4 Arlington Companies Receive State Grants For Technology Work

Arlington VA

14 July, 2021

10:00 AM

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ARLINGTON, VA — Four Arlington companies were among the 34 small technology-focused, Virginia-based businesses to receive Commonwealth Commercialization Fund grants recently to help commercialize research they are developing, according to a release. "Facilitating research breakthroughs and getting new technologies out of the lab and into the hands of consumers is key to driving economic growth and creating jobs in the Commonwealth," Gov. Ralph Northam said, in a release. "I am confident this first round of CCF awards will produce far-reaching benefits and congratulate these innovators and entrepreneurs on their success in developing transformative solutions to improve lives and address some of the most pressing challenges we face." Totaling $3.4 million, the grants were developed through the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (VIPA), to commercialize research in a number of sectors, including agricultural and environmental technologies, autonomous systems, clean energy, cybersecurity, and data analytics, among others. Here are the four Arlington companies that received VIPA grants: Daniel Broderick, co-founder of data science and analytics firm BlackBoiler, Inc., received a $100,000 grant to help bring its user control of AI-powered contract markup project to market.Geoffrey Orazem of data science and analytics firm Federal Foundry LLC received a $100,000 grant to develop its government contracting capture application.Colin Dunn, founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Fend Incorporated, received a $100,000 grant for its Sales Acceleration: Fend Cellular Data Diode and Data Extraction Subscriptions.Dr. Amit Mehra, founder and CEO of data science and analytics firm NOVI LLC, received a $99,250 grant for its remote imaging and AI-based flaw detection for pavement and infrastructure maintenance project.