Venture-Backed Startups

Cipher Surgical makes OpClear, a laparoscopic scope lens cleaning device consisting of a control unit and a sheath that attaches to the scope, delivering automated CO2 flow to reduce fog and on-demand saline lens wash for continuous intra-abdominal vision. It is designed for laparoscopic surgeons across specialties such as general, bariatric, gynecology, urology, and colorectal surgery, and is compatible with most major laparoscopic instrument brands.

4 investors

CipherData offers AIDR, an AI-driven threat detection and incident response platform whose Triage Agent automatically investigates every security alert, enriches it with built-in threat intelligence, and assigns a verdict (benign, suspicious, or malicious) before escalating to human analysts. It aims to reduce analyst workload for security operations teams by auto-closing benign incidents, mapping attack chains, and documenting evidence with MITRE mappings.

1 investor

CipherHealth provides a care coordination platform for health systems that connects nurse rounding, patient outreach, and post-discharge follow-up, using 15+ years of patient interaction data layered with AI. It serves hospitals and health systems across acute, ambulatory, home, and virtual care settings.

2 investors

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CipherMode Labs, operating as Pyte, builds secure multiparty computation software for analyzing encrypted data without decryption.

0 investors

Ciphero provides a deterministic security layer that lets security teams observe, audit, and verify AI interactions across models, agents, and machines. Its engine combines proprietary verifiers (for prompt injection, malicious commands, secrets, and PII) with plain-English policies to inspect AI inputs, outputs, commands, and tool calls, and produce compliance-ready audit trails; its Orpheus product runs on endpoints to verify actions taken by coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.

2 investors

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Cipherome offers COMPASS, an end-to-end healthcare data analysis platform that lets researchers transform biobank, EHR, and EDC data, query cohorts, run statistical tests, and train machine learning models through a graphical interface without writing code. It serves clinical and genomic researchers for use cases including clinical research, external validation against biobanks like the UK Biobank, GWAS genomic analysis, and educational training.

1 investor

CipherOwl provides AI-powered security and compliance infrastructure for institutional stablecoins and digital assets, automating screening, investigation, and regulatory reporting across blockchain networks. The platform serves banks, protocols, custodians, and public sector organizations managing on-chain risk and compliance obligations.

4 investors

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Cipher Sports Technology Group builds data-driven sports prediction models using AI, machine learning, and simulation, delivering forecasts and betting content across 70+ data models. It operates consumer sports-betting brands and offers B2B data solutions for operators in the US, Australia, and UK markets.

1 investor

CipherStash provides queryable, field-level encryption for Postgres databases, keeping data encrypted while applications use it and allowing decryption only under identity-bound access policies. It targets development and security teams needing compliance (PCI DSS 4, HIPAA, SOC 2) with support for stores like Supabase, Neon, and RDS and plugins for Drizzle, Prisma, Auth0, and Clerk.

2 investors

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Ciphr provides an integrated HR and payroll suite covering central HR, payroll, recruitment, learning management, employee benefits, and analytics, with an AI assistant that works across the connected data. It targets mid-size UK organisations and processes payroll and employee records for UK employers.

1 investor

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Cipio.ai provides AI-powered tools to discover, produce, and optimize user-generated and influencer content for digital advertising on Meta and TikTok. The platform automates creator sourcing, content optimization, and ad performance prediction to help brands reduce creative costs and increase return on ad spend.

1 investor

Cipla Health is the consumer wellness arm of Cipla, offering a portfolio of over-the-counter healthcare and wellness brands including pain relief gels, antiseptics, cough and throat remedies, hygiene products, dietary supplements, and smoking-cessation aids. Its brands—such as Omnigel, Cipladine, Cofsils, Nicotex, and Prolyte ORS—serve consumers in India across pain management, immunity, maternity, and hydration categories.

1 investor

CIPRA.ai develops an AI-based platform for precise diagnosis and management of chronic conditions including hypertension and diabetes for patients and health systems. The platform uses data-driven approaches to identify relationships between lifestyle factors and chronic disease outcomes.

1 investor

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CIQ is an enterprise infrastructure software company that builds and supports the Linux, HPC, and AI infrastructure stack from the kernel to the orchestrator, serving enterprises, research institutions, and government agencies.

3 investors

CiraSync automatically synchronizes Microsoft 365 work contacts and shared calendars to employee smartphones without requiring an app or manual updates. It serves enterprises, government agencies, utilities, first responders, and distributed field teams that rely on Microsoft 365.

2 investors

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Circ develops recycling technology that breaks down textile waste, including poly-cotton blends, to recover fibers for producing new materials such as pulp used by fiber manufacturers and apparel brands. The company partners with fiber producers and fashion brands to enable circular production of clothing.

6 investors

Circ makes gluten-free, non-GMO snack bites containing 10g of protein per pack, sold direct to consumers with a subscription option. The products are shipped to the contiguous United States and Puerto Rico.

2 investors