Scherzer Deal Report

The Scherzer Deal Report: August 12-16, 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

HighPost Capital/HIPstr
$100M
Early-stage fund

Resurgens Technology Partners
$800M
Third fund

Private Equity Deals

Lightyear Capital Cura
Linc Healthcare
Undisclosed amount
Chicago, IL-based provider of employee assistance, student, and workforce mental health programs

Lindsay Goldberg
Golden State Foods
Undisclosed amount
Irvine, CA-based distributor of food to the foodservice and retail sectors

Summit Park
Hylaine
Undisclosed amount
Charlotte, NC-based tech consultancy

Vista Equity Partners
Jaggaer
Undisclosed amount
Morrisville, NC-based supply chain software firm

Blackstone
M3
Undisclosed amount
Lawrenceville, GA-based provider of hospitality accounting software

Warburg Pincus
Service Express
Undisclosed amount
Grand Rapids, MI-based provider of post-warranty data center maintenance services

MidOcean Partners
SI Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Huntersville, NC-based provider of engineering and other services for the power and critical infrastructure markets

Venture Capital Deals

Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital
Anysphere
$60M
Buffalo, NY-based developer of an AI-powered coding assistant

PFM Health Sciences, BlackRock Innovation Capital, MTIP, Bioniq Capital, Pictet Alternative Advisors, Surgical.ai, Aescuvest, Optum Ventures, Cure Capital, Relyens Group, Vesalius Biocapital, Lauxera Capital, Plug & Play, and ProAssurance Corp.
Caresyntax
$80M
San Francisco, CA-based surgical data analysis platform

Haun Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Spartan Capital, Slow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, PayPal Ventures, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Coinbase Ventures
Chaos Labs
$55M
New York, NY-based provider of on-chain risk management

Avanta Ventures, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Old Republic International Corporation, and Stray Dog Enterprises
Companion Protect
$20.3M
Leawood, KS-based pet health administrator

Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Dheeraj Pandey’s family office, Param Hansa Values
DevRev
$100M
Palo Alto, CA-based customer relationship and product development software provider

Decarbonization Partners, Ecolab, Rethink Impact, GSBackers, Greycroft, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Guidewheel
$31M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of factory ops software

Deep Track Capital, Frazier Life Sciences, RA Capital Management, Vida Ventures, Boxer Capital, Taiho Ventures, Canaan Partners, Access Biotechnology, Elm Street Ventures, and Connecticut Innovations
Halda Therapeutics
$126M
New Haven, CT-based developer of solid tumor drugs

Alpha Wave Ventures, Amzak Health, HealthQuest Capital, JJDC, Venture Investors, Lumira Ventures, Yonjin Venture, and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board
HistoSonics
$102M
Minneapolis, MN-based developer of liver cancer therapy solutions

NEA, 7WireVentures, Signal Fire, and Viola Ventures
PayZen
$232M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of health care financing tools

Arch Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, Sequoia Capital, Hither Creek Ventures, Canaan Partners, Fitz Gate Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Osage University Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Tao Capital Partners, and Tribeca Venture Partner
Quantum Circuits
$60M
New Haven, CT-based developer of superconducting architecture

General Catalyst
Re:Build Manufacturing
$120M
Cambridge, MA-based provider of industrial manufacturing solutions

Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Polychain Capital, Samsung, Matrix Partners, dao5, Geekcartel, Nomad Capital, SCB 10X, Canonical Capital, Mirana Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Aegis Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Tangent Ventures
Sahara AI
$43M
Los Angeles, CA-based decentralized AI blockchain platform

The Scherzer Deal Report: August 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.

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Flint Capital
$160M
Third VC fund

Thrive Capital
$5B
Ninth early-stage fund ($1B) and its third growth fund ($4B)

Private Equity Deals

Greenbacker Capital
3V Infrastructure
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based EV charging infrastructure firm

Gamut Capital Management
Airtron
Undisclosed amount
Columbus, OH-based maker of HVAC systems

Platinum Equity
ASP Global
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based developer of consumable medical products

Quantum Capital
Cogentrix Energy
$3B
Charlotte, NC-based operator of natural gas power plants

Consello Capital
EHE Health
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of preventive health care

Meaningful Partners
Fitness Ventures
Undisclosed amount
Longwood, FL-based second-largest Crunch Fitness franchisee.

Aurora Capital Partners
GenServe
Undisclosed amount
Plainview, NY-based provider of backup power solutions

Stellex
McConway & Torley and Standard Forged Products
Undisclosed amount
Pittsburgh, PA-based makers of products for rail and industrial customers

Bernhard Capital Partners
New Mexico Gas Company
$1.25B
Albuquerque, NM-based energy and services company.

Bansk Group
PetIQ
$1.5B
Eagle, ID-based pet medication and wellness company

Apax Partners
Thoughtworks
$1.75B
Chicago, IL-based tech consultancy

Cerberus Capital Management
Vivace International
Undisclosed amount
San Antonio, TX-based maker of propulsion tanks for space and defense applications

Venture Capital Deals

Wellington Management, Greylock, Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners, and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund
Abnormal Security
$250M
San Francisco, CA-based email security company

Dragonfly, CMT Digital, Castle Island Ventures, Wintermute, 6th Man Ventures, and ParaFi
Andrena
$18M
New York, NY-based developer of a decentralized physical infrastructure network protocol

Threshold
Freshpaint
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based health care privacy platform

BlackRock, Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Cisco, KDDI, and Samsung Catalyst Fund
Groq
$640M
Mountain View, CA-based AI chipmaker

Infinite Capital, Hanwha Asset Management, Cubit Capital, Origin Ventures, Industrious Ventures, Venn10 Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Metaplanet, Liquid 2 Ventures, and TechNexus
H3X
$20M
Denver, CO-based electric motor maker

Harbert Growth Partners, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Bull City Venture Partners
Levitate
$15M
Raleigh, NC-based CRM software startup.

GV
Mechanical Orchard
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based cloud ops-as-a-service

Activate Capital, Acme Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Radical Ventures, and Congruent Ventures
Muon Space
$56.7M
Mountain View, CA-based space-as-as-service startup

Enlightened Hospitality Investments
Oats Overnight
$35M
Tempe, AZ-based oatmeal maker

Mayfield, Revolution Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, and Idealab Studio
ProRata.ai
$25M
Seattle, WA-based developer of a subscription AI chatbot that would share attribution and revenue with media publishers.

Sapphire Ventures, Meritech Capital, and OpenView
Rewst
$45M
Tampa, FL-based automation platform for MSPs

Canvas Ventures
Savvy
$15.5M
New York, NY-based provider of wealth management software

Sixth Street Growth, Insight Partners, Altira Group, Second Avenue Partners, and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
Seeq
$50M
Seattle, WA-based provider of industrial analytics and monitoring

SV Health Investors, 1315 Capital, and RC Capital
Spineology
$25M
St. Paul, MN-based spinal fusion startup

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 29-August 2, 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

Amulet Capital Partners
$1.3B
Third fund

Blue Delta Capital Partners
$250M
Fourth fund

Knox Lane
$1B
Second fund

Moxxie Ventures
$95M
Third fund

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
$3B
Fifth energy transition-focused fund

Siddhi Capital
$135M
Second fund

venBio
$528M
Fifth fund

Private Equity Deals

Bain Capital Insurance
1970 Group
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based specialized risk financing provider to the insurance industry

Rand Logistics
Andrie
Undisclosed amount
Muskegon, MI-based marine transporter of liquid bulk commodity goods

Mollitiam Holdings
BluRoc
Undisclosed amount
Northampton, MA-based provider of road and other infrastructure

BharCap Partners
Electronic Merchant Systems
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based merchant payments company

Mainsail Partners
INNERGY
Undisclosed amount
Sauk Rapids, MN-based provider of cloud-based software for woodworking, cabinetry, stone, metal, and other engineer-to-order shops

Stanley Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Alternatives
SePRO Corporation
Undisclosed amount
Carmel, IN-based environmental restoration company

Vistria Group
Soliant
Undisclosed amount
Peachtree Corners, GA-based health care staffing and recruiting firm

Berkshire Partners and Leonard Green & Partners
Vital Care
Undisclosed amount
Brentwood, TN-based franchisor of infusion therapy pharmacies

CORE Industrial Partners
Winky Lux
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based beauty company

Venture Capital Deals

Aliment Capital and Steve Kaplan
Agrovision
$100M
Los Angeles, CA-based superfruit producer

Forbion, Ono Venture Investment, Alexandria Venture Investments, ARCH Venture Partners, and ND Capital
AIRNA
$60M
Cambridge, MA-based RNA editing therapeutics company

US Innovative Technology Fund, March Capital, Generation Investment Management, Salesforce Ventures, Friends and Family Capital, GV, Activate Capital, Floating Point, and OMERS Ventures
Altana
$200M
New York, NY-based supply chain monitoring company

TO VC, Congruent Ventures, Grantham Foundation, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, S2G Ventures, Overture.vc, Wireframe Ventures, Autodesk Foundation, Anglo American, Susquehanna Foundation, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, and Elemental Excelerator
Applied Carbon
$21.5M
San Francisco, CA-based automated biochar production tech startup

Invictus Growth Partners
Axiad
$25M
Santa Clara, CA-based cybersecurity startup

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Vanderbilt University Endowment, and the University of Illinois Foundation
Bilt Rewards
$150M
New York, NY-based credit card startup

Greycroft, Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed, Lip-Bu Tan, Conviction, Recall Capital, Bezos Expeditions, NVentures, HSBC Ventures, and Snowflake Ventures
Contextual AI
$80M
Mountain View, CA-based enterprise AI company

CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures, FPV Ventures, Sands Capital, Decibel VC, Booz Allen Hamilton, and AI Fund
Credo AI
$21M
Palo Alto, CA-based AI risk and compliance startup

Accel and Section 32
Ema
$36M
San Francisco, CA-based AI agents startup

Portage, Lumir Ventures, F2 Venture Capital, Viola Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures
Faye
$31.5M
Newark, DE-based travel insurance startup

Centana Growth Partners, MassMutual Ventures, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures, and Forte Ventures

Gradient AI
$56.1M
Boston, MA-based insurance software startup

Prelude Ventures, Carbon Direct Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Overture
Graphyte
$30M
Dover, DE-based carbon capture startup

01 Advisors, Baseline Ventures, Haystack Ventures, Octave, Mantis Venture Capital, and Insight Partners
Haus
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based marketing attribution startup

Prosperity7 Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Hitachi, Tenable Ventures, Carahsoft Technology, Wipro Ventures, SecureOctane, and Alumni Ventures Group
Lineaje
$20M
Saratoga, CA-based supply chain cybersecurity startup

Lux Capital, Starwood Capital Group, Flex Capital, Stellar MLS, REcolorado MLS, and California Regional MLS
Perchwell
$25M
New York, NY-based residential real estate data startup

Evolution Equity Partners, 01 Advisors, StepStone Group, Samsung, Acrew Capital, boldstart ventures, Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures
Protect AI
$60M
Seattle, WA-based AI and machine learning security company

NightDragon, Bluestone Equity Partners, Caden Capital, Cota Capital, Tru Arrow Partners, and Uncorrelated Ventures
Rhombus
$45M
Sacramento, CA-based physical security startup

Generation Investment Management, Kinnevik, William K Warren Foundation, RRE, and Northzone
Spring Health
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based mental health startup

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Foxglove Ventures, and GD1
Type One Energy
$82.4M
Knoxville, TN-based fusion energy company

DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital, E12, Decathlon, and SOSV
Unspun
$32M
Oakland, CA-based 3D weaving technology company

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 22-26, 2024

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Agellus Capital
$400M
Debut fund

Bregal Sagemount
$500M
First small-cap fund

H/L Ventures’ CityRock
$24M
Second fund

Iconiq Capital
$5.75B
Seventh growth fund

Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures
$200M
Second venture fund

Private Equity Deals

Avance Investment Management
Alchemy Technology Group
Undisclosed amount
Houston, TX-based IT consulting and reseller firm

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
American Restoration
Undisclosed amount
Irving, TX-based provider of residential and commercial property mitigation and restoration services

JMI Equity and Mainsail Partners
Fullbay
Undisclosed amount
Phoenix, AZ-based truck and trailer repair shop software company

KKR and Dragoneer
Instructure Holdings
$4.8B
Salt Lake City-UT based learning ecosystem

KKR
Marmic Fire & Safety
Undisclosed amount
Joplin, MO-based fire protection equipment inspection and maintenance specialist

TSG Consumer Partners
Summer Fridays
Undisclosed amount
Los Angeles, CA-based beauty company

Archrock
Total Operations and Product Services
$983M
Midland, TX-based provider of contract gas compression services

Venture Capital Deals

Fidelity
Applied Intuition
$300M+
Mountain View, CA-based autonomous driving simulation software startup

HighSage Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Amplify Partners, and PSL Ventures
Archera
$17M
Seattle, WA-based cloud cost management startup

a16z, BAM Elevate, Blackrock, Fidelity, and Baillie Gifford
Astranis
$200M
San Francisco, CA-based geostationary satellite maker

Founders Fund, Dragonfly, Sequoia Capital, Arkstream Capital, and Lattice
Caldera
$15M
San Francisco, CA-based blockchain developer tools startup

Redpoint Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Amplify, Mantis VC, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital
Chainguard
$140M
Kirkland, WA-based open-source security startup

Northwell Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, Mayo Clinic, and Ochsner Ventures
Clarapath
$36M
Hawthorne, NY-based medical robotics company

PSP Investments, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, AMD Ventures, and EDC
Cohere
$500M
San Francisco, CA and Toronto developer of large language models for the enterprise

Zurich Insurance Group
Cowbell
$60M
Pleasanton, CA-based provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises

Greylock Partners, Cyberstarts, Insight Partners, and Index Ventures
Dazz
$50M
Palo Alto, CA-based cybersecurity startup

BlackRock, Kayne Anderson Growth Capital and J.P. Morgan Asset Management
GeoWealth
$18M
Chicago, IL-based proprietary technology and turnkey asset management company

GV, OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, and SV Angel
Harvey
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based AI legal tech startup

Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Accel, a16z, and Forerunner Ventures
Headway
$100M
New York, NY-based startup linking people with in-network mental health providers

Coutts Agro, Systemiq Capital, Deere & Company, and Bison Ventures 
InnerPlant
$30M
Davis, CA-based crop monitoring tech company

Savant Growth, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Coller Capital, Hollyport Capital, Manulife Investment Management, and Achmea
IntelePeer
$140M
Dania Beach, FL-based customer service automation company

Andera Partners, Ally Bridge Group, Longitude Capital, Omega Funds, T. Rowe Price, Eventide Asset Management, and Gilmartin Capital
Kestra Medical Technologies
$196M
Kirkland, WA-based cardiac arrest monitoring company

Atomico, Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and redalpine
Lakera
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based generative AI security startup

Adams Street Partners, Cross Creek, Brightloop, Battery Ventures, and Eniac Ventures
Level AI
$39.4M
Mountain View, CA-based customer service task automation startup

Astanor and Foxconn
Monarch Tractor
$133M
Livermore, CA-based electric autonomous tractor startup

Pantera Capital, Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle EcoFund
NPC Labs
$18M
New York, NY-based blockchain-based gaming startup

Left Lane Capital, Smash Capital, Alpha Partners, Craft Ventures, and Neotribe Ventures
Pearl
$58M
Los Angeles, CA-based dental diagnosis startup

Goodwater Capital, FirstMark Capital, Company on Ventures, and Epic Ventures
Posh
$22M
New York, NY-based event management startup

Scale Venture Partners, Threshold Ventures, Venture for good, Inspired Capital, and Notation Capital
QA Wolf
$35M
Seattle, WA-based software debugging startup

Morris Industries, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Deason Capital Services, Narya Capital, and other investors
Strive Enterprises
$30M
Columbus, OH-based financial services

Sequoia Capital, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorgan, Atlassian Ventures, Craft Ventures, CrowdStrike Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Workday Ventures and Y Combinator
Vanta
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based compliance and security software company

Cherryrock Capital, Newark venture partners, Citi Impact Fund, First Round Capital, Commerce Ventures, and Y Combinator
Vitable
$16M
Philadelphia, PA-based direct primary care company

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 15-19, 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

CCMP Growth Advisors
$500M
Fourth fund

Graham Partners
$1.8B
Sixth fund

Kingswood
$1.5B
Third fund

Menlo Ventures
$100M
AI fund

Private Equity Deals

Blackstone and Madison Dearborn Partners
Air Control Concepts
Undisclosed amount
Norfolk, NY-based provider of services to commercial HVAC OEMs

Charlesbank Capital Partners
Aprio
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based business advisory and accounting firm

H.I.G. Capital
Best Trash
Undisclosed amount
Richmond, TX-based provider of municipal solid waste collection and recycling

Sandbrook Capital and NGP Energy Capital
Cloverleaf Infrastructure
$300M
Houston developer of clean energy-based data centers

Marshall Wace and Baillie Gifford
Human Interest
$267M
San Francisco, CA-based 401(k) setup startup

Diversis Capital
Infotech
Undisclosed amount
Gainesville, FL-based provider of infrastructure construction software.

Carmelina Capital Partners
KVP International
Undisclosed amount
McKinney, TX-based provider of veterinary supplies

Thompson Street Capital Partners
National Arbitration & Mediation
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of dispute resolution services.

Trivest Partners
Province
Undisclosed amount
Henderson, NV-based financial restructuring advisor

Apollo Global Management
The Travel Corporation
Undisclosed amount
Cypress, CA-based portfolio of 18 travel brands

I Squared Capital, Mubadala, and Qatar Investment Authority
Transportation Equipment Network
Undisclosed amount
Dublin-OH-based trailer lessor

Blackstone
Trystar
Undisclosed amount
Faribault, MN-based electrical equipment supplier for backup power systems

Warburg Pincus, Great Hill Partners, and Spectrum Equity
Varicent
Undisclosed amount
Toronto-based provider of sales performance management software

Banner Capital Management
Vision Graphics
Undisclosed amount
Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of print and display solutions

Venture Capital Deals

Emergence Capital, a16z, Definition, Exponent, 3kvc, Box Group, and Gokul Rajaram
Adaptive
$19M
Seattle, WA-based provider of workflow automation for construction financial management

Theory Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Amplify Partners
Allium
$16.5M
New York, NY-based blockchain enterprise data platform

Titanium Ventures, Picus Capital, RTP, and Bonfire
Alvys
$20.5M
Solana Beach, CA-based logistics operating platform

Emergence Capital, Arvadia Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Scott Banister, Flybridge, Centre Street Partners
Arcee AI
$24M
Miami, FL-based developer of small language model

Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, and The General Partnership
Aven
$142M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of consumer credit cards backed by home equity

Ascenta Capital, Bain Capital, NEA, GV, Fidelity, Millennium Management, Farallon Capital Management, Invus, Blue Owl, Delos Capital, and Digitalis Ventures
Cardurion Pharmaceuticals
$260M
Burlington, MA-based developer of therapies for heart failure

Iconiq Growth, Thomvest, Accel, Insight Partners, Vesey Ventures, and Avid Ventures
Coast
$40M
New York, NY-based provider of fleet expense management

Lightspeed, Nventures, and YC
Exa
$17M
Burlington, MA-based developer of a “Google for AI”

Threshold
Freshpaint
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based health care privacy platform

USIT, 8VC, and SAIC
Halo Industries
$80M
Santa Clara, CA-based laser manufacturing tech platform for semiconductors

General Catalyst
Kandji
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based Apple endpoint management and security platform.

B Capital, Aster, Constellation, Google, Intercontinental Exchange, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, NGP, Prelude Ventures, and ZOMA Capital
LevelTen
$65M
Seattle, WA-based provider of transaction infrastructure for the energy transition

Luxembourg Future Fund 2
Lyten
$15.7M
San Jose, CA-based graphene and battery maker

Vertex Ventures HC, Treo Ventures, Windham Venture Partners, Action Potential Venture Capital, and Olympus Innovation Ventures
Neuspera Medical
$23M
San Jose, CA-based maker of implantable devices for bladder control

AXA IM Alts, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, Laborie, RH Capital, Avestria Ventures, and March of Dimes
Novocuff
$26M
Mountain View, CA-based developer of devices to decrease preterm births

Woodside Energy and CM Venture Capital
NovoNutrients
$18M
Sunnyvale, CA-based fermentation startup

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Mucker Capital
Octagos Health
$43M
Houston, TX-based provider of cardiac device monitoring tools

Temasek, Eclipse, TDK Ventures, Lachy Groom, Tishman Speyer, TechEnergy Ventures, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, and DETV-Scania Invest
Peak Energy
$55M
Denver, CO-based sodium-ion battery maker

Andreessen Horowitz
Saronic
$175M
Austin, TX-based maker of autonomous surface vehicles for the U.S. Navy

Frazier Life Sciences, Lightspeed, Willett Advisors, Omega Funds, Vida Ventures, Atlas Venture, Abingworth, Fidelity, Boxer Capital, EcoR1 Capital, Surveyor Capital, Invus, Wellington Management, Nextech Invest, OrbiMed, Logos Capital, Woodline Partners, and Casdin Capital
Scorpion Therapeutics
$150M
Boston, MA-based precision oncology company

JPMorgan, YC, Jack Altman and Max Altman
Slope
$65M
San Francisco, CA-based B2B payments platform

General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, and Samsung Next
Standard Bots
$63M
Cambridge, MA-based cybersecurity startup for Salesforce users

Dragoneer
Tekion
$200M
Pleasanton, CA-based cloud platform for auto retailers

Drive Capital and Triplepoint Capital
Thoughtful AI
$20M
Austin, TX-based revenue cycle automation startup

CVS Health Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, a16z, AlleyCorp, Echo Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, and Foresite Capital
Thyme Care
$95M
Nashville, TN-based cancer care enabler

Wittington Ventures, Great Point Ventures, DNS Capital, Medical Excellence Capital, Tao Capital, TYH Capital, and 7wireVentures
Truvian Health
$74M
San Diego, CA-based blood-test developer

FPV Ventures, Race Capital, Alumni Ventures, WVV Capital, Samsung Next, Fusion Fund, Green Sands Equity, and Mack Ventures
Vectara
$25M
Palo Alto, CA-based generative AI product platform

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 8-12, 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

Ardian
$3.2B
Sixth co-investment fund family

Freeflow Ventures
$50M
Second fund ($35M) and an opportunity fund ($15M)

Harlan Capital
$130M
Fifth private credit fund

Kleiner Perkins
$2B+
20th flagship VC fund ($825M) and its latest growth-stage fund ($1.2B)

Lee Equity Partners
$1.3B
Fourth midmarket buyout fund

Lone Star Funds
$5.3B
12th opportunity fund

New Mountain Capital
$15.4B
Seventh fund

The Westly Group
$100M
Seed-stage fund focused on climate and energy startups

Private Equity Deals

Clearlake Capital, TA Associates, Insight Partners, and Charlesbank Capital Partners
Aptean
Undisclosed amount
Alpharetta, GA-based provider of ERP and supply chain software

American Industrial Partners
Austin Powder
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based provider of industrial explosives and blasting solutions.

Thoma Bravo
Everbridge
$1.8B
Burlington, MA-based provider of critical event management and national public warning software

Aurora Capital Partners
First Legal
Undisclosed amount
Monterey Park, CA-based provider of outsourced litigation support services

General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital
HireRight
Undisclosed amount
Nashville, TN-based provider of background screening services for employers

Pacific Avenue Capital Partners Kidde
Fenwal
Undisclosed amount
Ashland, MA-based provider of manufacturing, industrial, and commercial fire suppression systems

Good Springs Capital
Kimbel Mechanical
Undisclosed amount
Fayetteville, AR-based plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractor

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
NSL Analytical Services
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based materials testing provider

Park Square Capital
Togetherwork
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of financial software for member-based organizations

Venture Capital Deals

Claure Group, Pablo Legorreta, Mangrove Capital Partners, Valor Equity Partners, and Atreides Management
K Health
$50M
New York, NY-based health symptom-checking chatbot

Dragonfly Capital, Figment Capital, Folius Ventures, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holding, Tangent, and Credibly Neutral
MegaLabs
$20M
Ethereum scaling protocol developer

Bluestone Equity Partners
Qloo
$20M
New York, NY-based platform for consumer behavioral data

The Scherzer Deal Report: July 1-3, 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

Ardian
$3.2B
Sixth co-investment fund family

Freeflow Ventures
$50M
Second fund ($35M) and an opportunity fund ($15M)

Harlan Capital
$130M
Fifth private credit fund

Kleiner Perkins
$2B+
20th flagship VC fund ($825M) and its latest growth-stage fund ($1.2B)

Lee Equity Partners
$1.3B
Fourth midmarket buyout fund

Lone Star Funds
$5.3B
12th opportunity fund

New Mountain Capital
$15.4B
Seventh fund

The Westly Group
$100M
Seed-stage fund focused on climate and energy startups

Private Equity Deals

Clearlake Capital, TA Associates, Insight Partners, and Charlesbank Capital Partners
Aptean
Undisclosed amount
Alpharetta, GA-based provider of ERP and supply chain software

American Industrial Partners
Austin Powder
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based provider of industrial explosives and blasting solutions.

Thoma Bravo
Everbridge
$1.8B
Burlington, MA-based provider of critical event management and national public warning software

Aurora Capital Partners
First Legal
Undisclosed amount
Monterey Park, CA-based provider of outsourced litigation support services

General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital
HireRight
Undisclosed amount
Nashville, TN-based provider of background screening services for employers

Pacific Avenue Capital Partners Kidde
Fenwal
Undisclosed amount
Ashland, MA-based provider of manufacturing, industrial, and commercial fire suppression systems

Good Springs Capital
Kimbel Mechanical
Undisclosed amount
Fayetteville, AR-based plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractor

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
NSL Analytical Services
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based materials testing provider

Park Square Capital
Togetherwork
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of financial software for member-based organizations

Venture Capital Deals

Claure Group, Pablo Legorreta, Mangrove Capital Partners, Valor Equity Partners, and Atreides Management
K Health
$50M
New York, NY-based health symptom-checking chatbot

Dragonfly Capital, Figment Capital, Folius Ventures, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holding, Tangent, and Credibly Neutral
MegaLabs
$20M
Ethereum scaling protocol developer

Bluestone Equity Partners
Qloo
$20M
New York, NY-based platform for consumer behavioral data

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 24-28, 2024

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Fundraising for PE & VC Funds

Blackhorn Ventures
$150M
Third fund

Connexa Capital
$20M
Debut fund

Curie.Bio
$380M
Second fund

Ironspring Ventures
$100M
Second fund

Rackhouse Ventures
$45M
Second fund

Private Equity Deals

TPG
Altimetrik
Undisclosed amount
Southfield, MI-based digital business transformation company

Frazier Healthcare Partners
BioMatrix
Undisclosed amount
Plantation, FL-based provider of home-based infusion services

Bernhard Capital Partners
Brailsford & Dunlavey
Undisclosed amount
Washington, DC-based institutional program management company

Avenue Sports Fund City
Pickle
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based indoor pickleball club concept

GrowthCurve Capital
Duetto
Undisclosed amount
San Francisco, CA-based provider of revenue management software for the hospitality market

Trive Capital and 808 Capital Partners
JF Fitness
Undisclosed amount
Richmond, VA-based Crunch Fitness franchisee focused on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States

Macquarie Capital
Kalkomey
Undisclosed amount
Richardson, TX-based provider of online recreational safety education

Vista Equity Partners
Model N
Undisclosed amount
San Mateo, CA-based provider of revenue optimization and compliance solutions for pharma and med tech

Madison Dearborn Partners
Omni Federal
Undisclosed amount
St. Louis, MO-based provider of mission and enterprise software to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies

Altaris Capital Partners
Sharecare
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based digital health platform

L Catterton
Stripes Beauty
Undisclosed amount
Beverly Hills, CA-based menopause products brand founded by actor Naomi Watts

Transom Capital Group
Virginia Tile
Undisclosed amount
Livonia, MI-based distributor of tile, decorative surfaces, and installation accessories

Venture Capital Deals

Premji Invest, Neuberger Berman, Adams Street Partners, Baillie Gifford, Hummingbird Ventures, Civilization Ventures, Libertus Capital, and Fifty Years
BillionToOne
$130M
Menlo Park, CA-based precision diagnostics company

BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, Eclipse Ventures, and Jabil
Bright Machines
$106M
San Francisco, CA-based software-defined manufacturing company

Meritech, First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital, Box Group, and Boldstart
Clay
$46M
New York, NY-based sales and marketing AI startup

Prudence, Industry Ventures, Jackson Square Ventures, Building Ventures, GS Futures, and Cloud Apps Capital Partners
Clearstory
$16M
Walnut Creek, CA-based change order management platform for construction

Elsewhere Partners
Deskpro
$25M
Austin, TX-based provider of help desk solutions

Primary Venture Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Hummingbird, Fundomo, Fontinalis, Lightscape, Earthshot, Two Sigma, Oceans Venture, Skybox Data Centers, and Peter Thiel
Etched
$120M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of specialized chips for transformers

Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Lux Capital, Amazon, and NVentures
EvolutionaryScale
$142M
New York, NY-based developer of protein-building AI models

Novartis Venture Fund, Delos Capital, OrbiMed, Insight Partners, JPMorgan Life Sciences Private Capital, CRISPR Therapeutics, Innovation Endeavors, Invus, Arc Ventures, and Deep Insight
Exsilio Therapeutics
$82M
Boston, MA-based genomic medicines startup 

Andreessen Horowitz, Sanofi, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Emerson Collective, Lachy Groom, SV Angel, and FPV Ventures
Formation Bio
$372M
New York, NY-based AI-driven drug developer

Blackhorn Ventures, Mitsubishi HC Capital America, NEC, Translink Capital, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Lux Capital, Initialized Capital, and Lorimer Ventures
Formic
$24.7M
Chicago, IL-based robots-as-a-service platform for manufacturers

a16z
Hebbia
$100M
New York, NY-based document search AI startup

Cleveland Avenue, DNS Capital, Composite Ventures, and Greatpoint Ventures
Hero Bread
$21M
San Francisco, CA-based maker of healthier versions of baked goods

Parameter Ventures, PruVen Capital, Velvet Sea Ventures, GC1 Ventures, and NextView Ventures
KarmaCheck
$45M
San Francisco, CA-based employee background check startup

General Catalyst
Local Kitchens
$40M
Davis, CA-based multi-brand “under one roof” restaurant concept

Bain Capital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, and Common Sense Media
MagicSchool AI
$15M
Boulder, CO-based K12 tech platform focused on preventing teacher burnout

Silver Lake Waterman, Eurazeo, Crescent Cove, F-Prime, Eight Roads, and Serena Capital
Odaseva
$54M
Cambridge, MA-based cybersecurity startup for Salesforce users

Craft Ventures, Addition, and Greylock
Onehouse
$35M
Sunnyvale, CA-based data lakehouse company

NEA, Wing VC, and WndrCo
Orby AI
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based generative process automation startup

8VC, Matrix Partners India, and Nexus Venture Partners
Rocketlane
$24M
Covina, CA-based customer onboarding platform

Hanaco VC, Jaws Ventures, Madrona Ventures, and Granger
Route
$40M
Lehi, UT-based post-purchase tracking startup

Koch Disruptive Technologies, Duke University, GreatPoint Ventures, Bond, Cathay Innovation, Drive Capital, Menlo Ventures, Morpheus, and an undisclosed state pension fund
Sidecar Health
$165M
El Segundo, CA-based employer-facing health insurer

GV
Sift
$17.5M
San Francisco, CA-based developer of unified observability solutions for complex machine development

Sutter Hill Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue, and Perry Creek Capital
Sila
$375M
Alameda, CA-based battery materials company

Sorenson Capital, Intel Capital, and BroadLight Capital
ZeroEyes
$53M
Conshohocken, PA-based gun detection video analytics and alert platform

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 17-21, 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

Charlesbank Capital Partners
$1.3B
Second tech opportunities fund

Kinderhook Industries
$2.75B
Eighth fund

Paradigm
$850M
Third fund

Refactor Capital
$50M
Fourth fund

The Engine
$398M
Third fund

Private Equity Deals

Everlane Equity Partners
Carey & Co.
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based provider of professional services to nonprofits

Advent International and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Fisher Investments
Undisclosed amount
Plano, TX-based money management firm

Antin Infrastructure Partners
GTL Leasing
Undisclosed amount
Tulsa, OK-based lessor of gaseous hydrogen transportation and storage equipment

H.I.G. Capital
Health-E Commerce
Undisclosed amount
New York, NY-based FSA and HSA marketplace

Stellex Capital Management
J. Skinner Baking
Undisclosed amount
Omaha, NE-based maker of artisan baked goods

Blue Sage Capital One
Source Flooring and Solutions
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based provider of flooring products and installation services

Trive Capital and Bluejay Capital Partners
RPM Fright Systems
Undisclosed amount
Royal Oak, MI-based finished vehicle logistics provider

Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Unison Energy
Undisclosed amount
Greenwich, CT-based energy-as-a-service platform

Venture Capital Deals

Crosslink Capital and Anthemis
Amplify Life Insurance
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based life insurance platform

Trousdale Ventures, Development Bank of Japan, Quanta Computer, Kleiner Perkins, Lavrock Ventures, L3Harris Technologies, InMotion Ventures, Matter Venture Partners, MESH Ventures, and Assembly Ventures
CesiumAstro
$65M
Austin, TX developer of space communications tech

Sapphire Ventures and Silversmith Capital Partners
Constructor
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based product discovery and search platform for enterprise e-commerce

Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, GV, and True Ventures
Daydream
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based e-commerce platform

Lightspeed, Vesey Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Accel, and Aleph
Finaloop
$35M
Brooklyn, NY-based e-commerce accounting platform

Lanchi Ventures
Genspark
$60M
Palo Alto, CA-based AI search engine startup

Wellington Management, NGP Capital, Euclidean Capital, Advance Venture Partners, SQN Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, B Capital, Bow Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Swift Ventures
GrayMatter
$45M
Gardena, CA-based industrial robotics company

PayPal Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Velvet Sea Ventures, BAG Ventures, and Deciens Capita
Gynger
$20M
New York, NY-based embedded financing platform for technology purchases

Benchmark, Thrive Capital, Bond, and Conviction
HeyGen
$60M
Los Angeles, CA-based AI video generation platform for businesses

Blue Venture Fund, LRVHealth, Optum Ventures, .406 Ventures, Highmark Ventures, and VentureforGood
Humata Health
$25M
Winter Park, FL-based health-care prior authorization startup

Kleiner Perkins, Meritech, and Sapphire Ventures
Huntress
$150M
Columbia, MD-based cybersecurity startup focused on small businesses

Menlo Ventures, Allstate Strategic Ventures, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Lux Capital, Construct Capital, and Haystack Ventures
Kinetic
$21M
Santa Ana, CA-based digital maintenance and servicing platform for EVs

Conifer Infrastructure Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Eni Next, Add Ventures by SCG, and Autodesk Foundation
M2X Energy
$40M
Rockledge, FL-based gas-to-methanol startup

Third Rock Ventures, Sofinnova Investments, Forbion, Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund, venBio, AlphaWave Global, Omega Funds, and Surveyor Capital
Marea Therapeutics
$190M
South San Francisco, CA-based developer of cardiometabolic medicines

HealthQuest Capital, Adams Street, Icon Ventures, Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, and RRE Ventures
Nomad Health
$22M
New York, NY-based health care staffing and travel nurse company

Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Stripes, BoxGroup, Operator Partners, and SV Angel
Pomelo Care
$46M
Jersey City, NJ-based virtual maternal care provider

Samsung, Helium-3 Ventures, Honda Motor, LKQ, SCG, Traxys, and Wistron
Princeton NuEnergy
$30M
Bordentown, NJ-based direct recycler

Innovius Capital
SewerAI
$15M
Walnut Creek, CA-based sewer inspection startup

Buckley Ventures, OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Paul Graham, and Jeff Weiner
Speak
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based language-learning app

Andreessen Horowitz and Perceptive Advisors
Talkiatry
$130M
New York, NY-based psychiatric care startup

Tiger Global Management, Proficio Capital Partners, and Impulse
Vecna Robotics
$40M
Waltham, MA-based maker of autonomous warehouse forklifts

Sandbox Industries, Forgepoint Capital, Ardent Venture Partners, and MTech Capital
Verituity
$18.8M
McLean, VA-based payout verification startup

The Scherzer Deal Report: June 10-14, 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

FFL Partners
Apex Infusion
Undisclosed amount
Signal Hill, CA-based provider of ambulatory infusion therapy services

Ardian
CampusParc
Undisclosed amount
Columbus, OH-based concessionaire managing parking facilities at Ohio State’s flagship campus

Blackford Capital
Eight12
Undisclosed amount
Aliso Viejo, CA-based automation and controls engineering firm

Serent Capital
HarperDB
Undisclosed amount
Denver, CO-based distributed systems platform

Great Sum Ventures
Kologik
Undisclosed amount
Baton Rouge, LA-based provider of law enforcement software

KKR
Quick Quack
Undisclosed amoun
tRoseville, CA-based car wash operator

Leonard Green Partners and Francisco Partners
RedSail Technologies
Undisclosed amount
Spartanburg, SC-based pharmacy software provider

Atlantic Street Capital
Zips Car Wash
$70M
Little Rock, AR-based operator of over 270 car wash locations in 20+ states

Clearhaven Partners
Zixi
Undisclosed amount
Waltham, MA-based software-defined video platform

Private Equity Deals

Alerce Medical Technology Partners
Alzheon
$100M
Framingham, MA-based drugmaker focused on Alzheimer’s disease

NEA, Neo, and Sequoia Capital
Anterior
$20M
New York, NY-based health insurance approval expeditor

XYZ VC, CRV, Upfront Ventures, 8VC, Toyota Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, Outsiders Fund, GSBackers, a16z, Shield Capital, J2 Ventures, Ravelin, Baiju Bhatt, and Avalon Capital Group
Apex
$95M
Culver City, CA-based satellite bus maker

Jeisys Medical and Catalio Capital
Avava
$35M
Waltham, MA-based medical aesthetics company

GM
Cruise
$850M
San Francisco, CA-based robotaxi and self-driving business

Adams Street Partners, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, and Wing VC
Cyberhaven
$88M
San Jose, CA-based data security startup

Innovation Endeavors
ElectronX
$15M
Chicago, IL-based energy exchange focused on grid transition

Microsoft, The Nature Conservancy, Premji Invest, Lingotto Investment Fund, Kinnevik, True Ventures, FPV, Level Ventures, and Jazz Venture Partners
Enveda
$55M
Boulder, CO-based drug discovery startup that focuses on medicinal plants

Nyca Partners, RPM Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Expa Ventures, Activant Capital, Colle Capital, and Frontier VC
Findigs
$27M
New York, NY-based rental screening startup

Westly Group, Norwest Venture Partners, Pear VC, and Bull City Venture Partners
Learn to Win
$30M
Redwood City, CA-based provider of enterprise training SaaS

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Bridge Bank
Mad Mobile
$50M
Tampa, FL-based provider of restaurant and retail payment SaaS

G2 Venture Partners, Wind River Ventures, and Sovereign’s Capital
Relay
$35M
Raleigh, NC-based communications platform for frontline workers

Eni and Fontinalis Partners
Swift Solar
$27M
San Carlos, CA-based solar manufacturer

Venture Capital Deals

Iconiq Growth, Atreides Management, Stepstone Group, Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and Artisanal Ventures
AcuityMD
$45M
Boston, MA-based targeting platform for medical device companies

 

Founders Fund, DragonFly Capital, Cyber Fund, SevenX, Figment, Nomad Capital, LocalGlobe, Altos Ventures, Chapter One, Superscrypt, Foresight Ventures, Mirana Ventures, KR1, RW3 Ventures, Alliance Dao, Hashkey, Elixir Capital, and Spark Digital Capital
Avail
$43M
Chicago, IL-based modular blockchain startup

Databricks Ventures, Decibel, Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures, and 645 Ventures
Cube
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based semantic layer for data apps

Artis Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, NTTVC, and Questa Capital
Eko Health
$41M
Emeryville, CA-based developer of remote heart and lung disease detection tech

Innova Health Partners, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, Kimera Limited, Women’s Venture Capital Fund, Golden Seeds, Band of Angels, and Houston Angel Network
Materna Medical
$20M
Mountain View, CA-based developer of women’s pelvic health device.

Fonterra Co-operative Group, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mayfield, SOSV, Shorewind Capital, Darco Capital, Conti Ventures, and In-Q-Tel
Prolific Machines
$55M
Emeryville, CA-based protein cell production tech startup that leverages light

Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, BOND, Founders Fund, and others
Sword Health
$30M
New York, NY-based maker of physical therapy hardware

Theory Ventures
Tobiko
$21.8M
San Mateo, CA-based data transformation startup

NEA, Nventures, Index Ventures, Radical Ventures, WndrCo, and Korea Investment Partners
Twelve Labs
$50M
San Francisco, CA-based AI company focused on video understanding

True Ventures and Prelude Ventures
Understory
$15M
Madison WI-based provider of climate risk-related insurance.

Lobby Capital, The Hive, Future Positive, Common Metal, Jony Ive, Evan Sharp, and Biz Stone
Vantage Discovery
$16M
San Jose, CA-based search and content discovery platform for e-commerce

Arch Venture Partners, NVentures, Menlo Ventures, Madrona, Lifeforce Capital, and Altitude Life Science Ventures
Vilya
$21M
Seattle, WA-based biotech focused on medicines that precisely target disease biology

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Prelude Ventures, Emerson Collective, Gigascale Capital, and Starlight Ventures
Xcimer
$100M
Redwood City, CA-based nuclear fusion startup

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