SVIP Portfolio Companies

SVIP Demo Week | May 21-22, 2024

The DHS S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) funds early-stage startups from around the world to shape their innovative
solutions to solve operational pain points and commercialize those products with homeland security requirements baked in. SVIP is
partnering with startups to shape their commercial products in a way that addresses DHS mission requirements. Provided below is a
sample of those projects and partners, and a brief synopsis for each.

Analytical AI
Computer Vision | Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms; Securing Soft Targets
Analytical AI develops artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Analytical AI is working with the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) to achieve rapid and accurate classification of Stream of Commerce items www.analyticalai.com
in passenger carry-on bags. Currently, Analytical AI is implementing and testing their algorithm on an
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) emulator and aims to have this adaptive algorithm model
working in field testing and airport operations soon. Analytical AI is also building AI algorithms that link
objects, such as unattended baggage to people, and track them from the time they enter a perimeter to
when they exit as part of the Securing Soft Targets SVIP Topic Call.

AppCensus
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools
AppCensus provides mobile app data privacy audit & assurance. They have developed a platform for
analyzing the construction and runtime behaviors of Android and iOS apps to help app developers, app
publishers, app stores, and mobile platform operators assess security and privacy risks in mobile apps.
They are adapting this platform to provide on-demand, automated, scalable mobile-app testing, and
developing the capability to identify individual software components, or software development kits www.appcensus.io
(SDKs), and attribute behaviors to them to pinpoint the source of privacy risks and provide mitigation
strategies.

Cignal
Computer Vision | Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms
Cignal is the developer of the Cignal Engine, a software environment to safely exercise and test AI vision www.cignal.co
models for homeland security applications. Cignal Engine allows scientists, engineers, and testers to
generate - on demand - dynamic and secure X-ray computed tomography and millimeter wave datasets
on premises or in a private cloud. Further, it optimizes performance and reduces uncertainty for
computer vision models that rely on data in the non-visible spectra.

Credence ID
Identity | Privacy-Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
Credence ID is an identity technology company focused on standards-based identity verification and https://credenceid.com
authentication solutions for digital credentials. With a focus on security, innovation, and user experience,
Credence ID offers a comprehensive suite of products tailored to meet the evolving needs of
government, businesses, and organizations across various industries. From mobile driver’s license
(mDL) acceptance platforms to web-based ID management tools and analytics, Credence ID empowers
its clients to streamline processes, enhance security measures, and build customer trust.

Danube Tech
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses
www.danubetech.com
Danube Tech GmbH is a pioneer in decentralized identity. They are collaborating with other companies
on implementing a digital version of the U.S. Permanent Resident Card, using modern decentralized
identity technologies such as decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials. Danube Tech is
especially committed to interoperability to avoid vendor lock-in and to connect different use cases,
industries, and jurisdictions.

DeepBits
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools www.deepbits.com
DeepBits has developed an AI-powered platform for large-scale accurate binary code identification
across languages and hardware platforms. They will be leveraging this platform to generate Software Bill
of Materials (SBOMs) for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) directly from
application binaries to firmware images in a way that will provide continuous protection and integration
into the software supply chain lifecycle. DeepBits’ solution will also help create new risk assessment
capabilities.

Digital Bazaar
Identity | Blockchain
Digital Bazaar creates identity assurance, security, and privacy products that increase trust and combat
fraud. These open, standards-based, physical, and digital solutions enable individuals, small businesses, www.digitalbazaar.com
large corporations, and government agencies to transact safely with high assurances about those with
whom they are engaging.
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Enterprise Sensor Systems (EnSenSys)

HealthTech | COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation
www.ensensys.com
Enterprise Sensor Systems, LLC. (EnSenSys) is developing ESS Protect, a novel spectral based
technology, to screen humans, animals, and the environment they share with a near-real-time, no-
contact, no-biowaste, non-invasive, agnostic screening system for dangerous pathogens and other
threats. ESS Protect will detect threats in the air, on surfaces, in liquids, and in other substances. In
addition to continued clinical trials to identify COVID, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Influenza at
University of Maryland Medical Center, specific experiments are underway or planned to identify Bovine
Coronavirus in cattle, fentanyl in illegal drugs, and harmful contaminants in soil and water.

FloodMapp
Data Analytics | Flood Data Collection & Analysis
FloodMapp's operational flood intelligence products ForeCast, NowCast, and PostCast support www.floodmapp.com
emergency managers before, during, and after flood events to operationalize flood risk mitigation and
enhance preparedness, response, and recovery. The data-as-a-service products bring real-time, asset-
specific flood forecasting and mapping directly into existing GIS systems such as Esri ArcGIS Online to
deliver situational awareness and establish a common operating picture on the specific people, property,
and critical infrastructure impacted by flooding. This informs tactical decision making and supports with
coordinating evacuations, road closures or rapid damage assessment for disaster declaration, claims
analytics, or public assistance funding.

Flux Tensor
Computer Vision | Securing Soft Targets
Flux Tensor Corp. develops state-of-the-art detection and tracking algorithms (pFlux) to help surveillance
operators/analysts focus on objects and events of interest and de-emphasize irrelevant objects and www.fluxtensor.com
object behavior. Flux Tensor’s solutions are math-based, making them flexible, lightweight, and
incredibly fast. This allows the solutions to be deployed broadly, enabling operators and AI/ML
applications to effectively surveille environments and events regardless of image/video background
noise and distractions stemming from weather, limited visibility, occlusions, glare, reflections, camera
motion, etc. This results in fewer false positives and reduced nuisance alarms, streamlining surveillance
operations by humans and better informing AI/ML model development.

Gen
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses
Gen™ is a global company dedicated to powering digital freedom through its trusted cyber safety www.gendigital.com
brands, Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. The Gen family of
consumer brands is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. Now, Gen empowers
people to live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. Gen
brings award-winning products and services in cybersecurity, online privacy, and identity protection to
nearly 500 million users in more than 150 countries.

Hushmesh
Identity | Privacy-Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
Hushmesh is the public benefit corporation building the Mesh, a global information space like the Web,
but with Universal Zero Trust built in. Secured by the Universal Name System (UNS) and Universal www.hushmesh.com
Certificate Authority (UCA), the Mesh delivers what the Web never could: the global assurance of
provenance, integrity, authenticity, reputation, confidentiality, and privacy for all bits within it, be they
code or data, at internet scale. The Mesh is the definitive solution to identity theft, data breaches, fakes,
and fraud. Hushmesh is developing privacy-preserving wallet and verifier Mesh agents for DHS SVIP,
alongside secure “meshaging” for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defence Innovation Accelerator
for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA) Secure Information Sharing Challenge.

iProov
Identity | Enhancing Passenger Processing
www.iproov.com
iProov helps government organizations manage identity verification for digital and physical ecosystems
to improve operational efficiencies and ensure secure and inclusive access for authorized individuals.
Their Biometric Solutions Suite provides science-based biometric onboarding and authentication
solutions that enable secure digital access to government services as well as safeguard physical access
to facilities and at border crossings. The solutions are easy-to-use for authorized individuals; effectively
mitigate identity fraud, including presentation attacks, deepfakes, synthetic identities, and other spoofing
methodologies; and conform with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 AA, ensuring accessibility for
users with various abilities and promoting digital inclusion.
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Kenautics
Sensors | Maritime Object Tracking Technology (MOTT)
Kenautics focuses on specialized subsea navigation, tracking, imaging, and communications systems,
as well as autonomous unmanned maritime systems. Under SVIP, Kenautics is currently working with
the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to develop an air deployable buoy system for purposes of contraband
interdiction at sea, as well as hazard, spill, and object marking. The design utilizes sensors for www.kenautics.com
localization, communication, radio beacon and strobes and is capable of overt, covert, and encrypted
operating modes, supporting domain awareness missions conducted by the USCG and other agencies.
MOTT Also has application for at sea emergency and rescue operations and Kenautics is developing
variants for applications in meteorology, data relay, and subsea to surface and air communications.

Kenzen
HealthTech | Human Performance & Resiliency
Founded in 2016, Kenzen has invested heavily in furthering the study of human performance and https://kenzen.com/
adaptation to unique environments. Kenzen harnesses physiological data and insights to augment
occupational health by combining a comfortable wearable device, mobile apps, and dashboards that
deliver insights and data to all levels of an organization. Kenzen’s system provides alerts to workers
based on their ongoing condition backed by a scalable platform used by worksites and workers to
prevent overexertion and overheating by utilizing continuous, real-time monitoring and insight. Kenzen is
driven by its mission to help predict and prevent illness and increase safety and productivity on the job
while providing better short and long-term health outcomes for individuals

Kynamics
Language Translation | Language Translator
Kynamics offers turnkey on-device and on-premise AI and conversational intelligence solutions for www.kynamics.com
privacy conscious applications. Their on-device platform, Talkbox, offers speech and text translation, and
speech generation for over 100 languages. They support multi-modal (text, audio, video) interfaces for
AI-powered on-device applications that offer maximum privacy and security since no data is sent to the
cloud.

Lauretta AI
Computer Vision | Self-Screening; Securing Soft Targets
Lauretta AI reimagines AI security by using AI detections of human behavior as a window into human www.lauretta.io
intent. They work with commercial off-the-shelf, closed-circuit TV cameras at screening stations to ensure
passengers compliance with the needs with airport security screening protocols and to identify
passengers who may need assistance. Using privacy preserving technology, Lauretta’s system is tested
for deployment across public transport systems to identify malicious behaviors such as placing of
explosives and other terrorist threats.

Manifest
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools
www.manifestcyber.com
Manifest provides end-to-end bill of materials lifecycle management—from SBOM solicitation,
enrichment, analysis, visualization, and secure sharing—to industry leading AIBOM generation and
management capabilities. Manifest’s technologies enable the building and buying of more secure
software. They will be applying this expertise to develop a solution that helps improve transparency of the
CISA software supply chain as a key component to ensuring the security of critical infrastructure systems.

MATTR
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses
www.mattr.global
MATTR’s TrustTech platforms provide customers with extensible and flexible capabilities to achieve high
assurance outcomes in different channels and journeys. Their platform products (application
programming interface (API), SDK, and white label solutions) make it possible to integrate into customer’s
existing business processes and applications. They are currently providing capabilities to support the
issuance of standards-based digitally verifiable credentials, incorporating privacy respecting features for
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

mesur.io
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses
www.mesur.io
HealthTech | COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation
mesur.io provides on-demand intelligence solutions for global leaders. By working with SVIP, their
Earthstream platform has evolved into a comprehensive, AI-powered engine for collecting, analyzing, and
identifying relevant information from open source intelligence (OSINT) and other sources. The platform
uses AI to help governments and enterprises identify and respond to risk in global supply chains.
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Morcom International
Sensors | Maritime Object Tracking Technology (MOTT) Technology
Morcom International, Inc.™ provides wireless communications and meteorological system solutions www.morcom.com
globally. Morcom is a supplier of private LTE networks, distributed antenna systems, wireless solutions
for the internet of things (IoT) applications, and managed services. Morcom is designing a new, state-of-
the-art tracking buoy for use by the USCG for marking and accurately monitoring objects at sea for the
purpose of contraband interdiction, hazardous spills, or object marking.

myLanguage
Language Translation | Language Translator www.myLanguage.me
myLanguage is a mobile language translation company that eliminates language barriers in critical
situations. They are currently working with DHS agencies to enable personnel to communicate rapidly
and effectively in real-time with non-English speakers. Their robust technology is customized to achieve
the unique mission of each agency. Their solution is built to operate offline, in rugged environments, and
to ensure privacy and security.

Netis
Identity | Privacy-Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers www.netis.si
Netis will guide you through understanding, designing, and implementing cutting-edge business solutions
that leverage secure data exchange, self-sovereign identity, verifiable credentials, and blockchain
technology. Utilizing their MyNextID verifiable credential building blocks, they are collaborating with the
DHS to develop MIDVA (MyNextID Verifier App), a specialized solution for verifiable credential
verification. This solution comprises a verifier app fleet management platform and a mobile verifier app,
designed to enhance verification efficiency and offer increased security and control for verifier agencies
such as USCIS and CBP in managing their applications.

NeoFlow
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses www.neoflow.energy
NeoFlow provides a secure energy traceability platform that tracks product lifecycle events with proof of
origin, composition, and environment impact, while digitizing relevant value chain data. In collaboration
with DHS and CBP, they introduced the secure digital passport for energy – including crude oil, natural
gas, and renewable. Through blockchain and distributed ledger technology solutions, they are working to
provide interoperable digital entitlement attestations that support individual control and accountability of
data release.

Procivis
Identity | Privacy-Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
Procivis AG is dedicated to the development of decentralized digital identity solutions. Procivis developed www.procivis.ch
a complete software solution to issue, verify, and hold verifiable credentials in any protocol, format, or
system. It embodies protocol and cryptography flexibility, privacy by design, scalability, interoperability,
and enterprise readiness at its core. It is interoperable and compliant with all major current and future
(decentralized) digital identity standards and regulations, especially the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), Internet Engineering Task Force, Decentralized Identity Standards, National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Federal Information Processing Standards, OpenID, eIDAS 2.0, and eID-Swiss.
It can be deployed everywhere and can be integrated in existing systems and apps.

Scribe Security
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools www.scribesecurity.com
Scribe provides an end-to-end software supply chain security software as a service (SaaS) platform that
secures code throughout its entire software supply chain and software development life cycle. Scribe Hub
easily integrates with your pipeline to give you deep visibility, integrity protection, risk insights, and
continuous compliance with the leading standards such as Secure Software Development Framework
(SSFD) by NIST, and Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) by Google. Scribe signs and
verifies the evidence cryptographically, enriches it with open intelligence sources, and analyzes aspects
such as integrity to mitigate tampering risk. They will leverage their online SaaS platform to design a
solution that will allow CISA to generate shareable product SBOMs and pipeline attestations automatically
to gain insights into risks and continuous code assurance.

SlateSafety
www.slatesafety.com
HealthTech | Human Performance & Resiliency
SlateSafety is a startup focused on preventing injuries for workers, first responders, and the military using
wearable technology. Their arm-worn wearable provides real-time alerting and historical trend analysis,
which allows safety professionals to identify operational inefficiencies and allow for timely intervention.
They are currently working with DHS on a solution that will involve wearable devices and AI-enabled
applications for data collection and analysis to impact active monitoring of personnel in extreme
environments.
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SpruceID
Identity | Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
www.spruceid.com
SpruceID's mission is to let users control their identity and data across all their digital interactions. They
provide turnkey infrastructure and foundational open-source software for managing digital credentials.
SpruceID's solutions are compatible with existing enterprise and government IT environments and played
an important role in the development of the California Department of Motor Vehicles mobile driver’s
license system. SpruceID brings usability, privacy, and security across a broad variety of digital credential
use cases, including verified access to online services, digital employee badges, and professional
licensing. All forms of licensing, permits, and certifications, from driver's licenses to food handling cards,
are becoming digital amid powerful forces such as AI-enabled fraud and increasing focus on the user
experience. Their offerings ensure end-to-end functionality that can help agencies and enterprises
successfully navigate this dynamic environment.

Synthetik Applied Technologies

Computer Vision | Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms
www.synthetik-
Synthetik develops machine learning, computer vision, and data science applications for commercial and technologies.com
federal clients. They are extending their SynthetikAI platform to help TSA keep pace with the requirement
for high-quality, annotated data to train Automatic Threat Recognition models. Their platform provides
TSA with data to train automatic threat recognition models, machine-assisted annotation, digital
unpacking of existing bags, and digital repacking to generate completely new synthetic bags. Their
platform has been extended to allow rapid machine-assisted annotations of objects at the voxel level.

Synthetik Insurance Analytics

Data Analytics | Flood Data Collection & Analysis
Synthetik Insurance Analytics is developing a new state-of-the-art, flood modeling and risk analysis www.synthetik-
capability to support the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the Federal Emergency Management flowcore.com
Agency (FEMA), and DHS. Their platform improves and expands the data associated with insured
properties to better understand the location, type, and vulnerability of the NFIP portfolio and enhance the
quality, resolution, and speed of temporal and spatial flood models leveraging physics-informed neural
networks. Synthetik Insurance Analytics’ solution will aid FEMA in quantifying flood impact with greater
accuracy and speed by leveraging engineering analytics to determine the type and severity of flood
damage to each insured property.

TestifySec
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools www.testifysec.com
TestifySec unifies developers and cybersecurity teams in defending against software supply chain threats
by integrating zero trust governance principles into build pipelines. We create transparency and
accountability with our open-source and commercial products that observe, manage, and act on
metadata at each step of the software or AI model generation process. Everyone deserves secure
software.

Transmute
Identity | Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates & Licenses www.transmute.industri
In collaboration with SVIP, Transmute is helping CBP digitize import processes, unlocking pre-arrival es
facilitation, and data processing capabilities. Their Verifiable Data Platform (VDP) converts manual global
trade documentation into digital “verifiable credentials” – effectively digital twins or product passports that
can be shared securely across the supply chain in real-time. Built on top of open standards for regulatory
and commercial customers alike, Transmute’s VDP offers a suite of global trade document templates,
customized workflows, and traceability tools that are easy to adopt alongside existing systems like
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERPs).

Ubiqu
Identity | Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers
Ubiqu enables the creation of secure compliant Wallets with its remote secure element (RSE). Ubiqu’s www.ubiqu.com
RSE empowers users to exercise sole control over their credentials. Ubiqu enables DHS, by using
identity verification technology, to link a real user to a wallet (secured by an RSE). This link results in a
portable core identity. Using this core identity, the wallet can, just-in-time, acquire linked attributes or
claims and have them presented, under sole control of the user and in the required format/protocol, to be
verified correctly within the relevant domains resulting in secure and scalable digital eco-systems.

Veramine
Cybersecurity | Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools www.veramine.com
Veramine provides endpoint visibility and data to detect adversaries, respond to breaches, and mitigate
threats. Their technologies collect data on security-relevant behavior, such as process creation, network
connections, registry writes, server message block connections, system configuration changes, user
logins, and browser activity. All this activity data is transmitted in real-time over the network to a server
that efficiently processes those messages and matches them to detect attacks and/or anomalous
activity. Veramine is developing a plugin for their platform to automatically generate a SBOM by
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passively observing a user install any software package or by passively observing a developer build a
new software binary with the Microsoft compiler.

VigiLife
HealthTech | Human Performance & Resiliency
VigiLife is a Safety-as-a-Service company that provides hardware and software solutions. VigiLife's www.vigilife.com
flagship product, SafeGuard®, fuses patented, intelligent guardian software, custom and commercial
wearable sensors, and contextual analytics to provide real-time and longitudinal oversight of at-risk
personnel. They are currently working with DHS on a solution that will involve wearable devices and AI-
enabled applications for data collection and analysis to impact active monitoring of personnel in extreme
environments.

Volt Athletics
HealthTech | Human Performance & Resiliency
Volt is an AI-powered software system that delivers individualized physical training programs at scale. www.voltathletics.com
Each program is optimized to reduce injuries, maximize health and wellness, and provide a unified, data- @voltathletics
driven approach to service member readiness. With Volt’s platform, commanding officials have full
insights into adherence at any level of the command structure, while custom reporting shows trends over
time across all fitness levels. Volt is currently working with DHS to augment existing employee
assistance and wellness programs and improve long-term tracking and optimization of physical fitness
and recovery.

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