Pre-seed funding of $3 million was raised by Eyris, a digital infrastructure platform situated in McLean, VA, that offers cybersecurity, secure communications, and data protection.
The investment was made by Red Cell Partners, an incubator that creates quickly scalable, technologically advanced businesses that are revolutionizing the national security and cyberspace industries.
With this money, Eyris can begin a pilot program with the Department of Defense and will soon be able to offer its services to other government agencies.
Co-founded by Red Cell founder, chairman, and CEO Grant Verstandig, and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Keaton, who served as the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Chief of Innovation, Eyris provides a suite of blockchain technologies that mitigate ransomware and offer cutting-edge security solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, and private sector.
Being cloud- and encryption-agnostic, Eyris can integrate with different cloud service providers and encryption techniques to customize its offerings to meet the demands of individual clients.
By integrating with popular programs like Outlook and Slack, Eyris’ technology strengthens and secures communication.
The first business to go public under Red Cell’s recently created Cyber Practice, which was created to foster innovation and bolster cybersecurity and resilience for both government and commercial clients, is Eyris, which came out of stealth in 2023. George Barnes, a former NSA deputy director and Keaton’s colleague, is in charge of the practice.
