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
Achieve Partners
New York, NY
$167M
New fund
Ara Partners
$3B
Third fund
Argonaut Private Equity
$500M
Fifth fund
BoxGroup
$212.5M
Sixth pre-seed/seed fund and for an opportunity fund.
Climactic
$65M
Debut fund
Falfurrias
Capital Charlotte, NC
$400M
First growth equity fund
Harpoon Ventures
San Diego, CA
$125M
Fourth early-stage fund
Playground Global
$410M
Third fund
Rally Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
$240M
Fifth fund
Sandbrook Capital
Stamford, CT
$1.5B
Debut climate infrastructure fund
Springdale Ventures
Austin, TX
$40M
Fund focused on early-stage consumer brands.
Turnspire Capital
New York, NY
$275M
Second lower midmarket fund
Private Equity Deals
Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners
Alteryx
Undisclosed amount
Irvine, CA-based data analytics software company
Uplight
AutoGrid
Undisclosed amount
Redwood City, CA-based VPP and distributed resource management provider
Thoma Bravo
BlueMatrix
Undisclosed amount
Durham, NC-based content creation and distribution platform for investment research providers.
Heartwood Partners
Bush Brothers Provisions
Undisclosed amount
West Palm Beach, FL-based meat packing and distribution company
J.C. Flowers
CFG Bank
$125M
Baltimore, MD-based lender focused on the health care and multifamily industries.
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CINC Systems
Undisclosed amount
Duluth, GA-based provider of cloud software to the community association management sector
Surge Private Equity
Coastal Amusements
Undisclosed amount
Lakewood, NJ-based maker of coin-operated ticket and prize redemption games
Audax Private Equity
Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers
Undisclosed amount
St. Louis, MO-based tire retailer and automotive aftermarket service company
GI Partners
DQE Communications
Undisclosed amount
Pittsburgh, PA-based fiber provider
Carlyle and Insight Partners
Exiger
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of supply chain risk management
SaaS Transom Capital Group
Galleher
Undisclosed amount
Santa Fe Springs, CA-based maker and distributor of flooring products
Bain Capital
Guidehouse
$5.3B
McLean, VA-based consultancy for government and business clients
EQT Infrastructure
Heritage Environmental Services
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based provider of industrial waste management
Sentinel Capital Partners
High Bar Brands
Undisclosed amount
Owatonna, MN-based maker of branded aftermarket products for heavy-duty trucks and trailers
Stone Point Capital, General Atlantic
HireRight
Undisclosed amount
Nashville, TN-based employee-screening company
Nordic Capital
IntegriChain
Undisclosed amount
Philadelphia, PA-based drug manufacturer
Great Point Partners
Ludi
Undisclosed amount
Nashville, TN-based provider of physician payment automation solutions
Accel-KKR
Ntracts
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based provider of contract lifecycle management solutions for health-care orgs
Sentinel Capital Partners
Online Labels Group
Undisclosed amount
Sanford, FL-based provider of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, and flexible packaging solutions.
Clayton Dubilier & Rice
Shearer’s Foods
Undisclosed amount
Massillon, OH-based snack-maker
Cerberus Capital Management
Spring EQ
Undisclosed amount
Radnor, PA-based provider of home equity financing solutions
TruArc Partners
Watchtower Security
Undisclosed amount
St. Louis, MO-based provider of managed video surveillance and asset protection solutions to the multi-family housing industry.
Molior Growth Partners
Western Storage & Handling
Undisclosed amount
Denver, CO-based provider and installer of material handling and storage equipment
Argosy Private Equity
Wize Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Salt Lake City, UT-based installer of material handling equipment
Kohlberg & Co.
Worldwide Clinical Trials
Undisclosed amount
Morrisville, NC-based contract research organization
EQT
Zeus
Undisclosed amount
Orangeburg, SC-based maker of polymer components used in medical procedures.
Venture Capital Deals
Momenta, Doosan Bobcat North America, Toyota Ventures
Agtonomy
$22.5M
San Francisco, CA-based autonomous agriculture software startup
A16z, Renegade Partners, Spark Capital, Bloomberg Beta
Air Space Intelligence
$34M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of “AI-powered air operations systems
Engine Ventures
Amide Technologies
$16.5M
Cambridge, MA-based biotech that synthesizes “challenging” peptides.
The Column Group, Lux Capital, Nextech Invest
Atavistik Bio
$40M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of precision allosteric therapeutics
Braidwell, TPG, Deerfield, Fairmount, Aisling Capital
Bicara Therapeutics
$165M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of dual-action biologics
Envisioning Partners, United Airlines’ Sustainable Flight Fund, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, DSC Investment, Elemental Excelerator
Dimensional Energy
$20M
Ithaca, NY-based sustainable jet fuel startup
DCVC, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Black VC Consortium
Fourth Power
$19M
Boston, MA-based developer of thermal battery technology
Bain Capital Ventures
Halcyon
$40M
Austin, TX-based anti-ransomware startup
Elad Gil, Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital
Harvey
$80M
San Francisco, CA-based legal AI startup
SBVA, HRZ Han River Partners, SK Telecom, KDB Silicon Valley, Ignite Innovation Fund, Samyang Chemical Group, Murex Partners, Byucksan
ImpriMed
$23M
Mountain View, CA-based precision oncology startup
A16z, Flybridge LTV Operator Fund, Oxeon, Larry Summers, Brynn Putnam, Lydia Gilbert, Varsha Rao
Knownwell
$20M
Needham, MA-based weight management company
GV, Viking Global Investors
Lightmatter
$155M
Boston, MA-based photonic computing company
Verdane
Meltwater
$65M
San Francisco, CA-based media monitoring company
Gullspång Re:food, Otter Capital Partners, S2G Ventures, Leaps by Bayer
NewLeaf Symbiotics
$45M
St. Louis, MO-based developer of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs
Soleus Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace, Sahsen Ventures, Saras Capital
Parse Biosciences
$50M
Seattle, WA-based provider of single-cell sequencing solutions.
Greenoaks, Madrona, Accel, Cercano, Founders Co-op
Rhythms
$26M
San Francisco, CA-based enterprise productivity startup
Gutter Capital, Watchung Capital
Simply Homes
$22M
Portland, ME-based single-family rental sourcing and underwriting platform
L2 Point Management
SimSpace
$45M
Boston, ME-based cybersecurity risk management provider
Sixth Street Growth
Stayntouch
$48M
Bethesda, MD-based provider of hotel property management systems
Enavate Sciences, TPG, Citadel, Monograph Capital, Eventide Asset Management, Frazier Life Sciences, Velosity Capital
Sudo Biosciences
$116M
Carmel, IN-based developer of TYK2 inhibitors
a16z, Arch Venture Partners, GV, Longwood Fund, Polaris Partners, Bruker Corp., Fujifilm, Alexandria Venture Investments
Tome Biosciences
$213M
Watertown, MA-based programmable genomic integration startup
DCVC, North Pond Ventures, Camford Capital, the Regents of the University of Minnesota
Totus Medicines
$65M
Emeryville, CA-based biotech that uses covalent libraries and AI tools for drug discovery.
Riot Ventures, Eclipse, ACME Capital, Menlo Ventures, Narya, 645 Ventures, Rocketship.vc, Champion Hill Ventures, FiveNine Ventures
True Anomaly
$100M
Centennial, CO-based maker of small satellites for surveillance and reconnaissance of space objects.
Temasek, Iconiq Growth, Sofina, Peak XV, Helena
Twin Health
$50M
Mountain View, CA-based metabolic care startup.
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Artis Ventures, First Spark Ventures, The Venture Collective, Humain Ventures, LongeVC, Not Boring Capital
Unnatural Products
$32M
Santa Cruz, CA-based computational biology startup
Cybernetix Ventures, Construct Capital, Pillar VC, OUP
Verve Motion
$20M
Cambridge, MA-based maker of robotic exosuits for factory workers
FUSE, Prime Ventures
Zuper
$32M
Seattle, WA-based provider of provider of field service management and customer engagement software