Our Mission
Ken Malone, one of our co-founders, describes the uniqueness of Early Charm Ventures:
We are the management team, the operators, and the entrepreneurs. We don’t just write checks and pop in for board meetings. We show up to our labs, our production facilities, and our offices every day to do all the heavy lifting for our portfolio companies.
Our scientists and engineers work across our entire portfolio, never just for one venture. This brings extraordinary expertise to the earliest stages of product development. The lack of silos fosters creativity and attracts the most collaborative people.
Our Ventures
Synergy with our existing ventures is important to us, so we look for opportunities that fit with our current capabilities in Drug Design, Blue Economy, Advanced Materials, and Engineered Products.
Because synergy between our companies is so strong, the individual companies are seldom as valuable alone than as a part of the whole. Thus, we aren’t focused on exit strategies and quick flips. We are focused on building sustainable businesses through revenue, and on expanding opportunities by retaining our team.
Our Ventures
Synergy with our existing ventures is important to us, so we look for opportunities that fit with our current capabilities in Drug Design, Blue Economy, Advanced Materials, and Engineered Products.
Because synergy between our companies is so strong, the individual companies are seldom as valuable alone than as a part of the whole. Thus, we aren’t focused on exit strategies and quick flips. We are focused on building sustainable businesses through revenue, and on expanding opportunities by retaining our team.
Latest News
Samir Rashiduddin Joins Early Charm Ventures as Finance & Operations Director
Early Charm Ventures today announced the hiring of Samir Rashiduddin – an experienced professional in accounting and business administration – as Finance & Operations Director with a focus on financial reporting, budgeting, HR, risk management and office operations.
Mohan Nartu, PhD, Joins Early Charm Ventures as Scientist – Ceramics and Additive Manufacturing
Early Charm Ventures today announced the hiring of Mohan Nartu, PhD – an engineer with expertise in materials science – as Scientist-Ceramics and Additive Manufacturing. Nartu’s work will center on Early Charm’s Materic company, Synteris, with a focus on driving technical advancement of Synteris’s 3D-printable ceramic packaging for power electronic modules.
Job Opening: Venture Fellow (Early Charm Venture Fellows Program)
We are looking for a Venture Fellow to help identify the unmet needs and the new technologies around which we can build a growth-focused business. Come take a lead role in finding and launching our next venture.
Technical and Support Partners
Our collaborators include government, academic, and industrial organizations.
