Weekly funding picks, 26 October–1 November: chips, GPU loans and aircraft testing

Wabi develops a shared AI assistant that organizes tasks into conversations and creates personal apps for individuals and groups.

Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre operates residential facilities for mental healthcare, addiction treatment and dementia care across India.

Entourage Fund II backs early-stage software, AI, robotics and deeptech companies, with capital reserved for follow-on rounds.

FitnessKPI provides a business-intelligence platform for fitness operators, combining data from club systems with benchmarking and an AI assistant to help managers identify priorities.

NexGen Cloud provides GPU computing infrastructure for AI training, inference and enterprise workloads.

AI models that turn building requirements into coordinated architectural and engineering plans.

Green Growth develops and operates renewable-energy projects and improves the economics of solar power plants through battery storage and electricity trading.

矩侨工业 develops fabric-based electronic skin and tactile sensors for robot learning, robotic surfaces, furniture and care monitoring.

Coratia Technologies builds underwater robotic systems and provides inspection services for defence, energy and critical infrastructure operators.

Venttup connects industrial customers with engineering and manufacturing services to develop, localise and source components from India.

Braid provides mobile connectivity infrastructure that lets enterprises embed SIM and eSIM services in their products or launch branded storefronts.

MuRay develops active muon imaging to inspect dense industrial components without cutting them apart.

Group14 Technologies manufactures silicon battery materials for battery and device makers.

An early-stage venture fund managed by BY Venture Partners, backing AI-native companies across international markets.

Viridian Ingni Propulsion develops electric motors and controllers using rare-earth-free and magnet-free technologies for vehicle manufacturers.

Enterprise service management and AI agents that turn business requirements into governed automations.

YK-Robotics develops YK-Platform, software that helps manufacturers and integrators coordinate robotic cells and generate tasks through natural-language instructions.

Builds custom inference chips designed to run frontier AI models faster by co-locating memory and compute

Fronted helps companies recruit and employ international teams, manage payroll and compliance, and establish their own overseas entities.

Japanese AI company developing processors, computing infrastructure, foundation models and industrial applications.

PaperFoam manufactures protective packaging from starch and natural fibres for consumer products, beauty and medical customers.

ISLAND Beauty develops skincare products that combine Korean ingredients with formulations designed for Indian consumers and climate conditions.

Auriga Cyber Ventures II invests in early-stage European cybersecurity companies, with a focus on AI security and protection of identity and data.

An AI-based financial platform for solo businesses, combining bookkeeping, payroll, taxes and related financial services.

Ace Blend develops and sells nutrition products including plant protein, functional drinks and daily supplements.

Cohere develops AI models and enterprise software for securely finding information, automating work and building applications grounded in business data.

Mobile microlearning and AI tools that help enterprises train and support frontline employees.

Talky Labs builds AI software that automates accounting and finance operations using each company’s own records and accounting criteria.

VUSE XR helps industrial and life sciences companies create, manage and deliver mixed reality training for complex products and processes.

New Chat develops Setlog, a private video-sharing app for small groups of friends.