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Galileo Ventures reaches first close on its second fund

Artesian writes that Galileo Ventures' second fund has closed $15 million of a $30 million target, counting Artesian and Innovation Victoria among its backers, and has made a first investment in Fluent BCI.

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Galileo Ventures reaches first close of $15M on $30M second fund

Galileo Ventures has closed the first half of its second fund at $15 million, targeting $30 million, with Innovation Victoria a cornerstone backer; the fund's first cheque went to brain-interface startup Fluent BCI.

The New Industrial Revolution Emerges: Year in Review and What's Next in 2026

Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.

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Sovereign legal AI startup Isaacus courts $700,000 in pre-Seed

Isaacus, which builds sovereign AI models for the legal sector, has banked $700,000 in a pre-seed round co-led by Aura Ventures and Galileo Ventures to take its product to market.

AI Dev Tools Will Lead The Way – Our Investment in Gumnut 🦩

Galileo Ventures announces a $240,000 seed backing for Gumnut, a developer-tools startup adding real-time collaboration and AI agents to SaaS forms, and sets out its investment thesis.

Investors have poured more than $1.2 billion into Australian student-founded startups

A student-run venture fund launches alongside research showing university founders have attracted backing topping $1.2 billion, though women-led teams receive a small share; Blackbird is the most active backer.

Curiious, the virtual reality company behind the Opera House Vivid show, raises $1 million in pivot to corporate metaverse

Sydney immersive-content firm Curiious has banked $1m in a Galileo Ventures-led round to grow its enterprise 3D platform, four years after a $2m raise for its education product.

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NYC venture fund leads Flare HR Series B

Flare HR has closed a $21 million Series B led by New York's Point 72 Ventures, with existing backer Reinventure continuing its support, aiming to grow locally in employee engagement and payroll.

Relevance AI Raises A$37m to Build the AI Workforce of The Future

Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.

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