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Pressure mounts for gaming exits; poor performance hounds agtech stocks, unicorns; Pindrop bags $100M for deepfake detection
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July 19, 2024
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Gaming M&A slows as regulation looms
Online gambling stocks are flying high above all other gaming categories. With average returns of 29%, it was one of only three categories that did not post negative average returns. Its success may benefit the esports sector, which has grown rail-thin in recent years.

Gaming exits via IPO or M&A are both unlikely outlets for pressure. There are few potential IPO candidates, and large public incumbents are hesitant to tap their strong cash balances as regulations tighten.

Our Q2 2024 Gaming Public Comp Sheet and Valuation Guide tracks performance, valuations, and market caps for key publicly traded companies.
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Poor performance hounds agtech stocks, unicorns
Animal biotech stocks were the only agtech segment with stock price appreciation in Q2, with prices rising an average of 5%. As our global unicorn index notched 7% gains this year, agtech unicorns have declined 1% in comparison. Meanwhile, investor enthusiasm may grow for animal agriculture, and median gross profit margins for the segment are expected to rise in 2024.

Our Q2 2024 Agtech Public Comp Sheet and Valuation Guide tracks performance, valuations, and market caps for key publicly traded companies.
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Venture deals for female founders fall to pre-2021 levels
Halfway through 2024, funding for startups founded by women is down sharply compared to recent years, our female founders dashboard shows.
  • Startups with at least one female founder garnered $15.4 billion across 1,487 deals through the first six months of 2024. This is the lowest amount of capital raised in H1 since 2020.

  • While the share of US VC capital going to female-only founded companies remains relatively stable, the share for startups with both male and female founders fell from 26% to 14.8% year-over-year, largely due to unusually large rounds from female-co founded OpenAI and Anthropic.

  • Notable deals so far this year include a $1 billion Series F for Scale AI, co-founded by Lucy Guo, and a $259 Series C for biopharmaceutical company Alumis, founded by June Lee.
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Lower-mid-market investor Providence raising maiden fund
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Providence Investment Partners, a Dallas-based boutique firm, is in the market to raise a fund to provide junior capital to lower-middle-market companies in Texas and the US Southwest, according to a March regulatory filing and a person familiar with the fundraising.
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The summer of consolidation
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New York City's oppressive heat slows everything down—M&A, fundraising, news—and pushes everyone out to the Hamptons, the Jersey Shore and the south of France.

The lull creates a perfect point for reflection, a midyear moment to step away from the day-to-day and take a look back at the trends that have propelled the market forward over the past six months or so—including consolidation in the asset management industry.
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VC Deals  
Nearfield Instruments, a developer of metrology and inspection solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, raised €135 million in a Series C led by Walden Catalyst and Temasek.

Pindrop, an Atlanta-based deepfake detection startup, raised $100 million in debt financing from Hercules Capital.

Ctera raised $80 million from PSG Equity. The New York-based company offers a cloud data management platform.

Truvian Health, a San Diego-based blood testing startup, raised $74 million in a round co-led by Wittington Ventures and Great Point Ventures.

Peak Energy raised a $55 million Series A led by Xora Innovation, an investing platform of Temasek. The Denver-based company specializes in energy storage.

Grover, a Berlin-based rental company offering consumer electronics, raised €50 million in a round that included public-private investor Cool Japan Fund.

Quatt, an Amsterdam-based startup specializing in smart heat pumps, raised €25 million in a round led by Blue Earth Capital.

Newme, a fast-fashion retailer based in India, raised $18 million in Series A led by Accel, according to reports.

Integra Therapeutics, a Spanish biotech startup developing gene-writing tools intended to make advanced therapies safer and more effective, will receive a €2.5 grant and up to €8 million in equity from the European Innovation Council's accelerator program.

Landfolk, a Danish vacation rentals startup, raised €10.3 million from EIFO, Seed Capital and Heartland.
 
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PE Deals  
Apax Partners and Bain Capital are among the separate bidders for Switzerland-based software company SoftwareOne, Reuters reported.

UK firm Inflexion has invested in FDM, a UK provider of European telecoms market data. The investment is being made via Inflexion's Enterprise Fund V.

Zurich-listed financial software group Temenos is looking at selling its fund management unit Multifonds, Reuters reported. Montagu Private Equity is among the potential suitors.

Advent International and PAI Partners are among the first-round bidders for French drugmaker Sanofi's consumer health division, Bloomberg reported.

Amsterdam-based Karmijn Kapitaal has invested in UniKidz, a chain of childcare facilities operating across the Netherlands.

Asterion Industrial Partners and Nextalia are among potential suitors for BT Italia, the struggling Italian unit of UK telecom company BT, Bloomberg reported.

UK investor Mobeus has sold The Boundary, a marketing software provider for the global real estate industry, to Kester Capital.

Jacobs Holding has agreed to buy Ilerna, a Spanish vocational training provider, from Skill & You, a portfolio company of IK Partners.

New-York based Snowhawk has agreed to acquire a majority stake in SecureVision, a provider of connectivity services for the hospitality industry.

Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a developer of digital infrastructure sites, received capital from NGP and Sandbrook Capital totaling over $300 million as it seeks to transition to a sustainable electricity system.

Platinum Equity has invested in Motors & Armatures, a distributor of HVAC and refrigeration supplies and equipment.
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Exits & IPOs  
Samsung Electronics has agreed to acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, an AI technology startup based in the UK that it previous backed via its VC unit alongside Innovate UK and Oxford University Innovation.

Ardent Health has raised $192 million for its public listing on the NYSE. The hospital operator was previously acquired by Equity Group Investments and Ventas in 2015.

Hyatt Hotels is in advanced talks to buy the Platform Capital Management-backed Standard Hotels brand, a luxury hotels operator, Bloomberg reported.

Payroll provider Deel has acquired Hofy, a London-based startup that manages office equipment for remote hires.

AI-enabled security technology company Garda World Security, which is backed by Investissement Québec, has acquired Crisis24.
 
Fundraising  
Los Angeles-based middle-market PE firm Kingswood Capital Management has closed its Opportunities Fund III with $1.5 billion.

Altimeter Capital Management, the VC firm founded by Brad Gerstner, has raised $552.7 million for its seventh flagship fund, according to regulatory filings. The vehicle has a target of $750 million.
 
Investors  
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the state's largest public pension fund, is reallocating $10 billion out of private equity investments, reducing its target allocation from 14% to 12%, pension officials said at a board meeting yesterday.
 
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