The Scherzer Deal Report: August 19-23, 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.
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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds
HarbourVest Partners
$18.5B
11th private equity secondaries fund ($15.1B) and Secondary Overflow Fund V ($3.4B)
Radical Ventures
$800M
New fund
Private Equity Deals
Audax Private Equity
Avantor
$650M
Radnor Township, PA-based clinical services business
Rise Growth Partners
Bleakley
Undisclosed
Fairfield, NJ-based wealth advisory and financial planning firm
Quantum Capital Group
Caerus Oil and Gas
$1.8B
Denver, CO-based conventional oil and gas producer
Sixth Street
Caliche Development Partners
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based acquirer and operator of natural gas and industrial gas storage assets
Topspin Consumer Partners
Carpe
Undisclosed amount
Durham, NC-based antiperspirant brand
Koch Equity Development
Iconectiv
$1B
Bridgewater, NJ-based call-routing business
Falfurrias Management Partners
Jumo Health
Undisclosed amount
New Haven, CT-based provider of clinical trial solutions
Arsenal Capital
Knowtion Health
Undisclosed amount
Boca Raton, FL-based provider of revenue cycle insurance claim resolution services
Terramont Infrastructure Partners, Tecum Capital, and Patriot Capital
Long Island Waste Services
Undisclosed amount
Islandia, NY-based solid-waste hauler
Warburg Pincus
MIAX
$100M
Miami, FL-based parent company of options exchange operator
Warren Equity Partners
MoboTrex
Undisclosed amount
Davenport, IA-based provider of traffic and mobility solutions to government agencies
Brighton Park Capital and Symphony Ventures
TikPick
$250M
New York, NY-based online ticket marketplace
Carlyle
Worldpac
Undisclosed amount
Newark, CA-based auto parts wholesale distributor
Venture Capital Deals
Nova Threshold, 776, Initialized, Caladan, YC, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Jed McCaleb
AstroForge
$40M
Huntington Beach, CA-based asteroid mining startup
Bessemer Venture Partners, Fifth Growth Fund, and Red Cell Partners
Defcon AI
$44M
McLean, VA-based provider of modeling, simulation, and analysis for military applications
Innovation Endeavors, Icon Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Menlo Ventures
Eppo
$28M
San Francisco, CA-based AI experimentation platform
Blockchain Capital, 1kx, Offchain Labs, Polygon, and Matter Labs
Fabric Cryptography
$33M
Santa Clara, CA-based maker of cryptography hardware
Khosla Ventures and Temasek
Fortera
$85M
San Jose, CA-based maker of low-carbon cement
Lightspeed, GIC, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Lead Edge Capital, and JPMorgan
Grafana Labs
$270M
New York, NY-based open observability platform.
Lagniappe Capital Partners
Home Run Dugout
$22.5M
Katy, TX-based baseball-focused eat-ertainment concept.
Zeev Ventures
Lettuce
$15M
San Francisco, CA-based automated accounting and tax solution
Sonder Capital and Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Neptune Medical
$97M
Menlo Park, CA-based developer of GI devices and robotics
Plum Alley Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners
Openwater
$54M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of open-source tech for medical devices
PeakSpan Capital, UST Global, Verica, Vertical, and YouNest
Opkey
$47M
Dublin, CA-based test automation platform
Eventide, Labcorp, Quest Diagnostics, and GenHenn Capital Venture
PreciseDx
$20.7M
New York, NY-based oncology diagnostics company
Pelion Venture Partners, Cervin Ventures, Epic, Kickstart, and Aglaé Ventures
Redo
$24M
Heber City, UT-based provider of returns management software
WestCap
Siepe
$30M
Dallas, TX-based provider of software to the private credit industry
Andreessen Horowitz
Slingshot AI
$30M
Albany, NY-based mental health startup
A16z and Polychain Capital
Story Protocol
$80M
Bellevue, WA-based blockchain platform for IP owners to track usage
Moderne Ventures, Construct Capital, First Round Capital, FJ Labs, and Redpoint Ventures
The Rounds
$24M
Philadelphia, PA-based provider of e-commerce restocking solutions
Redpoint
Trunk Tools
$20M
New York, NY-based provider of automation solutions for construction documentation
Omega Funds, Intuitive Ventures, Cleveland Clinic, Ajax Health, Longview Ventures, Aperture Venture Partners, and JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund
XII Medical
$45M
Union City, CA-based developer of therapies for obstructive sleep apnea