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
Ascend Capital Partners
$791M
Second health care-focused PE fund
Cutting Horse
$75M
Debut fund
Greenbriar Equity Group
$5.4B
Seventh PE fund
Palm Peak Capital
$374M
Inaugural funds
Second Sight Ventures
$75M
Debut fund
Private Equity Deals
Valiant Solutions
Abile Group
Undisclosed amount
Alexandria, VA-based provider of secure network and cyber services to national security customers
OceanSound Partners
Automated Financial Systems
Undisclosed amount
Exton, PA-based commercial loan servicing company
FCH
Axiflow Technologies
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based sanitary twin-screw pump solution
PlayPower
BCI Burke
Undisclosed amount
Fond du Lac, WI-based maker of play environments
Center for Social Dynamics
Behavior Change Institute
Undisclosed amount
Albuquerque, NM-based autism services provider
WestView Capital Partners
Benefits All In
Undisclosed amount
Cincinnati, OH-based health care benefit navigation company
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
CARE Security & Monitoring
Undisclosed amount
Louisville, KY-based security systems provider
Blackstone
Champions Group
$2.5B
Irvine, CA-based residential services provider
Superior Environmental Solutions
ChemWorx
Undisclosed amount
Decatur, AL-based provider of specialized chemical cleaning services
Amberjack Capital Partners
CIMA Services
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based waste management, environmental remediation and industrial services company
The Heritage Group
Forta
Undisclosed amount
Minneapolis, MN-based manufacturer of synthetic fibers for asphalt and concrete
Ariel Alternatives and Cherokee Nation Businesses
Front Line Power Construction
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based electrical construction and power infrastructure company
HKW
Handling Systems and Conveyors
Undisclosed amount
Little Rock, AR-based provider crane, hoist, conveyor and tooling solutions
Bregal Sagemount
Harbor Compliance
Undisclosed amount
Lancaster, PA-based entity compliance solutions
Tencarva
Hoffman-Kane Distributors
Undisclosed amount
Pittsburgh, PA-based provider of industrial fluid handling and sealing solutions
Flow Control Management
Kingston Valve Co.
Undisclosed amount
Torrance, CA-based industrial valve maker
Prime AE Group
Klavon Design Associates
Undisclosed amount
Pittsburgh, PA-based landscape architecture and planning services company
Palisade Infrastructure and SER Capital Partners
MicroGrid Networks
Undisclosed amount
New York City, NY-based battery energy storage systems company
GenNx360 Capital Partners
NVI
Undisclosed amount
Gray, LA-based compliance and testing company for energy infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, power generation markets
Centralis Group
PINE Advisor Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Denver, CO-based provider of fund services
Bay
Pine Relation
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based insurance broker
Cerberus Capital Management
Vivace International
Undisclosed amount
New Orleans, LA-based propulsion tanks and aerospace systems company
The Eagle Leasing Company
West Brothers Trailers and Containers4Less
Undisclosed amount
Raleigh, NC-based providers of shipping containers and semi-trailer rentals
The Riverside Company
Western Botanicals
Undisclosed amount
Spanish Fork, UT-based vitamins and supplements development organization
Venture Capital Deals
Battery Ventures, J2 Ventures, and DYNE
Aalyria
$100M
Livermore, CA-based aerospace communications company
Jeito Capital and Novo Holdings
Alveus Therapeutics
$37M
Philadelphia, PA-based obesity and metabolic disease therapy developer
Index Ventures, Team8, and Holly ventures
Astelia
$35M
New York City, NY-based cybersecurity platform
Accel, GV, Lloyd Blankfein, and Khosla Ventures
Basis
$100M
New York City, NY-based agent platform for accountants
Yuanta Investment and DSC Investment
BreezeBio
$60M
San Francisco, CA-based mRNA diabetes therapy biotech
A16z, DCVC, LMNT, Marlinspike, Overmatch, Shield Capital, Ensemble, Trenches Capital, General Catalyst, and XYZ
Chariot Defense
$34M
San Francisco, CA-based battlefield power company
Wellington Management, YC, CRV, N47, Crane Venture Partners, and Harpoon Ventures
Encord
$60M
San Francisco, CA-based physical AI data infrastructure company
8VC led, Bain Capital Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Outsiders Fund
Flux
$27M
San Francisco, CA-based electronics vibe-coding startup
Emergence Capital, YC, and Peak XV Partners
Harper
$46.8M
San Francisco, CA-based insurance brokerage startup
Kaszek, Goodwater Capital, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi (Founder of Dropbox), Guillermo Rauch (Founder of Vercel), Martin Varsavsky (Founder of Overture), and Rajat Suri (Founder of Lyft)
Humand
$66M
San Francisco, CA-based HR platform for deskless workforces
Theory Ventures
Koah
$20.5
MSan Francisco, CA-based “AdSense for AI” Jane Street and Situational Awareness,
Marvell Technology, NFDG, Spark Capital, and Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison
MatX
$500M
Mountain View, CA-based AI chip developer
Norwest, Databricks Ventures, Target Global, Square Peg, Hetz Ventures, Slow Ventures, R-Squared Ventures, J-Ventures, and InvestIn
Data Nimble
$47M
New York City, NY-based web search and data platform
Bessemer Venture Partners, Booz Allen Ventures, Draper Associates, Bloomberg Beta, and Alumni Ventures
Noda AI
$25M
Austin, TX-based tactics orchestration platform for the U.S. defense and intelligence markets
Lead Edge Capital, Iconiq, Index Ventures, Greylock, Harmony Partners, and Interplay
Pepper
$50M
New York City, NY-based software for independent food distributors
Olive Tree Capital
Phoenix Tailings
$30.2M
Woburn, MA-based rare earth metals production company
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Saga VC, South Park Commons, and Evantic
Profound
$96M
New York City, NY-based agentic marketing startup
Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and insiders Thrive Capital, Felicis, Abstract Ventures, and Dylan Field
Revel
$150M
Los Angeles, CA-based unified software platform for hardware test and control
Sequoia Capital, Emergence Capital, Stripe, Conviction, Basis Set, and Twine Ventures
Rowspace
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based data AI platform for financial firms
Mubadala Capital, Arch Venture Partners, Lingotto Horizon, and Averin Capital
Salma Health
$80M
La Jolla, CA-based brain health startup
Intel
SambaNova
$350M
Palo Alto, CA-based chipmaker
10 Atlantic Group, Egis Capital Partners, and MUUS
Sensera Systems
$27M
Denver, CO-based job-site intelligence platform
NantWorks, Fidelity, Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, Pelican Energy Partners, Deerfield Management, and Oaktree Capital Management
Shine Technologies
$240M
Janesville, WI-based nuclear fusion startup
U.S. Venture Partners
Slang AI
$36M
New York City, NY-based AI platform for the hospitality industry
RA Capital Management, Forbion, and Foresite Capital
Slate Medicines
$130M
Raleigh, NC-based migraine and headache drug company
Vistara Growth
Subject
$28M
Beverly Hills, CA-based AI education platform
Chugai Venture Fund and the Gates Foundation
Ten63 Therapeutics
$22M
Durham, NC-based AI drug-discovery company
67 Capital, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, Hamilton Lane, ClearSky and GMS
Ubicquia
$106M
Fort Lauderdale, FL-based digital infrastructure company
Legend Capital and Bertelsmann Group
Viture
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based XR glasses maker