Center for Innovative Technology

Scout Space, founded in 2019, focuses on enhancing space safety and transparency through innovative in-space observation systems. The company launched its products and services in June 2021, which include an orbital distributed sensor network that significantly improves Space Domain Awareness (SDA). These systems enable spacecraft to detect and understand their surroundings, facilitating safer operations in the increasingly crowded orbital environment. Scout Space offers a range of services, including in-orbit satellite inspection, proximity operations systems, and analytics, which help clients maintain satellite health, prevent catastrophic failures, and mitigate the risk of orbital debris. The company has garnered recognition as a Techstars and venture-backed startup, and was awarded the 2020 MassChallenge Gold.

Fringe is a lifestyle benefits marketplace founded in 2018 and based in Richmond, Virginia. The company offers a platform that allows employees to personalize their benefits, selecting options that best fit their individual needs. By providing a proprietary marketplace of services, Fringe empowers employees to enhance their daily lives, reduce stress, and improve overall well-being. The platform addresses the diverse requirements of the modern workforce, promoting increased loyalty and satisfaction among employees. Additionally, it enables users to save money and spend according to their preferences, fostering a more engaged and happy workforce.

Babylon Micro-Farms Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Charlottesville, Virginia, specializes in providing indoor farming solutions that empower individuals and communities to grow their own produce. The company offers a smart, scalable indoor farming platform designed for a variety of crops, including leafy greens, herbs, microgreens, and edible flowers. By leveraging remote management technology, Babylon Micro-Farms aims to create a decentralized network of micro-farms across North America, making sustainable hydroponic farming more accessible. Their innovative systems automate the growing process, significantly reducing water usage, food waste, and pollutants while allowing year-round cultivation. Additionally, Babylon Micro-Farms has developed low-cost micro-farms to support food-insecure populations, particularly refugees in the Middle East, highlighting their commitment to addressing food security through sustainable agriculture.

Micronic Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development and commercialization of advanced water desalination and purification systems. Founded in 2008 and based in Bristol, Virginia, the company offers innovative solutions such as the MicroDesalTM system, which effectively removes contaminants from various water sources without the use of chemicals, filters, or membranes. This system employs a unique evaporation process that creates micro-droplets for rapid evaporation, achieving high efficiency while significantly reducing waste volume for disposal. Micronic Technologies serves a range of applications including drinking water solutions for public, military, and humanitarian use, as well as wastewater treatment for industrial, agricultural, and oil and gas sectors. The company's technologies aim to provide clean water while delivering substantial savings in capital expenditures and operational costs compared to traditional methods.

AgroSpheres, LLC, founded in 2016 and based in Charlottesville, Virginia, specializes in innovative pesticide delivery technology aimed at improving crop protection products. The company develops engineered bio-particles that efficiently deliver pesticide-degrading enzymes, significantly reducing the waiting periods between pesticide application and harvest. By employing a unique encapsulation and delivery platform, AgroSpheres enhances the effectiveness of various crop protection solutions, including fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides. The firm focuses on creating biodegradable technologies that minimize harmful pesticide residues on plants, utilizing bioengineering and industrial fermentation techniques to produce biomolecules and chemicals that target toxic materials. This approach not only benefits agricultural businesses but also promotes the health and well-being of plants and their products.

Agrology is an agricultural technology company recognized for its contributions to sustainable farming practices and a recipient of a National Science Foundation award. Operating from offices in Alexandria, Virginia, and Salinas, California, Agrology provides real-time data that enables growers to assess the ecological and agronomic impacts of regenerative farming. The company focuses on monitoring soil health, microbial activity, carbon cycles, nitrous oxide emissions, net ecosystem exchange, and microclimatic conditions. This data helps farmers connect regenerative practices to measurable reductions in greenhouse gases and other ecological benefits. Additionally, Agrology's predictive agriculture system offers insights that assist farmers in adapting to climate change while improving soil sequestration and generating carbon credits. The company is trusted by prominent growers, researchers, and global consumer packaged goods brands.

Scout Space, founded in 2019, focuses on enhancing space safety and transparency through innovative in-space observation systems. The company launched its products and services in June 2021, which include an orbital distributed sensor network that significantly improves Space Domain Awareness (SDA). These systems enable spacecraft to detect and understand their surroundings, facilitating safer operations in the increasingly crowded orbital environment. Scout Space offers a range of services, including in-orbit satellite inspection, proximity operations systems, and analytics, which help clients maintain satellite health, prevent catastrophic failures, and mitigate the risk of orbital debris. The company has garnered recognition as a Techstars and venture-backed startup, and was awarded the 2020 MassChallenge Gold.

Curbside Kitchen, LLC operates a platform that connects owners of commercial office and multi-family residential buildings with food truck vendors. Founded in 2016 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company provides tools that enable building owners to offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner services to their tenants. The platform facilitates scheduling food trucks, sharing menus, processing orders, and marketing customized food programs to individual users. Additionally, it incorporates feedback mechanisms to assess the performance of food trucks at various properties. By enhancing dining options, Curbside Kitchen aims to improve tenant satisfaction in commercial and residential environments.

MarginEdge Co. is a technology company that specializes in developing food and beverage tracking and analytics software specifically for the restaurant industry. Founded in 2015 and based in Falls Church, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates invoice management, recipe and product pricing, and food cost optimization. MarginEdge's software automates critical processes and integrates various systems to streamline essential activities such as inventory management, cost tracking, ordering, and recipe management. By automating data entry for invoices and providing real-time insights into kitchen operations, MarginEdge helps restaurants reduce food costs, alleviate invoice-related challenges, and enhance overall operational efficiency.

Curbside Kitchen, LLC operates a platform that connects owners of commercial office and multi-family residential buildings with food truck vendors. Founded in 2016 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company provides tools that enable building owners to offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner services to their tenants. The platform facilitates scheduling food trucks, sharing menus, processing orders, and marketing customized food programs to individual users. Additionally, it incorporates feedback mechanisms to assess the performance of food trucks at various properties. By enhancing dining options, Curbside Kitchen aims to improve tenant satisfaction in commercial and residential environments.

ChurnZero, Inc. is a software company that specializes in providing a SaaS platform tailored for subscription businesses, focusing on customer retention and reducing churn. Established in 2015 and based in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's platform offers real-time insights into customer engagement through a dashboard that alerts businesses to significant activities. It enables companies to analyze how customers interact with their products, assess customer health, and predict renewal likelihood. Additionally, the platform facilitates personalized customer experiences by automating communications and tasks based on engagement metrics. Through features such as health scores, segmentation, and reporting tools, ChurnZero empowers businesses to create relevant touchpoints that enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Ario LLC is an information technology company that specializes in developing augmented reality application solutions for web and mobile platforms. Founded in 2016 and based in Norfolk, Virginia, Ario focuses on empowering frontline workers by providing tools that facilitate knowledge capture and distribution across various organizational levels. Its solutions aim to enhance employee training, improve workplace performance, and drive cost savings for clients, which include Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. military. By leveraging augmented reality, Ario enables organizations to reduce human error and increase workforce confidence, ultimately leading to improved operational efficiency.

Contraline, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on developing male birth control solutions. The company is creating an innovative, long-lasting, non-hormonal, and reversible contraceptive known as Echo-V. This product consists of an ultrasound-visible polymer solution that is injected into the vas deferens, forming a polymer hydrogel device. This device acts as a semi-permeable membrane, effectively blocking sperm while allowing bodily fluids to pass through. Contraline also offers Vasintomy, a non-surgical procedure for the insertion of Echo-V, providing a cost-effective and user-friendly approach to male contraception. Founded in 2015, Contraline aims to transform male reproductive health through its groundbreaking technology.

RunSafe Security, Inc. specializes in cyber-hardening solutions designed to protect vulnerable embedded systems and devices from cyber attacks. Founded in 2015 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company offers patented technology called Alkemist, which immunizes software against a range of cyber threats by preventing infections at their source. RunSafe's tools enhance the security of files and programs by addressing memory corruption errors and buffer overflow exploits. The company serves a diverse array of industries, including automotive, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and national security, providing solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing development and deployment workflows. Additionally, RunSafe employs real-time monitoring techniques to differentiate between malicious and legitimate communications, effectively blocking unapproved protocols and reducing overall vulnerabilities within critical infrastructure and connected devices.

Corsha is a provider of cloud-based streaming authentication software that focuses on securing application programming interfaces (APIs) to prevent data breaches. The company offers a Total Identity Provider solution for machines, enabling secure connections and data movement between devices from any location. Corsha's software safeguards all online accounts, whether accessed through smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, or containerized microservices in the cloud. This comprehensive approach allows enterprises to confidently shift workloads to public cloud environments while enhancing the return on investment for hybrid cloud infrastructures.

ChurnZero, Inc. is a software company that specializes in providing a SaaS platform tailored for subscription businesses, focusing on customer retention and reducing churn. Established in 2015 and based in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's platform offers real-time insights into customer engagement through a dashboard that alerts businesses to significant activities. It enables companies to analyze how customers interact with their products, assess customer health, and predict renewal likelihood. Additionally, the platform facilitates personalized customer experiences by automating communications and tasks based on engagement metrics. Through features such as health scores, segmentation, and reporting tools, ChurnZero empowers businesses to create relevant touchpoints that enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.

LOCI aims to transform the global patent industry by providing innovative tools for inventors to assess and protect their ideas. The company offers a free IP search tool, LOCI Search, featuring a patented Venn Diagram interface to facilitate the exploration of intellectual property. LOCI Invention Analysis supports inventors in evaluating the novelty and market demand of their ideas, potentially saving up to 95% in costs compared to traditional patent searches. This tool helps inventors identify "white space" opportunities—areas with few existing patents and high demand—enhancing their chances of successfully obtaining patents or selling their inventions. Users can refine their ideas through multiple submissions to achieve an optimal LOCI Score, indicating uniqueness and demand. Once confident in their invention, inventors can file a provisional patent application directly with the USPTO and secure their claims on the blockchain, ensuring an immutable timestamp for 12 months at a low cost. LOCI integrates machine learning and blockchain technology to simplify the patent search process and reframe intellectual property strategies for users.

Dark Cubed brings security to the more than 99% of companies that do not have the resources to implement security today. Our SaaS solution augments existing firewalls to provide enterprise-grade security capabilities at a fraction of the cost and complexity of other solutions. We partner with MSPs and service providers to secure their customer base, increase revenue, and capture new customers.

Service Robotics & Technologies, Inc. is a software integration company based in Springfield, Virginia, established in 2017. It specializes in providing smart device solutions for building management. The company offers a range of services, including smart building management, facility mapping, robot fleet management, automated scheduling, and consulting. Additionally, it focuses on creating an integrated ecosystem that incorporates robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and building automation technologies to enhance facility and campus management.

Qrvey Inc. is a technology company specializing in a self-service platform for data collection, visual analytics, and workflow automation, primarily designed for SaaS providers. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, with additional facilities in Menlo Park, California, and Barranquilla, Colombia, Qrvey offers a comprehensive embedded analytics solution. The platform integrates user-facing data visualization components with a multi-tenant data lake tailored for SaaS applications. It enables businesses to efficiently collect, transform, visualize, and automate data processes, thereby modernizing their analytics capabilities for a cloud-centric environment. By leveraging cloud technology, Qrvey provides the flexibility and scalability that SaaS companies require, positioning itself as a cost-effective alternative to traditional analytics providers.

Hibernia Networks operates a global fiber optic network that connects North America, Europe, and Asia. With over 220 Points of Presence across 89 markets in 25 countries, Hibernia provides a wide range of services tailored for industries such as wholesale, finance, and media. The company specializes in secure and diverse solutions, including dedicated Ethernet, Wavelength, and carrier-grade IP transit services. Additionally, Hibernia offers cloud connectivity and low latency services, enhancing content delivery through its HiberniaCDN. Its media services focus on the reliable transmission of video signals over fiber, facilitating both dedicated and occasional broadcasts worldwide. Hibernia is committed to delivering exceptional support and flexibility to meet the needs of its global customer base.

Inspired by natural self-organizing systems like ant colonies and bee hives, we engineer intelligent products for major markets. Our products include big data analysis tools, UAV and sensor asset command and control software, threat modeling applications, and behavioral prediction models.

LiteSheet is a company based in Forest, Virginia, founded in 2012, specializing in the development and commercialization of AC direct LED lighting products. The company focuses on addressing the common issues associated with traditional lighting by utilizing advanced LED technology that eliminates failures linked to Direct Current (DC) power supply. LiteSheet's products are designed to be efficient, sustainable, and adaptable to various applications and lighting configurations. By offering high-quality and reliable lighting solutions, LiteSheet aims to provide its customers with the best value in the commercial lighting market, ensuring a low total cost of ownership.

MobilePhire Corporation is a provider of a cloud-based software solution designed to manage real-time mobile data usage for enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with additional offices in San Francisco and London, the company offers analytics and controls that allow organizations to restrict data plan access based on content type, customize access policies by time or day, and set data usage caps with automatic enforcement. MobilePhire's platform integrates directly with cellular networks, providing businesses with enhanced visibility and control over their mobile data usage. This capability is particularly valuable as U.S. companies currently overspend significantly on mobile data due to unmonitored employee usage. The company's solutions also encompass network management, enabling organizations to gain insights into employee data usage behavior in real-time. MobilePhire operates as a subsidiary of MobilSense Technologies, Inc.

ThreatQuotient, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing a threat intelligence platform designed to help organizations effectively manage and respond to cyber threats. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the company offers its flagship product, ThreatQ, which integrates and correlates various external threat sources with internal security solutions to provide contextualized intelligence. This platform streamlines security operations by reducing noise, prioritizing threats, and facilitating collaboration among teams. It features capabilities such as Indicator Nurturing, which tailors indicators of compromise to specific infrastructures, as well as integrations with existing security tools and processes. ThreatQuotient's solutions support a range of use cases, including incident response and threat hunting, ultimately enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations. The company has received multiple awards for its product excellence and industry leadership, reflecting its commitment to advancing cybersecurity practices. Additionally, ThreatQuotient operates internationally, with a presence in Germany and Australia.

TearSolutions, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on developing innovative therapies for dry eye conditions. Founded in 2013, the company is advancing Lacripep, a synthetic peptide derived from the natural tear protein lacritin, aimed at treating dry eyes, particularly in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome. Lacripep is designed to preserve the biological activity of natural tear components while promoting healing of the corneal surface and alleviating symptoms without irritation. Currently, the company is conducting phase II human clinical trials to further validate its approach. TearSolutions employs an outsourcing model for its operations, emphasizing efficiency and scalability in the development and production of its therapies.

Cyph, Inc. is a developer of an online messaging solution that offers secure voice and video chat services. Founded in 2014 and based in Vienna, Virginia, the company provides a platform that enables users to transfer messages and files, as well as engage in voice and video calling. Cyph's technology is designed to be user-friendly for individuals of all technical skill levels and incorporates quantum-resistant, post-quantum end-to-end encryption. Developed by a team that includes former SpaceX engineers, Cyph's security measures have been rigorously tested by independent experts to guard against sophisticated threats, including those from nation-state actors. The company's focus on secure communication makes it a notable player in the realm of online privacy.

CargoSense, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that specializes in logistics oversight solutions for supply chain networks. Founded in 2012 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company utilizes data-driven technology to provide visibility into the transportation of sensitive goods such as pharmaceuticals and food. Its suite of applications includes CARGOSENSE SUPPLY for cold chain management, CARGOSENSE FRESH for compliance with health regulations, CARGOSENSE CLINICAL for clinical trials, and CARGOSENSE CONTROL for real-time monitoring of shipments. The company also offers FridgeSense, a cloud-based analytics tool for climate control, as well as logistics beacons and custom reporting services. CargoSense’s solutions help clients in transportation, life sciences, third-party logistics, electronics, and food and beverage industries to enhance compliance, lower shipping costs, and minimize product loss by providing comprehensive insights into shipment conditions, including temperature and environmental factors.

Fitnet Corporation develops a mobile fitness application that enhances personal workout experiences by integrating biometric sensors and fitness coaching. The application offers a variety of video workouts, including yoga, strength training, and cardio, while utilizing the device's camera to analyze user performance in real-time. This technology provides users with a performance score based on their synchronicity with trainers, offering immediate feedback during exercise sessions. Since its launch, the Fitnet application has been adopted in over 190 countries, with users collectively burning more than 10 million calories. The company, originally known as KinectHealth Corporation, was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Xdynia is a startup pharmaceutical company based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The firm's compounds are based on the work of Tim Macdonald former Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia. The company has assembled the world's experts in Cav3.2 and neuropathic pain. Founded in early 2012, Xdynia's seed investors include Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT).

Rivanna Medical, LLC is a medical technology company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 2010. The company focuses on developing and commercializing innovative ultrasound-based systems aimed at enhancing the application of spinal and epidural anesthesia through advanced 3D navigation of the lumbar spine. Its flagship product, Accuro, not only facilitates precise anesthesia delivery but also supports various diagnostic imaging needs, including musculoskeletal and abdominal anatomies. Rivanna Medical is committed to improving patient outcomes and lowering healthcare costs while minimizing patient exposure to radiation commonly associated with X-ray-based imaging techniques.

SpydrSafe Mobile Security specializes in mobile application security, offering a unique platform that manages how mobile applications access, use, and share corporate data on smartphones and tablets. This innovative solution allows enterprise IT to exercise uniform and precise policy control over all mobile applications, whether they are pre-installed, downloaded from commercial app stores, or developed internally. Founded in 2011 by experienced professionals from the security sector, particularly McAfee/Intel, SpydrSafe is dedicated to preventing corporate data breaches caused by both intentional and accidental misuse of mobile applications. The company is headquartered near Washington, DC.

Synoptos specializes in delivering targeted business intelligence solutions for high-profile organizations and campaigns through advanced news and social media monitoring, media analysis, and influencer identification. The company employs proprietary technologies and algorithms, developed with support from the National Science Foundation and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology, alongside rigorous human data analysis methodologies. This combination allows Synoptos to assist clients in leveraging digital media for intelligence gathering, optimizing business operations, measuring performance, and enhancing decision-making. Its diverse clientele includes Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, trade associations, political officials, media outlets, lobbying firms, non-profits, and NGOs, all benefiting from Synoptos' comprehensive understanding of the media landscape and information flow.

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