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
Job Opening – Manager: Government Marketing
This new role, Manager: Government Marketing, works closely with our Science Officer, Portfolio Development Officer, and Marketing Officer to develop a strategy for marketing Early Charm to government agencies with specific emphasis on the US Department of Energy, US Department of Defense, and Manufacturing USA Institutes.
Alex MacKerell, PhD, SilcsBio Co-founder & CSO, Co-Leads Study on Use of SILCS Technology to Improve Lung Disease Treatments
Early Charm Venture's portfolio company, SilcsBio, a technology company that develops and markets software and services for structure-based drug design, today announced its Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Alexander D. MacKerell Jr., PhD, has co-led a study focusing on improving respiratory treatments via SilcsBio’s Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation (SILCS) technology.
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.