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.


PE and VC Firms Fundraising Location Amount Description
Apollo Global Management New York, NY $1.75B Third fund
Aquiline Capital Partners New York, NY $2B Fourth fund
Spectrum Equity Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA $1.5B Ninth flagship growth equity fund


Private Equity Investors Company  Amount Description
Aurora Capital Partners FMG Suite Undisclosed San Diego-based provider of digital marketing software to financial advisors
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities Hudl Undisclosed Lincoln, NE-based sports performance analysis platform
Waterland Private Equity IMC Undisclosed Chicago, IL-based provider of healthcare communications and consulting to the global pharma market
Apax Partners KAR Global $550M Carmel, IN-based vehicle remarketing site 

Venture Capital Investors Company  Amount Description
DTCP, Adams Street, eFounders, Draper Esprit, Balderton and NextWorld Aircall $65M New York-based developer of a cloud-based phone system
GIC, Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Rock Creek Group, Oprah Winfrey, and Katy Perry Apeel Sciences $250M Santa Barbara, CA-based developer of rot-reduction coatings for produce
Temasek, Anterra Capital, Formation8, Wilbur-Ellis Ascus Biosciences $46M San Diego, CA-based animal health and nutrition startup
Georgian Partners, FirstMark Capital, Norwest Venture Partners Bluecore $50M New York-based provider of marketing automation tools
Valence Life Sciences, Bering Capital, Mesa Verde Venture Partners, Sanderling Ventures CalciMedica $15M La Jolla, CA-based biotech focused on inflammatory diseases
General Catalyst, Inspired Capital, GGV Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Flybridge Capital, and BoxGroup Chief $15M New York-based social network for professional women in senior leadership positions
Aspen Capital Group, Oak HC/FT Partners Clara Analytics $25M Santa Clara, CA-based provider of AI tech to the commercial insurance market
Temasek and Equinor Commonwealth Fusion Systems $84M Cambridge, MA-based nuclear fusion startup
GPI Capital, Accel, Sorenson Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Glynn Capital, Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Couchbase $105M Santa Clara, CA-based NoSQL database
Canaan Partners, Atlas Venture, and Access Biotechnology Day One Biopharma $60M South San Francisco, CA-based drug startup focused on pediatric cancer
Perwyn Decibel $23M Boston and London-based digital experience analytics startup
Semapa Next, Hermes GPE, Evolution Equity Partners, Kibo Ventures, Portugal Ventures, Bynd VC, EDP Ventures, IronFire Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, Sony Innovation Fund, Mastercard DefinedCrowd $50.5M Seattle, WA-based startup that helps companies improve their AI services
Morgan Stanley and PeakSpan Capital Ecwid $42M San Diego, CA-based e-commerce platform for small businesse
Khosla Ventures Fernish $15M Los Angeles, CA-based online platform for renting high-end furniture
MUFG Innovation Partners Fundbox $20M San Francisco, CA-based B2B payments and credit network
Index Ventures, CRV and Trinity venture Gatsby $28M Berkeley, CA-based website developer platform
Babylon Health, 7Wire Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Jumpstart Capital, Rush University Medical Center for Health, William Wrigley Jr. Higi $30M Chicago, IL-based health kiosk operator
Andreessen Horowitz, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Casdin Capital, HOF Capital, WuXi AppTec, Arch Venture Partners, Foresite Capital, GV, Third Rock Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments Insitro $143M South San Francisco, CA-based “machine-learning driven” drug discovery startup
Vistara Capital Partners, August Capital, Third Point Ventures, DCVC, Tahoma Ventures Kentik $23.5M San Francisco, CA-based network intelligence platform
Iron Mountain, 8VC, Upfront Ventures, Maywic Select Investments, Provenio Capital, Ten Eighty, CX Collective MakeSpace $45M New York-based on-demand physical storage company
Coatue Management, Vitruvian Partners, Visa, Goldman Sachs, 83North, Granite Ventures, Iconiq Capital Marqeta $150M Oakland, CA-based card issuing platform
Optum Ventures, Foresite Capital Management, and Arch Venture Partners were joined by return backers General Catalyst, What If Ventures, 8VC, and Bezos Expedition Mindstrong Health $100M Mountain View, CA-based digital therapeutic platform for serious mental health conditions
Andreessen Horowitz led, and was joined by 8VC, SV Angel, Allen & Co. Octant $30M Emeryville, CA-based synthetic biology multi-target drug discovery startup
Baird Capital, Oak HC/FT, McKesson Ventures, and The Blue Venture Fund Oncology Analytics $28M Atlanta, GA-based provider of data analytics for oncology services groups
Gallatin Point Capital, Greycroft, SVB Capital, Aspect Ventures, Elefund, Sirius International Insurance Group Pie Insurance $100M Washington, DC-based workers’ comp insurer
Atlas Venture, OrbiMed, Abingworth, Sanofi Ventures, University of Colorado, and Children’s Hospital Colorado Center for Innovation Q32 Bio $46M Cambridge, MA-based biotech focused on immune regulation
Spark Capital, Fifth Wall, Energy Impact Partners, the Amazon Alexa Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, and RET Ventures SmartRent $60M Scottsdale, AZ-based provider of smart home automation solutions
Forestay Capital Wasabi $30M Boston, MA-based cloud storage startup