The Scherzer Deal Report: August 31-September 4, 2026
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
A16z
$8.5B
Fifth growth fund
Carrick Capital Partners
$600M
Single-asset CV focused on identity security company Saviynt
Private Equity Deals
KKR
A1 Garage Door Service
$2B
Phoenix, AZ-based residential garage door repair and replacement company
Great Hill Partners
Aurenity
Undisclosed amount
West Hartford, CT-based excess & surplus managing general agent
RTB Holdings
Boost Transport
Undisclosed amount
Gainesville, GA-based provider of managed transportation services
Sequoia Financial Group
BSW Wealth Partners
Undisclosed amount
Boulder, CO-based RIA with $2.3b in client assets under management
Valence Surface Technologies
Cametoid TechnologiesUndisclosed amount
Manchester, CT-based provider of ion vapor deposition surface treatments for aerospace and defense
Reworld Waste
Clean & Green Recycling, ClearFlo Technologies and EnviroTec
Undisclosed amount
Long Island, NY-based environmental solutions companies
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Colt Group
Undisclosed amount
Pasadena, TX-based provider of specialty industrial services
Blue Sea Capital
CompletePet
Undisclosed amount
Miami, FL-based maker of pet wellness products
MacLean Power Systems
Delta Star
Undisclosed amount
Lynchburg, VA-based provider of power transformers and mobile substation solutions
Voltaris Power
Electronic Power Design
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based provider of power distribution equipment for data centers
Aquiline
Flourish
Undisclosed amount
New York City, NY-based wealthtech platform
Marco Sealing Solutions
Global O-Ring and Seal
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based distributor of industrial sealing products
Flexstone Partners
Glouston Capital Partners
Undisclosed amount
Boston, MA-based PE secondaries manager
Truelink Capital
JT Thorpe Group
Undisclosed amount
Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of industrial maintenance and thermal management services
Trimlite
KW Building Products
Undisclosed amount
Lexington, KY-based wholesale distributor of residential doors, windows, and related building products
TSG Consumer
Los Tacos No. 1
Undisclosed amount
New York City, NY-based taco restaurant chain
Trafera
Morris Electronics
Undisclosed amount
Morris, MN-based IT company
GreenArrow
MSL Electric
Undisclosed amount
Anaheim, CA-based electrical contractor
Citrix
Numecent
Undisclosed amount
Irvine, CA-based application virtualization tech company
H.I.G. Capital
Outcomes One
Undisclosed amount
Orlando, FL-based provider of clinical network services and pharmacy tech
Midland Industries
Pegasus Supply Group
Undisclosed amount
Noblesville, IN-based provider of industrial and electronic connection products
LongRange Capital
Pizza Hut
$1.5B
Plano, TX-based pizza chain
Veryon
Polaris Aero
Undisclosed amount
Scottsdale, AZ-based aviation software company
Aria Care Partners
Precision Mobile Care
Undisclosed amount
Park City, UT-based provider of mobile onsite preventive and restorative dental care
West Physics Consulting
Radiographic Testing Services
Undisclosed amount
Albany, NY-based medical equipment services provider
Bernhard Capital Partners
Revenew International
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based provider of cost recovery and performance improvement solutions
ALKU
RockITdata
Undisclosed amount
Philadelphia, PA-based tech consultancy
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
Suppression Systems
Undisclosed amount
Tacoma, WA-based fire suppression company
Ally Waste
Swift Integrated Services
Undisclosed amount
Provo, UT-based provider of dumpster management and waste brokerage services
Corridor Capital
Titan Investors
Undisclosed amount
Miami, FL-based producer of investment events
Oaktree
Vivax-Metrotech
Undisclosed amount
Santa Clara, CA-based maker of locating and inspection devices for utility infrastructure
Venture Capital Deals
Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks, Swish Ventures, and Netz
AIR
$50M
New York City, NY-based inline firewall for agents
Khosla Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, 2048 Ventures, BoxGroup, Liquid2, and Alumni Ventures
Aslan
$20.8M
Washington, DC-based maker of AI agents that act as operatives in national security missions
RA Capital Management, HanKang Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, YuanBio Venture Capital, and CDH Investments
Ausperbio
$120M
San Francisco, CA-based biotech focused on chronic hepatitis
BAtreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Mubadala
Crusoe
$3B
Denver, CO-based data center developer
Propel Bio Partners, Good Ventures, and Arrowtown
EIT Pharma
$35M
Kirkland, WA-based biotech focused on infectious diseasesa
16z
Felix Pago
$87M
Miami, FL-based money-transfer startup
A16z, Arm, and M12
Gimlet Labs
$300M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of AI inference software
Salesforce and Farallon Capital Management
HiBob
$166M
New York City, NY-based HR and benefits software startup
Delta-v Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, Morgan Stanley, and Booz Allen Ventures
HiddenLayer
$100M
Austin, TX-based enterprise AI security startup
Matrix Partners and Activate Capital
Light
$46M
Austin, TX-based enabler of embedded electricity products for businesses
Tiger Global, Goldman Sachs, G2 Venture Partners, and Scale Venture Partners
Locus Robotics
$41.6M
Wilmington, MA-based warehouse robot and software developer
Maverick Silicon, Fidelity, Atreides Management, Key1 Capital, and Ora Global
Lyte
$165M
Sunnyvale, CA-based robotics and AI startup
Greenoaks, Valor Equity Partners, Iconiq, and Imaginary Ventures
Medici Brands
$250M
New York City, NY-based parent company of David Protein and confectionery brand Hall
PassLabcorp Venture Fund, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and Innovatus Capital Partners
N-Power Medicine
$32M
Redwood City, CA-based cancer drug developer
Broadscale Group, FMO, Al Mada Ventures, USV, Equal Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Twelve Below, FJ Labs, MCJ, and Transition Ventures
Odyssey Energy Solutions
$27M
Boulder, CO-based platform for financing distributed renewable energy projects in emerging markets
Hughes & Co. and Health Enterprise Partners
PatientIQ
$30M
Chicago, IL-based patient outcomes data company
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Dragon Global, Robot Ventures, Solari, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Balaji Srinivasan, and Anthony Scaramucci
Physical Superintelligence
$58M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of physical AI labs
1789 Capital
Polymarket
$300M
New York City, NY-based prediction-market platform
Energy Impact Partners, Counterpart Ventures, E12 Ventures, Global Brain, Thin Line Capital, Up Partners, LACI Impact Fund, Eclipse, VoLo Earth, Cubit Capital, RA Capital Management, MassMutual Catalyst, and Nor’easter
Reframe Systems
$40M
Andover, MA-based home construction platform
Altimeter, Madrona, Foundation Capital, S32, and Zetta Ventures
SciFin
$44M
San Francisco, CA-based revenue data startup
BVF Partners, Deep Track Capital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, NVentures, Catalio Capital Management, and Eli Lilly
Superluminal Medicines
$60M
Boston, MA-based obesity drug developer
FTV Capital
TabaPay
$155M
Mountain View, CA-based provider of money-movement services to fintechs and lenders
Morgan Health, Humana, CVS Health Ventures, AlleyCorp, HealthQuest Capital, Foresite Capital, Concord Health Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, and a16z
Thyme Care
$125M
Nashville, TN-based cancer care company
AN Venture Partners, RA Capital Management, ANRI, Gemseki, and SBI US Gateway Fund
Typewriter Therapeutics
$56M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of re-dosable genetic medicines
Marathon, Chemistry, Wing, AMD Ventures, Outset Capital, Fifty Years, and YC
Wafer
$40M
San Francisco, CA-based inference chip startup
