Navigator Technology Ventures

Navigator Technology Ventures (NTV) collaborates with innovators to transform their technological advancements into successful businesses. As the corporate venture capital arm of The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, NTV offers a distinctive blend of venture funding and technological expertise, drawing on the knowledge of Draper Laboratory staff. The firm focuses its investments across various sectors, including hardware, enterprise software, electronics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials, healthcare, and technology, providing essential services and experience to support the growth of its portfolio companies.

Alain Hanover

Former Managing Director and CEO

19 past transactions

HistoRx

Venture Round in 2011
HistoRx is developing theranostic solutions to towards individualized patient care. HistoRx's proprietary technology delivers objective and reproducible multiparametric analysis of proteins in tissue, providing insights into cancer treatment.

Tizor Systems

Series C in 2008
Tizor Systems, Inc. specializes in enterprise data auditing and protection solutions designed to monitor and report data activity across various platforms, including data centers, databases, file servers, and mainframe applications. The company’s flagship product, Mantra, offers a comprehensive network-based solution that ensures compliance assurance, data security, and privacy. This solution features capabilities such as data auditing, data discovery, audit reporting, theft detection, real-time alerting, and data protection. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, Tizor Systems also provides support, education, and consulting services to help clients safeguard their critical data assets and detect potential data breaches effectively.

HistoRx

Series B in 2007
HistoRx is developing theranostic solutions to towards individualized patient care. HistoRx's proprietary technology delivers objective and reproducible multiparametric analysis of proteins in tissue, providing insights into cancer treatment.

Polychromix

Series D in 2007
Polychromix is an advanced communications technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of optical subsystems and chemical sensing products. The company's portfolio includes innovative technologies that enable dynamically configurable optical networks. Notably, Polychromix offers PHAZIR, a near-infrared material analyzer designed for various applications such as raw material inspection, quality control, field testing, and counterfeit product identification.

Food Quality Sensor International

Series B in 2007
Food Quality Sensor International, Inc. is a sensor technology company based in Lexington, Massachusetts, that specializes in real-time and interactive devices for measuring food freshness. Founded in 2004, the company offers innovative products such as SensorQ, which assesses the freshness of meat and poultry within their packaging, and SensorfreshQ, a handheld electronic nose designed to detect spoilage in these products. Its solutions cater to various sectors including food processing, grocery distribution, food service, regulatory bodies, defense, and consumer retail markets, aiming to enhance food safety and quality across the supply chain.

Polychromix

Series C in 2007
Polychromix is an advanced communications technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of optical subsystems and chemical sensing products. The company's portfolio includes innovative technologies that enable dynamically configurable optical networks. Notably, Polychromix offers PHAZIR, a near-infrared material analyzer designed for various applications such as raw material inspection, quality control, field testing, and counterfeit product identification.

HistoRx

Venture Round in 2006
HistoRx is developing theranostic solutions to towards individualized patient care. HistoRx's proprietary technology delivers objective and reproducible multiparametric analysis of proteins in tissue, providing insights into cancer treatment.

Sionex

Series C in 2005
Sionex Corporation is a high technology company focused on commercializing breakthrough chemical and biological sensor chips and systems based on its proprietary microDMxâ„¢ detection technology. Sionex maintains its worldwide headquarters and laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts, close to Boston with its commercial, technology and communications infrastructure. The Company is privately held and was founded in 2001 with patented technology exclusively licensed from The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.

Polnox

Seed Round in 2005
Polnox is a company focused on the development of advanced antioxidants, specifically macromolecular antioxidants, aimed at significantly enhancing the longevity of various consumer products and materials. Utilizing its proprietary DT-mPM Antioxidants and eco-friendly McIn Corrosion Inhibitors, Polnox offers products that deliver performance levels that exceed those of traditional additives. The company's innovations provide robust resistance to the damaging effects of heat and oxygen, making its solutions particularly valuable in extending the service life of materials across multiple applications.

Aircuity

Series C in 2005
Aircuity, Inc. is a manufacturer of intelligent measurement solutions aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in various settings, including commercial offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and sports arenas. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including the Sensor Suite, which utilizes a scalable architecture for monitoring multiple indoor environmental parameters. Their offerings also include specialized sensors for evaluating conditions such as temperature and air quality, along with a comprehensive Information Management System for network oversight. Aircuity's technology focuses on demand control ventilation, allowing for real-time adjustments based on internal conditions, thereby optimizing operational performance and safety. The company markets its products through various sales channels across numerous countries, ensuring a global reach in supporting energy conservation and improving indoor environments.

HistoRx

Series A in 2004
HistoRx is developing theranostic solutions to towards individualized patient care. HistoRx's proprietary technology delivers objective and reproducible multiparametric analysis of proteins in tissue, providing insights into cancer treatment.

Tizor Systems

Series A in 2004
Tizor Systems, Inc. specializes in enterprise data auditing and protection solutions designed to monitor and report data activity across various platforms, including data centers, databases, file servers, and mainframe applications. The company’s flagship product, Mantra, offers a comprehensive network-based solution that ensures compliance assurance, data security, and privacy. This solution features capabilities such as data auditing, data discovery, audit reporting, theft detection, real-time alerting, and data protection. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, Tizor Systems also provides support, education, and consulting services to help clients safeguard their critical data assets and detect potential data breaches effectively.

Aircuity

Series C in 2004
Aircuity, Inc. is a manufacturer of intelligent measurement solutions aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in various settings, including commercial offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and sports arenas. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including the Sensor Suite, which utilizes a scalable architecture for monitoring multiple indoor environmental parameters. Their offerings also include specialized sensors for evaluating conditions such as temperature and air quality, along with a comprehensive Information Management System for network oversight. Aircuity's technology focuses on demand control ventilation, allowing for real-time adjustments based on internal conditions, thereby optimizing operational performance and safety. The company markets its products through various sales channels across numerous countries, ensuring a global reach in supporting energy conservation and improving indoor environments.

Polychromix

Series B in 2004
Polychromix is an advanced communications technology company specializing in the development and manufacture of optical subsystems and chemical sensing products. The company's portfolio includes innovative technologies that enable dynamically configurable optical networks. Notably, Polychromix offers PHAZIR, a near-infrared material analyzer designed for various applications such as raw material inspection, quality control, field testing, and counterfeit product identification.

Sionex

Series B in 2003
Sionex Corporation is a high technology company focused on commercializing breakthrough chemical and biological sensor chips and systems based on its proprietary microDMxâ„¢ detection technology. Sionex maintains its worldwide headquarters and laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts, close to Boston with its commercial, technology and communications infrastructure. The Company is privately held and was founded in 2001 with patented technology exclusively licensed from The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.

PLEG

Series A in 2003
PLEG Inc., a Boston-based provider of payment and marketing software for affinity groups and retailers

Plej

Series A in 2003
Plej is a software provider that helps retailers and affinity groups leverage traditional payment networks to develop and implement innovative new marketing programs. PLEJ's technology augments existing payment processing infrastructures and offers merchants easily configurable, rules-based merchandising solutions, such as stored-value and credit cards with user- specific properties, enhanced security, and automatic inclusion in extra value programs.

Aircuity

Series B in 2003
Aircuity, Inc. is a manufacturer of intelligent measurement solutions aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in various settings, including commercial offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and sports arenas. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including the Sensor Suite, which utilizes a scalable architecture for monitoring multiple indoor environmental parameters. Their offerings also include specialized sensors for evaluating conditions such as temperature and air quality, along with a comprehensive Information Management System for network oversight. Aircuity's technology focuses on demand control ventilation, allowing for real-time adjustments based on internal conditions, thereby optimizing operational performance and safety. The company markets its products through various sales channels across numerous countries, ensuring a global reach in supporting energy conservation and improving indoor environments.

Sionex

Series A in 2002
Sionex Corporation is a high technology company focused on commercializing breakthrough chemical and biological sensor chips and systems based on its proprietary microDMxâ„¢ detection technology. Sionex maintains its worldwide headquarters and laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts, close to Boston with its commercial, technology and communications infrastructure. The Company is privately held and was founded in 2001 with patented technology exclusively licensed from The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.
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