South Carolina · Public charity
Sc Launch Inc
Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $37M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Sc Launch Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $2.0M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.6M | 57% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $2.0M | 78% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $3.1M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.3M | 92% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.9M | 93% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $2.6M | n/a |
96% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Community Improvement$4.5MHealth$3.3MHousing & Shelter$2.9MScience & Tech$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MEnvironment$586kFood & Nutrition$250kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| TFORM Inc | $600,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bandwagonfanclub Inc | $572,795 | 2 | n/a |
| REsimplifi Inc | $525,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Zverse | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zylo Therapeutics Inc | $482,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Viatec | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Recleim LLC | $424,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Hank AI Inc | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Land Intelligence Inc | $399,995 | 2 | n/a |
| Zverse Inc | $399,900 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| TFORM Inc | $600,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bandwagonfanclub Inc | $572,795 | 2 | n/a |
| REsimplifi Inc | $525,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Zverse | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zylo Therapeutics Inc | $482,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Viatec | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Recleim LLC | $424,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Hank AI Inc | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Land Intelligence Inc | $399,995 | 2 | n/a |
| Zverse Inc | $399,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Citibot Inc | $342,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Carbon Conversions Inc | $336,125 | 1 | n/a |
| PEC360 Inc | $325,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elastrin Therapeutics Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boyd Bikes LLC | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tested Hq LLC | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ActivEd Inc | $275,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Scopestack Corp | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virtue Technologies | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ruffian Software | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Precision Genetics Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hook Security Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Forge LLC | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ScopeStack Corp | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hook Security LLC | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| AICG Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heron Farms Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carbon Cents Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modjoul Inc | $249,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Crowdr TV Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zylo Therapeutics | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recovr Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modjoul Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fastsack Outdoors Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ProBrass Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VRM Labs Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patrona Medical LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| APP Squared LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reporting Xpress Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vizbii Technologies Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bildit Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 6AM City LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TerraStride Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Done Great Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| GoBeep Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitochem Therapeutics Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PharmRight Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simpliphy Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| UASidekick Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeriscope Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| P2Ops LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Van Robotics | $199,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Inkind Inc | $199,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Extremiti 3D LLC | $199,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Phi Life Sciences LLC | $199,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Transplant Solutions Inc | $199,900 | 1 | n/a |
| SterAssure Solutions LLC | $199,900 | 1 | n/a |
| International Biomedical Devices Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ellispsis Technologies Inc | $129,000 | 2 | n/a |
| ChronicleMe Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tradeversity Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| LifeTagger Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arch Catheter LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evotion Designs Inc | $99,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Evotion Designs Inc | $99,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Job Market Maker | $87,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Pursuit Alert LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
South Carolina Research AuthoritySC60.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Sc Launch Inc
- How much does Sc Launch Inc give?
- Sc Launch Inc reported 8 grants totaling $2,000,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sc Launch Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (27%), Health (20%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are Sc Launch Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: TFORM Inc ($600k), Bandwagonfanclub Inc ($573k), REsimplifi Inc ($525k).
- Does Sc Launch Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sc Launch Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Carolina Research Authority.
- Where is Sc Launch Inc based?
- Sc Launch Inc is based in SC.
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