Hidden Level
Series C in 2025
Hidden Level is a technology company that specializes in passive radar systems and drone detection through advanced RF spectrum signal analysis. The company focuses on providing airspace monitoring solutions, particularly for critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety sectors. Its Airspace Monitoring Service employs a network of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographic areas. Designed to comply with Title 18 privacy regulations, Hidden Level's technology ensures both effective monitoring and adherence to legal standards. Additionally, the company offers a range of services, including systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management, aimed at enhancing safety and productivity for aerospace component manufacturers.
SeeQC, Inc. is a semiconductor company specializing in the development of a digital quantum computing platform aimed at global businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Elmsford, New York, the company designs, tests, and manufactures quantum-ready superconductors and application-specific quantum computing systems. Its innovative approach combines classical and quantum technologies to enhance the efficiency, stability, and cost-effectiveness of quantum computing systems. SeeQC integrates superconducting qubit chips, proprietary Single Flux Quantum technology, and application-specific integrated circuits to create a commercially viable quantum computing solution. The company serves various industries, including machine learning, logistics optimization, quantum chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and fintech, catering to clients in the United States and Europe. With additional facilities in London and Naples, SeeQC aims to facilitate access to scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing applications, thereby addressing the growing demand for advanced computational capabilities.
Starfish Space
Series A in 2024
Starfish Space Inc. is a company that specializes in developing on-demand in-space transportation and maintenance services for orbiting satellites. Founded in 2019 and based in Kent, Washington, Starfish Space builds small space tugs equipped with advanced Proximity Operations Software, which integrates orbital mechanics and machine vision artificial intelligence with a low-thrust electric propulsion system. This innovative technology allows the company to perform a range of satellite servicing missions, including life extension, relocation, disposal, and inspection. By utilizing smaller space tugs capable of operating across various orbits, Starfish Space aims to enhance the efficiency and longevity of satellite operations in space.
Reality Defender
Series A in 2024
Reality Defender is a company that specializes in detecting deepfakes and AI-generated media, addressing the risks posed by manipulated content across multiple formats, including audio, video, images, and text. Its platform employs advanced synthetic media detection algorithms to identify and assess the authenticity of digital content in real time. This capability enables both enterprises and government entities to effectively combat synthetically altered media, ensuring more reliable digital communication. With a patented multimodal approach, Reality Defender offers flexible deployment options, allowing its technology to seamlessly integrate into existing infrastructures for proactive management of digital media.
Hidden Level
Series B in 2024
Hidden Level is a technology company that specializes in passive radar systems and drone detection through advanced RF spectrum signal analysis. The company focuses on providing airspace monitoring solutions, particularly for critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety sectors. Its Airspace Monitoring Service employs a network of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographic areas. Designed to comply with Title 18 privacy regulations, Hidden Level's technology ensures both effective monitoring and adherence to legal standards. Additionally, the company offers a range of services, including systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management, aimed at enhancing safety and productivity for aerospace component manufacturers.
Quindar
Seed Round in 2024
Quindar is a provider of a cloud-based platform designed specifically for spacecraft analysis and operations. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes satellite mission management, engineering analytics, and integration. Its platform enables satellite owners to monitor, track, and operate their satellites efficiently, covering aspects from deployment into space to ongoing management. Key features of Quindar's offerings include spacecraft schedule optimization, orbit determination, and collision avoidance services, facilitating streamlined operations for satellite missions. By serving as a one-stop shop in the cloud, Quindar enhances the effectiveness and safety of satellite deployments and operations.
Albedo is an aviation and aerospace component manufacturing company that specializes in the development of low-flying satellites capable of capturing high-resolution visible and thermal imagery. By creating a constellation of these satellites, Albedo aims to make aerial imagery globally accessible, affordable, and easy to procure. Their technology addresses the challenges faced in various commercial applications, such as environmental monitoring and precision agriculture, where high-quality imagery has been limited by factors like cost and resolution. Through its innovative approach, Albedo enhances the ability of clients to utilize detailed imagery for diverse and critical purposes.
Second Front
Venture Round in 2024
Second Front Systems, Inc. is a technology company focused on enhancing government access to innovative, commercially developed technologies for national security applications. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company specializes in software solutions that facilitate the identification, assessment, and deployment of venture capital-backed technologies. Its primary product, Atlas Fulcrum, is a platform designed to streamline the discovery and engagement process for government users seeking advanced commercial technologies. Additionally, Second Front offers program management and system integration services to ensure the effective delivery of these technologies to military personnel. The company also operates the High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium that brings together key stakeholders to promote the application of venture-backed innovations in government-funded national security missions. With additional offices in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, Second Front is positioned to transform how government entities access and utilize cutting-edge technology.
HiddenLayer
Series A in 2023
HiddenLayer is a cybersecurity company focused on securing machine learning algorithms, models, and their underlying data. The firm provides a range of services, including threat modeling, machine learning risk assessment training, and red team assessments. Additionally, HiddenLayer offers AI and machine learning model scanning, as well as implementation services for machine learning detection and response. Its platform employs advanced machine learning techniques to analyze model interactions, effectively identifying and mitigating malicious activities without needing prior access to the user's AI models or sensitive training data. This enables businesses to enhance their defenses against potential threats targeting their machine learning systems.
Shift5, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing products and systems designed to protect operational technology platforms, such as aircraft, spacecraft, ground combat vehicles, and construction machinery. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Shift5 offers a range of hardware and software solutions, including its Shift5 Intake data recorder, which collects and transmits embedded data in real-time to detect intrusions. The company also provides Shift5 Engine, which employs rule-based and model-based analytics for identifying cyber attacks on internal communication networks, and Shift5 Gauge Cluster for data capturing and analytics. Additionally, Shift5 focuses on delivering intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, secure code delivery verification, and fault reporting across various standard and custom protocols, aiding both government and commercial clients in safeguarding critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
Reveal Technology
Seed Round in 2022
Reveal Technology is a visual analytics and edge artificial intelligence company that focuses on enhancing situational awareness for defense and public safety teams. The company has developed a platform that integrates advanced AI-driven technologies to deliver real-time two-dimensional and three-dimensional mapping and tactical insights. This technology enables operators to achieve decision dominance in mission-critical environments while also reducing emissions signatures. Through its innovative solutions, Reveal Technology aims to empower teams with the tools necessary for effective decision-making in complex situations.
Synthetaic
Series A in 2022
Synthetaic LLC, established in 2019 and headquartered in Delafield, Wisconsin, specializes in providing innovative information technology services focused on artificial intelligence training data. The company has developed the Rapid Automatic Image Categorization (RAIC) software, which addresses the challenges of data labeling in AI by automating the analysis of large, unstructured datasets. This technology eliminates the need for labor-intensive human labeling and costly labeled datasets, enabling customers to create AI solutions rapidly. Synthetaic's offerings are applicable across a diverse range of sectors, including geospatial, defense, security, science, technology, and conservation, facilitating instant detection of various elements at scale.
Latent AI
Series A in 2021
Latent AI, Inc. is a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Skillman, New Jersey. Founded in 2018, it specializes in optimizing edge devices to facilitate smart Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The company's primary offering is the Latent AI Efficient Inference Platform (LEIP), which allows developers to train, quantize, and deploy edge AI neural networks. This platform supports adaptive artificial intelligence by providing a quantization optimizer that automates low-bit-precision training, enabling efficient neural network deployment for on-device intelligence and inference. Latent AI aims to accelerate AI implementation and streamline workflows for enterprises, making it easier for software developers to access and manage AI capabilities across various edge environments.