Securing Our Future: Resilience, Spotlight, and Dual-Use Round Up
6 July 2022 - A Weekly Publication by New North Ventures, formerly the Dual-Use Round Up
Our very own partner, Brett Davis, wrote an article that was featured in The Cipher Brief this past Monday. His article is titled “Resilience, National Security and the Immediate Need for Action” and it focuses on the winning mindset and what it will take to spur innovation for our national security. Brett has over 34 years of government service, first as a Special Operations Officer in the Navy and then as a Senior Executive in the CIA. The Cipher Brief highlights and amplifies the nations leading voices on national security. The team at New North Ventures will be attending The Cipher Brief’s 2022 Threat Conference in Sea Island, GA on October 9-11th.
BeaconAI is one of our paddock companies and is building the future of flight safety for commercial and private fleets. The team at BeaconAI combines experts from aviation, artificial intelligence, and software development. Their goal is to leverage AI and software to reduce human error in aviation to make it safer and operationally efficient. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Matt Cox and Avi Nair.
Founded: 2019
Key People: Co-founded by Joshua Riedy, Travis Desell, and Jim Higgins
Elevator Pitch: Airtonomy is the leader of enterprise-scale autonomous robotics for delivering precise inspection insights
Funding: Raised $3.4 M of seed funding from undisclosed investors on June 28, 2022
Founded: 2019
Key People: President and Founder Rick Vosburgh
Elevator Pitch: Developer of patented “fields and phase” technology for aircraft navigation and technology that helps clients cut through high power jamming and distortion
Funding: Raised $1.1 M of seed funding from undisclosed investors on June 27, 2022
Founded: 2021
Key People: Co-founded by David Mayer and Nick Photikarm
Elevator Pitch: Full-service tech support model designed to resolve security, cloud and hardware concerns
Funding: Raise $45 K of angel funding from undisclosed investors on June 22, 2022
Forging the Industrial Network the Nation Needs - The National Interest
Global order is changing and the “Arsenal of Democracy” may become obsolete
Switch from “Industrial-based thinking” to “ network-based thinking” to spur innovation
Industrial networks must fully leverage the US competitive advantage in the financial markets at all levels
NATO Launches Innovation Fund - NATO
World’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund
Looking to invest €1 B into startups and other venture funds with a focus on dual-use emerging technology
New fund will complement NATO’s existing Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
Homegrown Quantum Breakthrough Answers 63-year Science Question - InnovationAUS
Silicon Quantum Computing claims breakthrough by creating first integrated circuit manufactured at an atomic scale
Applications of this breakthrough could lead to the development of new materials which could help in creating more effective drugs and more efficient solar cells
Register for our live recording of our next podcast episode titled “Making Cybersecurity More Accessible” with Spencer Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of Prelude. The recording will take place on July 13, 2022 at 11:00 am. The episode will include topics such as:
The current state of cyber security
Innovation in cybersecurity training
How to turn vulnerabilities into opportunities to strengthen networks
