The Scherzer Deal Report: July 26-30, 2021
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.
PE and VC Firms
Blue Owl
$2B
Debut fund
Elephant Partners
$600M
Fourth fund
Moxxie Ventures
$85M
Second fund
Pritzker Private Capital
$2.7B
Third fund
Shore Capital Partners
$686M
Fourth healthcare private equity fund ($366M), first business services fund ($213M), and first real estate fund ($107M)
TPG
$5.4B
Rise Climate Fund
Private Equity Investors
GTCR, Reverence Capital Partners
Allspring Global Investments
Undisclosed
Wells Fargo Asset Management
The Jordan Co.
Dental365
$440M
New Hyde Park, NY-based dental services group
Accel-KKR
Drips
Undisclosed
Akron, OH-based conversational AI platform
Arcline Investment Management
Dwyer Instruments
Undisclosed
Michigan City, IN-based maker of sensors and instrumentation for process automation, HVAC, and building automation
Serent Capital
First Due
Undisclosed
New York, NY-based provider of records and operations software for fire and EMS agencies
Apollo Global Management
FirstDigital Telecom
$200M
Salt Lake City, UT-based carrier
Warburg Pincus and Tilia Holdings
FlexXray
Undisclosed
Arlington, TX-based X-ray inspection services provider focused on food safety
Prelude Growth Partners
Fly by Jing
Undisclosed
Los Angeles, CA-based Asian food brand
Bruin Capital
Full Swing
Undisclosed
San Diego, CA-based golf simulator maker
The Blackstone Group
GTCR
Undisclosed
Chicago, IL-based buyout firm
Great Hill Partners
Labor First
Undisclosed
Mount Laurel, NJ-based provider of group retiree Medicare benefit management solutions
Thoma Bravo
Medallia
$6.4B
San Francisco, CA-based customer survey software company
T. Rowe Price, Goldman Sachs, Baillie Gifford, CPPIB, Fidelity, Capricorn, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Valor Equity Partners, Emerson Collective, Franklin Templeton
Redwood Materials
$700M
Reno, NV-based battery recycling startup
Partners Group
Reedy
Undisclosed
Deerfield, IL-based HVAC service provider
Cinven
Restaurant Brands Iberia
Undisclosed
Spanish and Portuguese master franchisor of Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes restaurants
TSG Consumer Partners
Rough Country
Undisclosed
Dyersburg, TN-based provider of truck and Keep accessories
Norwest Venture Partners
Supplier.io
Undisclosed
Chicago, IL-based provider of supplier diversity management SaaS
Wynnchurch Capital
Trimlite
Undisclosed
Renton, WA-based maker of residential doors
O2 Investment Partners
Unwired Broadband
Undisclosed
Fresno, CA-based fixed wireless ISP
Venture Capital Investors
Lone Pine Capital, Steadfast Capital Ventures, Fidelity, Glynn Capital, Twilio, Accel, Salesforce Ventures, DAG, Owl Rock, World Innovation Lab
Algolia
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based search-as-a-service startup
Franklin Templeton, Temasek
Blaize
$71M
El Dorado Hills, CA-based AI edge computing startup
Third Point Ventures, Accel, Decibel, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Blameless
$30M
Palo Alto, CA-based site reliability engineering platform
Emerson Collective, Goodwater Capital, Scott Cook, and WTT Investment
Brain Technologies
$50M
San Mateo, CA-based natural language search engine
Insight Partners, SignalFire, Neo, BoxGroup, ThirdKind, Betaworks
Bubble
$100M
New York, NY-based visual programming platform
SoftBank Vision Fund II, GSV Ventures, Emergence Capital, Reach Capital, Owl Ventures, Insight Partners, Learn Capital
Class
$105M
Washington, DC-based provider of virtual classroom software built on top of Zoom
Greenfield Partners, Red Dot Capital Partners, StageOne Ventures, O.G. Tech, Janvest Capital Partners, Maor ventures, 2B Angels
Coralogix
$55M
San Francisco, CA-based log analytics platform
Index Ventures, Amplify Partners, Radical Ventures, CPPIB, Temasek
Covariant
$80M
Berkeley, CA-based robotic AI startup
Sequoia Capital India, TDM Growth Partners
Culture Amp
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based employee engagement platform
SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Embark Veterinary
$75M
Boston, MA-based genetics startup focused on dog wellness and lifespan expansion
Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC, SCB 10X
Fireblocks
$310M
New York, NY-based infrastructure provider for digital assets
Novo Holdings, Viking Global, Casdin Capital
Genomatica
118M
San Diego, CA-based developer of sustainable materials
GGV Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Bedrock, Cowboy Ventures, Khosla Ventures
Homebase
$71M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of employee management software
Temasek, Owl Rock, MSD Partners, Noah Holdings, Golub Capital, WestCap, Ping An Voyager Partners, Blackstone, UBS, Pivot Investment Partners, BNY Mellon, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs
iCapital Network
$440M
New York, NY-based fintech platform for alternative investing
Morningside Ventures, Advantage Capital, Werth Family Investment Associates
MedRhythms
$25M
Portland, ME-based digital therapy platform for those with neurologic injuries
Vy Capital, GV, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund
Neuralink
$205M
Elon Musk’s embedded brain chip startup
Energy Impact Partners
Noetic Cyber
$15M
Waltham, MA-based cyber asset management and controls platform
Volition Capital, Silverton Partners
OneDay
$19M
Dallas, TX-based enterprise video storytelling startup
NewView Capital, SoftBank, King River Capital, Industrious Ventures, Transform Capital
Paystand
$50M
Scotts Valley, CA-based B2B decentralized finance platform
B Capital Group, Silver Lake Waterman, Battery Ventures, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Sapphire Ventures
Pendo
$150M
Raleigh, NC-based customer analytics platform
Mercato Partners, Samsung Next, Nationwide, Commerce Ventures, Ayon Capital, Kraken Ventures, STCAP, s20 Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures, Diverse Angels, University Growth Fund, Nevcaut Ventures
Prime Trust
$64M
Las Vegas, NV-based provider of financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset firms
BlackRock, Blackbird Ventures, Temasek, Baillie Gifford, M12Psi
Quantum
$450M
Palo Alto, CA-based quantum computer developer
General Catalyst, Rakuten Group, SBI Group
Rakuten Medical
$166M
San Mateo, CA-based developer of drugs for head and neck cancers
Owl Rock, Lead Edge Capital, Headline, Two Sigma Ventures, Amplify Partners, BoldStart, Ridgeline, Heavybit
Replicated
$50M
Culver City, CA-based multi-prem software delivery startup
Invus, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Partners Investment, UPMC Enterprises, T. Rowe Price, Flagship Pioneering
Ring Therapeutics
$117M
Cambridge, MA-based commensal virome platform for gene therapy
ForgePoint Capital
SolCyber
$20M
Dallas, TX-based managed security services provider
Drive Capital, Premji Invest, General Catalyst, Partners Group, Smash Ventures, Kickstart Fund, F-Prime Capital
SonderMind
$150M
Denver, CO-based behavioral health startup
Spark Capital, Alexa Fund, Bar 9 Ventures
Spinn
$20M
Los Angeles, CA-based connected coffee marketplace
Tiger Global
Squire
$60M
New York, NY-based provider of barbershop management software
H.I.G. Growth Partners, Rho Capital Partners, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, Triangle Peak Partners
Suzy
$50M
New York, NY-based market research software platform
Left Lane Capital
Talkiatry
$20M
New York, NY-based in-network psychiatric care startup
Manna Tree
The New Primal
$15M
Charlestown, SC-based maker of “clean ingredient” meat snacks
SoftBank Vision Fund 2, AWS, 83North, Avery Dennison, Grove Ventures, M Ventures, Merck KGaA, Maersk Growth, Norwest Venture Partners, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Verizon Ventures
Wiliot
$200M
San Diego, CA-based developer of ultra-thin processors
Golub Capital, Jackson Square Ventures, MHS Capital, Goldcrest Capital
Zenput
$27M
San Francisco, CA-based operations execution startup