The Scherzer Deal Report: May 5-9, 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
Deerfield Management
$600M
Third health-care VC fund
Rotunda Capital Partners
$735M
Fourth fund
Vivo Capital
$740M
New fund
XPV Water Partners
$625M
Two funds
Private Equity Deals
TPG and Corpay
AvidXChange
Undisclosed amount
Charlotte, NC-based payments firm
NexPhase Capital
Behavior Frontiers
Undisclosed amount
El Segundo, CA-based autism treatment provider
Strategic Value Partners
Birdsboro Power
Undisclosed amount
Birdsboro, PA-based gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility
Thoma Bravo
HubSync
Undisclosed amount
Franklin, TN-based tax and accounting platform
General Atlantic
Liftoff
Undisclosed amount
Redwood City, CA-based mobile app marketing platform
Shamrock Capital
Neocol
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based consultancy for go-to-market sales functions
Madison Dearborn Partners
NextGen Healthcare
Undisclosed amount
Irvine, CA-based EHR/EMR company
TPG
Peppertree Capital Management
Undisclosed amount
Chagrin Falls, OH-based digital infrastructure investment firm focused on wireless communications towers
Altas Partners
Redwood Services
Undisclosed amount
Memphis, TN-based platform for home services contractors
Valeas Capital Partners
Suntera Global
Undisclosed amount
Short Hills, NJ-based fund administrator and wealth manager
Arcapita
Trustpoint.One
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based provider of tech-enabled legal services to law firms and corporations
Great Hill Partners
Vision Government Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Hudson, MA-based provider of property tax appraisal software
Venture Capital Deals
Thrive Capital, a16z, and Accel
Anysphere
$900M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of AI coding assistant
CursorPoint72 Ventures, 8VC, a16z, Washington Harbour Partners, and StepStone Group
Apex Space
$200M
Culver City, CA-based satellite bus developer
UPMC Enterprises
Carta Healthcare
$18.25M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of clinical data abstraction solutions
Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, and Valor Equity Partners
Fastino AI
$17.5M
Palo Alto, CA-based developer of task-focused language models for the enterprise
MK Capital, Tamarind Hill, JobsOhio, and Rev1 Ventures
HealthPlan Data Solutions
$15M
Columbus, OH-based provider of pharmacy payment and benefit optimization tools
Obvious Ventures, a16z, Lux Capital, S32, Character, and Amino Collective
Inductive Bio
$25M
Brooklyn, NY-based AI-driven drug discovery startup
Era Fund, Lux Capital, Dash, Gaingels Enterprise, and Gaingels
Jericho Security
$15M
New York, NY-based cybersecurity training platform
Valspring Capital
Koala Health
$20M
Boston, MA-based pet medication delivery group
Razor’s Edge Ventures and Shield Capitalm
Power Technology
$21M
Albuquerque, NM-based space solar company
Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Human Capital, and Valor Equity Partners
NewLimit
$130M
San Francisco, CA-based longevity drug startup
Schooner Capital, Magenta Venture Partners, Surround Ventures, AnD Ventures, J-Ventures, and INcapital Ventures
Onebeat
$15M
New York, NY-based inventory platform
DTCP, IBM Ventures, Microsoft, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, and Team
8OX Security
$60M
New York, NY-based application security startup
Merck, J&J, Bayland Capital, LAV Fund, BioTrack Capital, and Sherpa Healthcare Partners
PAQ Therapeutics
$39M
Burlington, MA-based protein degradation biotech
Lowercarbon Capital, Starship Ventures, 1517 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Garry Tan, and Naval Ravikant
Rainmaker
$25M
Alphretta, GA-based startup that uses drones to enhance rain
Bessemer Venture Partners
Sett
$15M
Phoenix, AZ-based developer of AI agents for building mobile games
Iconiq Growth, Sequoia Capital, and Madrona
Statsig
$100M
Bellevue WA-based product development platform
Denali Growth Partners and Truck 9 Partners
Tobin Scientific
$65M
Beverly, MA-based provider of biopharma logistics
MAK Capital
Trailhead Biosystems
$20M
Beachwood, OH-based regenerative medicine startup
PeakSpan Capital
TSOLife
$43M
Tampa, FL-based insights platform for senior living operators
Coatue, Madrona, GTM Capital, and The Anthology Fund
WisdomAI
$23M
New Hyde Park, NY-based AI data startup focused on reducing hallucinations
NEA, Accel, GV, Forerunner Ventures, and Amex Ventures
Wonder
$600M
Cranford, NJ-based cloud kitchen group that owns Grubhub and Blue Apron