Nouscom develops off-the-shelf neoantigen-based cancer immunotherapies, led by its lead asset NOUS-209 for cancer interception in Lynch Syndrome carriers.
Nouscom develops off-the-shelf neoantigen-based cancer immunotherapies, led by its lead asset NOUS-209 for cancer interception in Lynch Syndrome carriers.
What makes it differentIts lead asset NOUS-209 targets dMMR/MSI tumours with 209 shared frameshift peptide neoantigens and is aimed at preventing cancer in Lynch Syndrome carriers, with FDA Fast Track designation.
Town develops AI assistants for businesses, giving each employee a personal AI assistant called a Townie that connects to tools such as email and calendars.
Town develops AI assistants for businesses, giving each employee a personal AI assistant called a Townie that connects to tools such as email and calendars.
What makes it differentTownies can talk to each other, share approved information, and now work with customers and others outside the company.
Dream Labs is a robot AI company building a general-purpose foundation model that controls different robots from camera video and natural-language instructions.
Dream Labs is a robot AI company building a general-purpose foundation model that controls different robots from camera video and natural-language instructions.
What makes it differentIts Dream-1 model runs in AI data centers and is offered via a public API, so robots can use the intelligence remotely without the developer hosting large models; the team includes former NVIDIA robot-learning researchers.
Salmon Group is a technology-driven financial services holding company building a banking and lending platform in the Philippines, operating through a BSP-licensed bank and an SEC-licensed financing company.
Salmon Group is a technology-driven financial services holding company building a banking and lending platform in the Philippines, operating through a BSP-licensed bank and an SEC-licensed financing company.
What makes it differentSalmon Finance uses an AI-powered credit engine to assess applicants with limited credit histories and deliver credit decisions within minutes.
WithMoore Strategic Ventures, Spice Expeditions, Washington University Investment Management Co.
Use of fundsScaling profitable lending products such as Salmon Credit Line and in-store lending, and launching new loans for motorcycles and micro, small and medium enterprises.
MemSilicon develops resistive random-access memory (RRAM) and is building a first-generation logic processing unit (LPU) for large-model inference.
What makes it differentThe company combines RRAM device and process expertise, rooted in Chinese Academy of Sciences research, with a planned in-memory computing approach for large-model inference.
Liu MingSponsor (founder), Chinese Academy of Sciences academician
Investors
Led byBoyuan Capital
WithBosch Venture Capital, Bosch Ventures, CAS Capital, Center for Science and Technology Innovation, Chinacapital Partners, China Development Bank Capital, China Development Bank Kaichuang, China Development Bank Science and Technology Finance, China Development Bank Science and Technology Innovation, China Development Bank Science and Technology Investment and 25 more
Use of fundsScaling RRAM mass production and commercialisation, and R&D on the first-generation LPU for large-model inference.
Hangzhou Xingqi Shushang builds smart tea-brewing hardware and digital services for the tea industry, including its "Chabowshi" smart tea maker.
What makes it differentIts five-part tea industry ecosystem spans smart tea gardens, smart production, digital quality control, cloud services and community experience, and the smart brewer also handles herbal and health teas.
Use of fundsExpanding R&D for smart brewers and related products, expanding national market coverage including B2B solutions for hotels, offices and public spaces, and building smart tea garden and blockchain traceability systems.
ZAP Surgical makes the ZAP-X robotic radiosurgery platform for treating brain conditions.
What makes it differentThe ZAP-X platform is designed to avoid the need for a radiation vault in a standard facility and uses a linear accelerator instead of radioactive cobalt, aiming to lower installation costs.
Sunlight AI runs the business operations of independent medical practices so physicians can remain in practice for themselves.
What makes it differentSunlight offers independent practices a single operating partner combining practice-management infrastructure, human expertise and AI as an alternative to hospital or corporate consolidation.
WithActions Capital, Chris Hubbell, Dara Rahimzadeh, Early Light Ventures, Frank Williams, Overlook Ventures, Social Leverage, Sofeon Ventures, Tilli Bannett
High Lander provides software platforms for autonomous aviation, drone fleet operations and airspace management.
What makes it differentIts Andromeda platform is an open, hardware-agnostic AI layer that fuses data from multiple sensors into a single operational picture of low-altitude airspace for national security and defence.
Use of fundsExpansion in the United States and other international markets, development of the Vega UTM, Orion DFM and Andromeda platforms, and extension into defence, homeland security and dual-use applications.
Guoyu Star develops on-orbit services such as orbital transfer assistance, in-orbit refuelling and in-orbit repair, using its own space robot.
What makes it differentIts self-developed space robot is a four-part integrated hardware and software system (body, perception, brain and manipulation), and its Star Trace Source No. 1 verification satellite has operated in orbit for over a year.
The Pant Project is a digital-first Indian menswear brand that specialises in bottomwear and also sells ready-to-wear apparel for men and women.
What makes it differentThe brand offers more than 300 SKUs, including custom-made bottomwear, and is moving from online sales into offline exclusive brand stores.
Use of fundsExpanding its exclusive brand store network from 25 to 150 over the next two to three years, and broadening its menswear portfolio into jeans, athleisure and casualwear.
Haibote is a clinical trial contract research organisation (CRO) serving traditional Chinese medicine, small-molecule drug and biologics companies.
What makes it differentThe company has a team of over 500 staff, has taken on more than 1,250 clinical trials and works with over 600 pharmaceutical companies.
Linkener is an energy technology startup that provides an intelligent energy management system for measuring consumption, digitising invoices and finding savings.
Linkener is an energy technology startup that provides an intelligent energy management system for measuring consumption, digitising invoices and finding savings.
What makes it differentIts system combines proprietary telemetry with AI-driven analysis of energy data and invoices to detect anomalies and identify savings, and it serves more than 2,000 clients with 10,000 supply points.
Led byAlantra energy transition fund, Klima Energy Transition Fund
WithAlantra, GoHub Ventures
Use of fundsGrowth through its own activity and acquisitions of complementary products and companies, plus accelerating development of its technology and proprietary AI models for energy management.
Kodama builds physical AI and autonomy systems for forestry machines such as skidders, letting remote operators run them.
What makes it differentIts first product combines supervised autonomy with teleoperation and is in commercial logging use across the US Southeast, addressing operator labor reliability.
Rebill is an Argentine fintech that provides payment infrastructure so companies can collect and move money across multiple countries.
What makes it differentRebill centralises cross-border collections and uses local payment methods without requiring each client to set up its own legal and financial structure in every country; it is PCI DSS Level 1 certified and holds its own licences in its main markets.
Blue Whale Energy is a Singapore-based developer of behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems.
What makes it differentThe company says its under-construction projects will increase its capacity tenfold within six to eight weeks, though it claims this could not be independently verified.
WithADB Ventures, Analog Ventures, Monk's Hill Ventures, SG Growth Capital, UntroD Capital, Wavemaker Partners
Use of fundsBuilding batteries across Singapore to free up electricity grid capacity; projects under construction are expected to increase its capacity 10x within six to eight weeks, according to the company.
Vrtx is an embedded finance platform that lets businesses add digital wallets, payouts, card issuance, transfers and transaction processing to their products.
Vrtx is an embedded finance platform that lets businesses add digital wallets, payouts, card issuance, transfers and transaction processing to their products.
What makes it differentVrtx has received In-Principle Approval from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) for an Electronic Money Institution licence.
Vessla builds an AI-powered platform that automates workflows across the systems used by residential and commercial property owners and managers.
What makes it differentIts AI agents work alongside existing property management systems, connecting them and applying organisational operating rules while keeping employees in oversight of decisions requiring human judgment.
Syncrowin is an AI platform that combines equipment sensor data, maintenance records and business software to identify problems and recommend fixes for industrial assets.
Syncrowin is an AI platform that combines equipment sensor data, maintenance records and business software to identify problems and recommend fixes for industrial assets.
What makes it differentThe platform layers AI-driven intelligence over existing machinery to help operators get more output from assets they already own, such as flagging a underperforming pump and suggesting a filter replacement.
Ollsocare develops AI vision technology that measures joint range of motion and muscle strength from 2D camera video, and sells digital therapeutics for musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
Ollsocare develops AI vision technology that measures joint range of motion and muscle strength from 2D camera video, and sells digital therapeutics for musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
What makes it differentThe company offers a connected workflow from hospital assessment to at-home rehabilitation, spanning a medical device (Anapa PS), a digital therapeutic (Anapa ME) and a clinician portal (Anapa Hub), and it is reportedly used by 25 medical institutions in Korea.
WithJ&P Medi Partners, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, Oreunpharm, Torus Ventures
Use of fundsCompleting the confirmatory clinical trial for Anapa ME, pursuing product approval and health insurance fee listing, expanding Anapa PS to clinics, and preparing FDA and CE certification.
CoComply is a Macclesfield-based RegTech company whose software helps organisations spot hidden compliance risks in their contingent labour supply.
What makes it differentThe round comes as new UK rules make recruitment agencies and, in some cases, end clients jointly liable for unpaid PAYE and National Insurance from umbrella companies.
Remolonas is a circular food platform that links surplus food from supermarkets, retailers and producers with households and businesses.
What makes it differentIt sells imperfect-but-edible produce through flexible subscription boxes, alongside more than 500 products from local producers and brands, and runs on its own logistics system.
Use of fundsDeveloping its proprietary technology, which learns household preferences to personalise orders and optimise the recovery, preparation and distribution of at-risk food.
Rozvelt makes Vektr, a breathable odour-masking headgear for recreational hunters, wildlife photographers and nature observers.
What makes it differentThe company is pivoting toward dual-use defence and protective equipment, with a planned dynamic mask that can filter either exhaled or inhaled particles.
Use of fundsExpanding its breathable headgear line for the military, law enforcement and first responders, and starting production of the consumer Vektr in Canada this fall.
HapWare is a Denver-based wearable technology company building haptic technology for people with disabilities.
What makes it differentIts ALEYE wristband translates facial expressions, gestures and body language into vibration patterns on the wrist, and the round was oversubscribed.
SupaHuman develops AI software that automates parts of designing, validating and delivering vocational education and workplace training.
What makes it differentIts products VETos and Nova 5 check training materials against regulatory requirements before audits and turn them into learning activities, and it works with ASQA- and NZQA-regulated providers.
Trissino builds Steve AI, an autonomous competitive intelligence agent for B2B software and marketing and sales teams.
What makes it differentSteve AI combines public competitor data with a company's internal sales calls, emails and documents, includes a build-vs-buy analysis feature, and leaves gaps blank rather than guessing.
DevDi operates Jipup Pay, a service that lets tenants pay monthly rent by credit card or easy-pay methods without the landlord's separate consent.
What makes it differentIts payment platform uses a patented rental-contract verification system that cross-checks lease documents, rent receiving accounts and property rights to detect abnormal transactions.
Use of fundsImproving transaction stability and user convenience, expanding from residential rent to commercial rent and B2B partnerships with real estate and finance platforms, and developing tenant financial services based on payment data.
Guna Keji is a company specialising in multifunctional high-end thin-film processing technology, incubated by a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team.
Guna Keji is a company specialising in multifunctional high-end thin-film processing technology, incubated by a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team.
What makes it differentIts products have been verified by several leading customers in consumer electronics and biomedical fields and are in batch shipment.
Inner AI owns Squad.com, a platform that offers a virtual team of AI agents for tasks such as sales, marketing, finance and contract review.
What makes it differentThe article describes Squad.com's approach as a virtual team for small businesses, with a physical store on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo.
Maia Universe is a sync-licensing platform that connects music rights holders with sync opportunities.
What makes it differentThe company has signed deals with more than 200 labels and 90 publishers, and its platform has a pipeline of around 10k new tracks a week.
Use of fundsAccelerating growth within Sephora, expanding the team, growing its presence on TikTok Shop, and developing skincare-makeup hybrid products.
Tactful AI builds smart infrastructure for customer experience based on agentic AI.
What makes it differentThe company says its platform cuts customer experience changes from months to a few hours while keeping human approval for each step.
Xinji Wuxian designs RISC-V chips and solutions for automotive, embodied intelligence, edge devices and intelligent computing centres.
What makes it differentThe company's core technology comes from the high-performance processor lab of Tsinghua University's School of Integrated Circuits, and its team began RISC-V chip development in 2016.
What makes it differentIt connects distributed energy resources such as solar, storage, EV charging and commercial loads through its proprietary DAO OS and takes part in asset operation and power market trading.