The Scherzer Deal Report: March 17-21, 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
Carr’s Hill Partners
$210M
Debut fund
Marathon Asset Management
$2.7B
Second opportunistic credit fund
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
$4.1B
Fourth fund
New State Capital Partners
$700M
Fourth fund
Pillar VC
$175M
Fourth fund
SemperVirens
$177M
VC fund
Susa Ventures
$175M
Fifth fund
Weatherford Capital
$300M
Second fund
Private Equity Deals
Aldaron Partners and True Wind Capital
DCM Services
Undisclosed amount
Bloomington, MN-based provider of estate and specialty account recovery solutions
Regent
Foundry
Undisclosed amount
Needham, MA-based publisher of PCWorld and Macworld
Knox Lane
HealthCare Experts Squared
Undisclosed amount
Glenview, IL-based education provider for health-care pros
Brighton Park Capital
Hitrust
Undisclosed amount
Frisco, TX-based provider of information security assurance for risk management and compliance
TA Associates
Nous Infosystems
Undisclosed amount
Edison, NJ-based provider of product and data engineering solutions for digital transformation
Thoma Bravo
PCMI
Undisclosed amount
Park Ridge, IL-based provider of admin software for finance and insurance in the automotive and consumer end markets
Bildmore
Peregrine Energy Solutions
$53M
Boulder, CO-based utility-scale renewables and energy storage developer
Main Post Partners
Rebel Athletic
Undisclosed amount
Carrollton, TX-based provider of cheerleading and other athletic apparel
Sixth Street
San Francisco Giants
Undisclosed amount
San Francisco, CA-based major league baseball team
Forward Consumer Partners
SerVaas Laboratories
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based maker of household cleaning products
AGIC Capital
Solmetex
Undisclosed amoun
tNorthborough, MA-based provider of dental products
RRJ Capital and Andalusian Private Capital
VistaJet
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based private jet operator
Venture Capital Deals
Flagship Pioneering and Eli Lilly
Ampersand Biomedicines
$65M
Boston, MA-based biotech whose lead candidates focus on immuno-inflammation and immuno-oncology
Mercedes-Benz, Japan Post Capital, ARK Invest, Helium-3, Magnetar, RyderVentures, and Korea Investment Partners
Apptronik
$53M
Austin, TX-based developer of humanoid robots
Arch Venture Partners, TCGX, QIA, Partners Investment, Revelation Partners, and Kerna Ventures
Arbor Biotechnologies
$73.9M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of liver-targeting gene therapies
8VC
Augment
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based logistics platform
8VC
Cognition AI
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based coding assistant maker
Ferroglobe, Zeon Ventures, Lane Ventures, Entrada Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Helios Climate Ventures, Translink Investment, Trousdale Ventures, and Asymmetry Ventures
Coreshell
$24M
San Leandro, CA-based silicon anode maker
Ribbit Capital, Franklin Templeton, Nyca, First Round, Lightspeed Faction, and HF0
Crossmint
$23.6M
Orlando, FL-based enterprise blockchain development startup
Accel, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, Shopify Ventures, Figma Ventures, a16z and The General Partnership
Graphite
$52M
New York, NY-based code review platform
3Spoke Capital, Joseph Stone Capital, Liberty Street Funds, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Pinegrove Capital Partners, Portfolia, and ROC Venture Group
GrubMarket
$50M
San Francisoc, CA-based food B2B marketplace
A16z, Avalanche Blizzard Fund, Credibly Neutral, and Alt Layer
Halliday
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based blockchain payments startup
Mainsail Partners
Inn-Flow
$45M
Raleigh, NC-based provider of hotel back-office management and accounting software
Avenir, Primary Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Third Prime, and Studio VC
Inspiren
$35M
New York, NY-based provider of AI tools for senior living
Blue Owl Capital, Deep Track Capital, Access Biotechnology, Qatar Investment Authority, and Sanofi Ventures
Latigo Biotherapeutics
$150M
Thousand Oaks, CA-based developer of non-opioid pain management drugs
USVP, Gilde Healthcare, Longitude Capital, Osage University Partners, Action Potential Venture Capital, GPG Ventures, The Vertical Group, and Exceller Hunt Ventures
MicroTransponder
$65M
Austin, TX-based developer of stroke rehabilitation neurostimulators
Kleiner Perkins, BoxGroup, A*, Mischief, and Workshop
Multiply Mortgage
$23.5M
Boulder, CO-based provider of mortgages as an employee benefit
General Atlantic, Lead Edge Capital, and StepStone
Nerdio
$500M
Chicago, IL-based provider of Microsoft Azure deployment automation solutions
Coatue, Craft Ventures, Vanguard, Blackstone Innovations Investments, Bain Capital, New York Life Ventures, Citi Ventures, TIAA Ventures, and Marc Benioff
Norm AI
$48M
New York, NY-based regulatory compliance automation startup
Greycroft, Zoom Ventures, Emergent Ventures, WestWave, TGV, Manulife Ventures, and Alumni Ventures
Prezent
$20M
Los Altos, CA-based AI-powered business communication and presentation productivity platform
Insight Partners
Proscia
$50M
Philadelphia, PA-based provider of pathology digitization software
Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Statkraft, and Equinor Ventures
SkySpecs
$20M
Ann Arbor, MI-based renewable infrastructure monitoring startup
Nyca Partners, Wing VC, NFX, Haymaker Ventures, Gaingels, and Cerca Partners
Utila
$18M
New York, NY-based digital asset operations platform