SC Launch

Established in 2006, SC Launch is a non-profit corporation affiliated with South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA). It facilitates applied research, product development, and commercialization programs. SC Launch provides loans, investments, and resources to selected South Carolina-based companies participating in its program, aiming to create high-wage jobs and foster technology startups.

Steve Johnson

Investment Manager

Lee MacIlwinen

Director

Bob Quinn

CEO and President

Jill Sorensen

Director

Derek Willis

Senior Program Manager

167 past transactions

Agricarbon

Grant in 2025
Agricarbon provides soil carbon measurement and validation services to support climate mitigation and carbon markets. The company uses automated sampling, robotics-driven soil analysis, and carbon accounting methodologies to quantify soil carbon stocks for farms, landowners, and businesses. By following established scientific protocols and environmental standards, Agricarbon enables clients to view and validate soil carbon, monitor changes over time, and unlock opportunities in agricultural carbon removal programs.

ThreatCaptain

Pre Seed Round in 2025
ThreatCaptain provides a financial cyber risk platform for managed service providers. The platform translates cybersecurity risks into monetary terms to help MSPs quantify the potential financial impact and likelihood of breaches for their clients, using analytics grounded in MITRE ATT&CK and industry reports. It combines threat intelligence with client security controls to support data protection compliance, insurance requirements, streamlined reporting, and informed cybersecurity strategy and risk mitigation for client networks and assets.

Zitles

Grant in 2025
Zitles is a technology company that specializes in streamlining the real estate title search and review process. Its platform facilitates efficient communication between professionals involved in title abstraction and review, enabling faster turnaround times and improved overall efficiency in the real estate market.

Rapid Title Corporation

Grant in 2025
Rapid Title Corporation the Goose Creek-based information technology firm has a clever API platform that communicates with all titling participants and expedites the process.

Sojourn MedTech

Grant in 2024
Sojourn MedTech provide training to improve dialysis procedures.

Go Fig

Grant in 2024
Go Fig is an information technology company that enables entrepreneurs access data using artificial intelligence management solutions.

Imagine Home

Grant in 2024
Imagine Home is a digital home interior design solution that uses light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and AI-powered mobile experience to unlock remote design services.

Health Evolve Technologies

Grant in 2024
Health Evolve Technologies specializes in developing patient-centered technology solutions that bridge the gap between healthcare and culture. The company's core focus is on empowering women to effectively manage their health conditions, particularly in addressing chronic health issues and health equity. Their platform employs AI-powered care plans and personalized health risk assessments to engage patients, fostering a proactive approach to health management and helping to reduce disparities.

LifeTagger

Venture Round in 2024
LifeTagger operates a proximity automation platform that enables users to create, distribute, and receive content based on their physical location or proximity to specific items. The platform allows businesses to integrate this functionality into their existing systems, track user engagement, and gather data on who is scanning life codes and where.

Storybutton

Convertible Note in 2024
Storybutton designs and produces audio devices that give children access to a curated library of podcasts, audiobooks, and stories. The content is selected to be educational and entertaining while being safe for young listeners. Parents can use the devices as a screen‑free alternative to digital media, providing a controlled environment for kids to enjoy audio storytelling.

DealerVerse

Grant in 2024
DealerVerse is a technology company specializing in AI-driven marketing solutions for the automotive industry. Its platform integrates creative content, technology, and analytics, enabling precision decision-making through a single, user-friendly interface. By harnessing AI tools, DealerVerse helps automotive businesses manage and interpret vast amounts of data, facilitating informed decisions based on real-time insights.

Notey

Grant in 2024
Notey specializes in developing educational gaming platforms focused on music learning. Its AI-powered platform transforms real instruments or voices into interactive game controllers, delivering adaptive, personalized music content tailored to each user's learning needs.

MY UI

Grant in 2024
MY UI's mission is to empower individuals with disabilities by providing a comprehensive assessment tool and a customizable user interface (UI) solution.

SafeMedWaste

Grant in 2024
SafeMedWaste is a life science business that provides a proprietary drug disposal technology that eliminates highly addictive compounds such as opioids. It was committed to the innovation of sustainable products that help reduce or eliminate the release of harmful drug waste into water systems and the environment.

Imagine Home

Grant in 2024
Imagine Home is a digital home interior design solution that uses light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and AI-powered mobile experience to unlock remote design services.

Bubble Paper

Series A in 2024
Bubble Paper specializes in designing and manufacturing optimized paper-based packaging solutions for industrial, void fill, and cold chain markets. Its proprietary process enables the creation of mechanically and thermally protective designs that are fully curbside recyclable.

ThreatCaptain

Grant in 2024
ThreatCaptain provides a financial cyber risk platform for managed service providers. The platform translates cybersecurity risks into monetary terms to help MSPs quantify the potential financial impact and likelihood of breaches for their clients, using analytics grounded in MITRE ATT&CK and industry reports. It combines threat intelligence with client security controls to support data protection compliance, insurance requirements, streamlined reporting, and informed cybersecurity strategy and risk mitigation for client networks and assets.

Custom Donations

Grant in 2024
Custom Donations specializes in providing customizable, embeddable donation forms that integrate seamlessly with existing websites. Their platform supports single donations, recurring giving, event sponsorship, and accepts payments from numerous countries worldwide, facilitating hassle-free fundraising for non-profits and religious organizations.

PulManage

Seed Round in 2024
PulManage is a software platform focused on enhancing remote patient monitoring and clinician oversight. It connects patients and healthcare providers through a web portal and a mobile application, which is integrated with a Bluetooth-enabled lung function device. This system allows clinicians to track changes in patients' respiratory symptoms in real-time, enabling them to assess medication effectiveness and intervene promptly when necessary. By facilitating better communication and management of patients at risk of exacerbation, PulManage aims to lower overall healthcare costs, create new revenue streams for providers, and improve the quality of life for patients.

Heirloom Cloud Corporation

Grant in 2024
Heirloom.Cloud specializes in the digitization of treasured media, such as old photos and videotapes, providing essential services for preserving priceless memories. The company offers home pickup for easy collection and utilizes advanced cloud technology to convert and store media in high-quality digital formats. Customers benefit from a private network that allows access from any device, enabling them to share their digitized memories with an unlimited number of friends and family. Heirloom.Cloud focuses on ensuring digital privacy and data usability, helping individuals cherish and safeguard their valuable media for future generations.

Zitles

Grant in 2024
Zitles is a technology company that specializes in streamlining the real estate title search and review process. Its platform facilitates efficient communication between professionals involved in title abstraction and review, enabling faster turnaround times and improved overall efficiency in the real estate market.

Tandem Concepts

Grant in 2024
Tandem Concepts is an information technology firm that automates supply chain operations through services such as integrated dispatchers, credit pre-approvals, and automated order entry.

Construx

Grant in 2024
Construx is a construction company that manufactures and assembles prefabricated custom homes.

MyVoluntier Operations

Grant in 2024
MyVoluntier Operations is a premier web application used to find, track, and mobilize individuals to impact their communities better.

Sojourn MedTech

Grant in 2024
Sojourn MedTech provide training to improve dialysis procedures.

ThreatCaptain

Grant in 2024
ThreatCaptain provides a financial cyber risk platform for managed service providers. The platform translates cybersecurity risks into monetary terms to help MSPs quantify the potential financial impact and likelihood of breaches for their clients, using analytics grounded in MITRE ATT&CK and industry reports. It combines threat intelligence with client security controls to support data protection compliance, insurance requirements, streamlined reporting, and informed cybersecurity strategy and risk mitigation for client networks and assets.

Virtual Business 360

Grant in 2024
Virtual Business 360 is an all-in-one virtual platform solution that eases corporate processes.

Oncoblaze

Grant in 2024
Oncoblaze is an innovative technologies that deliver therapy precisely to cancer cells that remain after surgery.

Viatec

Grant in 2024
Viatec is a research and development company focused on providing innovative solutions for vocational trucks by eliminating the need for idling. The company specializes in fully electric, universal auxiliary power units that deliver accessible exporting power in multiple forms. This technology allows clients to reduce engine operating times, resulting in significant fuel savings and lower overall ownership costs. Viatec aims to enhance operational efficiency while promoting environmentally friendly practices within the trucking industry.

GoodUnited

Venture Round in 2023
GoodUnited operates a platform that enables nonprofits to connect with supporters through social media, email templates, and other marketing materials. It simplifies lead generation, enhances supporter engagement, and maximizes fundraising revenue. Trusted by hundreds of top nonprofits worldwide.

Rapid Title Corporation

Grant in 2023
Rapid Title Corporation the Goose Creek-based information technology firm has a clever API platform that communicates with all titling participants and expedites the process.

Zitles

Grant in 2023
Zitles is a technology company that specializes in streamlining the real estate title search and review process. Its platform facilitates efficient communication between professionals involved in title abstraction and review, enabling faster turnaround times and improved overall efficiency in the real estate market.

Construx

Grant in 2023
Construx is a construction company that manufactures and assembles prefabricated custom homes.

Electro Wire

Grant in 2023
Electro Wire, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of wire and cable products. The company provides electronic and electrical wire and cables, shrink tubing products, connectors, terminals, and fiber optics, catering to various industries and emerging technologies. In addition to these products, Electro Wire offers distribution, logistics, and contract manufacturing services, enabling clients to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness. The company's comprehensive offerings position it as a key player in the wire and cable market, supporting businesses with essential solutions for their electrical and electronic needs.

BagValet

Grant in 2023
BagValet is a premium mobile luggage storage solution that offers daily luggage storage with the convenience of door-to-door service, removing the "lug" from "luggage."

DealerVerse

Grant in 2023
DealerVerse is a technology company specializing in AI-driven marketing solutions for the automotive industry. Its platform integrates creative content, technology, and analytics, enabling precision decision-making through a single, user-friendly interface. By harnessing AI tools, DealerVerse helps automotive businesses manage and interpret vast amounts of data, facilitating informed decisions based on real-time insights.

Skilldora

Grant in 2023
Founded in 2022, Skilldora is an ed-tech startup based in Fort Mill S.C. , and one of the first companies worldwide to deliver 100% of its online courses using A.I. Digital Humans. We believe the future of e-Learning will evolve to be more interactive and deeply personalized and have made a choice to lead and support this change. We offer a suite of A.I.-instructed courses, interactive features and partnerships with industry leaders. Our premier collaboration is the A.I. animation technology, licensed from D-ID, an Israel based firm known for its Creative Reality™ technology which helps Skilldora accelerate the evolution of next generation learning.

Pixlmob

Grant in 2023
Pixlmob is a company that specializes in software designed to enhance the post-production workflow for photographers and videographers, particularly in the real estate sector. It offers a centralized platform that connects photographers with authorized editors who provide image alterations, thereby improving the quality and visibility of photos and videos. By simplifying the editing process, Pixlmob enables real estate photographers to deliver high-quality work efficiently and on time.

Borealis Global Advisory

Grant in 2023
Borealis Global Advisory offers a SaaS platform that saves time and money for money managers. The platform allows managers to invest globally by using algorithms and visualization tools

SiteLabs

Seed Round in 2023
SiteLabs operates a healthcare testing platform, offering automated testing processes, easy access to testing supplies, and competitive pricing. This enables independent pharmacies to efficiently meet community healthcare needs while maintaining profitability.

WAVS Custom

Grant in 2023
WAVS Custom is a pioneering music technology company that specializes in manufacturing custom-fit earphones. Utilizing patented mobile 3D scanning technology, the company creates earphones tailored to each individual's ear canal, ensuring a comfortable, secure fit, and enhanced sound quality. This unique approach allows users to obtain earphones that are uniquely fitted to their ears.

CloseWise

Grant in 2023
CloseWise is a notary database and scheduling software developed for signing agents, signing services, and title & escrow companies in order to digitize the signing process. With the help of this platform, you can streamline your document signing workflow into the new age of technology, which will eventually help you grow your signing business.

OrthoDx

Grant in 2023
OrthoDx s a start up medical device company focused upon monitoring the in vivo stability of orthopaedic implants.

Sagacity

Grant in 2023
Infrastructure for the startup ecosystem.

Real Motors

Grant in 2023
Real Motors, based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializes in designing and manufacturing electric motorcycles. Their products are engineered for urban commuting, focusing on power, efficiency, and maneuverability to facilitate city navigation while promoting sustainability.

NeuroHope Therapeutics

Grant in 2023
NeuroHope Therapeutics specializes in developing polymeric nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Their primary application is enhancing motor and cognitive functional recovery for patients with neurotrauma or neurodegenerative diseases, such as spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury.

Parimer Scientific

Grant in 2023
Parimer Scientific provides biotech and pharmaceutical companies with turn-key laboratory services that require no upfront money or long-term commitment.

Secure Process Intelligence

Grant in 2023
Secure Process Intelligence offers a unified remote monitoring and control solution, comprising hardware, software, cloud hosting, dashboards, daily email reports, and alert notifications. This enables secure, real-time access from anywhere without local software installation or server maintenance.

Ruffian Software

Grant in 2023
Ruffian Software is a software development company that offers software products to IT companies.

CloseWise

Grant in 2023
CloseWise is a notary database and scheduling software developed for signing agents, signing services, and title & escrow companies in order to digitize the signing process. With the help of this platform, you can streamline your document signing workflow into the new age of technology, which will eventually help you grow your signing business.

Drobot

Grant in 2023
Drobot operates as a startup working to make autonomous mobile robots more affordable, instant to deploy, super intuitive to use and truly collaborative.

SiteLabs

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
SiteLabs operates a healthcare testing platform, offering automated testing processes, easy access to testing supplies, and competitive pricing. This enables independent pharmacies to efficiently meet community healthcare needs while maintaining profitability.

Builder Rocket

Grant in 2023
Builder Rocket is construction estimating and bidding software that streamlines workflow and transforms the entire construction process. Builder Rocket is a crucial tool for small and large builders and remodelers that wish to be more profitable in terms of project management, job estimating, and bidding for 100% client satisfaction (with approvals).

Glossifi

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Glossifi is a company that specializes in developing web3 blockchain software tailored for Ethereum trading. Their primary focus is on creating advanced blockchain analytics tools. These tools facilitate digital money transactions, global payments, and various applications, empowering users to engage in trading and investing activities within the Ethereum ecosystem.

Carolina Seed Systems

Grant in 2023
Carolina Seed Systems employs cutting-edge genetic technologies to produce market-ready hybrid grain.

Pensievision

Grant in 2023
Pensievision develops innovative three-dimensional medical imaging technologies for point-of-care screening and diagnostics. Its proprietary software and AI algorithms enable high-resolution 3D images, facilitating early-stage detection and analysis of cervical cancers without the need for lab results or additional clinic visits.

Tandem Concepts

Grant in 2023
Tandem Concepts is an information technology firm that automates supply chain operations through services such as integrated dispatchers, credit pre-approvals, and automated order entry.

TestedHQ

Grant in 2023
TestedHQ is a company that specializes in product development services, focusing on enhancing the success of product launches through user feedback. By facilitating research and end-user field testing, TestedHQ helps businesses understand customer preferences and product suitability. The company is dedicated to assisting clients in refining their products based on the insights gathered from testers, who provide valuable feedback on daily-use items. Through this approach, TestedHQ aims to ensure that products are well-aligned with market needs, ultimately increasing the likelihood of successful market performance.

Algistor

Grant in 2023
Algistor is a sterile algae and bacteria manufacturing company that develops algae farming and separates oleic fatty oils from the microalgae chlorella vulgaris using artificial intelligence.

New Forge

Pre Seed Round in 2023
NewForge is a technology supplier and system integrator specializing in augmented reality (AR) solutions for manufacturing and logistics. The company focuses on addressing plant floor inefficiencies by providing AI-driven platforms that enhance productivity and reduce errors. By utilizing wearable AR technologies and remote maintenance support, NewForge facilitates knowledge transfer between equipment experts and on-site personnel, thereby improving operational efficiency. Their solutions are designed to minimize downtime and increase return on investment for businesses, enabling clients to modernize processes and improve profitability.

VirtueRN

Venture Round in 2023
VirtueRN is a cloud-based technology company that specializes in providing workflow solutions for hospices and healthcare facilities. They focus on managing the daily operations related to durable medical equipment, offering an integrated system that enhances connectivity among key stakeholders. Additionally, VirtueRN develops software tailored for the pharmacy market, which includes features for workflow management, logistics solutions, and real-time tracking and reporting. This technology aims to improve staff efficiency, minimize waste, and enhance patient satisfaction across post-acute care settings.

Soil Economy

Grant in 2023
Soil Economy is a carbon technology startup that helps carbon registries and developers standardize and improve how they measure carbon levels in the soil.

Sojourn MedTech

Grant in 2022
Sojourn MedTech provide training to improve dialysis procedures.

Momento Med

Grant in 2022
Momento Med is a group of clinically experienced behavioral scientists, pharmacists, and experts in infectious diseases.

CarbonCents

Grant in 2022
CarbonCents is a technology company that specializes in carbon footprint tracking and reduction. It provides software that collects and analyzes data to quantify a business's current carbon emissions, identifies areas for improvement, and collaborates with clients to implement strategies that minimize their environmental impact and reduce energy costs. This enables businesses to operate more sustainably, comply with regulations, and contribute to a greener future.

Elevate Therapeutics

Grant in 2022
Elevate Therapeutics develops digital application that helps palliative care patients better manage pain and medications.

ProTrustee

Grant in 2022
ProTrustee is a technology company specializing in transforming the trust management industry. Its platform offers customizable workflows, enhancing operational efficiency while ensuring compliance integrity. ProTrustee can integrate with other software platforms via APIs.

Incora Health

Grant in 2022
Incora Health is a developer of innovative wearable technology focused on women's healthcare. The company has created a patented smart earring that utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor various biodata, including body temperature, stress levels, sleep patterns, menstrual cycles, and fertility. This device is designed to provide women with reliable biometrics, aiding them in achieving their maternal and wellness goals. By offering a comprehensive tool for fertility and wellness management, Incora Health addresses the unique healthcare needs of women.

Baleen Solutions

Grant in 2022
Baleen Solutions has created cloud-based software that automates the analysis of text and image documents and provides actionable interpretations in real-time. Financial, medical, legal, and government forms and reporting can all be used with the software.

ScopeStack

Seed Round in 2022
ScopeStack offers a web-based platform designed for IT and engineering professionals. It provides a Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software solution tailored to meet the needs of managed service providers and value-added resellers in the IT industry. The platform streamlines and standardizes the presales process, enhancing efficiency, uniformity, and precision.

Copyt

Grant in 2022
Copyt is a company that specializes in inventory management and sales channel automation within the growing recommerce market. Its platform serves vendors of all sizes by providing a centralized solution for managing inventory, facilitating listings across multiple sales channels, and automating the delisting of inventory upon sale. By streamlining these processes, Copyt enables clients to enhance their inventory management efficiency and significantly accelerate their speed-to-market, achieving improvements in operational effectiveness and responsiveness to market demands.

WAVS Custom

Grant in 2022
WAVS Custom is a pioneering music technology company that specializes in manufacturing custom-fit earphones. Utilizing patented mobile 3D scanning technology, the company creates earphones tailored to each individual's ear canal, ensuring a comfortable, secure fit, and enhanced sound quality. This unique approach allows users to obtain earphones that are uniquely fitted to their ears.

Mainstage Gaming Network

Grant in 2022
Mainstage Gaming Network offers gaming competitions, leagues, and events for gamers. Their services include gaming events for organizations, esports, gaming, recruitment, gaming communities, marketing, sports, venues, advertising, and sponsorships.

Land Intelligence

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2019, Land Intelligence operates as a land rating agency, providing comprehensive site assessments and analyses to facilitate informed real estate decisions. Its services include LandFAX for individual parcel evaluations, LandYIELD for zoning-based use analysis, and LandCAST for development potential forecasts.

BILDIT

Seed Round in 2022
BILDIT is a platform that enables mid-large eCommerce brands to manage digital campaigns across multiple channels using a cross-channel Content Management System. It also offers a Mobile App Storefront, empowering retailers to create seamless native apps and providing customers with an exceptional shopping experience.

MitoChem Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2022
MitoChem Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Founded by Craig Beeson and Bärbel Rohrer, the company operates at the preclinical stage, targeting eye-related conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma.

Bricolage Dynamics

Grant in 2022
Bricolage Dynamics is a company focused on transforming household glass waste into sustainable sand for use in local construction, landscaping, and business applications. By providing a recycling service that collects glass destined for landfills, the company offers communities an environmentally friendly alternative for waste management. This initiative not only promotes recycling but also generates employment opportunities within the community. Bricolage Dynamics aims to contribute positively to the environment by creating high-quality, recycled materials that support sustainable practices in various industries.

AICG

Grant in 2022
AICG offers machine learning, CRM data integration, ERP management, chatbots, business analytics, and reporting solutions.

Bottle Titan

Grant in 2022
Bottle Titan, headquartered in Greenville, specializes in real-time monitoring solutions for the commercial beverage and food industries. Their system tracks and records conditions like temperature, humidity, and shock, ensuring products maintain optimal quality throughout the supply chain. This data enables clients to make informed decisions, enhance product integrity, and improve overall service.

Bubble Paper

Seed Round in 2022
Bubble Paper specializes in designing and manufacturing optimized paper-based packaging solutions for industrial, void fill, and cold chain markets. Its proprietary process enables the creation of mechanically and thermally protective designs that are fully curbside recyclable.

SiteMarker

Grant in 2022
SiteMarker is a Mt. Pleasant-based startup provides a software platform that collects and provides land development data in real time. The service is helpful for landowners, lenders, design firms, developers, contractors, inspectors, and municipalities.

Infinity Collar

Grant in 2022
Infinity Collar is the Fort Mill-based startup created the first and only fully portable and customizable pet containment system. It allows users to keep their pets safe wherever they go while also giving them the freedom to explore the area they are in without physical hardware constraints.

Pixlmob

Grant in 2022
Pixlmob is a company that specializes in software designed to enhance the post-production workflow for photographers and videographers, particularly in the real estate sector. It offers a centralized platform that connects photographers with authorized editors who provide image alterations, thereby improving the quality and visibility of photos and videos. By simplifying the editing process, Pixlmob enables real estate photographers to deliver high-quality work efficiently and on time.

Zylö Therapeutics

Series B in 2022
Zylo Therapeutics, Inc. is a life sciences company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in a sustained-release drug delivery system. Founded in 2017, the company has developed a delivery mechanism that employs patented hydrogel-derived nanoparticles, known as Nanopods™, to facilitate the topical administration of difficult-to-deliver therapeutic agents, including nitric oxide. This innovative system enhances drug delivery capabilities and is designed to improve the treatment of various conditions such as lupus, hair loss, joint pain, and burns. By utilizing engineered amorphous silica particles, Zylo Therapeutics aims to provide a controlled and sustained release of medications, thereby enhancing product performance and patient outcomes.

Bird Dog Deals

Grant in 2022
Bird Dog Deals, LLC, is a Columbia-based real estate acquisition automation software company that streamlines underwriting for large investors looking to buy single family homes across the country.

Humimic Medical

Grant in 2022
Humimic Medical produces high-quality, professional, synthetic medical gelatins using state-of-the-art techniques. The gelatins products are used in medical research, simulations, and other types of health care training.

Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems

Grant in 2022
Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems, LLC is a biotechnology company based in Irmo, South Carolina, established in 2012. The company specializes in providing innovative tools and services aimed at enhancing precision medicine. Its key offerings include IMCSzyme, a genetically modified pure beta-glucuronidase, and IMCStips, which serve various applications in clinical and forensic toxicology. Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems is dedicated to inventing, manufacturing, and distributing biotechnology products that cater to a diverse clientele, including clinical and forensic toxicology sectors, university research institutions, U.S. federal government agencies, and health science companies. Through its advanced products, the company assists healthcare professionals in navigating the complexities of human biology, thereby facilitating customized and accurate medical treatments for patients.

Elastrin

Venture Round in 2022
Elastrin Therapeutics is a biotechnology startup dedicated to improving health by restoring damaged and hardened tissues to their natural resilience. The company focuses on developing innovative therapeutics that target and reverse the calcification and hardening of arteries, as well as inflammatory tissue damage in conditions such as arterial and lung diseases. Elastrin's proprietary platform combines particle design with elastin targeting to enhance drug efficacy and eliminate side effects, aiming to provide effective treatments for life-threatening illnesses.

Bricolage Dynamics

Grant in 2022
Bricolage Dynamics is a company focused on transforming household glass waste into sustainable sand for use in local construction, landscaping, and business applications. By providing a recycling service that collects glass destined for landfills, the company offers communities an environmentally friendly alternative for waste management. This initiative not only promotes recycling but also generates employment opportunities within the community. Bricolage Dynamics aims to contribute positively to the environment by creating high-quality, recycled materials that support sustainable practices in various industries.

TestedHQ

Grant in 2022
TestedHQ is a company that specializes in product development services, focusing on enhancing the success of product launches through user feedback. By facilitating research and end-user field testing, TestedHQ helps businesses understand customer preferences and product suitability. The company is dedicated to assisting clients in refining their products based on the insights gathered from testers, who provide valuable feedback on daily-use items. Through this approach, TestedHQ aims to ensure that products are well-aligned with market needs, ultimately increasing the likelihood of successful market performance.

Lokdon

Grant in 2021
Lokdon is a software development company that focuses on internet and cloud security.

Zylö Therapeutics

Grant in 2021
Zylo Therapeutics, Inc. is a life sciences company based in Greenville, South Carolina, specializing in a sustained-release drug delivery system. Founded in 2017, the company has developed a delivery mechanism that employs patented hydrogel-derived nanoparticles, known as Nanopods™, to facilitate the topical administration of difficult-to-deliver therapeutic agents, including nitric oxide. This innovative system enhances drug delivery capabilities and is designed to improve the treatment of various conditions such as lupus, hair loss, joint pain, and burns. By utilizing engineered amorphous silica particles, Zylo Therapeutics aims to provide a controlled and sustained release of medications, thereby enhancing product performance and patient outcomes.

Hank AI

Seed Round in 2021
Hank AI develops proprietary artificial intelligence technologies that automate and augment business processes in healthcare, with opportunistic expansions into ERP and industrial sectors. Their platform combines computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning to enhance productivity, accuracy, and efficiency.

Hook Security

Seed Round in 2021
Hook Security is a cybersecurity training company that helps organizations build awareness and resilience against manipulation by technology. The company provides phishing simulations, social engineering testing, and security awareness training with micro-learning, reporting, and integrations into existing cybersecurity stacks, including email client plugins and APIs. It trains employees to recognize counterfeit emails and manipulation at the point of use, using psychology and neuroscience to improve retention. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, Hook Security offers policy guidance for email and on-demand simulated attacks to reinforce secure behavior across the workforce.

LifeTagger

Pre Seed Round in 2021
LifeTagger operates a proximity automation platform that enables users to create, distribute, and receive content based on their physical location or proximity to specific items. The platform allows businesses to integrate this functionality into their existing systems, track user engagement, and gather data on who is scanning life codes and where.

Dynamic Flow Systems

Grant in 2021
Dynamic Flow System is a Data Integration, transformation and Visualization platform that provides data-driven, lean toolkits for process improvement, including monitoring, predictive analytics, auditing, and supply management.

New Forge

Grant in 2021
NewForge is a technology supplier and system integrator specializing in augmented reality (AR) solutions for manufacturing and logistics. The company focuses on addressing plant floor inefficiencies by providing AI-driven platforms that enhance productivity and reduce errors. By utilizing wearable AR technologies and remote maintenance support, NewForge facilitates knowledge transfer between equipment experts and on-site personnel, thereby improving operational efficiency. Their solutions are designed to minimize downtime and increase return on investment for businesses, enabling clients to modernize processes and improve profitability.

Validide

Grant in 2021
Validide is a cryptographic-based decentralized identity wallet system you control to share your personal information safely and securely.

Bird Dog Deals

Grant in 2021
Bird Dog Deals, LLC, is a Columbia-based real estate acquisition automation software company that streamlines underwriting for large investors looking to buy single family homes across the country.

University of South Carolina Office of Economic Engagement

Grant in 2021
The Office of Economic Engagement is the single convergence point for industry, researchers, entrepreneurs and government officials looking to engage with UofSC.
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