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The Daily Pitch: VC

July 28, 2023

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In today's Daily Pitch, you'll find:

Food-as-medicine startups are making investors salivate

PE is on a record-breaking tear of buying up asset managers in 2023

Our latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, now with league tables ranking the industry's most active players

France's Astorg has reached 90% of its reduced target for its flagship eighth buyout fund

Today's Top Stories

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

How to best manage chronic health conditions has vexed doctors and patients for generations. One overlooked area of treatment is increasingly attracting more attention: healthy, medically tailored meals and personalized nutrition programs.

Investors are finally taking food-as-medicine startups seriously, according to our latest analyst note. US households that include a member with a health condition that can be managed through diet spend around $270 billion in grocery sales annually—a major market opportunity.

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Why are PE firms snatching up asset managers at a record clip?

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In the first half of this year alone, private equity invested more capital than in any year of the past decade on deals to acquire asset management firms. Firms have spent a total of $13 billion across 39 deals—already $2.6 billion higher than the last peak in 2021.

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US office space is on track to shrink for the first time on record. [Bloomberg]

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VC Deals

California-based AI biotech startup RapidAI has raised a $75 million Series C led by Vista Credit Partners.

Seattle-based surgical tech startup Proprio has raised a $43 million Series B from undisclosed investors to bring its product to market.

Bright, a solar energy startup, has raised a $31.5 million Series C led by the Danish SDG Investment Fund.

GlossGenius, a business provider platform for wellness and beauty salons, has raised a $28 million Series C led by L Catterton and backed by Bessemer.

Fintech startup Croissant has raised a $24 million seed round from investors including Portage and KKR co-founders George Roberts and Henry Kravis.

Leaf Space, an Italian satellite communications network, has raised a €20 million Series B led by CDP Venture Capital and Neva.

ScorePlay, a New York-based AI-powered media hub for sports organizations, has closed a $5 million seed round led by Seven Seven Six.

Kenyan agtech startup FarmWorks has secured a $4.1 million pre-Series A led by Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund.

PE Deals

Foundation Consumer Healthcare, the parent company of Plan B, is considering a sale of the emergency contraceptive for $4 billion, Reuters reported.

Apollo Global Management has entered into exclusive discussions to offer €1.5 billion in financing to airline company Air France-KLM.

Kering, a French luxury group, is buying a 30% stake in Italian fashion brand Valentino from Qatari investment fund Mayhoola.

Vista Credit Partners has led a $75 million Series C in RapidAI, a healthcare AI company developing technology for stroke care, cardiac diseases and other medical conditions.

Everstone Capital and Recognize have made a strategic investment in digital advertising company MediaMint.

Permira is acquiring a 40% stake in Spanish private markets solutions provider AltamarCAM Partners.

BGF has invested £3.4 million in UK-based carbon capture service provider Nuada.

Sullivan Street Partners has completed an add-on acquisition of UK-based R&W Civil Engineering through its portfolio company Octavius Infrastructure.

SK Capital has backed Ecopol, an Italian producer of biodegradable films. Existing investor Tikehau Capital will retain a minority stake.

Exit & IPOs

Palamon Capital Partners has sold Italian management training company 24 ORE Business School to Digit'Ed, a training hub owned by Nextalia.

Fundraising

Neuberger Berman has closed NB Credit Opportunities Fund II on $2.5 billion, Mergers & Acquisitions reported.

European life sciences private equity firm Medicxi has launched its fourth namesake fund with $400 million.

Chart of the Day

"Down rounds have finally begun to show in the data. 14.2% of completed financings in Q2 were at a lower valuation than the previous round of the company."

Source: Q2 2023 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

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