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Byers: Adolus raised $800k in DHS grants before generating revenue

Eric Byers · Security Software Adolus Breaks $600k ARR, $4m Valuation · Oct 9, 2021 · at 2:39

Eric Byers, CTO of cybersecurity startup Adolus, explains to Nathan Latka how the company sustained early R&D without dilutive capital.

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“We got U.S. Department of Homeland Security so Silicon Valley Initiative Program grants, about 800,000 dollars worth of research grants, so that kept us alive for the first couple of years.”

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The claim, plainly

Adolus funded its first two years of operations with approximately $800,000 in research grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Silicon Valley Innovation Program.

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Assessment

Official Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate announcements confirm that the technology behind aDolus (the FACT platform) was awarded four phases of $200,000 each (totaling $800,000) under the DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) 'Securing the Internet of Things' solicitation. The funding was awarded to corporate entity QED Secure Solutions LLC, which created and transitioned the platform into spin-out entity aDolus Technology Inc. for commercialization during its initial operational years (2017–2019).

DHS S&T SVIP announced on October 31, 2019, a $200,000 Phase 4 award to QED Secure Solutions following three preceding $200,000 phases ($800,000 total) to develop the FACT platform, explicitly noting the transition to new spin-out business aDolus.
Contemporaneous reporting by CyberScoop on January 17, 2019, documented that aDolus launched with an $800,000 DHS grant alongside angel funding.

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[1] executivegov.com [2] executivegov.com [3] cyberscoop.com [4] fedscoop.com [5] cyberscoop.com [6] einpresswire.com [7] techcouver.com [8] thebusinessresearchcompany.com

"aDolus" "Department of Homeland Security" award OR grant "aDolus" "800,000" OR "$800,000" OR "800K" "DHS" "aDolus" "DHS" "Phase" award Adolus DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program award "aDolus" "800,000" OR "$800,000"

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