Critical Ventures

RunSafe Security is a cybersecurity company that focuses on cyber-hardening transformations to protect embedded systems and devices from memory corruption and buffer overflow exploits. Its patented Alkemist technology inoculates systems from a broad class of cyber attacks by stopping infections at their source, while its tools harden files and programs and integrate across build and deploy toolchains to safeguard open source code, in-house code, and third-party binaries, supporting critical infrastructure sectors such as automotive, data centers, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, national security, and more. The firm provides real-time monitoring of bus messaging to differentiate malicious communications from legitimate traffic, blocks unapproved protocols before transmission, and helps reduce vulnerabilities by eliminating attack vectors. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with an additional office in Huntsville, Alabama, the company was founded in 2015 and serves customers across manufacturing, IIoT, and related industries.

Twinzo focuses on sensors, databases, and data streams, up to real-time visualization of any kind of tracking and monitoring technology. Twinzo was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in, Slovakia.

Kirontech is a technology company delivering medical payment integrity software and artificial intelligence solutions for health insurers, third-party administrators and reinsurers. Its KironAI platform uses graph-based machine learning to detect patterns of fraud, waste and abuse in medical claims, reduce inefficiencies in claim management, and support better provider monitoring and management. The system is designed to handle millions of claims quickly and learn from scarce data, combining advanced analytics with deep domain knowledge of medical billing to improve insurers' bottom lines while supporting higher quality of care. Based in Cambridge with a presence in London, Kirontech emphasizes its people and expertise to apply innovative technology across health insurance. The company aims to streamline risk assessment, strengthen network optimization and ensure timely, appropriate treatment by aligning claims processing with clinical needs.

Operator of a technology startup intended to achieve massive scale and impact. The company aims to develop and utilize artificial intelligence-based technologies, enabling people to reach their potential and live prosperously on their terms.

CBR Genomics develops a digital health platform that simplifies access to genetics testing and delivers end-to-end solutions for presenting genetic reports at the clinical desk. The platform connects genomic knowledge with medical practice, providing physicians with a secure, efficient tool to generate personalized diagnosis and prognosis reports and to tailor treatment plans and prescriptions based on a patient’s genomic information.

CBR Genomics develops a digital health platform that simplifies access to genetics testing and delivers end-to-end solutions for presenting genetic reports at the clinical desk. The platform connects genomic knowledge with medical practice, providing physicians with a secure, efficient tool to generate personalized diagnosis and prognosis reports and to tailor treatment plans and prescriptions based on a patient’s genomic information.

Watchful Software specializes in data-centric information security solutions aimed at preventing both accidental and malicious data disclosure. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, with an additional office in Coimbra, Portugal, the company offers a suite of products that includes RightsWATCH, which facilitates data classification and labeling for compliance, and TypeWATCH, a behavioral eBiometrics solution that uses unique keystroke patterns to identify anomalies and validate user identity. Its solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including government, defense, telecommunications, finance, healthcare, and oil and gas. Watchful Software operates as a subsidiary of Symantec Corporation, underscoring its commitment to enhancing information protection in an era where securing data itself has become paramount.