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
Arlington Capital Partners
$6B
Seventh fund
Insignia Capital Group
$500M
Third fund
Sequoia Capital
$950M
New early-stage fund ($750M) and a new seed fund ($200M)
Private Equity Deals
Incline Equity Partners
Advanced Solutions International
Undisclosed amount
Alexandria, VA-based provider of engagement management software for associations, trade unions and nonprofits
Platinum Equity
Anuvu
Undisclosed amount
Lombard, IL-based provider of entertainment and high-speed connectivity for airlines
Verite Capital Partners
Buffalo Biodiesel
$300M
Buffalo, NY-based used-cooking-oil recycler and renewable green energy fuel producer
Francisco Partners
Jamf
$2.2B
Minneapolis, MN-based enterprise security and management platform for Apple devices
Forward Consumer Partners
Justin’s
Undisclosed amount
Wood-Ridge, NJ-based peanut butter brand
Centerbridge Partners
MeridianLink
Undisclosed amount
Costa Mesa, CA-based credit reporting and lending platform
Ares Management and Makorora Management
Plymouth Industrial REIT
$2.1B
Boston, MA-based real estate investment trust
Great Hill Partners
Ren
Undisclosed amount
Indianapolis, IN-based provider of donor-advised fund solutions
Blackstone
Shermco
$1.6B
Irving, TX-based provider oflectrical equipment services
Venture Capital Deals
DBL Partners, Nuveen, Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food, and Black Forest Ventures
Agtonomy
$18M
South San Francisco, CA-based provider of agriculture and land management software
TCV, Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV, and Entrée Capital
Archy
$20M
San Jose, CA-based dental practice software platform
ACME Capital, Ridge Ventures, and Twelve Below
Arya Health
$18.2M
New York, NY-based developer of post-acute-care agents
Greycroft, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, and Felicis Ventures
ConductorOne
$79M
Portland, OR-based identity security and access governance startup
Tribeca Venture Partners, NEA, SineWave Ventures, Harrison Metal, Singtel Innov8, Samsung Next, Nimble Partners, and Alumni Ventures
CoreStory
$32M
San Francisco, CA-based code modernization platform
Luma Group, First Spark Ventures, Techas Capital, Micah Spear, Civilization Ventures, LifeX Ventures, Incite Labs, Mintaka Ventures, and NZVC
Curve Biosciences
$40M
San Mateo, CA-based chronic disease blood-testing and monitoring startup
Lightspeed, Index Ventures, Evantic, and Sequoia Capital
Fireworks AI
$250M
Redwood City, CA-based AI inference startup
Norwest Venture Partners, Cthulhu Ventures, Leap Forward Ventures, Wyoming Venture Capital, Echelon, Wyoming Business Council, and Sand Hill Angels
Frontline Wildfire Defense
$48M
Jackson Hole, WY-based fire sprinkler and detection startup
JPMorgan Asset Management led, Ray Dalio’s family office
Fruitist
$150M
Los Angeles, CA-based healthy snackmaker
a16z
Harvey
$150M
San Francisco, CA-based legal AI startup
Yttrium, International Airlines Group, World Kinect, and Shell Ventures
i6
$20M
Lodi, NJ-based provider of digital fuel management for aviation
Atomic, Foresite Capital, and Polaris Partners
Indomo
$25M
San Francisco, CA-based provider of an at-home prescription corticosteroid injection for acne
NEA, 776, Accel, a16z, and Carpenter Capital
Kaizen
$21M
New York, NY-based developer of e-government solutions
Bessemer Venture Partners, Iconiq, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and YC
Legora
$150M
New York, NY-based collaborative AI platform for lawyers
Zeev Ventures
Lettuce Financial
$28M
San Francisco, CA-based fintech platform that provides automated tax and accounting services for solopreneurs, freelancers, and contractors
Kindred Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Peak XV Partners, GitHub Fund, and YC
Mem0
$24M
San Francisco, CA-based AI memory infrastructure platform
Communitas Capital, BTG Pactual, and L2 Point Management
SimSpace
$39M
Boston, MA-based enterprise cyber defense simulator
Georgian, Avenir, 01A, Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures, and Slow Ventures
Sublime Security
$150M
Washington, DC-based agentic email security platform
Venrock and Two Seas Capital
Syllo
$30M
New York, NY-based legal tech startup
OpenAI Startup Fund, Lux Capital, and Founders Fund
Valthos
$30M
San Francisco, CA-based biodefense startup
DST Global, CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, Greycroft, a16z, Avra, and Bond
Whatnot
$225M
Culver City, CA-based live-shopping platform
T1D Fund, Polaris Partners, AbbVie, Regeneron, Sanofi, Mission BioCapital, Lightspeed, KdT Ventures, Boxer Capital, and Pear VC
Zag Bio
$80M
Cambridge, MA-based developer of thymus-targeted medicines for autoimmune diseases