Charles Layne
Technology Advancement Director @ Launch Tennessee
Nashville, United States
Charles Layne is a grant investor at Launch Tennessee in Nashville focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Charles Layne is based out of Nashville, Tennessee and is the Technology Advancement Director of Launch Tennessee. Charles Layne attended The University of Memphis.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 9 (30%)
- Health Care 7 (23%)
- Medical 6 (20%)
- Software 6 (20%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (13%)
Investments
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| IDBiologics was founded in 2017 to discover and develop human monoclonal antibodies for the prevention, treatment, and cure of infectious diseases.Their innovative fully human monoclonal antibody platform enables rapid discovery and optimization of broad and potent therapeutic molecules.Using this proprietary platform, IDBiologics has accumulatedunparalleled breadth in isolating antibodies for infectious diseases, with lead candidate molecules to diverse targets moving forward in development. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Qardian Labs provides AI-based decision-making software for healthcare. Their technology uses a data analysis method called deep learning to find relationships between medical metrics that patients have heart disease. Their system uses AI-based technology to analyze patients' reports and health outputs to recognize heart diseases. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Healing Innovations is a medical technology company focused on improving care within the rehabilitation continuum. Our mission is to increase access to rehabilitation through the development and commercialization of market-leading robotic technology that helps people improve health, mobility, and independence.Healing Innovations offers advancedrobotic technology, software, and services to care settings throughout the rehabilitation continuum. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Virtuoso Surgical was born out of a collaborative research effort developing surgical robotic systems at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center among co-founders Robert Webster, Duke Herrell, and Richard Hendrick. In April 2016, they founded Virtuoso Surgical to bring the benefits of these systems to surgeons and patientsworldwide. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Couture Technologies is a software development firm that specializes in the application of AI, ML, and 3D simulation technologies. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Gallatin, Tennessee. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| NellOne Therapeutics is a regenerative medicine company that has been spun out of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn.Senior Staff Scientist Dr. Cymbeline Culiat in the Lab's Biosciences Division / Systems Genetics Group had identified the activity of the Nell1 gene's pathway in theformation of key mammalian tissues and organs, and Battelle Ventures founded NellOne to translate her basic science discovery into clinical applications.The company is dedicated to developing and commercializing Nell1 protein therapeutics for restoring tissue mass and function in patients recovering from heart attacks. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| SkyNano is a science-based technology company focused on commercializing a free-market solution to carbon pollution. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Eden Concepts is a precision agriculture technology development and consulting company specializing in vegetables and specialty crops. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Lenoir City, Tennessee. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| American Nanotechnologies is developing and demonstrating novel systems for the large-scale purification of high-value dielectric materials. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
| Active Energy Systems is leveraging its scientific expertise to develop and market an improved form of ice thermal energy storage. The company's headquarters are in Knoxville, Tennessee. | Grant / Sep 15, 2021 | ||
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About Launch Tennessee
Launch Tennessee is a public-private partnership that supports entrepreneurs from ideation to exit. We’re guided by a vision of making Tennessee the most startup-friendly state in the country, so that entrepreneurs stay here to build companies and create jobs.
Launch Tennessee Contacts
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Charles Layne
Technology Advancement Director
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John Lanahan
Director of Capital Formation
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Tracey McGraw
Administrative & Marketing Coordinator
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Igal Zamir
Master Mentor (The TENN)
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Khrys Hatch
Capital Formation Manage
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What does Charles Layne invest in?
Charles Layne invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Charles Layne last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Charles Layne closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 30 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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