
Finalists of
Crimson Founders Demo Session at Investopia
in the United Arab Emirates
Crimson Founders is proud to introduce 19 outstanding startups selected for the Crimson Founders Demo Session at the Future 100 Forum at Investopia 2025 and Crimson Collective Week in the UAE, taking place from February 24-28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Among them, six exceptional companies have been chosen to present on stage at the Future 100 Forum, showcasing cutting-edge innovations across Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Energy, BioTech, Chemicals, and Defense. The 19 selected startups span Artificial Intelligence, biotech, hard tech, healthcare, energy, chemicals, sustainability, and financial innovation. Notably, 63% operate in AI, Data, and Cloud Technologies, with AI (47%) leading across finance, healthcare, cybersecurity, and industrial applications. Other dominant categories include SaaS (42%), Hardware, Hard Tech & IoT (32%), Financial Services & Blockchain (26%), Healthcare & Biotechnology (21%), and Sustainability & Clean Tech (21%)—showcasing the diverse technological landscape of this year’s finalists.
The Finalists Presenting on Stage at the Future 100 Forum at Investopia 2025
Amplified Industries, Inc. – Your Oilfield Revolution Starts Here
Industries: AI, Analytics, SaaS, Sustainability, IoT, Energy, Environmental, Logistics & Supply Chain
Revolutionizing oil and gas operations with AI and high-bandwidth cloud platforms, enhancing production efficiency through Industry 4.0 solutions.
Applied AI Corporation – The World's Most Boring AI Company
Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A UAE-based enterprise AI company optimizing decision-making and productivity across healthcare, insurance, financial services, and government sectors with its AI-driven knowledge work platform.
Helix Carbon, Inc. – Disrupting the Materials Economy by Transforming Waste CO₂ into Value
Industries: Chemicals, Climate, Hardware, Sustainability, Environmental
Developing next-generation electrolyzers to convert CO₂ into valuable chemicals, providing carbon-neutral solutions for the iron industry.
Hexembio Inc. – Reversing Aging With Advanced Stem Cell Therapy
Industries: Healthcare, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
A longevity biotech startup pioneering rejuvenated hematopoietic stem cell therapy to enhance immune function and extend healthy lifespans.
ML Tech – Building the Future of Financial Services
Industries: Financial Services, Crypto/Blockchain, Finance
A digital assets investment platform offering institutional-grade trading strategies and customized portfolio solutions in digital finance.
Spectrohm, Inc. – Inspect at the Speed of Commerce
Industries: Government, Logistics & Supply Chain, Defense, Security, Hard Tech, Virtual Reality (VR)
Developing high-speed, AI-powered inspection technology for small bags and packages, improving security and logistics efficiency.
Selected To Present
Amplified Industries, Inc.
Your Oilfield Revolution Starts Here
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Analytics, SaaS (Software as a Service), Sustainability, Internet of Things (IoT), Energy, Environmental, Logistics and Supply Chain
Amplified Industries revolutionizes oil and gas operations by bringing Industry 4.0 to the field. Its breakthrough high-bandwidth cloud platform combines cutting-edge AI with deep physics expertise to transform production operations. Through advanced telecom technology, it captures massive real-time data streams from wells and facilities, enabling truly intelligent operations. Operators can now manage their assets with unprecedented efficiency and environmental responsibility, thanks to its seamless IoT solution that integrates effortlessly with existing infrastructure.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email:
Selected To Present
Applied AI Corporation
The World's Most Boring AI Company
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AppliedAI is an enterprise technology company based in the UAE. Founded in 2021 in London by Arya H. Bolurfrushan, it moved its headquarters to Abu Dhabi in 2022 and has since grown to over 100 staff across engineering, product, quality, and support. Spread across the US, Germany, UAE, and APAC, AppliedAI has successfully raised over $40 million from institutional investors such as G42 of Abu Dhabi, Bessemer Venture Partners, Plug and Play, ARM Holdings of Dubai, McKinsey, Metalab, and Palantir Technologies, among others.
AppliedAI is focused on improving the productivity and quality of decisions and reviews in the healthcare, insurance, financial services, life sciences, and government sectors. With its Knowledge Work AI Platform—Opus (Opus.com)—it enables companies to save money and increase the quality of critical back-office services outsourced from manual Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies. Opus performs these critical back-office services end-to-end with AI workflows and uses human expert reviewers at all critical nodes to ensure that every step and judgment is expertly verified. This allows the deployment of Opus in high-stakes environments.
AppliedAI believes that the AI + Human Expert combination is necessary for an optimal balance of cost, productivity, and trust. Built around the belief that the traditional FTE model will shift to a gig economy “Human Expert Cloud,” Opus is building a unique marketplace for a decentralized workforce of freelance human knowledge workers to offer their services, even for time-critical and sensitive tasks.
Founders:
Affiliation:
Harvard
Country:
United Arab Emirates
Email:
Selected To Present
Helix Carbon, Inc
Disrupting the Materials Economy by Transforming Waste CO2 into Value
Chemicals, Climate, Hardware, Sustainability, Environmental
Helix Carbon produces electrolyzers with dramatically improved system lifetimes to convert point-source carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Its novel catalyst coating techniques enable stability in mixed gas streams and conversion even at low CO₂ concentrations, eliminating the need for separate carbon capture in many applications. Coupled with its ability to adjust the ratio of carbon monoxide and hydrogen produced, Helix Carbon provides drop-in, carbon-neutral reducing gases to decarbonize the iron industry.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email:
Selected To Present
Hexembio Inc.
Reversing Aging With Advanced Stem Cell Therapy
Healthcare, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences
HeXem Bio, a leading longevity biotechnology firm, has developed the world's first rejuvenated hematopoietic stem cell therapy. This groundbreaking approach leverages synthetic biology technology to reverse aging in blood stem cells, enhancing immune function and extending healthy lifespans without genetic modification. Published in prestigious journals such as Nature and featured in the New York Times and on NASDAQ, its technology has completed preclinical animal studies and secured Orphan Designation for its first IND.
Co-founder Samira Kiani recently received the U.S. Presidential Award for this innovative work. HeXem Bio's expert team includes two MDs and two PhDs from MIT and UC Berkeley, second-time founders, and Y Combinator alumni. The company is backed by renowned investors, including Draper VC, SOSV, Venture Science, and Schox.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email:
Selected To Present
ML Tech
Building the Future of Financial Services
Financial Services, Crypto / Blockchain, Finance
ML Tech is a digital assets investment platform that uniquely provides optimized blended portfolios and bespoke products tailored to meet diverse investment objectives and risk appetites. Investors gain access to a curated array of delta-neutral, market-neutral, and beta trading strategies via the ML Tech platform.
ML Tech offers comprehensive solutions that bridge the gap between institutional investors and unique alpha opportunities available exclusively in digital asset markets. Its team brings decades of proven experience in high-frequency trading (HFT) and quantitative trading, successfully creating and deploying digital asset trading strategies with optimized execution and exchange connectivity.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email:
Selected To Present
Spectrohm, Inc.
Inspect at the Speed of Commerce
Government, Logistics and Supply Chain, Defense, Security, Hard Tech, Virtual Reality (VR)
Spectrohm develops high-speed, high-throughput internal inspection systems for small bags, packages, and personal property. Current human-centric tools inspect only 3% of the 400 billion bags and packages that move each year, resulting in $100 billion in losses due to fraud, errors, hazards, and threats.
Spectrohm’s patented technology identifies hidden contents within bags and boxes, enabling an automated future where 100% of items are inspected. The company has received over $5 million in U.S. government support to enhance the inspection of international eCommerce and air cargo.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email:
Bolt Insight Limited
AI-Automated Research
AdTech, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Marketing and Advertising, SaaS (Software as a Service)
Bolt Insight is a cutting-edge research platform transforming consumer understanding through AI-powered qualitative research at scale. At the heart of this innovation is BoltChatAI, a trained AI moderator and researcher designed to automate every step of the research process. From recruiting target audiences and facilitating dynamic conversations to analyzing responses and delivering actionable insights, BoltChatAI streamlines the entire workflow with speed and precision.
By leveraging advanced technologies such as voice-to-voice research, social listening, predictive analytics, and text-to-visual creation tools, Bolt Insight empowers brands to co-create solutions with their consumers while identifying trends and opportunities in real time. Trusted by global leaders such as Unilever, Danone, and L’Oréal, the platform enables businesses to transition from outdated survey-based methods to agile, automated research. This approach accelerates innovation cycles from months to mere days, making Bolt Insight an essential partner for forward-thinking, consumer-centric brands.
Founders:
Affiliation:
Harvard
Country:
United Kingdom
Cashflowy.ai INC.
Bookkeeping but BETTER
Finance, Financial Services, SaaS (Software as a Service), Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cashflowy is an AI-powered bookkeeping, client invoicing, cash-flow management, and automated tax preparation software designed for small service-based businesses, including coaches, consultants, freelancers, influencers, therapists, practitioners, and solopreneurs. Cashflowy eliminates the need for a bookkeeper or tax professional, saving users thousands of dollars per year. It enables business owners to understand their financials and manage all aspects of their business finances in under one hour per month. The platform also features an AI bookkeeper that allows users to ask questions 24/7 using natural language, including generating reports on demand. Accurate answers and reports are delivered within seconds. Unlike competitors that offer complex software designed for larger businesses—with hundreds of unnecessary features that often require hiring a human bookkeeper—Cashflowy is built specifically for solopreneurs. It provides a faster, better, and more cost-effective solution.
Founders:
Affiliation:
MIT
Country:
United States
Email: