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
Arena Investors
$1.1B
Third flagship special situations fund
Creator Ventures
$45M
Second fund
Crestline Investors
$1.7B
Third dedicated NAV financing fund
Dementia Discovery Fund
$269M
Second fund
Eagle Merchant Partners
$415M
Second fund
Emil Capital Partners
$100M
Fourth fund
Factorial Funds
$200M
Second institutional fund
Invictus Growth Partners
$574M
Second fund
Munich Re Ventures
$125M
New fund
QuantumLight
$250M
Debut fund
Scribble Ventures
$80M
Third fund
South Loop Ventures
$21M
Debut fund
Private Equity Deals
H.I.G. Growth Partners
AgileBlue
Undisclosed amount
Cleveland, OH-based network security ops platform
Tigertail Capital Partners
Blue Ridge Global
Undisclosed amount
Atlanta, GA-based supply chain planning company
Authentic Brands Group
Dockers
Undisclosed amount
San Francisco, CA-based brand of garments and other accessories
Boyne Capital
McNish
Undisclosed amount
Aurora, IL-based provider of engineered products for the municipal water and wastewater treatment industries
McNally Capital
Quiet Professionals
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based defense contractor
Vista Equity Partners
RollKall
Undisclosed amount
Irving, TX-based provider of management software for public safety agencies
EQT
Seven Seas Water Group
Undisclosed amount
Tampa, FL-based water treatment firm in the U.S. and Latin America
Transom Capital Group
SigmaTron International
Undisclosed amount
Elk Grove Village, IL-based electronic manufacturing services company
SEVA Growth
Teleskope
Undisclosed amount
Las Vegas, NV-based employee experience platform
Blackstone
TXNM Energy
Undisclosed amount
Albuquerque, NM-based utility
Greenbriar Equity Group
West Star Aviation
Undisclosed amount
East Alton, IL-based maintenance repair and overhaul services company
Venture Capital Deals
Bain Capital
Acrisure
$2.1B
Grand Rapids, MI-based insurer
Sixth Street Growth, Spectrum Equity, General Catalyst, and Ryan Smith
Awardco
$165M
Salt Lake City, UT-based employee rewards and recognition company
Sequoia Capital
Blues
$25M
Boston, MA-based IoT connectivity startup
Ballistic Ventures, SYN Ventures, Overline, and Silver Buckshot Ventures
Undisclosed
BreachRx
San Francisco, CA-based incident response platform
A16z, Breyer Capital, Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Pillar VC, and Stanford Engineering VF
Catena Labs
$18M
Chicago, IL-based AI-native financial institution
Upfront Ventures and Thrive Capital
Clair
$23.2M
New York, NY-based embedded earned wage access startup
ABN Amro, Climate Investment, Move Energy, Pi Impact, J-Impact, TO Ventures, and Force Over Mass Capital
Converge
$22M
Concrete sensor startup
Radian Capital
Dazos
$25M
Boca Raton, FL-based software platform for behavioral health providers
Left Lane Capital
FanBasis
$20M
San Francisco, CA-based monetization and management platform for digital creators
SR One, Medicxi, OrbiMed, HBM Healthcare Investments, Wellington Management, Novartis Venture Fund, Cormorant Asset Management, and 3B Future Health Fund
Fore Biotherapeutics
$38M
Philadelphia, PA-based registration-stage cancer drugmaker
Wa’ed Ventures and Tali Ventures
Graphiant
$19M
San Jose, CA-based data network services provider
NewSpring Capital
Kincell Bio
$22M
Gainesville, FL-based cell therapy
CDMOTrinity Capital
Lendflow
$15M
Austin, TX-based embedded credit infrastructure providera
16z, UC Investments, Lightspeed, Laude Ventures, Felicis, Kleiner Perkins, and The House Fund
LMArena
$100M
San Francisco, CA-based AI model reliability platform
Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue
Miter
$23M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of human capital management software for construction and field services
Forerunner Ventures and FPV Ventures
Monarch
$75M
San Francisco, CA-based personal finance app
Accel
OpenFx
$23M
Pasadena, CA-based cross-border payments infrastructure startup
Decibel, Wing VC, TEDCO, and PrimeSet
Pixee
$15M
Baltimore, MD-based application security startup
Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, YC, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, and SaaStr Fund
RevenueCat
$50M
Brandon, FL-based startup powering subscription apps
SignalFire and 01 Advisors
Siro
$50M
New York, NY-based sales rep coaching platform
Goodwater Capital, YC, NEA, Stanford University, and Menlo Ventures
Slash
$41M
San Francisco, CA-based “vertical banking” startup
nsight Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners
Sweep
$22.5M
New York, NY-based agentic workspace for business systems
Eclipse, CIV, Goldcrest Capital, MCJ Collective, True Ventures, and Wonder Ventures
The Nuclear Company
$51.3M
Lexington, KY-based nuclear energy developer
ServiceNow Ventures, Cisco Investments, Presidio Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, and Tola Capital
TrustCloud
$15M
Boston, MA-based AI platform for GRC