Weekly funding picks, September 28–October 4: Varda’s next flights and Voi’s bank refinancing

EQL Global builds financial data infrastructure and AI research tools for banks, asset managers and other financial professionals.

Identity and authorization infrastructure that lets businesses verify what an AI agent represents and may do.

Project Suppliers connects construction buyers with suppliers and provides tools for managing requests for quotations.

VoltR remanufactures lithium batteries, combining collection, cell diagnostics and production to give used cells a second life.

Reuse operates trade-in, refurbishment and resale services for electronic devices.

PR, branding and creative direction for international brands and cultural projects.

eEnergy Group designs and installs energy-saving and renewable energy systems for UK organisations.

An Egyptian microfinance lender within the MNT-Halan group.

AI-powered CAD software that automates repetitive mechanical design work for hardware engineers.

Provides an open source Postgres platform with databases, authentication, storage and application backend services.

DriveX develops Smart Production Planning, AI software that helps factories build and revise production schedules.

MOT manages manga creators and operates Kakikomi, an online school taught by working manga artists and editors.

Good Tape provides transcription and tools for working with recorded interviews and meetings.

Training environments and benchmarks that measure how AI agents perform financial services work.

An Egyptian consumer finance business within the MNT-Halan group.

Conway Research develops on-device personal AI, including the Underdog assistant and Husky inference engine.

Trustly provides pay-by-bank payments that connect merchants and consumers through open banking.

An Egyptian microfinance lender within the MNT-Halan group.

Agrimedia connects consumers, farmers, businesses and local authorities through agriculture-related services.

Contents X creates manga, animation and video for businesses and helps turn that content into sales and recruitment opportunities.

Osavul uses AI to detect and investigate hybrid threats across information, cyber and physical domains for governments and critical organizations.

JAOPS supplies mission-control software, infrastructure and operators to help spacecraft teams prepare and run their missions.

doxx.net provides private networking for people and AI agents, including direct file transfers, calls and messaging.

QioN develops electrochemical ammonia-production technology that uses clean electricity to supply fertilizer, chemical feedstocks and energy applications.

Develops Claude and conducts research into reliable, interpretable and steerable artificial intelligence.

AI agents that handle customer communications and operations for real estate professionals.

1club provides operating software for sports clubs, gyms and studios.

White Crow designs, produces and operates drone light shows for municipalities, tourism events and corporate promotions.

Spectronix develops and manufactures short-wavelength, ultrashort-pulse lasers for precision processing of semiconductors, electronic components and other materials.

Seeds Fincap provides business loans to underserved micro and small enterprises in India.