Welcome To Early Charm Ventures
A Startup Studio founded in 2012 in Baltimore that converts science to business.
We specialize in taking brilliant scientific discoveries made at universities and turning them into companies focused on growth. We don't chase quick exits. We build companies that create sustainable value. Our best successes come from teaming with entrepreneurial-minded faculty who are rooted in custom materials, machine vision, aquaculture technologies, and tools for drug discovery.
We don't write checks just to show up for board meetings. We are the management team, the operators and the entrepreneurs.
We show up to the labs and offices every day to do the heavy lifting.
Ultimately, we bring to the table our deep experience co-founding companies with leading researchers. With these exceptional people
and their ideas, we partner with them to advance or even create whole new industries.
We specialize in taking brilliant scientific discoveries made at universities and turning them into companies focused on growth. We don't chase quick exits. We build companies that create sustainable value. Our best successes come from teaming with entrepreneurial-minded faculty who are rooted in custom materials, machine vision, aquaculture technologies, and tools for drug discovery.
We don't write checks just to show up for board meetings. We are the management team, the operators and the entrepreneurs.
We show up to the labs and offices every day to do the heavy lifting.
Ultimately, we bring to the table our deep experience co-founding companies with leading researchers. With these exceptional people
and their ideas, we partner with them to advance or even create whole new industries.
Founding Partners
Ken Malone
Managing Director |
Kelli Booth
Managing Director |
Principals
Dr. Adam Van Dyke
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Dr. Alex Meltzer
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Chris Moad
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Co-Founding Researchers
Dr. James West Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Johns Hopkins University |
Dr. Alex MacKerell Professor Pharmacy U. of Maryland, Baltimore |
Dr. Hadley Sikes Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Dr. J. Paige Buchanan Associate Professor Chemistry University of Southern Mississippi 
Dr. Vikram Vakharia Professor The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology 
Dr. Yu Chen Associate Professor Bioengineering University of Maryland, College Park |
Dr. Robert Cammarata Professor Materials Science Johns Hopkins University 
Dr. Yun-Hua Shih Professor Physics U. of Maryland, Baltimore County 
Dr. Anil D'mello Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences University of the Sciences in Philadelphia |
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Venture Partners
Dr. Scott Gaboury, Chemistry
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Dr. Steve Farias, Materials Science
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Kevin Barnes, Engineering Design
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Dr. Mary Larkin, Aquaculture
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Dr. Olgun Guvench, Medicinal Chemistry
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Development Partners
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Associates
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Ken Berlack
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Phil DiMuro
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Cole Gleichenhaus
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Our Expertise
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8 Market Place, Suite 300
Baltimore, MD 21202 |
