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§ Private Profile · Ithaca, NY, USA
Develops rechargeable antimicrobial surface treatments & self-sanitizing coatings for healthcare, medical devices, battlefield use.
AvantGuard is a biotechnology company that develops rechargeable antimicrobial surface treatments using proprietary N-halamine technology, operating from an unspecified headquarters location. The organization engineers self-sanitizing coatings that convert standard chlorine into long-lasting antiseptics designed to combat dangerous pathogens on everyday surfaces, human skin, and medical devices without creating microbial resistance. To scale its commercial operations, the enterprise has secured over $8 million in grant funding from the NIH and NSF, alongside $4 million in dedicated equity financing. Utilizing intellectual property licensed directly from Cornell University and Auburn University, the firm, led by executives Edward Eveleth and Marc Hein, targets healthcare and battlefield applications while actively pursuing regulatory approval for its flagship product. The business was originally spun out of Cornell University's research programs and officially founded under the name Halomine in 2018.
AvantGuard has raised $6.2M across 3 funding rounds.
AvantGuard has raised $6.2M in total across 3 funding rounds.
AvantGuard has raised $6.2M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.6M Grant in November 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2025 | $2.6M Grant | National Institutes OF Health | — | Announced |
| May 1, 2023 | $3M Seed | — | SOSV, Blue Ledge Capital, LaunchNY, RED Bear Angels | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2019 | $550K Seed | — | Monozukuri Ventures, NCT Ventures, SOSV | Announced |
AvantGuard Monitoring is a leading provider of wholesale central station monitoring services for alarm systems, IoT devices, fire detectors, PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems), environmental sensors, and video verification across North America.[1][3] It serves security system installation companies (dealers) by offering redundant, cloud-based monitoring that replaces in-house centers, saving costs while ensuring speed, accuracy, and exceptional service to end-users in homes and businesses.[1][3] The company solves critical problems in security and IoT monitoring, such as false alarms, rapid response to life-threatening events (e.g., smoke, CO2, crashes), and scalability for growing connected ecosystems, with strong growth shown in processing millions of signals, diverting false alarms, and supporting numerous dealers in 2022.[3]
Its mission emphasizes saving lives, protecting property, and inspiring peace of mind through innovative, revolutionary monitoring solutions for any event or signal.[1][3]
AvantGuard Monitoring Centers emerged as a pioneer in professional monitoring, deriving its name from "avant-garde" to reflect its role as a leader in new ideas for alarm and IoT monitoring across North America.[1] While specific founding year and founders are not detailed in available sources, the company has evolved from core security and fire monitoring to expanded services including PERS, environmental sensors, crash detection, and advanced video verification, positioning itself as a comprehensive provider for a connected world.[3] Early traction likely built on wholesale monitoring for dealers, relieving the need for secondary stations and adding redundancy, with pivotal growth into IoT and cloud automation to handle surging signals and subscribers.[1][3]
AvantGuard rides the explosive growth of IoT and connected security devices, where billions of sensors in homes, businesses, and vehicles demand reliable, real-time monitoring amid rising cyber-physical threats and false alarm fatigue.[3] Timing is ideal as 5G, smart homes, and environmental monitoring boom, with market forces like regulatory pushes for verified alarms (reducing dispatch burdens) and the shift to cloud-native services favoring its model over legacy stations.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by enabling smaller dealers to compete with enterprise-grade redundancy, accelerating adoption of video/IoT tech, and supporting life-safety in underserved areas like PERS and crash detection.[3]
AvantGuard is poised for continued expansion in IoT monitoring as device proliferation and AI-driven verification enhance its edge, potentially integrating deeper with edge computing and predictive analytics.[3] Trends like 5G-enabled sensors and stricter false alarm regulations will amplify demand for its wholesale, cloud-first approach, evolving its influence from North American leader to global IoT guardian. This positions it to sustain momentum in saving lives and protecting assets, true to its avant-garde roots.[1]
AvantGuard has raised $6.2M in total across 3 funding rounds.
AvantGuard's investors include National Institutes of Health, SOSV, Blue Ledge Capital, LaunchNY, Red Bear Angels, Monozukuri Ventures, NCT Ventures.