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Eastend Ventures Launches Australia’s First Regional VC, Arāya Completes Debut Super‐Angel, and AI-Driven Fashion Funds Surge

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.

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July 07, 2025

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Today’s venture pulse is pumping with deeptech chemistry, carbon analytics, and AI-powered industrial rollouts.

Synfini scored $8.9M to fuse neuro-symbolic AI with robotics and synthetic chemistry—streamlining small molecule drug design and slashing R&D timelines. Think of it as a co-pilot for drug discovery, built from the ground up by Caltech and DARPA talent.

Chloris Geospatial locked in $8.5M Series A to scale its satellite-based carbon monitoring tech. It’s a crucial puzzle piece for climate accountability—providing accurate forest biomass analytics to players like AXA, Cisco, and the UN.

Perry, founded by Google and McKinsey alums, raised €1.6M Seed to deploy adaptive AI-powered work instructions for technicians. The platform brings real-time, contextual guidance to Europe’s industrial floor—fighting the skills gap with machine learning.

And in the marketplace trenches, Berlin’s CarOnSale secured €70M Series C to digitize Europe’s $450B used car market—leveraging automation and AI to scale dealer-to-dealer trading across the continent.

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DailyPay (New York, NY) – Locked in a $200M asset-backed securitization (ABS) for its On-Demand Pay receivables.
CarOnSale (Berlin, Germany) – Raised €70M Series C, led by Northzone with HV Capital, Insight Partners, Stripes, and Creandum to scale its B2B used car marketplace across Europe.
Chai AI (Palo Alto, CA) – Raised $55M+ in total funding for its user-generated AI (UGAI) platform.
The Open Platform (TOP) (Global) – Raised $28.5M Series A, led by Ribbit Capital with Pantera Capital, hitting a $1B valuation to expand cryptocurrency wallet and TON‑based applications within Telegram.
Acorn (Vancouver, Canada) – Closed $12.3M Series A from Level Equity to supercharge its AI‑driven performance and learning management platform.
Cerebrium (New York, NY, USA) – Raised $8.5M Seed, led by Gradient Ventures with YC and Authentic Ventures, to scale its AI infrastructure platform.
GeniusTravel (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – Raised €2M from anonymous backers to offer AI‑powered travel packages with flights and hotels.
Allied OMS (Southlake, TX) – Received a growth investment from 65 Equity Partners to scale its oral surgery MSO platform.
Alkeme (Ladera Ranch, CA) – Scored a strategic investment from GCP Capital Partners and Apollo S3 to expand its insurance and wealth management services.
Sizzling Platter (Salt Lake City, UT) – Received a significant growth investment from Bain Capital to fuel its franchise expansion.

💸 VC Funds Raised & Raising

Warburg Pincus is targeting $17B for its latest flagship fund, continuing its growth-focused private equity strategy.
Kartesia closed its sixth-generation credit opportunities fund at €1.5B, reinforcing its position in European financing.
MML Capital Partners raised $1.2B for its eighth fund, focused on mid-market B2B opportunities across Europe and the U.S.
Brookfield Asset Management is forming a new $690M private equity fund, acquiring stakes in three BPY portfolio companies and offering a discounted entry for wealthy individuals.
America’s Frontier Fund plans to raise $315M for its debut national-security focused VC fund to back cutting-edge frontier technologies.
Saothair Capital Partners raised $300M for its second fund, doubling down on mid-market manufacturing and industrial frontiers.
Omnes Capital raised €132M for its second deep-tech fund.