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Common Tools is a public benefit corporation developing a new computing fabric called Bluesky. It aims to innovate in the tech industry.

Cyphlens extends zero-trust to both people and content by enforcing identity at every login and encryption everywhere data is viewed or shared. Their patented Lenscryption™ technology secures content itself, not just the path it travels, ensuring that data remains encrypted and invisible to unauthorized viewers.

Tasker AI provides AI software tools that enable developers, enterprise clients, and end-users to connect to user permissioned sites, extract consumers’ information, automate workflows, and manage identity access services for AI agents.

Dapple Security creates cutting-edge technology utilizing responsible biometrics that protects people and privacy through first-of-its-kind passwordless authentication.

General Translation builds full-stack infrastructure for localizing apps, docs, and websites, providing tools for developers to ship products in multiple languages efficiently.

HoundDog.ai helps organizations proactively detect and prevent the overexposure of sensitive data in high risk mediums that could lead to privacy violations. By embedding detection, enforcement, and audit ready reporting directly into the development process, HoundDog.ai streamlines privacy compliance from day one.

LockrMail is a service that protects users' inboxes by providing a public-facing email that masks personal email addresses. It offers features like automated filtering, discount alerts, and order tracking through a Chrome extension.

An open R&D organization focused on efficient distributed systems, building software that uses fewer resources and creates fast, cheap, and direct networking connections between devices.

Community ally fund allocating 50% of profits to mental-health philanthropy with founder voting. Favors founders who are experienced psychonauts and experiments with hybrid charity-venture financing.

Lytical Ventures is an NYC-based venture fund that specializes exclusively in "Corporate Intelligence" (cybersecurity, data/analytics, AI) and is backed by Lyrical Partners, which manages over $10B across multiple asset classes, giving this small cyber-focused fund unusually deep institutional backing compared to typical standalone emerging managers.

Seed-stage, operator-first firm offering deeply embedded weekly working sessions and hands-on hiring, pricing and go-to-market support, backing non-central casting B2B founders using data/AI in fintech, vertical SaaS, healthcare.