Venture Capital (VC) News

7th August 2025

• OpenAI in Preliminary Talks for Share Sale That Could Value Company at Around $500B. VC Daily News 

• First Due Secures $355M Strategic Growth Investment Led by JMI Equity. VC Daily News 

• Blue J Raises $122M Series D to Advance GenAI Tax Research Tools. TechCrunch 

• Clay Lands $100M at $3.1B Valuation to Scale AI-Powered Sales Automation. TechCrunch 

• Indonesian Crypto Platform Triv Gets Strategic Investment from MEXC Ventures at $200M Valuation. TechCrunch 

• Salient Raises $60M from a16z, Y Combinator to Reinvent Loan Servicing with AI. TechCrunch 

• UAE Fintech Alaan Nabs $48M Series A to Expand AI-Powered Spend Management. VC Daily News 

• Lyric Raises $43.5M Series B to Power Smarter Supply Chain Decisions with AI. TechCrunch 

• ketteQ Secures $20M to Advance Adaptive Supply Chain Planning Tools. VC Daily News 

• German Climate Compliance Startup Tanso Raises $14M to Expand Its ESG Platform. VC Daily News 

• India’s Jeh Aerospace Snags $11M Series A to Boost Homegrown Aircraft Manufacturing. VC Daily News 

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