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COFACTOR SYSTEMS INC.
Seed / Series Adefense-other · Seed
Seed Signal Score
14/25
Team Strength
2/5
Validation Depth
4/5
Novelty
2/5
Market Timing
3/5
Capital Efficiency
3/5
Funding
$1.8M
Total raised
$1.8M
Last round · May 16, 2025
Description
Shiftwave: A Deployable Solution for Rapid Recovery, Stress Reduction, and Enhanced Human Performance for Air Force Operational Support Teams
Validation Signals
SBIR Phase II
Score Rationale
Cofactor has secured meaningful government validation through SBIR Phase I→II progression and modest seed funding, which supports the validation score. However, team composition is entirely opaque—no named founders, bios, or relevant defense/human-factors expertise are evident—and the product (stress reduction/recovery for operational support) addresses a soft human-performance need rather than a novel technical capability, placing it in a crowded wellness space with limited defensibility against larger players already embedded in DoD.