Deals in brief

Sato joins Mauloa as GP and West Coast lead

Prior to Mauloa, Sato founded Kaizen Reserve, Inc.

GenNx360 taps Buxton-Punch as business development director

In this role, Buxton-Punch will manage all aspects of the origination process for both platform and bolt-on acquisitions.

BKM Capital buys Canyon Industrial Center for $70.2m

The seller is an unnamed global investment advisor.

Great Hill-backed Totango merges with software firm Catalyst

Redwood City, California-based Totango is an enterprise customer success software firm.

Chipotle doubles Cultivate Next venture fund to $100m

Cultivate Next venture fund makes early-stage investments into companies that help accelerate the company’s growth plans to operate 7,000 restaurants in North America.

The Financial Times unveils new corporate VC arm

FT Ventures' investments include Charter, a future-of-work media and research company.

Playground Global promotes Kim to partner

Kim joined Playground as a venture fellow in 2019 while completing his doctorate in bioengineering at Stanford University

Black Tech Nation Ventures raises $50m for maiden fund

BTN.vc invests in software startups led by founders from diverse backgrounds that have historically been overlooked by venture funding.

Silver Oak-backed Summit scoops up data center services firm Deft

Summit is a provider of virtual services and cloud-based application hosting.

GTCR invests in dental services firm 7to7

In addition to this transaction, Kelly McCrann has joined 7to7 as executive chairman.