Articles from Red Cell Partners

Red Cell Partners, a venture studio building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security and healthcare, today announced the public launch of Trase, an agentic platform that tactically delivers and implements end-to-end AI agent applications and edge-deployed specialized language models. Designed for regulated industries, Trase empowers organizations to safely and securely automate their complex workflows and processes. In addition to launching the company, Red Cell has also welcomed Baskar Sridharan, PhD, former vice president and GM of AI/ML services and infrastructure at Amazon Web Services, as Trase’s President.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation and investment firm building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in healthcare, cyber, and national security, today announced that Michael Kilberry, a former head of product for Google and Amazon, has joined Red Cell as Chief Product and Technology Officer.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation and investment firm building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in healthcare, cyber, and national security, today announced that Admiral (Retired) John C. Aquilino, the 26th Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, has joined Red Cell as an Advisor to its National Security Practice.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in cyber, national security, and healthcare, today announced the public launch of Hunted Labs, a software security company that leverages artificial intelligence to give organizations unprecedented end-to-end visibility into their software supply chains, allowing them to quickly identify — and eliminate — malicious threats. The company, which emerges from stealth with $3 million in pre-seed funding from Red Cell, is the latest to launch under the firm’s Cyber Practice.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in cyber, national security, and healthcare, today announced the public launch of Claros, a power management platform company that’s leveraging innovative hardware and software to optimize energy delivery and consumption at data centers to increase compute performance and maximize efficiency. The company emerges from stealth with $9.75M in initial funding from Red Cell Partners, General Catalyst, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)’s Virginia Venture Partners, Composite Capital Partners, and others.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation and investment firm building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in healthcare, cyber, and national security, today announced that Dr. Timothy G. Ferris, the first National Director of Transformation at National Health Service England and former CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, has joined the firm as the President of its Healthcare Practice.

Red Cell Partners and General Catalyst today announced the public launch of Andesite AI (“Andesite”), a cybersecurity company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology to overburdened cybersecurity teams.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm that builds and invests in technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security, cyber, and healthcare, today announced that Veronica B. Daigle, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, has joined the firm as Partner and National Security Practice President.

Red Cell Partners (Red Cell), an incubation firm building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing advancements to market in national security, cyber, and healthcare, has announced $3 million in pre-seed funding for Eyris, a digital infrastructure platform created to provide cybersecurity, secure communications, and data protection.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm that builds and invests in technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security and healthcare, today announced that George C. Barnes, the former Deputy Director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), has joined the firm as the President of its newly formed Cyber Practice.

Red Cell Partners (Red Cell), an incubation firm building rapidly scalable, technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security and healthcare, today announced $3 million in pre-seed funding for Savoy Life, a virtual care coordination and delivery platform created to improve care quality and access for seniors and adults with disabilities living in residential community care facilities.

Red Cell Partners (Red Cell), an incubation firm building technology-centered companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security and healthcare, today announced that Vice Admiral (Retired) Raquel “Rocky” C. Bono, MD, MBA, FACS, has joined as a Senior Advisor. Bono, who made history as the Navy’s first female medical officer to achieve the rank of three-star admiral, will also bring her decades of expertise to the Board of Red Cell portfolio company, TARA Mind.

Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm building and investing in technology-led companies that bring revolutionary advancements to healthcare and national security, has announced $3 million in pre-seed funding for TARA Mind, a mental health company that enables safe and affordable access to psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT).

Red Cell Partners (Red Cell), an incubation firm building technology-focused companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market within the national security and healthcare arenas, today announced that Admiral (Retired) William K. Lescher, the 41st Vice Chief of Naval Operations, has joined as a Senior Advisor. In addition, Lescher has joined DEFCON AI (DEFCON), a Red Cell portfolio company building next-generation tools for the modern military mobility environment, as a Strategic Advisor.

DEFCON AI (“DEFCON”), a cutting-edge software company building next-generation tools for the modern military mobility environment, today announced its Board of Directors and Advisors.

DEFCON AI, (“DEFCON”), a cutting-edge software company building next-generation tools for the modern military mobility environment, announced that General Gustave Perna has joined the company as its Chief Operating Officer. General Perna is a retired four-star general who most recently served as the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s public-private partnership for the accelerated development, manufacturing, and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.

DEFCON AI, a modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) company centered on logistics and mobility, today announced that it was awarded a Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract through AFWERX/Agility Prime to support the continued development of its operational-level logistics training software. The award, formally received through DEFCON AI’s incubator, Red Cell Partners, advances DEFCON AI’s near-term capabilities which are being developed for deployment to the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC), a US Air Force major command and component of US Transportation Command.

Red Cell Partners (“Red Cell”), an incubation firm building technology-focused companies to bring revolutionary advancements to national security and healthcare, announced that Wesley G. Bush has joined as Director and Advisor. Mr. Bush was Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Chairman from 2011 to 2019 and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2018.

Red Cell Partners (“Red Cell”), an incubation and venture capital firm that backs, builds, and scales early-stage technology-led companies in healthcare and national security, today announced the appointment of the Honorable Dr. Mark T. Esper, the 27th Secretary of Defense, as a Partner and Chairman of the National Security Practice.