The Scherzer Deal Report: July 14-18, 2025
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
Blue Owl Capital
$850M
Alternative credit fund
Mantis VC
$100M
Third fund
Modi Ventures
$88M
Second fund
Neuberger Berman
$2.8B
Fifth co-investing fund
Pantheon
$2.2B
Third fund
Stone Point Capital
$11.5B
Tenth flagship fund
The Riverside Co.
$750M
Second fund for SMEs
Valante Capital
$115M
Second fund
Private Equity Deals
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A-lign
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based provider of cybersecurity compliance services
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
AIA Contract Documents
Undisclosed amount
Washington, DC-based risk management and workflow platform for the architecture, engineering and construction industry
Blue Sage Capital
Clean Scapes Enterprises
Undisclosed amount
Austin, TX-based commercial landscaper.
GTCR
Clear Capital
Undisclosed amount
Reno, NV-based provider of residential property valuation services
TPG
DirecTV
Undisclosed amount
El Segundo, CA-based pay TV provider
Nautic Partners
Ideal Tridon
Undisclosed amount
Smyrna, TN-based maker of fastening, sealing, and support systems
Constellation Wealth Capital
Merit Financial Advisors
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based wealth manager
Liberty Hall Capital Partners
Paxia
Undisclosed amount
Herndon, VA-based provider of in-flight catering management software for commercial aerospace
Strategic Value Partners
Red Oak Power
Undisclosed amount
Sayreville, NJ-based 831 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant
Main Post Partners
Smoothie King
Undisclosed amount
Dallas, TX-based food chain
Oak Hill Capital and Pamlico Capital
Socket Telecom
Undisclosed amount
Columbia, MO-based fiber internet service provider
BVP Forge
Technical Toolboxes
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based provider of engineering and maintenance software for energy infrastructure
Monogram Capital Partners
Western Smokehouse Partners
Undisclosed amount
Galesburg, IL-based meat snack maker
Venture Capital Deals
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and Kimmeridge Energy Management Company
38 Degrees North
$230M
Sausalito, CA-based company focused on community solar
Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley
Amogy
$23M
New York, NY-based provider of ammonia-to-power solutions
8VC and Eclipse
Bedrock Robotics
$80M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of autonomous heavy machinery
JMI Equity, Index Ventures, and VMG Partners
Boulevard
$80M
Los Angeles, CA-based maker of software for self-care businesses
Centana Growth Partners
CertifID
$47.5M
Austin, TX-based real estate wire fraud prevention company
Union Square Ventures, a16z crypto, and Lightspeed Faction. Coinbase, Offline Ventures, Sound Ventures, and Distributed Global
Ephemera
$20M
New York, NY-based company with an open-source messaging protocol
Navis Capital Partners
Eton Solutions
$58M
Morrisville, NC-based wealth management platform for family offices
Zeev Ventures, Greenfield Partners, 10D VC, Square Peg, JIBE, Vintage Investment Partners, and Leblon Capital
Exodigo
$96M
Palo Alto, CA-based underground data intelligence company
5AM Ventures and The Forest Road Company
Fellow Health
$24M
San Leandro, CA-based company male reproductive health startup
Energize Capital, BCV, and Footwork
Felt
$15M
Oakland, CA-based platform for geospatial work
New Enterprise Associates, Washington Harbour Partners, Lockheed Martin, and Booz Allen Hamilton
Firestorm Labs
$47M
San Diego, CA-based drone printing company
Translink Capital, RRE Ventures, McRock Capital, Escape Investment Management, and Fifth Growth Fund
Foundation EGI
$23M
Los Altos, CA-based engineer automation startup
Impact Venture Capital, CerraCap Ventures, G Vision Capital, Mark IV Capital, and SourceCode Cerberus
GigaIO
$21M
Carlsbad, CA-based A.I. infrastructure developer
FemHealth Ventures and Warren Point Capital
GT Medical Technologies
$16M
Tempe, AZ-based medical device company
Insight Partners, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, and Flex Capital
Heron
$16M
New York, NY-based workflow automation company
SYN Venturesi
Counter
$30M
Dallas, TX-based cyber risk intelligence company
Volition Capital
Linkby
$15M
Boston, MA-based performance marketing platform
NGP Capital, Sorenson Capital, Headline, Flybridge Capital, Notable Capital, Mango Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, and IBM
NetBox Labs
$35M
New York, NY-based network and infrastructure management company
Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins,Coatue, Conviction, and Thrive
OpenEvidence
$210M
Cambridge, MA-based AI medical assistant for doctors
Five Elms Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, and Inovo VC
Spacelift
$51M
Redwood City, CA-based data-center infrastructure automation platform
Andreessen Horowitz, The Chernin Group, BOND, Klutch Sports Group CEO Rich Paul, and Skims CEO Jens Grede
Substack
$100M
San Francisoc, CA-based email newsletter platform
Greycroft, Craft Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, and South Park Commons
Vultron
$17M
San Francisco, CA-based proposal development platform
Interactive Brokers
Zerohash
$100M
Chicago, IL-based crypto infrastructure business