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