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Uber Invests $300M & Closes Deal With Lucid, Lovable Raises $200M At 🦄 Status ($1.8B), Substack Raises $100M From A16Z and Skims CEO
Founders are back in their fundraising bag. Uber x Lucid, Substack's $100M boost, Lovable hits unicorn status—and yes, the Pentagon is rolling with Elon’s chatbot. Big raises, big energy, one unmissable scroll.
Mantis VC Raises $100M Fund III, AI-Turbocharged VC: $162.8B, New Funds & Tax Perks Rev Up the Market
AI startups hauled in $162.8 B in H1, Velveteen Ventures debuts, Apple backs rare-earth production, Trump’s tax law sweetens secondaries, GPx eyes $500M fund, and VC dealflow shifts coast to coast.
Boldstart’s $250M Bet on Enterprise Infra, Billion-Dollar EV Battery Bets, EarthGPT and Synfini’s AI Drug Push Goes Global
Oh, and also — Headway is building a lifelong learning empire for 150M+ users, ALTR is removing alcohol without killing the buzz, and AI is powering eye screenings, fintech compliance, and Belgium’s next-gen invoicing tools.
Ferrero (Nutella) Nears Deal to Acquire Kellogg, XPANCEO’s Night Vision Contact-Lenses, Slate Auto’s Bezos-Backed EV Trucks, and $6.8B Coller Credit Fund Goes Big
Oh, and also — Also Inc. spun out of Rivian with $200M, Centivax is testing a universal flu vax, and AI-powered lenses, carbon-negative data centers, and EV trucks are dominating the July VC charts.
Arago Sparks the AI Chip Race, Fantasy Life Scores with Celeb-Backed Seed, and $4.5B Energy Fund Enters Chat
Oh, and also — Gradient Labs just banked $13M to automate regulated markets, Quantum’s raising billions for oil & gas, and AI-driven compliance, carbon, and childcare are all trending up in global venture.
Eastend Ventures Launches Australia’s First Regional VC, Arāya Completes Debut Super‐Angel, and AI-Driven Fashion Funds Surge
Oh, and also — xAI just secured $10B in new capital (split evenly across debt and equity) to ramp up AI infra and Grok's data dominance, Savvy Wealth banked $72M to roll up financial advisors with AI back-office muscle, and VCs are turning M&A into a strategy, not an exit, fueling new roll-up plays in wealth, legal, and real estate tech.
Decagon raises $131M, Norrsken bets $350M on AI-for-good, and VC stacks $12.5B+ for deep-tech, fin-tech, & defense-tech's next wave
Oh, and also, PhysicsX lands $135M to rewire engineering with AI, Parallel Bio bets big on organoids over animal testing, and Claira’s deal intel AI lights up Wall Street.
