Introducing,
Red Cell Go
About
Red Cell
We are an incubation firm building rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: cyber, national security, and healthcare.
Build With Us
We take an active interest in early-stage concepts and optimize the company-creation process to build best-in-class businesses equipped for unprecedented long-term success. The Red Cell platform unlocks not only game-changing access to capital but the ability to leverage a world-class team of domain experts specializing in product & engineering, finance, legal, operations, communications, talent, brand, and marketing. Our goal is to provide comprehensive support for evolving companies to move rapidly from seed to independence.
About
Red Cell Go
Red Cell Go is an opportunity for entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise to partner with an established incubator to explore and validate innovative ideas that have the potential to become the next Red Cell incubation company. We invite entrepreneurs with extensive knowledge in their fields and a game-changing idea capable of making a meaningful impact to apply.
Successful applicants will secure up to a 3-month, paid 1099 contract to validate their concept and build a pre-seed pitch deck to present to Red Cell’s Investment Committee (IC).
For those who are successful in their IC pitch, their relationship with Red Cell can transition into a longer-term, more intensive collaboration – where we will partner to accelerate the journey from idea to market and turn the concept into a Red Cell incubation. The applicant will secure a coveted opportunity to further engage with our network and resources, and to leverage our team-of-teams expertise to turn their idea into a viable, scalable, and market-ready entity.
BENEFITS
Program Highlights
During the 3-month discovery contract period, participants will benefit from:
Frequent consultation sessions with the President and Chairman of their Red Cell practice area.
A dedicated operations partner resource.
Virtual office hours with members of Red Cell’s platform team and other Incubation Leads, facilitated by your operations partner.
A pre-pitch session with the Red Cell practice team to refine their pitch before presenting to the IC.
Guiding Principles
At Red Cell, we understand where our strengths lie in building businesses. Each of our practice areas – cyber, national security, and healthcare – has specific categories where it seeks to build meaningful and impactful companies, and is guided by a set of principles that inform decisions about which ideas we commit to incubate and to fund.
We are seeking entrepreneurs who are ready to champion innovative and transformative solutions and who have the insight and dedication to thrive in partnership with Red Cell’s incubation engine.
Select Focus Area
Red Cell Partners’ Cyber Practice incubates groundbreaking ideas that solve real cybersecurity challenges in the government and commercial sectors.
We
Believe
The inexorable forces that will drive opportunities in cyber over the next decade are:
Evolving Threat Landscape:
The increasing use of cyber tactics by nation-states for power projection, including data theft, cyberattacks, and influence operations, alongside the sheltering of cybercriminals, will continue to lead to a surge in ransomware incidents and intellectual property theft.
Tool Sprawl and Fragmentation:
The proliferation and fragmentation of cybersecurity tools are driving a demand for more streamlined and integrated solutions.
Cyber Workforce Challenges:
The high cost and scarcity of cybersecurity expertise are expected to result in persistent understaffing issues, exacerbating the cyber risk landscape.
Emerging Tech:
Advancements in cloud computing, AI for offense and defense, Web3 for data ownership, and post-quantum technologies are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape and strategies.
Core Characteristics
We select ideas and partners based on the proposed solution’s adherence to specific criteria:
Reduced Risk/Cost:
Solutions that significantly improve customers’ cybersecurity posture by supporting cyber resiliency (networks, systems, etc.) and predicting, preventing, and mitigating cyber risk (e.g. cyberattacks).
Efficient Implementation:
Solutions that integrate with existing customer systems or operations to minimize friction and enhance interoperability and that are well-suited to scale without compromising capability – considering factors such as cost, infrastructure, personnel training, and supportability.
Enduring Value:
Solutions designed to be flexible, allowing evolution with changing requirements and the ever-evolving threat and policy landscape; solutions that leverage technologies that are expected to have a lasting impact on various domains and industries and withstand the test of time.
For Red Cell, national security is not just an area of investment, it is a driving force and critical component of our mission. Red Cell’s National Security Practice builds advanced technology companies that create new defense tools, software, processes, and systems, or that modernize existing ones.
We
Believe
Three inexorable forces will drive opportunities in national security over the next decade:
Industrial Resilience:
U.S. industrial and critical infrastructure sectors must withstand, adapt to, and quickly recover from disruptions or crises to produce, deliver, and sustain essential goods and services for national security.
Force Capability:
The U.S. must have the ability to deter, counter, and defeat adversarial threats. Military commands and joint forces must be able to coordinate and direct forces for maximum impact across multiple converging domains (e.g., cyber, space, information, electronic warfare, etc.). This requires capabilities like advanced communications and computer systems for information processing, access to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets as well as other decision-support tools.
Operational Readiness:
U.S. forces must be able to respond to threats, crises, and assigned missions quickly and effectively. This requires those forces to have proper training, preparedness, protection, equipment, logistical support, and the information necessary to meet the demands of their missions.
Core Characteristics
Red Cell builds national security companies that address these forces and that align with five core principles:
Enlightened Advocacy:
Visionary leaders from within government and industry who will support and champion the business from inside the DoD.
Aligned Founders:
Founders who embody Red Cell’s core values—passion, collaboration, and accountability.
Disruptive Innovations:
Products and technologies with the potential to unlock value by disrupting, modernizing, or creating national security tools, processes, and systems that preserve the United States’ global competitive advantage on the battlefield and beyond.
Qualified Demand Indicators:
Solutions that align to stated priorities of DoD services and program offices with access to the right funding and contract opportunities.
Commercial Potential:
Technologies with potential to deliver outsized, scalable impact to customers in commercial markets.
Red Cell Partners is seeking innovative software solutions for the space industry, particularly new tools, systems, and processes for space applications. The rapidly expanding space industry is an example of a domain focus area that bridges the gap between Red Cell’s National Security Practice and Cyber Practice.
We
Believe
Over the next decade, the space industry is poised to grow significantly due to a confluence of technological, economic, and strategic forces.
The Rise of Commercial Players and Private Investment
The increasing privatization of space marks a pivotal shift from the government-dominated era of the Space Race and is driving unprecedented growth. This expansion spans the entire space value chain, from ground infrastructure and launch systems to satellite communications and in-orbit services.
Technological Advancements and Cost Reductions
Rapid advances in AI-enabled satellites and reusable rockets have dramatically reduced launch costs, enabling global high-speed satellite networks that are transforming business operations worldwide.
Satellite Mega-Constellations and Connectivity Demands
The proliferation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mega-constellations is revolutionizing global connectivity, with the satellite market projected to double within the next decade. This explosive growth is driven by increasing demand for high-speed, low-latency communications, with multiple commercial operators deploying vast satellite networks to establish ubiquitous broadband coverage.
Geopolitical Competition
The global space sector is becoming increasingly competitive as nations vie for technological sovereignty. Countries are aggressively investing in satellite infrastructure, driven by strategic imperatives in defense, communications, and economic independence. This new space race reflects the growing recognition of space capabilities as critical to national security and economic advantage.
Core Characteristics & Focus Areas
We select ideas and partners based on the proposed solution’s adherence to the following criteria:
Dual-use Potential:
Solutions must demonstrate clear applications across both defense and commercial space sectors, maximizing market opportunity and strategic value by providing technology that solves challenges relevant to both government and private space operations.
Exponential Value Creation:
Proposals must offer distinct competitive advantages over existing solutions, addressing significant gaps in current capabilities. This includes novel approaches to persistent challenges or transformative improvements to existing systems or processes.
Strategic Value Alignment:
The proposed solution and ideal candidate should demonstrate strong alignment with both Red Cell’s National Security and Cyber Practice values.
While we consider solutions across the entire space technology spectrum, the following areas are of particular interest to Red Cell Partners:
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity solutions for user, ground, communications and/or space segments, including system architecture design, supply chain security, threat detection, mitigation and response.
AI/ML
AI/ML solutions for process optimization, such as AI-powered mission planning and resource allocation, autonomous satellite operations and maintenance and predictive analytics for space system performance.
Resilient Communication
Resilient communication such as quantum-resistant encryption for space systems, mesh networking for satellite constellations and cross-platform communication protocols.