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The Scherzer Deal Report: Oct 30-Nov 6, 2019

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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PE and VC Firms Fundraising	Location	Amount	Description
Brookfield Asset Management	Toronto, Canada	$9B	Fifth flagship private equity fund
KKR	New York and London	€5.8B	Fifth European buyout fund
L Catterton Asia	Singapore	$1.45B	Third fund
Modus Capital	New York and Egypt	$75M	Fund targeting early and growth stage companies across the Middle East and North Africa
Peak Ventures	Lehi, UT	$75M	Third fund for firm formerly known as Album VC

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
Yellow Wood Partners	Dr. Scholl’s	$585M	Global foot-care products brand
BV Investment Partners	EDCO Health Information Solutions	Undisclosed	St. Louis-based provider of automated unstructured data indexing software for healthcare providers
NGL Energy Partners	Hillstone Environmental Partners	Undisclosed	Denver, CO-based provider of water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions
ICV Partners	JK & T Wings	Undisclosed	Shelby Charter, MI-based franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants
Spectrum Equity	Kajabi	Undisclosed	Irvine, CA-based platform that helps individuals and small businesses create online courses and training materials
First Reserve	Lamons	Undisclosed	Houston, TX-based gaskets manufacturer
Gravity	On Point Oilfield Holdings	Undisclosed	Permian Basin produced water midstream business
CVC Capital Partners	Ontic	Undisclosed	Chatsworth, CA-based provider of OEM-licensed parts for aerospace platforms
CPPIB	Pattern Energy	Undisclosed	San Francisco, CA-based renewable energy group
CI Capital Partners	WTS International	Undisclosed	Rockville, MD-based spa design and management firm
Harvest Partners	Yellowstone Landscape	Undisclosed	Bunnell, FL-based provider of commercial landscaping services

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
The Column Group, Vida Ventures, Samsara BioCapital, Nextech Invest	A2 Biotherapeutics	$57M	Agoura Hills, CA-based developer of cell therapies for cancer
Palisades Growth Capital, Innov8, Asahi Kasei, Accelmed Growth Partners, SpringRock Ventures, Baird Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Pritzker Group, Biomatics Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners, SVB	AiCure	$24.5M	New York-based visual recognition platform for monitoring patient progress in clinical trials
H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, 7wire Ventures, SV Health Investors, Bluestem Capital	Clarify Medical	$18M	San Diego, CA-based developer of a phototherapy device for treating psoriasi
Fresenius Medical Care, Wellington Partners, Bayer, Arch Venture Partners, Biomatics Capital, Alta Partners, Khosla Ventures	eGenesis	$100M	Cambridge, MA-based gene editing biotech startup
SV Health Investors, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners	Healthify	$16M	New York-based healthcare referrals platform
Zeev Ventures, Group 11, Menlo Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Stereo Capital	HomeLight	$63M	San Francisco, CA-based platform for matching home-sellers with real estate agents
Community Investment Management	Kenzie Academy	$100M	Indianapolis, IN-based software engineering apprenticeship school
Goldman Sachs	LeaseQuery	$40M	Atlanta, GA-based provider of lease accounting software
Comcast Ventures, NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Pillar VC, Amdocs	Neural Magic	$15M	Somerville, MA-based machine learning startup that leverages commodity CPUs,
Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Era Capital Partners, Dynamic Loop Capital	Papaya Global	$45M	New York-based payroll and payment management platform
General Atlantic, General CatalystMerck, Bristol-Myers Squibb	PathAI	$75M	Boston, MA-based computational pathology startup
Georgian Partners, Wells Fargo, Citi Ventures, Untitled Investments, Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital, Primary Venture Partners	Reonomy	$60M	New York-based commercial real estate data and analytics platform
Norwest Venture Partners	Senreve	$16.75M	San Francisco, CA-based maker of luxury handbags
NEA, CureDuchenne Ventures	Shape Therapeutics	$35.5M	Seattle, WA-based developer of RNA-editing gene therapies
Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, M12	Volterra	$50M	Santa Clara, CA-based provider of distributed cloud services

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The Scherzer Deal Report: Oct 23-30, 2019

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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PE and VC Firms Fundraising	Location	Amount	Description
Crestline Investors	Fort Worth, TX	$360M	Third Europe-focused opportunities fund
KKR	New York, NY	$2B	Second tech-focused growth equity fund
Rise of the Rest	Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA	$150M	Second seed fund
The Carlyle Group	New York, NY	€6.4B	Fifth European buyout fund

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice	Anixter International	Undisclosed	Glenview, IL-based distributor of solutions for network & security, electrical & electronic solutions and utility power
Graham Partners	Gatekeeper Systems	Undisclosed	Foothill Ranch, CA-based provider of intelligent shopping cart systems for retailers
SK Capital	GEON Performance Solutions	Undisclosed	Avon Lake, OH-based plastic compounded solutions group
The Carlyle Group	Hilb Group	Undisclosed	Richmond, VA-based insurance brokerage
Rockbridge Growth Equity	ProSites	Undisclosed	Temecula, CA-based online marketing firm
Granite Creek Capital Partners, Red Arts Capital	Sunset Pacific Transportation	Undisclosed	Chino, CA-based leasing logistics company

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
Tiger Global, Accel, Vulcan Capital, Founders Co-op	Ally	$15M	Seattle, WA-based goal-setting and business performance management software provider
Ampersand Capital Partners	Arranta Bio	$82M	Watertown, MA-based microbiome contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)
CRV, Formation 8, Ignition Partners, Liberty Global Ventures	Aviatrix	$40M	Santa Clara, CA-based provider of networking and security services for multi-cloud enterprises
Evolution Ventures, Macy’s, Khosla Ventures, Peak State Ventures	b8ta	$50M	San Francisco, CA-based retail-as-a-service startup
Volition Capital	Burst Oral Care	$20M	Los Angeles, CA-based sonic oral care company
OMERS Ventures, Emergence Capital, Mayfield, Cowboy Ventures, Verizon Ventures	Crunchbase	$30M	San Francisco, CA-based provider of private-company prospecting and research solutions
Forerunner Ventures	Curated	$27.5M	San Francisco, CA-based personalized online shopping platform
Breakout Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Western Technology Investment	Cytovale	$15M	San Francisco, CA-based developer of biomarkers for early detection of sepsis
ST Telemedia, Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Nextworld Capital, Citi Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners	Datameer	$40M	San Francisco, CA-based big data analytics platform
Novo Holding, Access Biotech, Atlas Venture	Disc Medicine	$50M	Cambridge, MA-based hematology startup
JAFCO, Goldman Sachs, NEC Corp	DotData	$23M	San Mateo, CA-based data science automation startup
Intel Capital, Hearst Ventures, Team8	Duality Technologies	$16M	Newark, NJ-based provider of privacy-enhancing data science solutions based on homomorphic encryption
Guidepost Growth Equity	Green Rabbit	$31M	Braintree, MA-based provider of cold chain e-commerce logistics for the food industry
Samsung Catalyst, Mubadala, ACME Capital, Airbus Ventures, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, Tao Capital Partners, Correlation Ventures, A&E Investment, Amazon, NEA, GV, Osage University Partners	IonQ	$55M	College Park, MD-based quantum computing startup
Point72 Ventures, Lululemon, LionTree, Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau	Mirror	$34M	New York, NY-based maker of at-home “mirrors” that stream studio fitness classes
Omega Funds, Aisling Capital, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Baupost Group, Boxer Capital, EDBI, ECOR1 Capital, Fidelity, Pavilion Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Redmile Group, Surveyor Capital	Nuvation	$275M	New York, NY-based stealth biotechnology company developing proprietary therapies for oncology
ATW Partners, SJF Ventures, Health Catalyst Capital, Inova Health Systems, RTI International, ARUP Labs	PierianDx	$27M	St. Louis-based clinical genomics informatics startup
Greylock, Thomvest, Bain Capital Ventures, NFX, NYCA Ventures	Ribbon	$30M	New York, NY-based home finance startup
TDM Growth Partners	Rokt	$48M	New York, NY-based e-commerce marketing company
NewView Capital, CPPIB, Baillie Gifford, Greycroft, Revolution Growth, Sands Capital Ventures	Scopely	$200M	Los Angeles, CA-based mobile gaming company
Companion Fund, TTV Capital, FJ Labs, Struck Capital	Scratchpay	$15M	Los Angeles, CA-based provider of payment plans for veterinary care
Georgian Partners	Shipwell	$35M	Austin, TX-based software platform for managing trucking logistics
SignalFire, NextWorld Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Hillsven Capital	Stampli	$25M	Mountain View, CA-based accounts payable automation and communications platform
Andreessen Horowitz, Westlake Village BioPartners, Gilead Sciences, UPenn, Be The Match BioTherapeutics, American Cancer Society	Tmunity Therapeutics	$75M	Philadelphia, PA-based developer of T-cell immunotherapies
WestRiver Group, RNS Partner	Toca Football	$25M	Costa Mesa, CA-based soccer training startup
Health Enterprise Partners, MemorialCare Innocation Fund	Twistle	$16M	Seattle, WA-based healthcare process automation startup
Silver Lake	Vacasa	$319M	Portland, OR-based vacation rental management company

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The Scherzer Deal Report: Oct 16-23, 2019

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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PE and VC Firms Fundraising	Location	Amount	Description
Bloomberg Beta	New York, NY	$75M	Third fund
Refactor	Burlingame, CA	$30M	Second seed stage fund
TPG Sixth Street Partners	San Francisco, CA	$2.2B	Capital Solutions fund

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
SkyKnight Capital	AeroCare Holdings	Undisclosed	Orlando, FL-based provider of home healthcare solutions for patients with chronic respiratory conditions
Lee Equity Partners	Cosmetic Solutions	Undisclosed	Pompano Beach, FL-based contract manufacturer for skincare brands
LLR Partners, Parthenon Capital	DaySmart Software	Undisclosed	Ann Arbor, MI-based provider of business management software to the spa/salon, pet care, and tattoo markets
Power Digital	Factorial Digital	Undisclosed	Asbury Park, NJ-based growth marketing and SEO agency
Anacapa Partners	I4Pro	Undisclosed	São Paulo, Brazil-based provider of ERP software for the Brazilian insurance market
One Rock Capital Partners	Innophos	$932M	Dallas, TX-based provider of furniture to off-campus student housing properties
Cerberus Capital Management	Kellermeyer Bergensons Services	Undisclosed	Oceanside, CA-based industrial and commercial facilities management firm
Periscope Equity	Mobile Solutions	Undisclosed	Centennial, CO-based SaaS mobile mobility management platform
One Equity Partners	ORS MEDCO	Undisclosed	Deerfield, IL-based wholesaler of maintenance and repair focused non-discretionary and consumable industrial and automotive aftermarket products
Inmar	OwnerIQ	Undisclosed	Boston, MA-based provider of self-support product information for consumers
Genpact	Rightpoint	Undisclosed	Chicago, IL-based digital consultancy
Nautic Partners	Spartech	Undisclosed	Maryland Heights, MO-based custom manufacturer of specialized acrylics and other engineered extruded plastics
Platinum Equity	TruckPro	Undisclosed	Cordova, TN-based heavy-duty truck parts distributor

Venture Capital Investors	Company	Amount	Description
General Atlantic, JMI Equity	Benevity	C$40M	Canadian provider of corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software
Insight Partners, Accel	Corelight	$50M	San Francisco, CA-based cybersecurity company
Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital Management, BlackRock, Coatue, Dragoneer, Geodesic, Green Bay Ventures, NEA, T. Rowe Price, Tiger Global	Databricks	$400M	San Francisco, CA-based data analytics SaaS company
Northzone	Disperse	$15M	London-based construction tech startup
Corner Ventures, Aleph, CPPIB, Innovation Endeavors, La Maison, Playground Ventures, Temasek	Fabric	$110M	New York, NY-based innovative logistics company-based provider of automated retail logistics
Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, SC Ventures, Glynn Capital, Greylock, NEA, Andreessen Horowitz	Instabase	$105M	San Francisco, CA-based social platform for business data
GMAG Holdings, Winnebago Industries	Motiv Power Systems	$60M	Foster City, CA-based electric truck chassis company
Mosaik Partners, Medici Ventures, Intuitive Venture Partners	PeerNova	$31M	San Jose, CA-based provider of end-to-end digitization for financial institutions
DCVC Bio, The Column Group, M Ventures, CRV, Neotribe Ventures	Plexium	$28M	San Diego, CA-based biotech focused on protein degredation
Redline Capital, MMC Ventures, GMG Ventures, Hearst Ventures	Signal AI	$25M	New York, NY-based business intelligence and media monitoring startup
NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, Green Bay Ventures	Sisu	$52.5M	San Francisco, CA-based maker of diagnostic technology for structured data
Lux Capital, DFJ	Zoox	$200M	Foster City, CA-based self-driving automaker

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The Scherzer Deal Report: Oct 9-16, 2019

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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PE and VC Firms Fundraising	Location	Amount	Description
BoxGroup	New York, NY	$165M	Flagship vehicle ($82.5M) and an opportunities fund ($82.5M)
Craft Ventures	San Francisco, CA	$500M	Second fund led by David Sacks
Day One Ventures	San Francisco, CA	$20M	Third fund
Jackson Square Ventures	San Francisco, CA	$193M	Third VC fund
KPS Capital Partners	New York, NY	$7B	Fifth flagship buyout fund,($6B) and debut middle-market buyout fund ($1B)
M13	Los Angeles, CA	$175M	Second fund

Private Equity Investors	Company	Amount	Description
Lovell Minnick Partners	Billhighway	Undisclosed	Troy, MI-based provider of software and payment solutions to membership-based organizations
Whitney, Bradley & Brownn	BRTRC Federal Solutions	Undisclosed	Vienna, VA-based provider of support services to U.S. military and intelligence agencies
The Carlyle Group	Cepsa	Undisclosed	Spanish oil company
GHK Capital Partners	Dura-Supreme	Undisclosed	Howard Lake, MN-based maker of semi-custom and custom cabinetry
Five Elms Capital	FMX	Undisclosed	Columbus, OH-based provider of facilities and maintenance management software
The Carlyle Group	HireVue	Undisclosed	Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of talent assessment and video interviewing software
KKR	Hyperoptic	Undisclosed	British residential gigabit broadband provider
Blue Wolf Capital Partners	Kirlin Design Build	Undisclosed	Rockville, MD-based engineering and construction company focused on large government and private-sector projects
Cornell Capital	Lorom	Undisclosed	Taipei-based specialized cable manufacturing and assembly company
HGGC	Monotype Imaging	$825M	Woburn, MA-based font licensor
Ampersand Capital Partners	New England Peptid	Undisclosed	Gardner, MA-based provider of custom peptides and antibodies to the life sciences market
Lincolnshire Management	Powerhouse	Undisclosed	Crowley, TX-based construction and facilities maintenance company
Baymark Partners	Presidium Network Services	Undisclosed	Lakeland, FL-based IT services provider
Thoma Bravo	Sophos Group	Undisclosed	British cybersecurity company
Cornell Capital	Spectrum Automotive	Undisclosed	Fairfield, NJ-based agent, marketer and administrator of auto finance and insurance products
Revelstoke Capital Partners	The Care Team	Undisclosed	Farmington Hills, MI-based provider of home health and hospice services
Rockbridge Growth Equity	White Glove	Undisclosed	Birmingham, MI-based seminar marketing and planning company
Marlin Equity Partners	Whitlock	Undisclosed	Richmond, VA-based provider of audiovisual and video collaboration solutions

Venture Capital Investors	Company	Amount	Description
Accelled, Salesforce Ventures	Algolia	$110M	San Francisco, CA-based search-as-a-service startup
Bond, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird, Sequoia China	Canva	$85M	Australian design software company
Prelude Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Moore Strategic Ventures, Next47	Citrine	$20M	Redwood City, CA-based materials data and AI platform
Tiger Global, Sequoia India	CleverTap	$35M	Mountain View, CA-based mobile marketing and customer analytics platform
Novo Holdings, Venrock, DROIA Oncology Ventures, Osage University Partners, Lightstone Ventures, Celgene	Cyteir Therapeutics	$40.2M	Lexington, MA-based cancer therapy startup
Union Grove Venture Partners, Ajax Strategies, Crosslink Capital, March Capital Partners	Descartes Labs	$20M	Santa Fe, NM-based satellite imagery analytics startup
Edison Partners, Allos Ventures, Cultivation Capital	Emplify	$15M	Indianapolis, IN-based employee engagement improvement startup
The Chernin Group	Exploding Kittens	$30M	Los Angeles, CA-based maker of card games
e.ventures, Evolv Ventures, Poseidon	Flowhub	$23M	Denver, CO-based provider of cannabis retail management software
Accel	Galileo Financial	$77M	Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of backend software for fintech companies
Foundry Group, Lerer Hippeau, Kickstart Ventures, Gingerbread Capital	Havenly	$32M	Denver, CO-based interior design platform
H.I.G Growth, Upfront Ventures, Accel, Morgan Stanley	Invoca	$56M	Santa Barbara, CA-based provider of call tracking and conversational analytics software
Tiger Global	Lattice	$25M	San Francisco, CA-based employee management platform
Walmart, Hut 8 Ventures, Lennar	Level Home	$71M	Redwood City, CA-based smart-lock developer
White Star Capital, FirstMark Capital, Amplo, Alpha Edison Partners, Arkitekt Ventures, Galaxy Digital	Parsley Health	$26M	New York, NY-based personalized holistic health services startup
Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Meritech Capital, FirstMark, Geodesic Capital, Cross Creek	Pendo	$100M	Raleigh, NC-based customer analytics platform
HP Enterprise, Lightspeed Venture Partners	Pensando	$145M	San Jose, CA-based developer of new edge services models of enterprise and cloud computing
Contour Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners	Radius Networks	$15M	Washington, DC-based provider of physical customer traffic analytics
IAC, Slow Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, Open Ocean	Thimble	$22M	New York, NY-based provider of short-term insurance to small businesses and freelancers
DBL Partners	Wheels	$50M	Los Angeles, CA-based dockless e-bike rental company

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