We are entrepreneurs, operators, and technologists building innovative, mission-driven companies in areas where we have a distinct competitive advantage.
Powering the Pursuit of Wellness
For a world grasping for solutions to a spiraling crisis, TARA Mind offers a path to mental wellbeing with a platform that provides responsible, safe, and effective access to psychedelic therapy providers and resources.
Taramind.com
2022
Resilience in the Face of Disruption
DEFCON is a modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) company developing cutting-edge technology solutions to provide operationally relevant decision points to the next generation of mobility leaders and logistics organizations. DEFCON is creating innovative software-based tools to model and simulate complex scenarios for evaluating alternative courses of action in the advent of mobility or transportation disruptions. As an AI-driven software incorporating an intelligent agent within a simulation environment — DEFCON is the next driving force in defining how mobility disruptions are handled.
Defconai.com
Co-Founded by Grant Verstandig, Yisroel Brumer, and General (retired) Paul Selva, Defcon AI was incorporated in June 2022.
Better Outcomes for a Brighter Future
Zephyr AI is building novel transparent AI to address unmet needs across the full spectrum of Precision Medicine from prevention to treatment to improve patients’ lives.
Zephyrai.bio
2020
Breaking Boundaries in Power Management & Transforming Directed Energy
Epirus creates innovative power solutions to solve complex problems. Radically advancing the field of power density, Epirus invented SmartPower, which utilizes artificial intelligence-enabled Gallium Nitride semiconductors to produce extreme levels of power density during high-powered microwave transmission, without special cooling. Applying this breakthrough to directed energy applications in Defense, Epirus developed Leonidas, a counter-electronics system with the power and precision to disable multiple threats across a wide area or neutralize a single system in tight, crowded spaces. Working in close concert across both Government and Commercial channels, Epirus is transforming directed energy and breaking the boundaries of power management to reshape the way people use power.
Epirusinc.com
Co-founded in 2018 by Red Cell partners Grant Verstandig and John Tenet, Epirus has already emerged as a field leader in dual-use technology.
An AI Platform for RNA Therapeutics Discovery
Envisagenics is an Artificial Intelligence-driven, biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery of novel RNA splicing events that cause cancer and other genetic diseases. Its principal technology is the SpliceCore® discovery platform. The platform re-envisions the human genome with a validated exon-centric approach, combined with machine learning algorithms and high-performance computing. Using innovative technology and RNA analysis expertise, Envisagenics accelerates the development of highly specific therapeutics that modulate RNA splicing events that drive pathogenesis of oncology, neurodegenerative, and metabolic disorders. Envisagenics a minority- and woman-led company that partners with biopharmaceutical companies and academic institutions to advance their drug discovery capabilities using its AI/ML platform. Envisagenics also has its own internally developed RNA therapeutic programs.
Envisagenics.com
Revolutionizing Air Combat Training
Red 6 is revolutionizing augmented reality (AR) for military training. Capitalizing on a series of extraordinary advances in AR hardware and software, Red 6 has developed Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS), a breakthrough solution that enables AR to work outdoors in high speed, dynamic environments. Unleashing the full potential of Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) training by bringing virtual and constructive assets into the real world, ATARS allows pilots to conduct within visual range maneuvering against synthetic threats and defines an entirely new paradigm in air combat training.
Red6ar.com
Backed from its earliest stages by Red Cell partners Josh Lobel and Grant Verstandig, Red 6 became Red Cell Partners first investment as a firm in early 2021.
Taking the Hassle Out of Medication Management
Short Description: Hero is a leading digital in-home care platform delivering the first end-to-end medication management service for individuals and caregivers. Hero's solution includes its award-winning smart pill dispenser, medication management app, automatic refills, and live support. Since launching in 2018, Hero has dispensed more than 100 million medications. Hero is used as a care management solution by individuals, caregivers, medical providers, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders.
Herohealth.com
Actionable Intelligence for Every Squad
In non-permissive tactical environments, without persistent ISR and the requisite manning and infrastructure, military units must be able to organically process and analyze data on the edge. Reveal has created Farsight, a tool that generates real-time tactical 2D mapping and near-real-time 3D rendering of large physical spaces, all at the edge. Built with input from top-tier operators, Farsight’s advanced AI tools like smart-route suggestion, line of sight analysis, and HLZ surveying capability integrate with existing DOD technology and process on the devices military units already carry. Farsight delivers an AI-powered, organic intelligence package to every unit.
Revealtech.ai
Delivering Advanced Secure Communications Using Web3-Based Technology
Eyris SecureNet, formerly known as Stealth Cyber, leverages Web3-based technology to protect data independent from the systems that store, transport, and process it, while significantly improving the security of those capabilities.
2022