures
Remark
$16M
Las Vegas, NV-based developer of expert models for ecommerce

Industry Ventures, Vestigo Ventures, Euclidean Capital, Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital, The House Fund, and Brewer Lane Ventures
Savvy Wealth
$72M
New York, NY-based digital platform for financial advisors

Cerberus Ventures, Mansueto Investments, Woori Venture Partners, Apollo Labs, Bold Capital Partners, W. R. Berkley, Safar Partners, Portal Innovations, Colorcon Ventures, and Cerity Partners Ventures
Syntis Bio
$33M
Boston, MA-based developer of oral therapies for obesity and diabetes

ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments, NEA, Spiral Capital, and YC
Tailor
$22M
New Hyde Park, NY-based headless ERP platform

Flagship Pioneering
Terrana Biosciences
$50M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of vaccines for plants

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 23-27, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Counterpart Ventures
$132M
Third fund

Galaxy Ventures
$175M
Debut fund

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
$3.2B
Eighth midmarket buyout fund

Sorenson Capital
$150M
Third VC fund

Private Equity Deals

Parthenon Capital
AArete
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based digital consultancy

Unity Partners
Amplēo
Undisclosed amount
Salt Lake City, UT-based fractional finance company

26North
AVI-SPL
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based provider of audio visual and communications systems

Sound Growth Partners
Bars
Undisclosed amount
Lakewood, CO-based provider of in-store ID check compliance services

Court Square Capital Partners
DCCM
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based engineering firm focused on public infrastructure projects

TSG Consumer Partners
Dude Wipes
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based men’s personal hygiene brand 

Bregal Sagemount
Extra Duty Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Shelton, CT-based provider of off-duty program administration services and scheduling software to law enforcement and public safety agencies

Citation Capital
Gallo Mechanical
Undisclosed amount
New Orleans, LA-based mechanical contractor focused on large-scale HVAC and plumbing services

CenterGate Capital
Marena
Undisclosed amount
Lawrenceville, GA-based provider of compression garments and other clothing to medical facilities

STG
Movable Ink
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based personalized content platform

Serent Capital
PhotoDay
Undisclosed amount
Winter Park, FL-based provider of software for volume photographers

FTV Capital and Lightyear Capital
ProfitSolv
Undisclosed amount
Knoxville, TN-based provider of practice management software for professional services firms

ArcLight and DigitalBridge
Takanock

Undisclosed amount
Traverse City, MI-based provider of digital and power infrastructure solutions

Bow River Capital
Topia
Undisclosed amount
San Mateo, CA-based distributed workforce compliance company

Venture Capital Deals

A16z and Khosla Ventures
Abridge
$300M
Pittsburgh, PA-based medical AI scribe startup

Rethink Impact, L’attidude Ventures, GingerBread Capital, and DNX Ventures
AllSpice
$15M
San Francisco, CA-based collaboration platform for electronics teams

Town Hall Ventures and Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Arine
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based medication adherence startup

Granite Asia
Centific
$60M
Seattle, WA-based AI data foundry

USVP, Gradient, Madrona, Recall, Ascend, Essence, New Normal Fund, and Fika
Clarify
$15M
Seattle, WA-based autonomous CRM

Align Private Capital, IronGate Capital Advisors, Bravo Victor Venture Capital, KBW Ventures, and David Petraeus
Clearspeed
$60M
San Diego, CA-based provider of voice-based risk assessment

a16z
Cluely
$15M
Los Angeles, CA-based app that lets users cheat on things like tests and job interviews

Forgepoint Capital, S3 Ventures, and GTM Capital
DataBahn
$17M
Dallas, TX-based data pipeline platform

Felicis, M12 Ventures, Citi, and CRV
Eventual
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based AI data platform

Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Sequoia Capital, GV, DST Global, Conviction Capital, Elad Gil, Open AI Startup Fund, Elemental, SV Angel, and REV
Harvey
$300M
San Francisco, CA-based legal AI startup

Morgan Stanley’s 1GT
Insight M
$30M
Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of methane detection services for the oil and gas industry

The Stephens Group, Hummingbird Nomads, Duquesne, Brand Foundry, Floating Point, and American Family Ventures
Ledgebrook
$65M
Needham, MA-based insuretech focused on excess and surplus line

Greylock, SignalFire, SV Angel, and Maverick
Mandolin
$40M
Indianapolis, IN-based AI automation platform for specialty drug access

Marathon Management Partners, M13, Inspired Capital, and Newform Capital
Niural
$31M
Lewes, DE-based payroll and finance operations startup

Kleiner Perkins, NVentures, Saga Ventures, South Park Commons, and SV Angel
Profound
$20M
New York, NY-based answer engine optimization tool for brands

Playground Global, Cambium Capital, and Vsquared Ventures
Snowcap Compute
$23M
Palo Alto, CA-based developer of a superconducting compute platform

F-Prime Capital, QED Investors, Foundation Capital, and Fika Ventures
Spinwheel
$30M
Oakland, CA-based consumer debt management startup

America’s Frontier Fund, SBVA, Matter Venture Partners, B Capital, EDBI, Sojitz, CDIB -TEN Capital, Yazaki Innovations, B5 Capital, Tyche Partners, and Woven Capital
Tacta Systems
$64M
Palo Alto, CA-based developer of dextrous intelligence for robots

A16z and Conviction Partners
Thinking Machines Lab
$2B
San Francisco, CA-based startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati

Menlo Ventures, NEA, and 8VC
Wispr Flow
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of a dictation app

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 16-20, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Macquarie Asset Management
$6.8B
Sixth Americas infrastructure fund

Post Oak Energy Capital
$600M
Fifth fund

Private Equity Deals

AE Industrial Partners
Air Transport Components
Undisclosed amount
Gilbert, AZ-based provider of aircraft component MRO services

65 Equity Partners
Allied OMS
Undisclosed amount
Southlake, TX-based management services organization for oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Vista Equity
Amtech
Undisclosed amount
Tempe, AZ-based packaging software firm

Thompson Street Capital Partners
Bubbakoo’s Burritos
Undisclosed amount
Wall, NJ-based franchisor of fast-casual Mexican-fusion restaurants with 130 locations

Paine Schwartz Partners
Chex Finer Foods
Undisclosed amount
Mansfield, MA-based food distributor to grocery stores

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Constitution Surgery Alliance
Undisclosed amount
Avon, CT-based operator of ambulatory surgery centers

Osaic
CW Advisors
Undisclosed amount
Boston, MA-based RIA managing $13.5b in client assets

Silas Capital
DÔEN
Undisclosed amount
Los Angeles, CA-based lifestyle brand

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Hotwire Communications
Undisclosed amount
Fort Lauderdale, FL-based broadband provider

Allied Industrial Partners
Pride Dynamo
Undisclosed amount
Abilene, TX-based provider of distributed power solutions

Duration Capital Partners
Watco
Undisclosed amount
Pittsburg, KS-based transportation service company whose assets include short line railroads and ports

Venture Capital Deals

Regeneron Ventures, Deerfield, Canaan Partners, Droia Ventures, and Euclidean Capital
Actio Biosciences
$66M
San Diego, CA-based biotech focused on neurological disorders

BlackRock, Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Qatar Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Premji Invest, Stripes, Greycroft, BAM Elevate, and 137 Ventures
Applied Intuition
$600M
Mountain View, CA-based embedded intelligence platform for autonomous vehicles

llumina Ventures
Arima Genomics
$22M
Carlsbad, CA-based cancer diagnostics startup

Undisclosed
Atraverse Medical
$29.4M
Encinitas, CA-based developer of minimally invasive devices for cardiac procedures

Innovation Endeavors, YC, Homebrew, and Character VC
Extend
$17M
San Francisco, CA-based document processing platform

Kivu, Greycroft, PSG Equity, Morningside Capital, Fortitude Ventures, and Health 2047
HOPPR
$31.5M
Chicago, IL-based medical imaging startup

Ribbit Capital, Fifth Wall, Redpoint Ventures, HighSage Ventures, and Blue Owl Capital
Juniper Square
$130M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of connected fund software for private markets

Khosla Ventures, Bedrock Capital, and Sequoia Capital
Mach Industries
$100M
Austin, TX-based aerospace defense-tech startup

GLIN Impact Capital, Wealthing VC Club, and Citrine Angels
Materna Medical
$20M
Mountain View, CA-based women’s pelvic health company

Dell Technologies Capital, Cisco Investments, and SE Ventures
Maven AGI
$50M
Boston, MA-based developer of AI agents for customer experience

HV Capital, Highland Europe, DST Global, Cathay Innovation, and Build Collective
Nabla
$70M
New York, NY-based provider of AI assistants for clinical care

Giant Ventures, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Initialized Capital, and Salesforce Ventures
Pano AI
$44M
San Francisco, CA-based wildfire detection startup

QED Investors and Fika Ventures
Payabli
$28M
Miami, FL-based embedded payments platform

Founders Fund
Ramp
$200M
New York, NY-based financial operations platform

Atlantic Vantage Point, Norwest, Sierra Ventures, and Uncorrelated Ventures
Sedai
$20M
Pleasanton, CA-based “self-driving cloud” startup

Dylan Field, CIV, General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, 16z, 8VC, and Pax
Senra Systems
$25M
Redondo Beach, CA-based developer of wire harnesses for aerospace and defense applications

General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Lince Capital, Oxy Capital, Armilar Ventures, Indico, and Shilling
Sword Health
$40M
Draper, UT-based virtual physical therapy provider

Dragoneer
Teamworks
$235M
Durham, NC-based sports software startup

IVP, ICONIQ, GV, Lightspeed, a16z, Foundation Capital, and YC
Tennr
$101M
New York, NY-based provider of patient referral automation tools

Rethink Impact, Khosla Ventures, Reach Capital, Citi Impact Fund, GingerBread Capital, and Illumen Capital
WorkWhile
$23M
San Francisco, CA-based marketplace for hourly workers

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 9-13, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

BharCap Partners
$652M
Second fund

Bloomberg Beta
$75M
Fifth VC fund

Felicis
$900M
10th VC fund

Geodesic Capital
$250M
VC fund focused on advancing the U.S.-Japan alliance

Seven Stars
$40M
Debut fund

Private Equity Deals

Flexpoint Ford
Elliott Davis
Undisclosed amount
Greenville, SC-based accounting firm

Argosy Private Equity
Heavy Equipment Colleges of America
Undisclosed amount
Las Vegas, NV-based provider of heavy equipment, crane, directional drilling, and HVAC training programs

Madison Dearborn Partners Next
Gen Healthcare
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based EHR/EMR company

Heartwood Partners
Norlee
Undisclosed amount
Jacksonville, FL-based provider of electrical and mechanical services

Gemspring Capital Management
Residence
Undisclosed amount
Los Angeles, CA-based creative services provider

SRM Equity Partners
RF Technologies
Undisclosed amount
Brookfield, WI-based provider of safety and security tech.

Cove Hill Partners
Swiftly
Undisclosed amount
Millbrae, CA-based transit data platform

Apollo
T.D. Williamson
Undisclosed amount
Tulsa, OK-based pipeline infrastructure firm

Ridgemont Equity Partners
Unosquare
Undisclosed amount
Portland, OR-based provider of digital engineering solutions

Sixth Street Growth
Wealthbox
Undisclosed amount
Providence, RI-based provider of CRM software for financial advisers

Venture Capital Deals

Scale Venture Partners, Cathay Innovation, YC, Creandum, Kfund, and Atomico
Abacum
$60M
New York, NY-based business financial planning startup

Sound Ventures
Antimetal
$20M
New York, NY-based cloud infrastructure management startup

Valtruis, Cigna Ventures, Tau Ventures, Asset Management Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, and Capital Factory
Autonomize AI
$28M
Austin, TX-based provider of AI agents to health systems

Brighton Park Capital, Insight Partners, F-Prime Capital, Thayer Ventures, YC, and Commerce Ventures
Canary Technologies
$80M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of hotel guest management software

Partech, Boldstart, Tiger Global, and Work-Bench
CloudQuery
$16M
New York, NY-based cloud governance platform

Sam and Max Altman, Pelion, Outlander, SNR, Offline, DeepWater, and Ryan Graves
Coco Robotics
$80M
Los Angeles, CA-based developer of autonomous delivery vehicles

Salesforce, Khosla Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, Mitsui Global Investment, Collier, E12, and AME Cloud Venture
Ellipsis Health
$45M

San Francisco, CA-based provider of patient engagement tools for health systems

VMG Partners, QED Investors, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures, and Courtside Ventures
Fermàt
$45M
San Francisco, CA-based commerce platform

Wellington Management, Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, Archerman Capital, Altimeter, Capital One Ventures, Citi, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, ICONIQ, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Latitude Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Sequoia Capital
Glean
$150M
Palo Alto, CA-based AI enterprise search startup

ClearSky, Phoenix Financial, Glilot Capital Partners, SentinelOne, Hanaco Ventures, iAngels, GKFF Ventures, and Lumir Ventures
Guardz
$56M
Miami, FL-based cybersecurity startup for MSPs

NEA, SignalFire, Craft Ventures, and 9Yards Capital
Horizon3.ai
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based autonomous security startup

IVP and GV
Laurel
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based AI timekeeping startup

Accel, Seven Seven Six, Designer Fund, Sequoia Capital, and 01A
Linear
$82M
Milpitas, CA-based project management tool

General Catalyst, Baillie Gifford, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, WndrCo, and Lachy Groom
Meter
$170M
San Francisco, CA-based networking startup

Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and Founders Fund
Nominal
$75M
Austin, TX-based industrial software startup

Zigg Capital, Upper90, SAIC, and Lockheed Martin
Nooks
$25M
Crystal City, VA-based provider of secure access to classified facilities

Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Moody’s, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Apollo, Motive Partners, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures
Octaura
$46.5M
New York, NY-based fintech focused on CLO and syndicated loan trading

8VC, Future Back Ventures, and Bain & Co. 
Outset
$17M
San Francisco, CA-based AI for market research interviews

Insight Partners
Pactum
$54M
Mountain View, CA-based enterprise procurement platform

Stripe, YC, GV, and Formus Capital
PostHog
$70M
San Francisco, CA-based product analytics platform

Menlo Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Nuveen Real Estate, Multiplier Capital, Munich Re Ventures, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, Helium-3, Cooley, and Fifth Wall
Runwise
$30M
New York, NY-based maker of software and hardware for managing building energy and water consumption

S2G Investments
Sojo Industries
$40M
Bristol, PA-based automated packaging startup

Energy Impact Partners and Activate Capital
Swimlane
$45M
Denver, CO-based AI hyperautomation security startup

Bain Capital Crypto, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, and Variant
Turnkey
$30M
Austin, TX-based crypto wallet startup

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 2-6, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Denver Ventures
$20M
Debut seed fund

Energize Capital
$430M
Third climate-tech VC fund

Neuberger Berman
$4B
Second GP-led secondaries fund

Thoma Bravo
$34.4B
16th flagship buyout fund ($24.3B); fifth midmarket fund ($8.1B); and its first Europe-focused fund (€1.8B)

Private Equity Deals

Haveli Investments
Accommodations Plus International
Undisclosed amount
Melville, NY-based provider of accommodations and travel tech solutions

Truelink Capital
Channel Factory
Undisclosed amount
City of Industry, CA-based ad tech firm

Lead Edge Capital, Nuveen Real Estate, and Blackstone
Cove
Undisclosed amount
Washington, DC-based provider of commercial property management software

Roark Capital
Dave’s Hot Chicken
Undisclosed amount
Pasadena, CA-based fast-casual chain

Paceline Equity Partners
Everflow
Undisclosed amount
Carteret, NJ-based wholesale master distributor of plumbing supplies

First Reserve and Fortress Investment Group
Island Energy Service
Undisclosed amount
Kapolei, HI-based provider of fuel logistics and infrastructure

Swander Pace Capital, Partners Capital, and Constitution Capital Partners
Maple Donuts
Undisclosed amount
York, PA-based maker of frozen bakery products

Confluence Point
Perry’s Roofing
Undisclosed amount
Pleasantville, NY-based residential re-roofing contractor

Partners Group
PowerTransitions
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based utility-scale U.S. solar developer

Shore Capital Partners
Sweetmore Bakeries
Undisclosed amount
Park Ridge, IL-based family of bakeries

Carlyle
Trucordia
Undisclosed amount
Lindon, UT-based insurance broker

PSG
Uptick
Undisclosed amount
Menlo Park, CA-based provider of job management software for fire, safety, security, and field services

Venture Capital Deals

Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation
Aircapture
$50M
Berkeley, CA-based direct air capture startup

Lightstone Ventures and Clavyst
BioAllay Therapeutics
$57.5M
San Jose, CA-based developer of analgesic pain relief products

Founders Fund, a16z, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, and Altimeter
Anduril
$2.5B
Costa Mesa, CA-based defense-tech giant

Global Health Investment Corp., EDBI, Athos, Federov, Viking Global Investors, Sherpalo Ventures, S-Cubed Capital, In-Q-Tel, and Civilization Ventures
Antheia
$56M
Menlo Park, CA-based manufacturer of a major Narcan ingredient

Thrive Capital, a16z, Accel, and DST Global
Anysphere
$900M
San Francisco, CA-based AI coding assistant

Energy Impact Partners
Ciroos
$21M
Pleasanton, CA-based developer of agentic AI tools for ops teams

F-Prime, Spark Capital, FFVC, Acronym Venture Capital, Two Lanterns Venture Capital, APA Ventures, dara5, and Alumni Ventures
Dataplor
$20.5M
Manhattan Beach, CA-based provider of global location intelligence

Egis Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, UP2398, and Slow Launch Fund
Deep Sentinel
$15M
Pleasanton, CA-based physical security startup

Linse Capital, DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, RTX Ventures, DCVC, Airbus Ventures, Spring Tide, First Principles Group, Balerion Space Ventures, Tamarack Global, and Trousdale Ventures
Impulse Space
$300M
Redondo Beach, CA-based maker of spacecraft for “tugging” satellites across orbits

Glynn Capital, Counterpoint Global, S32, and SAIC
Infleqtion
$100M
Boulder, CO-based quantum computing startup

Venture Partners, Sozo Ventures, Founders Fund, Lineage, and Armada Supply Chain Solutions
Kargo
$18.4M
New York, NY-based warehouse inventory management startup

ARK Invest, DFJ Growth, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Lightspeed, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and Vy Capital
Neuralink
$650M
Fremont, CA-based brain-implant startup founded by Elon Musk

Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Pathlight Ventures
Obvio
$22M
San Carlos, CA-based developer of AI-powered traffic cameras

Salica Investments
Outcomes4Me
$21M
Boston, MA-based AI cancer care startup

General Catalyst, a16z, First Round Capital, and Radical Ventures
Prepared
$80M
New York, NY-based provider of emergency response tools

Flourish Ventures and Accenture Ventures
Reserv
$25M
New York, NY-based insurance claims admit

Snowflake Ventures, Rocketship VC, MVP Ventures, Cox Enterprises, Mayfield, and Benchmark
Sema4.ai
$25M
Atlanta, GA-based agentic AI startup

Actium, Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund, Danaher Ventures, Eli Lilly, and Bright
EdgeSignify Bio
$15M
Dallas, TX-based developer of personalized medicines

Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Simetrik
$30M
New York, NY-based reconciliation platform for finance teams

Google, Chevron, and NEA
TAE Technologies
$150M
Foothill Ranch, CA-based fusion energy startup

Greycroft, Index Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Meritech Capital, and Homebrew
Thread AI
$20M
New York, NY-based startup that helps enterprises design and manage complex workflows

Camber Partners
Trustifi
$25M
New York, NY-based email cybersecurity startup

Protagonist
Vivrelle
$62M
New York, NY-based luxury accessories membership service

NewRoad Capital Partners
Voxel
$44M
San Francisco, CA-based logistics safety startup

The Scherzer Deal Report: May 26-30, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

L Catterton
$11B
New fund commitments, including $6.75 for its tenth flagship buyout vehicle

RCP Advisors
$314M
14th fund-of-funds

Terminus Capital Partners
$250M
Debut fund

Zeal Capital Partners
$82M
Second fund

Private Equity Deals

Bain Capital
Acrisure
$2.1B
Grand Rapids, MI-based insurer

Vista Equity Partners
Acumatica
Undisclosed amount
Bellevue, WA-based ERP software firm

Brookfield Asset Management and CDPQ
Antylia Scientific
$1.34B
Vernon Hills, IL-based lab supplies maker

Breakwater Management, Genesis Park, and Tecum Capital
Chemistry
Undisclosed amount

Atlanta, GA-based marketing agency

Coalesce Capital
DAS Health
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based provider of health-care IT solutions

Sunstone Partners and Cressey & Co.
ProgenyHealth
Undisclosed amount
Plymouth Meeting, PA-based maternity and NICU care management company

Littlejohn & Co.
RailPros
Undisclosed amount
Irving, TX-based railroad engineering firm

Kingswood Capital Management and Performance Investment Partners
The Vitamin Shoppe
Undisclosed amount
Secaucus, NJ-based retailer of nutrional supplements

Valeas Capital Partners
TicketManager
Undisclosed amount
Calabasa, CA-based provider of enterprise event ticket and guest management solutions

LLR Partners
TruTechnologies
Undisclosed amount
Durham, NC-based provider of real-time clinical trial oversight

Venture Capital Deals

Accelmed Partners and 3E Bioventures Capital
Acclaro Medical
$23M
Smithfield, RI-based maker of lasers that reduce the effect of skin aging

DTCP, Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures
Cerby
$40M
Alameda, CA-based identity security automation startup

Felicis, Triatomic Capital, General Catalyst, Unusual Ventures, and Xfund
Chalk
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based data platform for AI/ML

Khosla Ventures, Bond Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Venture, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark and Coatue
ClickHouse
$350M
Palo Alto, CA-based database startup

BlueCrest Capital Management, Innovius Capital, Matrix Partners, Threshold Ventures, Underscore VC, G20 Ventures, and MongoDB
CloudZero
$56M
Boston, MA-based cloud cost optimization startup

Dragonfly, Altos Ventures, Sound Ventures, Commerce Ventures, DCG, Circle Ventures, Helios Digital Ventures, and Portage Ventures
Conduit
$36M
Palo Alto, CA-based cross-border payments platform using stablecoins

WndrCo and Kindred Ventures
Creatify
$15.5M
Mountain View, CA-based AI video advertising platform

Greenoaks and Valor Equity Partners
David Protein
$75M
New York, NY-based maker of high-protein bars

Adams Street Partners, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Entrée Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, SemperVirens, Latitude, and LionTree
Empathy
$72M
New York, NY-based mobile app for grief management

General Catalyst
Grammarly
$1B
San Francisco, CA-based writing assistant

Blackstone and Angelini Pharma
GRIN Therapeutics
$140M
New York, NY-based biotech focused on serious neurodevelopmental disorders

Capricorn Investment Group, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Gigascale Capital, Powerhouse Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, TJB Straubel, and Zach Kirkhorn
Heron Power
$38M
Santa Cruz, CA-based developer of solid-state transformers

Avra, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Box Group, Snowflake Ventures, a16z, and Amplify
Hex
$70M
San Francisco, CA-based data analytics workspace

Freestyle, Backed VC, Deepwater, and BY Venture Partners
Infinity Constellation
$17M
Las Vegas, NV-based AI-focused holding company

General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures, Activant Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners
Pallet
$27M
Fremont, CA-based transportation and warehouse software startup

DCVC, Giant Ventures, StepStone VC, Hanwha Asset Management Venture Fund, SGA Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Align Ventures, ARK Invest, Gigascale, HartBeat VC, and Pax Ventures
Radiant
$165M
El Segundo, CA-based developer of nuclear microreactors

Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Creandum, and Susa Ventures
Rillet
$25M
Palo Alto, CA-based ERP to automate accounting

Addition, Prosperity 7 Ventures, Greylock, Lightspeed, BNY and QBE
SnorkelAI
$100M
Redwood City, CA-based provider of AI model evaluation tools

Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Greenoaks, and Meritech Capital
Superblocks
$23M
New York, NY-based enterprise app development startup

Atlas Venture, Access Industries, and Canaan Partners
Vima Therapeutics
$60M
Cambridge, MA-based movement disorder biotech

Khosla Ventures, Lingotto Investment Management, Helena Capital, Fortius Ventures, Kairos Ventures, CS Ventures, Bison Ventures, and MBX Capital
Vivodyne
$40M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of lab-grown human tissues

QED Investors, Fifth Wall, Redpoint Ventures, Uncork, Starwood, and Breyer Capital
Wander
$50M
Austin, TX-based vacation rental platform

The Scherzer Deal Report: May 19-23, 2025

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Arena Investors
$1.1B
Third flagship special situations fund

Creator Ventures
$45M
Second fund

Crestline Investors
$1.7B
Third dedicated NAV financing fund

Dementia Discovery Fund
$269M
Second fund

Eagle Merchant Partners
$415M
Second fund

Emil Capital Partners
$100M
Fourth fund

Factorial Funds
$200M
Second institutional fund

Invictus Growth Partners
$574M
Second fund

Munich Re Ventures
$125M
New fund

QuantumLight
$250M
Debut fund

Scribble Ventures
$80M
Third fund

South Loop Ventures
$21M
Debut fund

Private Equity Deals

H.I.G. Growth Partners
AgileBlue
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based network security ops platform

Tigertail Capital Partners
Blue Ridge Global
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based supply chain planning company

Authentic Brands Group
Dockers
Undisclosed amount
San Francisco, CA-based brand of garments and other accessories

Boyne Capital
McNish
Undisclosed amount
Aurora, IL-based provider of engineered products for the municipal water and wastewater treatment industries

McNally Capital
Quiet Professionals
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based defense contractor

Vista Equity Partners
RollKall
Undisclosed amount
Irving, TX-based provider of management software for public safety agencies

EQT
Seven Seas Water Group
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based water treatment firm in the U.S. and Latin America

Transom Capital Group
SigmaTron International
Undisclosed amount
Elk Grove Village, IL-based electronic manufacturing services company

SEVA Growth
Teleskope
Undisclosed amount
Las Vegas, NV-based employee experience platform

Blackstone
TXNM Energy
Undisclosed amount
Albuquerque, NM-based utility

Greenbriar Equity Group
West Star Aviation
Undisclosed amount
East Alton, IL-based maintenance repair and overhaul services company

Venture Capital Deals

Bain Capital 
Acrisure
$2.1B
Grand Rapids, MI-based insurer 

Sixth Street Growth, Spectrum Equity, General Catalyst, and Ryan Smith
Awardco
$165M
Salt Lake City, UT-based employee rewards and recognition company

Sequoia Capital
Blues
$25M
Boston, MA-based IoT connectivity startup

Ballistic Ventures, SYN Ventures, Overline, and Silver Buckshot Ventures
Undisclosed
BreachRx
San Francisco, CA-based incident response platform

A16z, Breyer Capital, Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Pillar VC, and Stanford Engineering VF
Catena Labs
$18M
Chicago, IL-based AI-native financial institution

Upfront Ventures and Thrive Capital
Clair
$23.2M
New York, NY-based embedded earned wage access startup

ABN Amro, Climate Investment, Move Energy, Pi Impact, J-Impact, TO Ventures, and Force Over Mass Capital
Converge
$22M
Concrete sensor startup

Radian Capital
Dazos
$25M
Boca Raton, FL-based software platform for behavioral health providers

Left Lane Capital
FanBasis
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based monetization and management platform for digital creators

SR One, Medicxi, OrbiMed, HBM Healthcare Investments, Wellington Management, Novartis Venture Fund, Cormorant Asset Management, and 3B Future Health Fund
Fore Biotherapeutics
$38M
Philadelphia, PA-based registration-stage cancer drugmaker

Wa’ed Ventures and Tali Ventures
Graphiant
$19M
San Jose, CA-based data network services provider

NewSpring Capital
Kincell Bio
$22M
Gainesville, FL-based cell therapy

CDMOTrinity Capital
Lendflow
$15M
Austin, TX-based embedded credit infrastructure providera

16z, UC Investments, Lightspeed, Laude Ventures, Felicis, Kleiner Perkins, and The House Fund
LMArena
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based AI model reliability platform

Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue
Miter
$23M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of human capital management software for construction and field services

Forerunner Ventures and FPV Ventures
Monarch
$75M
San Francisco, CA-based personal finance app

Accel
OpenFx
$23M
Pasadena, CA-based cross-border payments infrastructure startup

Decibel, Wing VC, TEDCO, and PrimeSet
Pixee
$15M
Baltimore, MD-based application security startup

Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, YC, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, and SaaStr Fund
RevenueCat
$50M
Brandon, FL-based startup powering subscription apps

SignalFire and 01 Advisors
Siro
$50M
New York, NY-based sales rep coaching platform

Goodwater Capital, YC, NEA, Stanford University, and Menlo Ventures
Slash
$41M
San Francisco, CA-based “vertical banking” startup

nsight Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners
Sweep
$22.5M
New York, NY-based agentic workspace for business systems

Eclipse, CIV, Goldcrest Capital, MCJ Collective, True Ventures, and Wonder Ventures
The Nuclear Company
$51.3M
Lexington, KY-based nuclear energy developer

ServiceNow Ventures, Cisco Investments, Presidio Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, and Tola Capital
TrustCloud
$15M
Boston, MA-based AI platform for GRC

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