
COHORT 7 - Urban Resiliency
Three million new people move into cities every week and by 2050 nearly 70% of the global population is expected to live in cities. The aggregate demand for technologies to address this market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.4% to USD $717 Billion by 2023.
C5 Accelerate (C5A), carefully cultivated and selected nine leading early-stage startups that are helping to build urban resiliency. The programming focuses on access to investors, advanced mentorship, leadership development, and business development support.

provides an AI-driven facial recognition API that helps businesses, especially financial institutions, remotely verify the identity of their clients while protecting the KYC data and fighting against online identity fraud.

helps enterprises optimize their cybersecurity investments by automating testing against evolving adversary tactics and providing dynamic recommendations.

simplifies blockchain adoption and builds blockchain-driven apps for clients, notably in the healthcare sector.

NSION provides highly optimized data security and speed in video data transfer in complex life critical field. The NSC3™ System is built for easy and effective operations — stream and store secured live video from drones to phones and cars to command and control centers.

builds AI-powered enterprise chat and voice bots with a no-code UX.

Vyorius is creating an AI enabled plug and play delivery drone ecosystem for healthcare logistics.

V2Verify replaces usernames, passwords and challenge questions with a voice biometric technology that requires just 2-seconds of speech and works literally anywhere a company interacts with employees and customers.

is building a platform to be the world’s premier pandemic risk mitigation company with a contact tracing app designed to minimize infection fallout and a digital marketplace for PPE.

helps companies manage their cyber footprints to provide full 360 awareness of the challenges on network systems for enterprise at scale.