The Scherzer Deal Report: September 25-29, 2023
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
Anzu Partners
$200M
Third fund
Fuse
$250M
Second fund
Industry Ventures
$1.71B
Tenth VC secondaries fund ($1.45B) and second fund focused on direct investments in software companies ($260M)
Mercury Fund
$160M
Fifth fund
Mythos Ventures
$14M
Debut fund
T-Mobile
Undisclosed amount
Second corporate VC fund
Private Equity Deals
Platinum Equity
Cook & Boardman
Undisclosed amount
Winston-Salem, NC-based commercial door distributor
Brightstar Capital Partners
Douglas
Undisclosed amount
Liberty, MO-based provider of products and packaging for the agriculture production and structural pest control markets
Arlington Capital Partners
Exostar
Undisclosed amount
Herndon, VA-based provider of secure collaboration and risk management solutions
Left Lane Capital, Ares Management, Lindsey Vonn, Candace Parker, Jordyn Poulter, Amy Schumer, Amy Griffin, Linda Henry, Jayson Tatum, Chelsea Handler, Boardroom Sports Holdings
League One Volleyball
$35M
Hermosa Beach, CA-based youth volleyball group
Novo Holdings, Gurnet Point
Paratek Pharma
$462M
Boston, MA-based antibiotics maker
Capstreet Planet
Bids
Undisclosed amount
Woodland Hills, CA-based provider of e-procurement SaaS
Silver Oak Services Partners
Quality Liaison Services
Undisclosed amount
Hendersonville, TN-based provider of representation and quality assurance services for OEMs and suppliers
Susquehanna Private Capital
U.S. Compliance
Undisclosed amount
Excelsior, MN-based provider of EHS compliance management solutions to facilities
Venture Capital Deals
F-Prime Capital, OrbiMed, Deerfield Management, Decheng Capital, Labcorp, RA Capital Management
Adela
$48M
Branford, CT-based blood testing platform for minimal residual disease monitoring
Bond, CapitalG, Viking Global, BAM Elevate, Goldman Sachs
AlphaSense
$150M
New York, NY-based market intelligence and search platform
Eclipse, Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, Abstract Ventures
Arc
$70M
San Francisco, CA-based electric boat maker
Fulcrum Equity Partners, Engage
Canvs AI
$15M
New York, NY-based consumer and employee feedback analytics platform
Menlo Ventures, Reach Capital, General Catalyst, BoxGroup, Able Partners
Cartwheel
$20M
Cambridge, MA-based telemental health startup focused on schools
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital, Khosla Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Moneta VC
Farther
$31M
New York, NY-based wealth management startup
Flagship Pioneering, Pictet, Partners Investment, M&G Investments
Harbinger Health
$140M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of cancer screening and detection technologies
Andreessen Horowitz
IYK
$16.8M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of NFT infrastructure for fashion brands
Foxconn, Alltek, Horizon Ventures, Liteon Technology, Adata, Palpilot
Kneron
$49M
San Diego, CA and Taipei-based chipmaker for autonomous vehicles
Lobby Capital, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta
Kolena
$15M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of AI model testing tools
Forgepoint Capital
Lumu
$24M
Doral, FL-based enterprise cybersecurity startup focused on real-time compromises
GV, Felicis, Semper Virens, Icon, 25M, Operator Collective
Midi Health
$25M
Los Altos, CA-based provider of menopause health care solutions
Nexus Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz
Nx
$16M
Gilbert, AZ-based maker of developer tools
Fuse, Curql, BankTech Ventures, EJF Capital, the Btech Consortium
PortX
$16.5M
Seattle, WA-based provider of financial services infrastructure for banks
776, Basis Set Ventures, PearVC, Kleiner Perkins, Day One Ventures, Hustle Fund, Caffeinated Capital, Wischoff Ventures
Series
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based enterprise OS for automating business and finance stacks
MUFG, Kanematsu Corp., Tokio Marine & Nichido, Coatue, General Atlantic, Moore Strategic Ventures, BlackRock, AE Industrial Partners
Sierra Space
$290M
Louisville, CO-based commercial space transportation and infrastructure company
Union Square Ventures, Sam Altman, Monashees, YC
Slope
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based B2B payments platform
ABS Capital, Chase Impact Finance & Advisory, Lumos Capital Group, Akkadian Ventures, Spring Tide Capital, Firework Ventures
Transfr
$40M
New York, NY-based provider of VR-based skills training solutions