Weekly funding picks, 19–25 October: banking AI, machine monitoring and code validation

Lingyan Technology builds expressive robotic faces that synchronise speech, lip movement and eye motion.

A Japanese resale marketplace for luxury, designer and vintage fashion.

SpaceX builds launch vehicles, satellite communications systems and AI infrastructure.

Lingyan Technology builds expressive robotic faces that synchronise speech, lip movement and eye motion.

Ghanem is a Saudi proptech platform that lets individuals and institutions invest in fractional ownership of income-generating real estate.

A fan-engagement company creating digital trading-card experiences for sports teams and entertainment properties.

Tokyo company developing wearable devices and remote-assistance software for industrial field workers.

Number Nine develops and publishes original manga and webtoons, supporting creators and international distribution.

Concretene develops graphene-based concrete admixtures designed to reduce the cement needed in construction mixes. The Manchester business is scaling manufacturing and trials with industrial partners.

Produce-quality sensors and software that guide storage, ripening and distribution.

Tokyo software company developing sales AI agents, an agent operating platform and consulting services for enterprise sales teams.

Intuitivo provides digital assessment software for teachers and educational institutions.

Clinical-stage drug developer using AI to select therapeutic assets and guide oncology trials.

SpectraGaze Systems develops optical sensors and electro-optical payloads for space and defence applications.

Paar Autonomy develops AI camera payloads and navigation technology for unmanned systems operating across air, land and maritime environments.

Yizhu Technology designs compute-in-memory chips for AI inference and post-training workloads.

Biotechnology company discovering and developing antibody therapies for diseases with significant unmet need.

Beijing startup developing non-invasive wearable brain-computer interfaces that combine brain-signal detection, decoding and neural modulation.

Warhound develops working dogs for military, law-enforcement and emergency-response teams.

Kagoshima medical-device company developing chitosan hydrogel materials for wound care, including the syringe-delivered Kitosla CX dressing.

Wictory.ai brings athlete performance, recovery and nutrition data into coaching workflows.

Enact Intelligence develops robot intelligence that uses force and touch to improve physical manipulation.

Phononic Vibes designs and manufactures acoustic metamaterial products that reduce noise and vibration in transport, buildings and industrial infrastructure.

EVASIVE Robotics develops EvaLib, motion-planning software that coordinates multiple industrial robots in a shared workspace across different manufacturers and robot types.

Marrow provides infrastructure that connects AI agents with insurers’ pricing, policy and servicing systems.

Harajuku Tokyo Café operates Japanese restaurants and bakehouses in India.

Coast combines payment cards, expense controls and bill payments for businesses with fleets and field teams.

Maxinsights supplies human activity datasets for training robotics and physical AI models.

Consumer technology company developing AI-enabled jewellery for automatic journaling and personal reflection.

Karta AI develops voice agents for customer operations at banks, lenders, fintech companies and insurers.