The Scherzer Deal Report: February 5-9, 2024
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
Brookfield Asset Management
$10B
Second energy transition fund
Coalesce Capital
$900M
Debut fund
Encore Consumer Capital
$258M
Fourth fund
Northleaf Capital Partners
$212M
First direct growth equity fund
Scion Life Sciences
$310M
Debut fund
The Riverside Company
$235M
Second fund focused on small-cap B2B software companies.
Trinity Hunt Partners
$700M
Seventh fund
Voyager Ventures
$100M
Second fund
Wonder Ventures
$102M
Fourth pre-seed fund ($57M) and an opportunities fund ($45M)
Private Equity Deals
Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners
Baker Tilly
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based advisory CPA firm
Investcorp
Banner Ridge Partners
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based private equity secondaries firm
Warburg Pincus
Bloomerang
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based provider of nonprofit donor management software
Thoma Bravo
Everbridge
$1.5B
Burlington, MA-based provider of critical event management and national public warning solutions.
Main Post Partners
Highland Arms Enterprises
Undisclosed amount
Lynnwood, WA-based franchisee operator of home services group
Braemont Capital
Loenbro
Undisclosed amount
Westminster, CO-based provider of services to the data center and infrastructure markets
Post Oak
Midway Energy Partners
Undisclosed amount
Permian Basin-focused E&P
Greater Sum Ventures
SOMA Global
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based provider of public safety management software.
Mainsail Partners
Teamfront
Undisclosed amount
San Clemente, CA-based provider of business management software and payments solutions
Venture Capital Deals
Shine Capital, Imaginary Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Red Sea Ventures
10Beauty
$17M
Burlington, MA-based maker of manicure robots
Centana Growth Partners
Adroit
$15M
Stamford, CT-based execution management system for OTC-heavy buy-side desks
NewVale Capital, Atlantic Bridge, Crosslink Capital, and Uncork Capital
Aizon
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based AI startup focused on pharma manufacturing
Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, a16z, and Optum Ventures
Ambience Healthcare
$70M
San Francisco, CA-based AI operating system for health care organizations.
NextEra Energy, Safran Corporate Ventures, Shell Ventures, Envisioning Partners, and Rusheen Capital Management
Avnos
$36M
Los Angeles, CA-based hybrid direct air capture startup
Healthier Capital, FirstMark Capital, Allianz Life Ventures, the Schwarzman family, David Prior, Gaingels, Republic, Mana Ventures, Credo Ventures, Seedcamp, LDV Capital, Accomplice, Founders Future, Vlad Tenev, Anne Wojcicki, and Esther Dyson.
Ezra
$21M
New York, NY-based AI company focused on MRI imaging and cancer detection.
Matrix and Epic Ventures
Headlight
$18M
San Diego, CA-based mental health startup
Activate Capital
Kin
$15M
Chicago, IL-based D2C home insurer
Khosla Ventures, United Airlines Ventures, and Amazon’s climate fund
Koloma
$245M
Denver, CO-based geologic hydrogen startup
Viking Global, Cormorant, The Column Group, LYFE Capital, Schroders Capital, Willett Advisors, Ysios Capital Partners, Euclidean Capital, SymBiosis, Alexandria Venture Investments, Berkeley Frontier Fund, Sphera Biotech Master Fund, Spur Capital Partners, UCB Ventures, and UC Investments
Neurona Therapeutics
$120M
San Francisco, CA-based biotech focused on repairing dysfunctional neural circuits
Iconiq Growth, Frank Slootman, Amit Agarwal, and Summit Partners
NinjaOne
$213.5M
Austin, TX-based IT platform for endpoint visibility
Wesleyan Investment Foundation, Uncork, R7, and TheGP
Overflow
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based startup that helps charitable and faith-based organizations accept stock and crypto donations
Left Lane Capital, Adjacent, Adobe Ventures, Chad Hurley, and Shaun Maguire
Polycam
$18M
Altadena, CA-based 3D creation tools for smartphones
Syngenta Group Ventures, Commonfund, Highgate Private Equity, G2 Venture Partners, Anterra Capital, Astanor Ventures, Endeavor8, Avenue Venture Opportunities, Avenue Sustainable Solutions, and Red Bear Angels
ProducePay
$38M
Los Angeles, CA-based financing and marketplace platform for the fresh produce market.
Plural and Iconical
Starship Technologies
$90M
San Francisco, CA-based delivery robot developer
GV, Dream Sports, Wise Ventures, JDS Sports, Alumni Ventures, LeBron James, Drake, Maverick Carter, Main Street Advisors, and Haslam Sports Group
StatusPRO
$20M
Miami, FL-based sports tech and gaming company
Lupa Systems, Titletown Tech, IBM Ventures, and Booz Allen Hamilton
Synthetaic
$15M
Delafield, WI-based AI startup focused on discovering insights from images.
Altimeter Capital, Insight Partners, 8VC, DCVC, DCVC Bio, Radical Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Epic Ventures, and Necessary VC
Unlearn
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based platform for creating “digital twins” of clinical trial participants
TVM Capital Life Science and Solas BioVentures
Vektor Medical
$16M
San Diego, CA-based maker of arrhythmia analysis tech
Smith Point Capital
Zededa
$72M
San Jose, CA-based edge management and orchestration startup